Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

The opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics is scheduled for September 15th.

Li Shengli's participation in the national team is simply the biggest benefit for the men's basketball team, and the formalities have been completed before, so after the opening ceremony, Li Shengli and his teammates moved directly into the Olympic Games venue prepared by Australian officials for participating athletes. village.

In fact, the concept of the Olympic Village had not yet emerged at this time, but the Sydney Olympics... was indeed the first time in the history of the Olympics that centralized arrangements were made for the accommodation and meals of athletes from all over the world. Everyone lived in Newington near the Olympic Park, and the Chinese team It brought together the top players in the domestic sports world. Before and after the opening ceremony, Li Shengli also got to know many top athletes outside of the men's basketball team.

It's just that... among all the athletes, Li Shengli is relatively old, so calling him "Lao Li" is considered a good thing. Even the pretty girls on the gymnastics team saw him and deliberately called him "uncle", which made him very embarrassed. , but it just so happens that the men's basketball team has become familiar with several of his teammates, and they always like to drag him out to talk to the little girls after training.

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Athletes' apartments in Newington are usually for two people per room, but there are many athletes in a single team event, and the organizing committee has specially arranged a large suite that can accommodate 20 people. The men's basketball team only occupies one suite, and all the players are basically All live together.

"Lao Li, Lao Hu and the others asked you to go out for a walk." Dayao ran to Li Shengli's room, and Da Zhi followed him.

"Lao Hu? Hu Weidong?" Li Shengli sat up from the bed and cursed: "Don't go, damn it, I can't tell that Lao Hu is still this kind of person, a man who is older than me and got married, and he still goes out to do it What? Why are you dragging me along?"

"What you said, who made you famous? Besides, we have quite a lot of old bachelors. Maybe Lao Hu was forced to do this? I think..." Dayao touched his head and said.

"Damn, do you have the discipline to ride a horse?" Li Shengli stood up, glanced at Dayao and said, "Let's get down to business... The day after tomorrow is the first game of the group stage. How are you preparing?"

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Seriously, the men's basketball team's grouping this time is not good.

According to the prediction of coach Jiang Xingquan, if Li Shengli is not included, although the men's basketball team looks to be the best, it is actually still in the lower reaches among the six teams in Group A. The best result may be fourth in the group. It's normal if he's not ranked last, but if you include Li Shengli, the NBA's super center, there will be improvement, but it's unclear how much.

The key thing is the 17th, the first day of the men's basketball game.

The Chinese team will play the American Dream Team 4 in the first game of the group stage. It is perfect to use this game as a touchstone for the strength of the new men's basketball lineup. And for Li Shengli... this game is of great significance and has already set foot in Da Zhi of the NBA is fine, but Yao, who is preparing to enter the NBA and play in the Olympics for the first time, must perform well in this game, and someone will want to watch.

"Lao Li, I will play against the US team in the first game. To be honest, I have no idea!" Da Zhi knew better than Yao that both his experience in the Olympics and his experience in the NBA made him find it difficult to play.

You know, if the current NBA Finals were played in the NBA Finals just a few months ago, even if Garnett, who belongs to the Celtics, is left behind, the Celtics may not be able to withstand it. Not to mention the Lakers who lost in the finals.

Just take the Lakers team and compare it with the current Chinese team.

Although Li Shengli is still there, there is still a big gap between the Chinese team and the Lakers. If compared with the Dream Four, the gap can only be bigger. After all, the Dream Four brings together real NBA All-Star players.

"It's not a big problem, at least... it's not the worst!" Li Shengli is only relieved that O'Neal, Kobe and Iverson are not here.

As for Mourning, Garnett, Carter, Kidd, and Payton who may start in the Dream Four, defense is actually a greater threat than offense. After all, the previous national team relied on a group of outside shooters to start, and Kidd and Payton , especially outside defense experts like Payton, the combined outside defense makes it difficult for shooters to perform.

In addition, the threat of the Dream Team to every team lies in physical fitness.

