Chapter 742

Speaking of the Russian men's basketball team, we can't help but show off the glory of their ancestors. Of course, they inherited all this from the Soviet men's basketball team.

Like their powerful countries, the Soviet men's basketball team has dominated European basketball since the 1950s. A total of 14 European Championships, three second place winners and four third place winners, including a terrifying eight time streak.

The Soviet Union has also conquered the world for many times. Two Olympic gold medals, four Olympic silver medals, three Olympic bronze medals, three World Championships champions, three World Championships runners up and two World Championships second place runners up are the imprints left by the Soviet men's basketball team on the world stage.

As the only two superpowers in the world at that time, the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union was also reflected in the basketball court. Of course, the U.S. basketball in the two sides of the match undoubtedly occupies an overwhelming advantage, from 1952 to 1968, although the Soviet Union men's basketball team in the Olympic Games made three silver and one copper good results, but they successively lost to the United States team six times.

All this changed in 1967. The Soviet men's basketball team began to break the monopoly of the U.S. men's basketball team in the world series. That year, under the leadership of legendary Soviet guard Sergei belov, the Soviet men's basketball team won the world championship for the first time. However, the U.S. men's basketball team has always ignored the world championships. However, in 1972 Munich Olympic Games, the Soviet Union men's basketball team really broke the monopoly position of the United States men's basketball team. They won the Olympic men's basketball gold medal for the first time.

However, the U.S. men's basketball team was not convinced that the last three seconds should not exist, and even refused to take the stage to receive the silver medal. But in 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, the Soviet Union men's basketball team once again gave the United States a heavy blow. The Soviet elite team led by sabonis met the United States in the semi-final, defeated the United States and successfully beat Yugoslavia in the final to win the Olympic gold medal.

In that game, sabonis, known as "Europe's first center", beat David Robinson, one of the top centers in the NBA in the 1990s, to no avail. Kurtineades in the United States Defense, such as no one's land, only 28 points! Although the final score difference between the two teams was only 6 points, the arrogant Americans thought it was a complete defeat.

It was after this defeat that Americans finally realized that the era of dominance by college players was over. They began to move around in many ways, just as the Olympic Games were facing a bottleneck period. Samaranch also wanted to reform the Olympic Games. In 1989, FIBA changed the rules to allow professional players to participate in international basketball competitions. So, in 1992, the "dream one team" composed of NBA superstars such as Jordan, magician, Byrd, Buckley and so on, was born in Barcelona Olympic Games, which shocked the whole world basketball circle!

No matter how dominant the U.S. men's basketball team after that, the Soviet Union men's basketball team always directly defeated their team in international competitions. Of course, after many years, Argentina will share this great achievement with the Soviet men's basketball team.

The brilliance 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 Union's men's basketball, ushered in the last glorious years: they won the second place in the European men's Basketball Championship in 1993; the second runner up in the men's Basketball World Championship in 1994; the second place in the European Championship and the second place in the world championships in 1997 and 1998 respectively.

Since then, they have fallen into a 10-year downturn, and the Athens Olympics did not even qualify. It was not until the European Championship in 2007 that under the leadership of new basketball leader Kirilenko and coach Blatter, he regained his vigor and climbed to the top of Europe.

However, this period of high light came to an end at the 2012 London Olympics. After that Olympic Games, the Russian men's basketball team experienced Kirilenko's fading out, Blatter's leaving, they once again returned to silence. Next, the Russian men's basketball team missed the 2014 basketball world cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. In 2013 and 2015, the performance of the European Cup was also average, with only 21st and 17th places.

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 there were signs of recovery. Since then, the Russian men's basketball has been a strong force in European basketball. The world rankings are all around the 10th.

However, before the start of this world cup, the Russian men's basketball team ranked 18th through the performance of each team in the World Cup qualifier, not only lower than the 15th Chinese team, but also far behind Nigeria in the same group. You know, Nigeria's world ranking is over 30.

The main reason for all this is still their core player shevide. Due to his ankle injury, he withdrew from the world cup. This is a huge blow to the Russian men's basketball team, and shevid is definitely one of the most eye-catching players in the 2017 European Cup. The highest score in a single game was 33 points, while his lowest score was 20 points. His average score was 24.3 points, which led the team to the fourth place in the 2017 European Cup. He also participated in two games in the world preliminaries, averaging 19 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds.However, even without shevchend, Russia's strength is still very strong. Their backcourt combination is one of the most aggressive backcourt combinations in Europe. In the world preliminaries, point guard kovostov can get 12.1 points and 4.4 assists per field, and can hit 2.9 three-point goals per field, with a 3-point shooting rate of 55.2%; Kuragin, the shooting guard, has an average of 12.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. These two men have become the "water flower brothers" of the Russian team. Forward karashov is also a player with outstanding offensive ability. He is a sharp left-handed shooter with a keen sense of projection. He has a good field of vision and imagination and is willing to pass for his teammates. As for other players, most of them are CSKA Moscow and other domestic clubs. They are good at physical confrontation, with excellent overall ability and good tactical quality.

What's more, the Russians are known as the "fighting nation", and their men's basketball team also inherited this strong gene. Their style of playing is fierce, emphasizing confrontation and full of fighting spirit. Therefore, in the game, the Russian men's basketball players can often play a super combat effectiveness.

This world cup, "polar bear" is certainly not to travel to China. Although they lost to the Argentinian men's basketball team in the first round, it doesn't mean that they are weak.

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