12dz Chapter 553 World Cup Match 2, Victory!
Chapter 553 World Cup Match 2, Victory!
The next moment, Roy Ivey seemed to finally realize something and stopped arguing with the referee.
Wang Xiucheng glared at Roy Ivy again before walking into the arena.
Yang Yi, Wang Meng, and the others in the Penguin Live broadcast room were all a bit dumbfounded.
They've seen plenty of players arguing with their head coaches.
There are quite a few players who have argued with the opposing head coach.
But this was the first time they had ever seen a player who argued with the opposing head coach and actually managed to shut him up.
There's no way around it; Wang Xiucheng is not only a player for the Chinese team, but also the owner of the opposing team's head coach, Roy Ivey!
This is a first for the international arena!
The turmoil has finally ended, and the competition has resumed.
Perhaps due to the earlier incident, the referees suddenly became stricter in the following matches.
The game would be stopped immediately if there was even the slightest bit of movement, especially the foul committed by South Sudan against Wang Xiucheng.
Roy Ive protested several times, but firstly, he had already received a technical foul, and secondly, Wang Xiucheng kept glaring at him, which forced him to "stop there" and maintain his position as the head coach of South Sudan.
Finally, the third quarter ended when Wang Xiucheng made another three-pointer in the last minute.
The Chinese team scored slightly less in the third quarter, only getting 29 points.
South Sudan scored even fewer points, with only 20.
At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team led by 32 points, 92-60.
Roy Ive could only manage a wry smile at the score.
Trailing by 32 points, even if China didn't score a single point in the fourth quarter and only focused on defense, it's hard to say whether South Sudan could have scored 32 points.
The fact that their key scorer, Anua Omote, is also out of action is a devastating blow to South Sudan.
On the other side, Wang Xiucheng plopped down in a chair and took a towel, covering his head with it.
Hearing the fans in the stands behind him chanting his name, and seeing the red flags waving throughout the stadium, Wang Xiucheng knew he had not let them down.
Penguin Live Room.
Since it's a national team competition, Tencent was much stricter in choosing sponsors.
For this World Cup, the penguin did not choose a sports protection brand.
However, Tencent earned even more from advertising revenue.
Almost every brand that Wang Xiucheng endorses is scrambling to get advertising space on their products.
It seemed as if anyone who didn't come would be disgracing Wang Xiucheng!
The same situation applies to CCTV Sports, except that CCTV Sports is more expensive and has higher requirements for advertisers compared to Tencent Sports.
Since there were no sports protection brand advertisements, Wang Meng started reading out the data again.
"Wang Xiucheng has played three quarters and has already scored 32 points and 15 assists."
"Wang Xiucheng probably won't play in the fourth quarter. Do you two have anything to say?"
Yang Yi took a sip of water to moisten his throat: "From this game, we can see that international competitions are more suitable for teams with a strong core player."
"Firstly, because the time is short, each quarter is only 10 minutes long, so the core player can have less rest time."
"Secondly, it's because there were only 5 fouls, which is good news for a big core player who can draw fouls."
"For example, players like Doncic and Wang Xiucheng."
"Of course, international competitions encourage more physicality, which places higher demands on the experience and timing of key players in drawing fouls."
Earlier today, Slovenia defeated Georgia 88-67 in Okinawa, Japan.
"Slovenia's star player, Doncic, had a well-rounded stat line of 34 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals."
"Doncic made 13 of 17 free throws, while Wang Xiucheng made 9 of 10 tonight."
"Wang Xiucheng scored 32 points and 15 assists today, which is no worse than Doncic's."
"However, in terms of drawing fouls, Wang Xiucheng has more assists, so he attacks the basket less, and naturally, he gets fewer rebounds."
"This is the effect that a core player brings to the team."
Seeing that Yang Yi's voice seemed a little hoarse and he wanted to drink water, Zhu Fangyu immediately took over the conversation and continued blowing.
"I believe that after this match, the national team will be even more determined to build the team around Wang Xiucheng."
"Coach Guo Shiqiang is right. The national team should focus on young players in the future, players who can play with Wang Xiucheng for a long time."
"This also points out a direction for our local clubs, which is that we must focus on the development of young players."
"Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing if we didn't even have any players selected for the national team in the future."
Just then, Wang Meng saw that the fourth quarter had started, so he said, "Sure enough, Wang Xiucheng didn't play in the fourth quarter; he's resting on the bench. Let's get back to the game right away."
In the fourth quarter, Wang Xiucheng was absent, and Guo Haowen played the point guard position for the Huaxia team.
Although his ball handling is decent, compared to Wang Xiucheng, he is clearly much worse at finding open spaces and breaking through.
As a last resort, Guo Shiqiang later replaced him with Zhao Weilun, who had performed well in the U19 World Cup.
After that, the Chinese team improved in terms of ball distribution, but on the defensive end, Zhao Weilun was repeatedly targeted, allowing South Sudan to catch up with a significant number of points.
Wang Xiucheng, Li Kaier, Zhou Qi, and the others sat below, chatting and laughing.
It seems that none of them care about the game on the field.
When the referee finally blew the final whistle, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated South Sudan 108-88, a 20-point advantage, in their second game of the World Cup.
Wang Xiucheng, draped in a towel, stood up and either high-fived or bumped chests with everyone.
Then Wang Xiucheng came onto the field and shook hands with the opposing players.
Wang Xiucheng even hugged Roy Ivy.
Although she didn't say anything, Roy Ivy suddenly felt a little nervous, afraid that Wang Xiucheng would say, "Don't go back to New York."
Ben Sullivan then walked over and hugged Roy Ivy.
“I told you this job wouldn’t be easy, but you didn’t believe me,” Ben Sullivan said with a smile.
"Who knew we'd run into the Chinese team?" Roy Ivy said helplessly.
If he had known he would meet Wang Xiucheng, he definitely wouldn't have taken the job.
Sullivan is quite astute; before the new season even started, he followed Wang Xiucheng to the Chinese national team and began flattering the new owner.
Unlike me, I put in a lot of effort but get no reward!
"Alright, see you in New York." Ben Sullivan patted Roy Ive on the shoulder and left the stadium with Guo Shiqiang and the coaching staff.
Wang Xiucheng and the other players weren't in such a hurry, especially Zhou Qi, who was now leading a few people in circles.
Wang Xiucheng found it somewhat amusing, but he joined in and began to thank the Chinese fans present.
"Wang Xiucheng..."
Fan Chengcheng shouted again from the stands.
Wang Xiucheng saw him, but this court was different from the NBA court. It was far away and the middle was full of people, so Wang Xiucheng couldn't go up.
So Wang Xiucheng could only wave at him.
Then Wang Xiucheng looked at Fan Bing beside him.
Although this woman is a bit older, I have to say she takes really good care of herself.
Fan Bing seemed to wave and greet Wang Xiucheng.
Wang Xiucheng gestured to his ear with his hand, then went to other places to greet the other celebrities who came to support him that night.
After finally completing all of this, Wang Xiucheng arrived at CCTV and accepted an interview.
After answering a few questions briefly, Wang Xiucheng went to the penguin side, since he couldn't show favoritism.
A dozen minutes later, in a room in the stadium, a post-game press conference was being held.
Wang Xiucheng and Guo Shiqiang attended.
Without a doubt, all the questions were directed at Wang Xiucheng.
As the official television station of China, CCTV's Zhang Manyuan was naturally the first to ask a question.
"Hey Xiao Wang, if we win the next match, we'll make it to the top 16. I'd like to know if everyone is confident?"
"Of course, we will go all out in the next game against Puerto Rico."
"In fact, in my opinion, Puerto Rico and South Sudan are about the same strength. In the first match, Puerto Rico and South Sudan met, and it seems that the game went into overtime, right?"
Wang Xiucheng suddenly laughed: "So you can rest assured, we will definitely win."
Everyone suddenly burst into laughter, as if they had truly won.
Most of the journalists attending this press conference were from Chinese media, so both the questions and answers were in Mandarin.
Having answered that question, Mengchao was now given the opportunity to ask a question.
Concealing the deep emotion in his eyes, Meng Chao asked, "Jackson, an NBA player for the Philippines team, said in an interview with a Filipino reporter that he wants to meet and play against the Chinese team. What do you think?"