I’m Really Playing Basketball

After the group stage, audiences all over the world have been watching the match between the Chinese team and the US team.

All of a sudden, the leader of the Chinese delegation stood up in Alexander.

The Chinese men's basketball team is one of the gold medal favorites for this Olympic delegation. The forward plan of the delegation leaders is to sit back and watch the first. Now it is very uncomfortable to meet the "first" in the quarterfinals in advance.

Although the leaders had already prepared for this after agreeing to Chen Xiao's decision, there was still a difference between imagination and reality.

too hot!

Seriously, this game between China and the American Dream Team is too hot!

Since the Chinese delegation participated in the Olympic Games, there has never been such a big commotion in the world.

Why is the leader of the Chinese delegation suddenly so nervous now?

It’s not just world opinion.

Even the country’s top leaders are paying attention.

This is different.

In an instant, the height of the game between the Chinese team and the American Dream Team was no longer a competition for Olympic gold medals. The height had been infinitely higher.

The quarter-final match between the Chinese men's basketball team and the American Dream Team is the last men's basketball game on August 26, um, the finale.

After the schedule of the Chinese men's basketball team and the American Dream Team came out, Chen Xiao and the players of the Chinese team were not as nervous as the leaders of the delegation.

It’s time to eat, it’s time to drink, it’s time to play.

On August 24, 2004, Chen Xiao and Yao Ming took the Chinese men's basketball team to watch the women's volleyball team's quarterfinal match against the Japanese team, and cheered on the women's volleyball team.

Since the Chinese men's basketball team won the runner-up at the World Championships in 2002, the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Chinese men's basketball team have become a national idol team. After winning the runner-up at the 2002 World Championships, RM Daily also developed a men's basketball spirit.

It can be said that the Chinese men's basketball team went to the home court of the women's volleyball team to gain popularity. For the Chinese audience in front of the TV, it was simply a 'dream linkage'.

Amid the cheers of the Chinese men's basketball team, the women's volleyball team defeated the Japanese team with a total score of 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-20) after an hour and 15 minutes of competition at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and successfully advanced. The top four.

After the game, Chen Xiao also took a group photo with Feng Kun, Yang Hao, Zhou Suhong, Wang Lina, Zhang Na, Liu Yanan and other women's volleyball girls. Unfortunately, Zhao Ruirui was injured in the group stage match against the US team and withdrew from this tournament. Olympic Games.

As the number one brother in the Chinese delegation and the number one brother in the Chinese sports world, Chen Xiao's appearance of chasing after the women's volleyball girls for photos like a little fan surprised many viewers in front of the TV.

But when Chen Xiao and the women's volleyball girls were interviewed by CCTV, the audience in front of the TV suddenly realized.

"I grew up listening to stories about women's volleyball girls. Before I knew about Jordan, Magic, and Larry Bird, the names of the sports stars I heard were Lang Ping and Qiu Aihua. They have always been my idols. .”

Not to mention Lang Ping, the idol of several generations of Chinese people, Qiu Aihua is one of the leading figures of the women's volleyball team of the previous generation, a native of Suzhou.

The women's volleyball girls are not only Chen Xiao's idols alone, they are idols of several eras.

To be honest, the silence of the women's volleyball team in recent years has made many people forget the huge influence of the women's volleyball team. After Chen Xiao awakened everyone's memory, the Chinese audience in front of the TV once again recalled the greatness of the women's volleyball girls.

Not only the audience in front of the TV was immersed in the atmosphere of Chen Xiao's 'praise' and 'flattery', even Gu Liang, the women's volleyball team, was very excited.

Even when Chen Xiao and the men's basketball team left, the head coach of the women's volleyball team, Old Chen, was thanking Xiao Chen.

Now that Zhao Ruirui is back and injured, to be honest, the women's volleyball girls are very nervous, especially after defeating Japan, the next semi-final match is likely to be Cuba, which defeated them in the group stage.

Chen Xiao's being here for so long is like giving them a dose of chicken blood.

The women's volleyball players are never afraid of pressure, what they want is this kind of recognition and sense of honor.

"Xiao Chen, thank you so much this time, thank you for helping us regain our former glory, this is so important!"

"Director Chen, we will once again stand at the top and overlook the world."

After Chen Xiao and the boys of the Chinese men's basketball team left, Dayao has been envious.

"Xiao Chen, I also hope that 20 years later, there will still be people in the whole country who will never forget me, just like Lang Ping back then."

"Yes, Dayao, as long as we can win five consecutive World Series, 20 years later, 30 years later, or even 100 years later, we will be written into the textbooks of Chinese history together with Lang Ping and the women's volleyball heroes and become a country's memory. "

"Five consecutive World Series championships..."

