I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team was so strong that even the American media and fans believed that the Chinese team was the dream team in the world of basketball.

Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, the two most popular first or second players in the NBA and the basketball world, are not only powerful individually, but also have a very tacit understanding of each other.

It’s not that the U.S. team doesn’t have players like Chen Xiao and Yao Ming. Kobe and Wade are also very strong. One is S-level and the other is S-. However, let’s put it this way, the effect of Kobe and Wade’s S plus S- is not as good. Chen Xiao and Yao Ming's S plus A+, this is definitely not a joke.

Even the trio of Kobe, Wade and James, one S and two S-, may not be as effective as the S plus A+ combination of Chen Xiao and Yao Ming.

Basketball games have never been about simply stacking up the personal strengths of stars.

The 12 players in this American Dream Team are indeed very strong individually.

Except for Boozer and Oden, who are two A-level players, the other ten players are all A-level players or above.

Among them, Bosh, Howard, and Ron Howard are Grade A.

Anthony, Tracy McGrady, Arenas, and Paul are A+.

And Wade and James are S-.

Kobe is S level.

In terms of overall strength, the U.S. team is indeed a strong one. It is led by three historical players, plus four super giants, as well as three superstar-level players. The remaining two are also all-star level.

However, how much synergy can be exerted with such a strong comprehensive strength on the Olympic stage?

This time, the lineup of the 08 Dream Team is still reasonable, but it is impossible to match the Chinese team in terms of tacit understanding. At the same time, the American Dream Team also has big problems in the lineup.

For example, their center.

The Spurs fell to the ground twice in the Finals, but both times were because their center Howard was beaten by Yao Ming.

Under NBA rules, Yao Ming can beat Howard, and in the international arena, Yao Ming can also beat Howard.

What's more, the current Chinese team really doesn't just have Chen Xiao and Yao Ming.

The current starting power forward of the Chinese team is 24-year-old Yi Jianlian. After he was selected by the Jazz in the 2004 draft, and after four seasons of careful training by Jerry Sloan, Yi Jianlian is now quite outstanding.

Although the little Malone Sloan is looking forward to, except for Yi Jianlian's increasingly bulging muscles, Yi Jianlian feels that he is getting further and further behind. However, just because he cannot become Malone does not mean that Yi Jianlian is not good enough.

Yi Jianlian's performance with the Jazz last season can be said to be excellent both offensively and defensively. Although the Jazz did not make the playoffs last season, Yi Jianlian, as the starting power forward, had 17 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.4 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 46%. , also shot 36% from three-point range.

Basically, he can do everything. Although he is not proficient in any of them, he is very balanced in all aspects, and the system's evaluation of UAE has reached the B+ level.

The current Arab League is a bit like Chen Xiao’s former teammate Martin in the Nets. He is good in all aspects but not top-notch, so it is difficult or even impossible to get an A-level evaluation. But because of his balance, he is even a good player. There are some A-level opponents who can beat them.

Therefore, players like Yi Jianlian and Brother Martin, although their system ratings are not that high, are all practical weapons.

Of course, what makes A Lian better than Martin is that he is taller, shoots better, and has better ball control and breakthrough abilities, which is more suitable for Chen Xiao and Dayao.

In addition, although the Chinese team's starting small forward Zhu Fangyu has been a substitute for the Spurs in the past three seasons, his shooting has become more stable after the confrontation. In the international arena, he is definitely a very reliable player. He is a role player and three-point shooter. After all, when he was 19 years old, he played with Pierce and Chen Xiao.

Chen Jianghua, this year's 12th overall pick, has been Asia's No. 1 point guard for two years, and even won the MVP in the CBA this year.

Although Chen Jianghua was very embarrassed when facing Rose and Westbrook during the training in the United States, he was still better than most NCAA point guards when facing Rose, especially his speed and explosiveness. Good ball control, yes An explosive point guard that is very suitable for Chen Xiao and Yao Ming.

In short, as long as the five starting players of the Chinese team do not suffer major injuries, the Chinese team is the most promising team in terms of the team's tacit understanding and running-in as well as the overall performance of individual strength.

Many people even say that the Chinese team in 2008 can compete with the Dream Team of that year.

Well, this is a bit exaggerated, but the media’s mouth is normal.

The Chinese team can play the Dream Team for many times without suffering a loss, but it will suffer a lot when playing the Dream Team for a while, and may even definitely not be able to beat it.

Because the Dream Team is indeed the most perfect and flawless Dream Team.

Against Shangmengyi, the advantage of Chen Xiao and Yao Ming is not that great, and when the advantage of Chen Xiao and Yao Ming is not much, the disadvantage of the lack of thickness of the Chinese team's lineup will be magnified.

But no matter what, before the start of the Olympics, the basketball community around the world was praising the Chinese team.

Therefore, before the start of the Olympic Games, the Chinese team's winning odds were the first among all teams.

And the odds are much higher than those of the United States and Spain, a veritable dream team!

On July 29, 2008, BJ time, the Diamond Cup, one of the three major international basketball cups, officially started.

There are six teams participating in the Diamond Cup this time. The American champion team, the United States, is still absent. In addition, this year's European champion Russia is also absent. At the same time, the runner-up Spain also declined the invitation. It has to be said that the Diamond Cup It is true that the three major cups in the world can no longer be held.

The timing is too embarrassing, and to be honest, those strong European and American teams really don't like this championship trophy.

Therefore, this Diamond Cup is also the last Diamond Cup, and there will no longer be this competition.

However, no matter how declining the Diamond Cup is now, it is still one of the three major cups, a world championship alongside the Olympic Games and the World Championships.

Therefore, although there are no European and American championship teams to support the team, the quality of the team is not bad.

The six teams were divided into two groups.

