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Chapter 67: Two Consecutive Wins, Securing a Spot in the Next Round

"Jiang Chen, you led the Chinese team to win the World Championships against the Spanish team. What does this mean to you and to the Chinese men's basketball team?"

"Jiang, you scored 50 points and set another Olympic record. How do you feel now?"

"Jiang, you completely defeated the talented Spanish player Rubio in the game. What do you think of this player?"

...

The reporters asked questions one after another, seemingly with endless questions, and were full of curiosity about everything that happened to Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen thought for a while and picked a few questions to answer.

"Winning against the Spanish team is a huge confidence boost for us! When we face any strong international team in the future, we will maintain 100% confidence to face them."

"Other than that, there is no special meaning. After all, it is just a group match. Winning is winning."

"50 points is indeed a very high score. I am also very glad that I can play such a brilliant performance, but this is far from my limit! If the team needs it, I will play better in future games."

"Rubio? Sorry, I had never heard of this player before the game against Spain."

"But he does have great potential. I think he can be a starter in the NBA in the future."

"But I have to say, he needs to improve his shooting ability."

...

Listening to Jiang Chen's answer, the reporters were surprised but also felt familiar.

This is really Jiang Chen's style of answering questions!

Although it sounded a bit pretentious, no one doubted what Jiang Chen said anymore.

After all, since he became famous, every time he pretended to be cool, he achieved it, which speaks volumes.

If you fail to pretend to be cool, it's called bragging, but if you succeed every time, it means you have real strength.

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The Spanish team's interview room.

"Gasol, what do you think is the biggest reason for the loss of this game?"

A reporter asked.

"Obviously, we failed to contain Jiang Chen and he scored 50 points on our head. This is an unacceptable result."

Gasol said somewhat frustrated.

"So how do you evaluate Jiang Chen's performance in this game?"

The reporter asked.

"He played an incredible performance and completely dominated the game with his excellent offense and defense. I have only seen such dominance in Kobe."

Gasol said, not at all stingy with his appreciation for Jiang Chen.

The reporters all looked surprised.

This praise is extremely high.

You have to know that Kobe is one of the top superstars in the NBA. Being able to be comparable to Kobe is enough to show that Jiang Chen's performance conquered Gasol.

Then, the reporters focused their attention on the head coach of the Spanish team.

"You said in the pre-match interview that you would restrict Jiang Chen, but throughout the game, the defense of the Spanish team against Jiang Chen did not seem to have much effect. What is the reason for this?"

The reporters asked, very curious.

Hearing this question, Gasol turned his head and looked at the head coach of the Spanish team with some curiosity.

"Well... I did make some targeted defensive tactics and even used double-teaming, but unfortunately the effect was not obvious. I will study this game carefully to see where the problem lies."

The head coach of the Spanish team spoke vaguely, somewhat awkwardly.

Dear reporters, please remember that before the game, it was Gasol who said he would limit Jiang Chen. What does it have to do with me?

I just said that I would try my best to restrict Jiang Chen, but I didn't say that I would definitely restrict him.

Why does Gasol always make promises for me?

This makes me very passive!

The head coach of the Spanish team muttered to himself, trying to keep a calm expression on his face.

It's time to have a good talk with Gasol. Don't talk nonsense in the next interview...

After asking a few more questions, the reporters ended the post-match interview and reported the content as quickly as possible.

The Olympic Games are in full swing, and news about various athletes winning gold medals is emerging one after another.

However, the news about the group match between China and Spain still became the focus of the Olympic Games official website and sparked heated discussions across the Internet.

For ordinary people watching the Olympics, the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team really gave them a surprise.

I have the impression that the level of the Chinese men's basketball team is about the same as that of the Chinese national football team, and it has always been at the bottom of the international rankings.

The only difference is that the Chinese men's basketball team has Yao Ming as the mainstay, and can barely maintain its eighth place in the world.

However, compared with the truly strong teams in the world, there is still a big gap.

This time, we were able to unexpectedly win against a world-class team like Spain, which is really gratifying and proud.

After scoring 46 points in the previous game against the United States, which attracted the attention of the entire network, Jiang Chen's 50 points against the Spanish team once again made the entire network boil.

"I just want to say, awesome! Jiang Chen is simply a god from heaven!"

"I must call him the savior of the Chinese men's basketball team. Now, because of Jiang Chen's presence, I am very optimistic that the Chinese men's basketball team will achieve excellent results in this Olympics."

"Jiang Chen successfully made me start to pay attention to basketball. I will watch every game of the Huaxia men's basketball team in the future."

"Keep going forward, lead the Chinese men's basketball team out of the death group, and defend the dignity of the host country!"

The fans were talking to each other and were particularly looking forward to Jiang Chen's next performance.

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After a day's rest, the Chinese men's basketball team faced Angola in its third group match on August 14.

Angola is the weakest team in Group B and was also the team that the Chinese men's basketball team had to beat when setting the goal of qualifying.

Now with Jiang Chen, there is no suspense.

The game had just begun when the Huaxia team scored consecutively, and a wave of offensive climax widened the score.

In the first quarter, the Huaxia team took a 13-point lead.

After halftime, the Huaxia team extended their lead to 25 points, making the game no longer suspenseful.

Finally the game was over.

109:81.

The Chinese team easily defeated the Angola team with a huge advantage of 28 points and won its second victory in the group stage.

Without a doubt, Jiang Chen still had the best performance of the game.

He played for 29 minutes, made 14 of 23 shots, 6 of 10 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 36 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

In addition to Jiang Chen, Yao Ming's performance also improved. He made 12 of 19 shots and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring a double-double of 29 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

This was Yao Ming's best performance in the three games of the Olympics.

This game also allowed the whole world to see the huge potential of the Chinese duo.

When Yao Ming and Jiang Chen start to play at the same time, the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team is definitely world-class!!

Many media outlets have published articles saying that all participating teams in this Olympics dare not underestimate the Chinese team, and in their eyes, the Chinese team has become the biggest dark horse in the Olympic men's basketball event.

After winning two consecutive group matches, the Huaxia team has already secured a spot in the quarterfinals!