Healing Basketball

   Chapter 1008 1008. The so-called dream

   At 8:00 pm on August 8, 2008, at the BJ Bird's Nest Stadium, 91,000 spectators, sponsors, and guests all stood up. After the national anthem was played and the national flag was raised, the opening ceremony of the BJ Olympic Games began!

  First, a series of performances were performed to showcase traditional Chinese culture, and then to show the prosperity and development after the reform and opening up... Finally, the famous singer Liu Huan and the famous British singer Sarah Brightman sang "You and Me", and the opening ceremony ended.

   Immediately afterwards, starting with the Greek Olympic delegation, the host country of the previous Olympic Games, Olympic teams from various countries entered the stadium one after another.

  Different from other countries hosting the Olympic Games, the admission order of this Olympic Games, starting from the second country, is sorted according to the number of strokes in simplified Chinese of the country name.

  The second is Guinea…

  A total of 205 countries participated in the Olympic Games. When the US Olympic delegation ranked 139th entered the stadium, it reached the first climax of the admission ceremony.

  The United States has the most sports powerhouses in the world, and the most popular in China is that guy—Kobe Bryant!

  The live broadcast shot was given to Kobe for a full 10 seconds. The live broadcast shot was connected to the big screen at the scene, and the screen was synchronized. The fans cheered like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.

  The other members of the Dream Team were stunned. James thought that his popularity in China was already high enough. What's going on with this guy?

  Kobe, wearing a white beret, was dumbfounded for 5 seconds, oh my! Why does he seem to be more popular in China than in Los Angeles?

  But there was still 5 seconds for him to smile and salute excitedly.

  Then the camera caught the silver horn king of the German Olympic delegation. He watched the big screen and cheered crazily, tears falling from his eyes—our master is going to the Olympics!

   Then he didn’t expect the camera to suddenly cut to him, he turned around in embarrassment and covered his face with a hat

   In terms of the duration of the shots, although it is not as coherent as Kobe, the total duration of the Silver Horn King, who is very popular in China, is no less than Kobe, and it is also eight or nine seconds.

The delegations of various countries and people from other countries in front of the TV were shocked by Kobe's popularity in China. No one in the next dozens of countries could reach such a high popularity. Everyone felt that Kobe was the most popular tonight. China's most popular athlete... When the 203rd Zambian Olympic delegation entered the stadium, the atmosphere became more and more restless.

  The Zambian Olympic delegation has not yet entered the arena, and the MVP call has already begun!

  Athletes from other countries are confused, what MVP does Zambia have? When they saw the figure of the little giant appearing on the sidelines, they realized that it was that man who had entered the arena!

  The voice of MVP quickly spread and quickly resounded throughout the stadium!

  The director was adhering to the "big country spirit" and did not end the footage of the Zambian Olympic delegation early, but the Zambian athletes consciously quickened their pace...

  The last country, Yao Ming held the national flag and led the 639-member Chinese Olympic delegation, the host of the largest Olympic delegation in Olympic history, to enter the venue!

  Yao Ming's expression was serious, but he looked at the big screen out of the corner of his eye, and a "horse-riding" sound was drowned in the wild cheers of the scene.

  The camera stopped on him for less than two seconds, then scanned all the staff for more than ten seconds, and finally stopped on Liu Xiu!

With the same smile as before, Liu Xiu walked forward slowly at the same speed as everyone else. Halfway through, he punched the national flag on his chest, nodded towards the camera, and continued walking... The camera stopped on him for a long time. half a minute!

   MVP voices, Liu Xiu's various nicknames... the enthusiastic audience also shouted for a full half a minute!

  The teammates were extremely envious, but they waited for the camera to move away from them before they dared to look at the captain with envious and jealous eyes... As a result, seeing the captain's smile gradually complacent after the camera left, they became even more envious and jealous!

  Especially Yao Ming, because Liu Xiu patted his waist and said: "Sure enough, the fans still like me more! Who said that the whole world loves big centers, hahahahaha..."

  Yao Ming really wanted to say "I'll give you the flag to see if you can hold it up", but he didn't move his hand.

   Not to mention violating the regulations of the Olympic delegation, he believes that once the flag is handed over, it will not come back! This guy will never give in!

  …

   It is not the first time to wear a team uniform representing the country, nor is it the first time to participate in the Olympic entrance ceremony.

  But this time, Liu Xiu felt very different.

   He couldn’t say what was different specifically, it wasn’t just as simple as the Olympic Games hosted by his country, it was very different.

