中国男篮惨遭滑铁卢

2009年男篮亚锦赛已在天津落下帷幕。在决赛前高喊夺冠口号的中国男篮，打出了一场让国人非常失望的比赛，以52：70惨败。中国男篮屈居亚军，而伊朗队则豪取九连胜卫冕成功。这是伊朗队第二次获得亚锦赛冠军，而中国队则是第一次在主场丢冠军。

本届比赛，除了因伤缺阵的姚明，中国派出的是男篮的顶尖阵容。但在有主场优势的前提下，中国队也没能表现出让人满意的实力。对于这个结果，姚明只能在大洋彼岸的家中感叹无可奈何。

因为姚明，中国男篮得以雄霸亚洲篮坛十年之久，在大树的庇护下，男篮其他人的问题被掩盖。如今，突然失去这棵大树的呵护，而后继者还未出现，面临西亚诸强的冲击，中国男篮该走向何方？

Background information

Iran captured the gold medal at the 25th FIBA Asia Championship after defeating host China at the Tianjin gymnasium。The Iranians dominated the Chinese in front of a capacity crowd to post a 70-52 victory。The win is Iran’s second consecutive FIBA Asia Championship title following its 2007 win in Tokushima, Japan。

Before that, China had clinched the title in 14 of the previous 16 tournaments going back to their debut in 1975. Yao, who could miss the whole of the next NBA season after suffering yet another foot injury, was Most Valuable Player in the last three of those triumphs.

With NBA All-Star Yao unable to play, China will have to depend on New Jersey Nets forward Yi Jianlian and former Dallas Maverick Wang Zhizhi at the championships.

But the result was actually a disappointment for everyone. Now, many people question the future of Chinese Men’s Basketball.

生词：

Asia Championship 亚锦赛

Host 东道主

Consecutive 连续的

Tournaments 锦标赛

Most Valuable Player 最有价值球员