Yao Ming and the men's basketball players next to him just envied the women's volleyball team, and never thought that they could really get the treatment that the women's volleyball team received in China.

"If we count from this year's Diamond Cup, we need to win the world championship until the BJ Olympics in 2008."

Depend on!

The Diamond Cup in 2004, the Olympic Games in 2004, the World Championships in 2006, the Diamond Cup in 2008, and the Olympic Games in 2008, aren't they just five consecutive world championships? !

Xiao Chen, you really dare to think!

Hehe, what is there that I dare not think about, if I dare not think about it, do I still need to improve my strength?

These are the sources of my improvement in strength!

For a moment, after Chen Xiao said this and thought about it, all the players in the Chinese men's basketball team felt as if they were drunk.

What Dream Team 6, what Larry Brown, in front of this great vision, it is really as light as a speck of dust.

As the head coach, Faye Wong was very happy to see the Chinese men's basketball players who were stimulated by Chen Xiao and inspired by the women's volleyball girls.

"I think Xiao Chen can be the captain now."

After Faye Wong finished speaking, Teacher Zhang next to her nodded continuously.

This suggestion is reasonable!

The two foreign assistant coaches next to him, Spoelstra and Byron Scott, also looked at Chen Xiao with bright eyes.

"Chen never noticed what a great leader he was."

After Byron Scott finished speaking, Spoelstra next to him nodded very seriously.

The time came to August 26, 2004, the day of the quarterfinals of the Olympic men's basketball team.

On this day, the top eight men's basketball teams in the Olympic Games will fight against each other.

The first ones to appear were Lithuania, which ranked first in Group B, and Argentina, which ranked last in Group A. Speaking of this game, we have to talk about Argentina's stealing of the chicken.

Argentina originally wanted to be third, but unexpectedly Italy was too strong and fell to fourth in the group.

Lithuania is quite strong in this Olympics.

Although the top three teams in Group B, Lithuania, Greece and Puerto Rico, have all defeated the Dream Team, the truly recognized super team is Lithuania.

Greece and Puerto Rico actually look average to Argentina.

But the agency was too smart to calculate Qingqing's name. Who would have thought that Italy would be so Dior?

In fact, Italy was the only team that threatened the Chinese team in the Olympic group stage. In the end, Chen Xiao and the Chinese team fought hard and won by 3 points.

Italy is very strong in this Olympics.

In fact, the final of this Olympic Games in history was between Argentina and Italy.

Historically, Argentina bloodbathed Italy, but in the historical group stage, Argentina obviously underestimated the opponent and was defeated by Italy.

I have to say that people in South American countries are always so romantic.

No matter what, I had to finish my date with P with tears in my eyes.

It can only be said that Argentina is still strong. In this game, under the leadership of Ginobili and Scola, Argentina defeated Lithuania 90-83.

The fourth team in Group A actually defeated the first team in Group B.

"Is Group A so strong in this Olympics?"

After the game, many people were shocked.

Soon, the results of the next two games added another shock to this shock.

Spain, second in Group A, faced off against Puerto Rico, third in Group B. In the end, Spain defeated Puerto Rico 92-75.

In the match between Italy, third in Group A, and Greece, second in Group B, Italy also easily defeated Greece 100-85.

In the previous three quarter-final knockouts, Group B defeated three teams from the United States and was completely wiped out.

This result not only shocked the entire Olympic stadium, but also the players of the American Dream Team and the American audiences in the United States who were waiting for the match between the Chinese team and the American Dream Team were also shocked.

"The three opponents we lost in the group stage actually reached the knockout stage and couldn't win a single game? This, how is this possible?!"

In the TNT studio, Pippen and Barkley, who had previously been on Team 6, were shocked.

"Larry Brown said that the Dream Six team's failure in the group stage was related to the group being too strong. This is simply a slap in the face!"

"As a result, Larry Brown's face was smashed, Spain, Argentina, Italy, this is too cruel, Larry Brown is so miserable!"

In fact, Larry Brown was extremely shocked by this result.

To be honest, before the results of the three knockout games were announced, Larry Brown really believed that the American team was so miserable in the group stage because their opponents were too strong.

Lithuania, Greece, and Puerto Rico are all strong.

But after these teams played against these three opponents in Group A, Larry Brown felt like he was going crazy.

Except for Lithuania, who barely managed a 50-50 draw with Argentina, the other two teams that defeated them were defeated in a fragile manner!

The first place in their group and the fourth place in group A barely had a 50-50 split, and the score fell behind.

To be honest, this result really hurts self-esteem and self-confidence.

You always thought that the one who defeated you was the supreme master of martial arts, the master of Kung Fu, but in the end you found out that the one who defeated you was actually a 'little bastard'.

