Vol 3 Chapter 571: Former glory

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Speaking of the Russian men's basketball team, one must show off their ancestral glory. Of course, they all inherited from the Soviet men's basketball team.
Like their powerful countries, the Soviet men's basketball team has dominated European basketball since the 1950s. He has won 14 European Championships, 3 European Championship runner-ups and 4 European Championship third runner-ups, including a terrible wave of eight consecutive championships.
Soviet basketball has also conquered the world many times. 2 Olympic gold medals, 4 Olympic silver medals, 3 Olympic bronze medals, 3 world championships, 3 world championships runner-up, and 2 world championships third runner-up are the Soviet men's basketball team left on the world stage. Imprint.
As the only two superpowers in the world at that time, the US-Soviet hegemony was also reflected on the basketball court. Of course, American basketball undoubtedly occupies an overwhelming advantage in the confrontation between the two sides. From 1952 to 1968, although the Soviet men's basketball team achieved three silvers and one bronze in the Olympics, they lost to 6 times. Team USA.
All this changed in 1967, when the Soviet men's basketball team began to break the monopoly of the American men's basketball team in the World Series. That year, under the leadership of Soviet legendary defender Sergey Belov, the Soviet men's basketball team won the championship for the first time in the World Championships. However, the US men's basketball team has never valued the World Championships. However, in the 1972 Munich Olympics, the Soviet men's basketball team truly broke the monopoly of the American men's basketball team. In the last three seconds of the men's basketball final, they "killed" the then dominant basketball team, the US team, and won the Olympic men's basketball gold medal for the first time.
However, the US men's basketball team was not convinced this time. They believed that these last three seconds should not exist, and even refused to take the stage to receive the silver medal. But by the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the Soviet men's basketball team once again gave the US men's basketball a heavy blow. This elite Soviet team led by Sabonis met with the US team in the semifinals, defeating the US and successfully defeating Yugoslavia in the final to win the Olympic gold medal.
In that game, Sabonis, known as the "Europe's No. 1 Center," beat the "Admiral" David Robinson, one of the top centers in the NBA in the 1990s, without fighting back. Kultinides played in the United States' defense like no one, scoring 28 points! Although the final score difference between the two teams was only 6 points, the arrogant American thought it was a complete failure.
This is exactly after this defeat, the Americans finally realized that the era of relying on college players to dominate the world is gone forever. They began to move in many ways, just as the Olympics was experiencing a bottleneck period, Samaranch also hoped to reform the Olympics, so in 1989, FIBA ​​changed the rules to allow professional players to participate in international basketball events. Ever since, in 1992, the "Dream Team" composed of NBA superstars such as Jordan, Magic, Bird, and Barkley was born at the Barcelona Olympics and shocked the entire world basketball world!
No matter how dominant the American men's basketball team is after this, the Soviet men's basketball team has always directly defeated them in international competitions. Of course, after many years, Argentina turned out, and will share this great achievement with the Soviet men's basketball team. Destiny book
The glory of the Soviet men's basketball team, just like their country, was completely sealed in the dust of history after 1991. The "Polar Bears", who inherited most of the Soviet men's basketball mantle, ushered in the last glorious years: they won second place in the 1993 European Men's Basketball Championship; they won second place in the 1994 Men's Basketball World Championship; 97, 98 He won the third place in the European Championships and the second place in the World Championships.
After that, they fell into a 10-year downturn, and the Athens Olympics did not even qualify for the competition. It was not until the 2007 European Championships that under the leadership of the new basketball leader Kirilenko and coach Blatter, he recovered his vitality and reached the top of Europe.
However, this period of high light came to an end during the 2012 London Olympics. After that Olympics, the Russian men's basketball team experienced Kirilenko's fade out and Blatter's departure. They once again fell silent. Next, the Russian men's basketball team missed the 2014 Basketball World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. The performance of the European Cup in 2013 and 2015 was also average, only finishing 21st and 17th.
Until 2017, the Russian men's basketball team, under the leadership of their basketball association chairman Kirilenko, won the fourth place in the European Championship, and finally showed signs of recovery. Since then, the Russian men's basketball team has always been a strong force in European basketball. The world rankings are basically around 10th.
However, before the start of this World Cup, the Russian men’s basketball team ranked 18th through the performance of the teams in the World Cup qualifiers, not only lower than the 15th Tianchao team, but also far behind. Nigeria in the same group. You know, Nigeria's world ranking is outside 30.
The main reason for all this lies in their core player Shevid. He withdrew from the World Cup due to an ankle injury that did not heal. This is a huge blow to the Russian men's basketball team. In the 2017 European Cup, Shevid was definitely one of the most eye-catching players. The highest score in a single game reached 33 points, and his lowest score was 20 points. He averaged 24.3 points per game to dominate the European Cup scoring list, and was selected as the best team in the European Cup that year, and finally led the team to the 2017 European Cup. Four. He also participated in 2 games in this world preliminaries, averaging 19 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds.
However, even without Shevid~EbookFREE.me~ Russia's strength is still very strong. Their backcourt combination is one of the most powerful offensive backcourt combinations in Europe. In the world preliminaries, point guard Kovostov averaged 12.1 points and 4.4 assists per game, averaging 2.9 three-pointers per game, and a three-point percentage of 55.2%; shooting guard Kulakin averaged 12.9 points and 4.4 per game With 4.4 assists in rebounds, the two became the "splash brothers" of the Russian team. Forward Karashof is also a player with outstanding offensive ability. He is a left-handed shooter with a keen projection consciousness. He has a good field of vision and imagination and is willing to pass for his teammates. As for the other players, most of them are CSKA Moscow and other domestic club players, who are good at physical confrontation, have excellent overall abilities and good tactical skills.
Furthermore, the Russians are known as the "combat nation", and their men's basketball team also inherits this sturdy gene. Their style of play is fierce, confrontational and full of fighting spirit. Therefore, in the game, the players of the Russian men's basketball team are often able to exert extraordinary combat effectiveness.
In this World Cup, the "Polar Bear" is definitely not for traveling to the heavens. Although they lost to the Argentine men's basketball team in the first round of the group stage, this does not mean that their strength is weak.
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