Chapter 1424 The Asian Championships Begins and Returns to the National Team
"Hey, Ji Feng, you did a good job, 100% hit rate, but you also know that now is not the time to rest, we will move on to the next training! 100, 8-point mid-range shots starting now!"
In the evening, night gradually enveloped this coastal city, and the streets of SH gradually became lively. This is a modern metropolis, and rich nightlife is one of the standard features here. Nightfall does not mean the end of the day. For many people, night is the beginning of their day.
At this time, in a private training hall on the outskirts of SH, Ji Feng and his trainers were sweating profusely. The only sound in the entire venue was the sound of the basketball hitting the ground and sneakers rubbing against the ground while running.
This situation will continue for another hour or two.
Today is August 8th, the first anniversary of the BJ Olympics. For Ji Feng, the man who led the Chinese men’s basketball team to create legendary records, today is also a special day. CCTV Sports Channel also dedicated tonight The program includes a review of last year's Olympic men's basketball game.
But for Ji Feng, he couldn't bear to sleep on his merits. After the charity celebrity game on the 25th, Ji Feng declined numerous invitations to activities and devoted himself almost non-stop to this summer's summer training. among.
Although the NBA offseason is only halfway over, you can hardly see anyone in the news still hanging out. Almost everyone with dreams and goals has already started their summer training.
You have to know that in such a long offseason, if you don't keep up the training volume, the next year will be miserable.
Therefore, most players basically spend the summer in the training hall. Those who go fishing, the banana boat brothers, and the nightclub maniacs HIGH are just adjustments during training.
Why is it that the Ministry of Education has banned students from attending tutoring classes, but the business of tutoring classes is still booming because they can really improve their grades!
The same goes for summer training. If you are willing to practice during the holidays and find a famous teacher, the benefits will be huge in the coming year. The most direct thing is that the data will increase across the board, become the main force, and sign a big contract worth hundreds of millions of yuan.
Of course, for a superstar like Ji Feng, the main goal of summer training is to maintain his competitiveness and prepare for the championship in the coming year.
Originally, Kobe Bryant had called and wanted to start a summer training plan with Ji Feng, but because Ji Feng was competing in China, the plan could only be postponed for a while.
"Uh-huh!"
With the last ball of the last group of training being accurately hit, Ji Feng finally ended the day's training plan.
"Phew, 9 hours and 50 minutes, Ji Feng, you set another record." Tom, who was accompanying Ji Feng during the training session, came over with a timer and patted Ji Feng's shoulder. However, he didn't look very surprised. He is also an old man who follows Ji Feng. Such training duration and intensity are very common for Ji Feng.
"Oh, it's not bad. I can sort out my physical fitness before going to the national team." Ji Feng said as he took off his jersey. His strong upper body had already been soaked with sweat, and it seemed to be coated with a layer of gold under the light. .
"You are too humble, man. With your physical reserves, let alone the Asian Championships here, there will be no problem even if you play in the NBA playoffs tomorrow." Tom said with emotion.
This is not flattery, but a fact. Except for Ji Feng's poor physical fitness in the first two days of resuming training, his subsequent training has been one step at a time. He can definitely beat most players in an instant. Of course, even the poor performance is only relative to Ji Feng's. In terms of Feng's level, Ji Feng's poor physical fitness is still good enough for others, and it is more than enough to compete in the Asian Championships.
"In the Asian Championships, I will most likely not play for the national team. We will just train in another place. I think they can win the championship without me." Ji Feng shrugged. Now he regrets that he wanted to join the national team. The big list is because the Asian opponents are really a la carte, which makes him less interested.
Oh, speaking of the Asian Championships, the 2009 TJ Asian Championships opened in TJ on the 6th. Today is the last day of the group stage. The Chinese team will face Qatar, the last opponent of the group stage.
China is the host of this Asian Championship, so it has the opportunity to choose which group to go to. China chose the weakest Group C. The three opponents in the group are India, Kazakhstan and Qatar. China Undoubtedly the strongest in the group.
After all, the top 12 rosters of the Chinese team this time are: Arab League, Su Yu, Su Wei, Li Xiaoxu, Du Feng, Wang Shipeng, Sun Yue, Liu Wei, Zhang Qingpeng, Wang Lei and Ji Feng who has not yet reported.
The head coach is China's assistant point guard in 2004, Guo Shiqiang.
Although the lineup is much weaker than the 2008 lineup, it is still very simple to deal with these three opponents.
In the opening game on the 6th, China defeated India 121-49 without any blood. On the 7th, it defeated Kazakhstan 74-56 to get two consecutive victories and qualify from the group ahead of schedule. It will be an easy win tonight if nothing else happens.
Sure enough, when Ji Feng returned home, China's game also ended successfully, 92-61, winning three consecutive group victories and entering the semi-finals as the first in the group.
Yes, that’s right, it’s the semi-finals. According to the competition system, Group E in the upper half of the semi-finals consists of the 1-3 teams from groups A and B. The top four teams will be determined in a round-robin match. Group F in the second half of the semi-finals consists of two teams, C and D. The top 1-3 teams in each group will compete in a round robin to determine the top 4 teams.
Therefore, the Chinese team entered Group F with the three teams of Lebanon, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, and conducted a single round-robin competition within the group.
The game will start on August 10, and Ji Feng will also report to TJ's national team on the same day.
On the afternoon of the 10th, when Ji Feng and his party arrived at TJ and came out of the airport, they met many media as expected.
Regarding the question asked by the media when Ji Feng will debut, Ji Feng said calmly: "I think my teammates are strong enough, and it is difficult for ordinary opponents to pose a threat to them."
The implication is that if everything goes well, Ji Feng will probably only appear in the top four or even the finals. This is actually in line with the media's predictions.
Basketball Association officials who came to pick him up also said that Ji Feng was their anchor. As long as Ji Feng was on the team, it was enough. Ji Feng could also make a huge contribution in the locker room.
Ji Feng didn't take it seriously, but he didn't expect the Chinese team to run into trouble so early.
On the 10th, the Chinese team faced the first opponent in the rematch, the United Arab Emirates, the weakest team in the group. Ji Feng did not go to the scene, but watched the game in the room. The Chinese team still won easily and encountered no resistance throughout the game. Easily defeated the opponent 82-56 and won the first victory in the rematch.
On the 11th, Ji Feng participated in the team's joint training for the first time. Although Ji Feng was the youngest in the national team, no one dared to look down on Ji Feng. Even the head coach Guo Shiqiang was very polite to Ji Feng. There was no way, Ji Feng's aura It's really too dazzling. All the people here combined don't have the achievements of Ji Feng.
In addition to Sun Yue, Ah Lian and Ji Feng have a close relationship, and people like Zhu Bawangqi who have participated in the Olympics are die-hard supporters of Ji Feng, so Ji Feng integrates very easily.
However, in the evening game, the Chinese team encountered problems.