This is just an example, there is no intention to look down on Lithuania, Greece and Puerto Rico.

In short, after these three games, many American experts and reporters who felt that although the American team was fourth in the group were very likely to defeat the Chinese team were panicked.

"You know, the strongest team in Group A is not Argentina, Spain and Italy, but the Chinese team!"

"I have a hunch that in this game, the Dream Six team will have big news!"

Listening to the boos of the audience, many American journalists already felt that they were in pain and excited at the same time.

They may have to eat their own blood buns!

At 22:15 p.m. on August 26th, Greek time, and 3:15 a.m. on August 27th, BJ time, the match between the Chinese men's basketball team and the American Dream Team officially kicked off.

After the two teams warmed up, the starting players of both sides appeared on the court.

For the Chinese team, the starting players are center Yao Ming, power forward Bage, small forward Zhu Fangyu, shooting guard Li Nan, and point guard Chen Xiao.

After the Chinese team's starting players were lined up, the audience was surprised to find that Battelle, who had been playing as a substitute in the previous group matches, replaced Wang Zhizhi as the team's starting power forward in this game.

Of course, it may be surprising to fans and viewers, but to many professionals, it is actually not that surprising.

Puerto Rico, Greece, and Lithuania have defeated the United States team three times using the same method. If the Chinese team does not use it, it will be retarded.

Therefore, the head coach of the US team, Larry Brown, really vomited when he saw the double center lineup that the Chinese team had arranged this time.

As a famous American coach, Larry Brown is not only successful in the NBA, but also more successful in the NCAA. It cannot be said that he is completely unfamiliar with the rules of international basketball.

He is familiar with it, and the NCAA does not defend three seconds.

However, a very real problem is.

Those young American insiders in the NCAA will never use the rule of no defense for three seconds. This is simply incomparable with those big centers in the international arena.

In Larry Brown's understanding, his understanding of the defensive three seconds in the NCAA and what he realized in the Olympics are not the same thing without the defensive three seconds.

It can be said that this trip to the Olympics really changed the outlook of Larry Brown and the American basketball community.

In the United States, in the NBA, whether in the NCAA or the NBA, the defender wins the world.

This is an iron rule, so whether it is George Karl or Larry Brown, when they lead the Dream Team, they place an unusual emphasis on defense.

But obviously, this thing that is considered a golden rule in the NBA will not work at all in the international arena.

In the international arena, those who can shoot have always won the world. When everyone shrinks and defends in a zone, if you can shoot better, you will be the stronger one.

This time the Dream Six Team failed so badly in the Olympics. In fact, many American expert coaches have already seen this problem.

But seeing a problem doesn't mean it can be solved, and not even Larry Brown thought about solving it.

Because of the failure of three games, let him change his decades-old basketball philosophy?

How much do you look down on Larry Brown's stubbornness?

Therefore, the US team's starters for this game are point guard Ron Howard, shooting guard Iverson, small forward Richard Jefferson, power forward Tim Duncan, and center Howard.

Anthony was still sitting off the court. After the first game against Puerto Rico, Anthony was nailed to the bench.

After the defeat in Puerto Rico in Game 1, Anthony was the one Larry Brown caught.

By the way, historically, Britney Spears was the mole caught by Larry Brown.

What a miserable little sweetie.

By the way, it cannot be said that the Dream Six team led by Larry Brown this time has not changed at all from the past.

In this Olympics, he still trusts a rookie, Dwight Howard, the Spurs' No. 1 pick this year.

Playing against Angola, Larry Brown also seriously reflected on his previous games and felt that letting Duncan play center was indeed unstoppable or even useless in the international arena.

These insiders in the international arena are too good at shooting. Putting Duncan at the center doesn't limit Duncan's help defense and allow Duncan to be shot?

So when playing Angola, Larry Brown made a slight change. Among the two young centers, Okafor and Howard, Larry Brown would of course choose Howard.

Howard is a Spurs player, and his assistant, a member of Popovich, is naturally his direct descendant.

And Howard did not disappoint him in the game against Angola. He was like a little monster out of the cage when he beat those African black uncles, killing them.

In Larry Brown's view, the little monster he released this time can not only wreak havoc on Angola's insiders and make them cry for help, but it can also make Yao Ming of the Chinese team cry for help!

Well, facing the shrinking double-center defense of international teams, Larry Brown used defense as the basis and developed a strategy that relied not on shooting but on offensive rebounds.

Because these international centers lack athletic ability and their athletic ability is much worse than those black uncles in Angola. Howard can kill those black uncles, Yao Ming, Battelle and those European centers. What's the problem?

Of course there is no problem!