  After the admission ceremony, 8 milestone figures in domestic sports history entered the stadium holding the Olympic flag.

   Then, the athletes of the Chinese Table Tennis Team and the Chinese Referees Association took the oath on behalf of all the athletes and referees.

  Liu Xiu looked at the eight famous sports figures and the national table tennis players, and said to Yao Ming next to him, "I really hope it's us!"

   "Even if we fail to stand up, as long as we succeed, when we hold the Olympic Games again in the future, the future men's basketball players will also be able to stand up!" Yao Ming was full of pride.

  Liu Xiu thinks of the new generation of successors of the Lanxie and Languan Center that he has come into contact with this year... Dayao has a long way to go...

  He has not been affected. Although he will not fight against those people, he will do what he should do and contribute to the basketball industry he loves—play well and win.

   This is the greatest help he can bring to Yao Ming.

  The grades are good enough to become the representative of the country's sports image around the world. The people above should pay attention to it no matter what?

  Even if he didn't, he has worked hard and has a clear conscience!

  Here the opening ceremony came to an end, and the torchbearers entered.

  Finally, Li Ning, the former gymnastics prince, lit the torch, and the fireworks ignited. More than 40,000 custom-made fireworks from the whole imperial capital collectively rose into the sky.

  At this moment, Liu Xiu felt a sense of national pride, and his thoughts that had been thinking about this and that suddenly became simpler.

  There are so many "things to work hard for", he just needs to play the game with all his strength and strive to win more victories, that's enough!

  …

  …

  The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was full of topics, and without any suspense, it got the evaluation of "the best ever".

Liu Xiu's high popularity has aroused heated discussions and has countless fans. Of course, in the wonderful opening ceremony of more than four hours, it was just a surprise. There are countless other highlights. The best Olympic opening ceremony in history The evaluation of formula is not obtained casually.

  Liu Xiu didn't care about these things. On the morning of the 9th, she went home for a gathering, and handed over the tickets that her father got through her relationship to her family.

  Every athlete has a family ticket, but the number is limited, and it is not easy for the athletes themselves to get tickets. This is a 'rule'.

  But for non-participating athletes, it is very simple to get tickets through relationships.

   In this case, Liu Xiu doesn't quite understand it, but that's the way it is.

   But fortunately, they also got a relationship.

Lao Zhang in the compound next door is in the imported seafood business. He used to be a substitute for the army basketball team. Lao Zhang’s eldest son is in Los Angeles and also works in the seafood industry. He studied abroad in the 1990s and played in the California high school league. A teammate named Pierce.

  Liu Xiu didn't know if it was the Pierce he knew.

  Old Zhang’s family has a cousin who is the former No. 1 power forward in Asia, former world championship scoring champion, current basketball commentator and CCTV Olympic basketball expert.

Originally, the old Zhang family had no contact with this cousin, but Liu Xiu was very popular in the NBA, and the relatives of the old Zhang family who were engaged in the basketball industry took the initiative to seek out their relationship...Of course, because they are real relatives, after a few years, they have been disconnected. After a generation, the relationship is better again.

   This time Liu Xiu originally wanted to get tickets from Bill Duffy, and she definitely got it.

   But the neighbor next door can get tickets, so ask him for a favor.

  Neighbors next door, you help me, I help you, the relationship can be maintained, and I will come back every year, the relationship between neighbors must be maintained.

   I didn’t eat lunch. The team stipulated that no food was allowed to be eaten except the food provided in the Olympic Village and the food that had been inspected and approved by each team.

   In principle, he is not even allowed to buy a bottle of water outside. The water he drinks when he comes back is the thermos provided by the national team.

  The requirements are much stricter than they were four years ago, and they have become even stricter since the Olympics started.

   In the afternoon, Liu Xiu went directly to Wukesong Stadium to prepare for tomorrow's game against Spain.

   Arriving at the Wukesong Gymnasium, Liu Xiu found the preparation area for the Chinese men's basketball team. The coaching staff and teammates have already arrived.

  He took a look at it. It was an ordinary training field, a single-court field, with a small locker room and toilet, and the rest area was only about the size of two benches.

  Liu Xiu complained: "There is no difference from the preparation areas of other countries. What are the advantages of the host country?"

  When I passed by the preparation area of ​​the US team, there was no one there... The US team didn't live in the Olympic Village, nor did they train at the arranged place. It was empty there, so he went in and walked around.

  Yao Ming explained: "Although we are the host country, the Sports Bureau did not give us special treatment, which will make other countries gossip."

  Liu Xiu retorted on the spot: "Did we look down on the Greek team in Greece four years ago because the Greek team was treated better than other countries?"