Basically no team can compete with the American Dream Team, and for the game, physical fitness is too important. Even playing against the American team, maybe the first half will not be too ugly, but in the second half, there are many people who hit the crotch. Yes, losing to the US team by double-digit margins is the norm.

"Don't worry about it. In the group stage, winning or losing doesn't matter."

"Just focus on training these days. Coach Jiang will arrange it."

"And... Dayao, work harder these days, someone wants to see you!"

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A few days of training followed.

Men's basketball coach Jiang Xingquan arranged special training for the first game, and on the 17th...the twelve men's basketball teams had 6 games, and the Chinese team VS the United States became the biggest focus of the day's game.

The starting lineups of both sides.

The U.S. team doesn’t need to think too much. Mourning, Garnett, Carter, Kidd, and Payton are the starting spearheads. As for the Chinese team... Jiang Xingquan cannot and is reluctant to sit on the bench with Li Shengli, so there is no need to consider the choice of starting center. What needs to be considered is the issue of inside partners.

Dayao, who was playing in the Olympic group stage for the first time, failed to start, and Da Zhi started.

Although they are all listed according to the center declaration, Jiang Xingquan also knows... Li Shengli's ability in the NBA, especially physical fitness, so there is very little time left for the center position, and the significance of this good news, extremely good news The reason is that Da Zhi, Dayao and even Battelle's efficient time will be more concentrated, playing the twin towers inside.

Compared with the outside line that he once relied on, Jiang Xingquan, the veteran coach, feels that the inside line is the focus this time.

It is foreseeable that the inside line led by Li Shengli is guaranteed, and the offensive pressure on the outside line will actually be reduced, which will help preserve energy and focus on defense. The other three starters this time are Zhang Jinsong, Guo Shiqiang, and Sun Jun.

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Warming up before the game, to be honest, this fourth team... Before the game started, they kept staring at Li Shengli, and the starting five got together and muttered a few words.

"Kevin, it's up to you later. If you meet Lee, be brave!" Kidd said to Garnett with a smile, and Garnett was shocked, thinking of the finals some time ago... …

At that time, the first few games relied on Pierce's death charge to open up the situation. After winning the championship, the entire Boston praised Pierce's bravery in facing Li Shengli. In order to find inspiration, Pierce went to the bar to tease the boss of the black club. My sister, damn it, was stabbed more than a dozen times and is still alive.

Therefore, in Garnett's view, bravery is a thing that can kill people. When Pierce was stabbed, Li Shengli indirectly took the blame, because it was Li Shengli who opened the door to Pierce's bravery.

"Damn it, don't try to hurt me!" Garnett cursed and glanced at Mourning.

"Damn, what are you looking at me for?" Mourning also scolded him, because O'Neal was the only one in the league who didn't suffer a loss against Li Shengli, and speaking objectively and fairly... Mourning also knew that he was not on the same level as Li Shengli.

"Okay, don't talk about it. The offense is just about shooting. There will be no pressure on this kind of defense, unless we don't feel good." Payton said with a smile: "That's it for the offense. As for the offense, Defense... Didn't Rudy say that if the situation is not right, the defense starts directly from the serve and presses the whole court. We have more people and Li can't even get the ball, so why should he fight?"

"So that's what you're saying?"

"That's right, just relax, there's no pressure!" Kidd thought for a while and said, "Everyone has been tortured by this bastard Li for a long time. Now that we are no longer with the Lakers, now is the best time for us to torture him. To blame I can only blame him for his bad luck.”

"We...we can still torture Li? Is this...so exciting?" Carter felt too crazy. After all, Li Shengli's current status in the alliance is too high, both openly and secretly. Who can stand here today? Everyone was a step behind him, so I can't blame Carter for being excited.

"Yeah, it's so exciting. What are you waiting for? Let's go!"

"Hurry, hurry, I can't wait. There aren't many opportunities like this."

"Is there going to be a problem? If Li is angry, it will be difficult for the rest of us."

"You shouldn't be so stingy, right?"

"No matter, I can't control that much, let's fight first and then talk!"