Therefore, facing the overwhelming pressure now, Larry Brown still has a glimmer of hope in his heart while feeling anxious.

That is, if he develops a strategy of using two centers to shrink the zone defense by fighting hard, then he will change the history of basketball, then he will once again gain great fame, then he will return as the king again!

The Dream Six team, which had no shooting, forced the conservative Larry Brown to make such an unconventional change.

Facts have proved that there really is everything in dreams.

On the court, after Howard overpowered Yao Ming to steal the first offense of the game, Duncan first received a pass from Jefferson and scored with a left-hand hook shot facing Bago's defensive inside line, which was regarded as the victory for the American team in this game. A good start.

Duncan's skills are always so unpretentious and people don't know how to defend.

Duncan's strong start coupled with those sweet dreams Larry Brown had before, to be honest, it really made Larry Brown suddenly feel confident, like a drowning man who has grasped a life-saving straw.

But soon, Larry Brown knew how different reality was from his dream.

In the first attack of the Chinese team's game, Chen Xiao saw that the person defending Chen Xiao was Howard, a high school center rookie. So what else is there to say?

Of course it is to organize Yao Ming to play Howard in singles!

If you play power forward, Duncan can come out to help defend.

We are afraid of you, why don’t we avoid you?

After Chen Xiao used the pick-and-roll to break through Luo Ge's defense, facing Duncan's help defense, with a shake of his little hand, he threw the basketball in his hand to Yao Ming in the paint. Yao's magic step under the basket stunned the young Howard. Then he succeeded in a one-handed chop with his right hand!

Seeing the footsteps of Yao Ming, whose skills are astonishing to everyone, Chen Xiao was so envious, this move was so beautiful!

"It seems that I need to go to Olajuwon for further training when I have time!"

Later, after Iverson's long-distance two-point shot, Yao Ming once again received Chen Xiao's ground pass. While facing Howard, he successfully hit the back and caused a foul from the frizzy Howard. "Hit the ball." Three points" success!

When the Chinese team relied on Yao Ming to score five consecutive points from Howard, Larry Brown, who was still dreaming on the sidelines, woke up from his dream in an instant.

How many offensive rebounds can Howard grab from the Chinese team on offense?

He doesn't know yet.

However, Yao Ming's success rate against Howard in the opening singles is too high, right? !

To be honest, if it were an NBA team, he would definitely not be able to tolerate Howard's single-defense efficiency.

I'm afraid the spray has already started.

But on the Dream Team...

Now, he really can't spit it out anymore!

He really didn't expect that this game, his dream, would be shattered like this.

The players of the Dream Six team who had shots did not defend, and they were called ghosts by Larry Brown.

In this case, Howard's rush with his athletic talent actually became a life-saving straw for the Dream Six team.

This life-saving straw is so scary when it comes up, it's not just Larry Brown who feels his dreams are shattered now.

The American players on the court and the American reporters on the sidelines also had a very bad feeling.

It has to be said that their hunch was really correct.

In the first quarter of the game, in order to break the game, Larry Brown must trust Howard in the first quarter no matter what.

Throughout the first quarter, Howard made Yao Ming 5-of-5 in a single quarter and 3-of-3 free throws, allowing Yao Ming to score 13 points in a single quarter.

He scored 13 points in a single quarter with a 100% shooting rate.

Dayao was simply going crazy.

So after the first quarter, Yao Ming was so excited.

However, seeing the excited Dayao, Chen Xiao made a joke: "Dayao, such a good opponent, you actually gave him two fouls in the first quarter. Isn't this killing the goose that lays the egg?"

"..."

Good guy, why didn't I think of you?

Xiao Chen, you are so witty!

After Chen Xiao finished speaking, Dayao regretted it, while the players of the Chinese team next to him all burst out laughing.

"We've never had such an easy game against Team USA!"

Seeing the relaxed smiles on the faces of the players of the Chinese team, many Chinese audiences and professionals were amazed.

At the same time, audiences from other parts of the world were amazed by the ease and laughter on the faces of Chen Xiao and the Chinese players.

This is the American Dream Team!

When has any team in international basketball been able to face them with this mentality?

However, looking at the score of 28 to 20 at this time, everyone was relieved.

Regardless of the performance on the court or the difference in score, in the first quarter, the Chinese team completely suppressed the American team!

And the Chinese team's center Yao Ming's beating of the American team's center Howard was described as a slap!

Watching Howard on TV, Chandler thought of the summer when he was 18 years old.

How similar is this scene?

"Dwight, the beating has just begun."

Chandler smiled as he watched the Spurs young man who replaced him in the Dream Sixth Team on TV.

The fight starts from the Olympic Games!

This is quite impressive.

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