"Maybe not…"

  "That's right, there wasn't one in the first place, we only envy, now that we are the organizer, we don't have any preferential treatment, they just treat us like idiots."

   "..."

  Yao Ming's mood suddenly became less beautiful, and he became resentful, providing Liu Xiu with a wave of healing value.

   This kind of thing, in fact, everyone knows that only some people who sit in that position will feel that this kind of operation has some "big power spirit".

   Stormtroopers like them who are running at the forefront are only brain-dead for those formalisms.

  They cannot understand why some people think that this can reflect a "big country".

   But what is the solution? They can only accept it, they can only imply that this is really a 'big country', and they can only pretend to be an ostrich.

   This guy actually got it right!

Hate! (〝▼dish▼)

  In addition to this, Yao Ming also thought of what he encountered in the club when he first entered the NBA, and the treatment of Liu Xiu when he first entered the NBA. Comparing it, he became even more depressed.

  At that time, Liu Xiu really wanted to say something similar to him—the treatment we deserve involves fundamental interests, why should we be modest?

  Thinking about it, there are some tears o(╥﹏╥)o.

  …

   After being sad for a while, Yao Ming saw Liu Xiu standing by the wall, looking at the wall, feeling bad.

   Sure enough, the complaint came again.

   "Brother Yao, let's go to Mount Wutai? My father knows a master, and asked him to help you open the light and drive away evil spirits."

   "I won't smoke next time..."

   "You said the same thing last time!"

  Yao Ming laughed awkwardly and released an emoticon pack.

  He was invited to draw lots, such a prestigious event, I really couldn't refuse it!

  Thanks to Yao Ming’s right hand, the Chinese team was assigned to Group B called the ‘Death Group’. The five opponents were the Spanish team, the Greek team, the German team, the Russian team, and the Australian team.

  Group A consists of the United States, Angola, Croatia, Lithuania, Argentina, and Iran.

  In the men's basketball event of this Olympic Games, people are most concerned about the confrontation between China and the United States.

  People generally believe that the US team has taken advantage. Except for Argentina and Lithuania, the strength of the other teams in Group A is completely different from that of the US team...Maybe the Iran team can make the US team feel a little dangerous...

   And the five opponents of the Chinese team.

  Spain team, gold medal favorite, last year's European Championship runner-up.

  Greek team, last year's European Championship runner-up.

  The German team has the famous basketball player Dirk Nowitzki.

  Russia, last year's European Championship champion.

   Only the Australian team is weaker.

  However, compared with the last Olympic Games, the athletes of the Chinese men's basketball team should have much more confidence this time.

  Last time, I was thinking about which opponents to attack and see if I could make it to the finals. This time, I was thinking about the probability of winning the first place in the group!

  …

  On August 10th, the BJ Olympic men's basketball event kicked off.

  The game between Angola and Iran started at 9 o'clock in the morning. It was basically a game that no one paid attention to. To be precise, the games scheduled in the morning were all games that received little attention.

  Different from the World Championships in Japan where the organizers only considered the time for the relatives on the other side of the world to watch the games, the men’s basketball games in the Chinese Olympic Games and the games in countries with high enthusiasm for Chinese fans are all arranged in the afternoon and evening.

   There are only two men's basketball teams with such treatment - the Chinese team and the US team.

   At two o'clock in the afternoon, there was a game that attracted much attention, the US team VS Iran team.

Liu Xiu all ran to the scene to take a look... But unfortunately, although the Iranian players were very irritable, they treated their opponents as if they were killing their fathers and enemies, and gave them a rough confrontation, but the US team's open and closed style of play was still from the very beginning. Taking the absolute initiative, he returned to the training ground in the arena, took out the cot and thin quilt prepared by the coaching staff, and took a nap.

  He doesn't know when, taking a nap before the game has become his label.

  After he took a nap, he learned from his apprentice Lianmei that the US team beat the Iranian team 97-76.

According to the master's instructions, the little apprentice started to analyze the game with a small notebook: "The American team started the game very aggressively. The score in the first quarter was 31 to 16. Basically, it took only one quarter to seal the victory. The best is Wade, who made 8 of 12 shots and 2 of 4 free throws to score 18 points. The US team has a lot of outside shooters this year, which created room for Wade to break through. Wade is also relatively accurate in mid-range shots, but the Iranian team began to shrink , James and Wade are not effective, although the statistics of Anthony and Kobe are not as good as Wade, but it always makes people feel that they are more threatening..."

  (end of this chapter)