Group A includes the host nation, Asian champion China, African champion Angola, and Oceania champion Australia.

In Group B, Lithuania, the European third runner-up, substituted for Russia, Argentina, the American runner-up, substituted for the United States team, and Asian runner-up Iran, who came in as a substitute because China occupied the host spot.

Except for Iran and Angola, which are weak, the other teams are still very strong.

Of course, the strongest team is definitely the Chinese team, and the team that takes this game most seriously is definitely the Chinese team.

After all, if the Chinese team wants to complete the five-time women's volleyball championship, it must win this Diamond Cup.

Therefore, although other teams also participated with all their main players, they basically regarded this game as a warm-up match for the Olympics, but the Chinese team was really working hard!

Of course, the Chinese team's goal this year is not just a Diamond Cup, but a further goal is the Olympic Games. Of course, they will not compete foolishly in the competition.

In the first two group matches of the Diamond Cup, against Angola, Chen Xiao and Yao Ming played for 20 minutes each and then got off work. In this game, Wang Zhizhi performed very well, transforming into a 'behemoth' under the basket. Make Angola so bad.

Yes, you read that right. In this game, Brother Wang often played one on two or even one on three. He was tall. Brother Wang was too tall, and the black uncles were too slim. His technique was too rough, and he was stunned by Brother Wang's fake shot.

However, from another perspective, Wang, who scored 28 points in this game, is in really good shape for this Olympics.

This Olympics, Brother Wang said, will be his last Olympics.

Brother Wang is no longer preparing to compete in the 2012 London Olympics. After all, Brother Wang will be 35 years old in four years.

At that time, who knows if he is still playing.

Of course, we all know that in history, Wang still played for the Chinese team that had no talent in 2012, and even played in the 2013 Asian Championships, and was in pretty good shape. He played 23 minutes against Jordan in the 2013 Asian Championships. 33 points, breaking a bunch of records, which is shocking.

From this aspect, Brother Wang is indeed a player who becomes more and more demonic as he gets older.

Especially in the international arena, Brother Wang is very powerful, and he is also the number one weapon on the bench of the Chinese team.

The team's most important weapon on the bench is in such good condition, of course the Chinese team is very happy.

The first game against Angola in Group A of the Diamond Cup was almost like a warm-up, but the second game against Australia was not that easy.

Although in the end the Chinese team easily defeated Australia 100-84, this game was not an opponent that could be won by relying on Brother Wang.

In this game, Chen Xiao and Yao Ming both played 30 minutes, and they were not playing tricks. Chen Xiao scored 28 points in this game, and Dayao also scored 20 points. In addition, the scores of Arab League and Hua Tsai Also in double figures.

The five starters of the Chinese team played very hard.

In the Diamond Cup group stage, the Chinese team won two games and qualified first in the group. They will face their old rival Argentina in the final.

The competition format of the Diamond Cup is that after the group stage, the finals will be played directly. The first place in the group will compete with the first place in the group, the second place in the group will compete with the second place in the group for third place, and the third place in the group will compete with the third place in the group for fifth place.

On August 1, 2008, at 7:30 pm, the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium was packed with people tonight.

The official ticket price for this final is a maximum of 1,660 yuan, but the price on the black market is even as high as 20,000 yuan, and there is still a price but no market.

I have to say that in this Diamond Cup, the popularity of the Chinese team is really high, mainly because Chen Xiao's popularity is really high.

After all, Chen Xiao is from Jiangsu Province. For Jiangsu Province people, how can they not support Chen Xiao, the pride of Jiangsu Province, playing games in his hometown?

In this Diamond Cup, every time the Chinese team plays, many people say that Jinling is blocked.

Although this is a bit exaggerated, it is not that exaggerated.

Returning from the outside to the court, the Chinese team and Argentina can be regarded as old rivals in international competitions over the years.

Moreover, Chen Xiao also has a very good relationship with Argentina's boss Ginobili.

The two are very good friends, and they had been chatting happily before the game started.

However, at the end of the greetings, Ginobili smiled in Chen Xiao's ear and shocked Chen Xiao.

"Chen, let me tell you a secret. I'm leaving the Magic. It's not just me, Tony, Tim, we are all leaving the Magic!"

"..."

Chen Xiao was really shocked. When the Magic kicked out Ginobili's "godfather" Doc Reeves last season, Ginobili told Chen Xiao that he no longer wanted to play for the Magic.

If the Magic hadn't had Duncan and Parker, he would have submitted a trade request long ago.

However, I didn't expect that the Magic would actually trade Ginobili.

Obviously, the transaction was about to happen, and Ginobili knew it was done in advance!

So, the Magic are going to collapse? !

One of his biggest rivals in the Eastern Conference, one of his biggest rivals in the past year, is going to fall apart like this?

Chen Xiao couldn't believe it.

Seeing Chen Xiao's expression, Ginobili smiled and returned to his team's bench.

As he left, though, Ginobili was laughing inside.

"Chen, if I didn't want to win this game, I wouldn't want to tell you this secret so early."

Good guy, it turns out that Ginobili actually wants to play psychological warfare.

This kid's hair is getting smaller and smaller, and his "conscience" on the court is actually becoming less and less!

You deserve to be bald!

Of course, Chen Xiao didn't know Ginobili's intentions, but Chen Xiao was not affected by Ginobili in this game.

Although he was indeed shocked by the news from Ginobili.

However, he is not one of those young guys who just entered the NBA.

He has been playing basketball for so many years, how could he be affected by such an impact off the court.

Of course, Ginobili didn't really think he could successfully steal the chicken.

It's just that stealing chickens is his habit. He just steals a handful when he gets the chance.

Moreover, at the beginning of the game, Argentina saw that it had no chance. In the second half, it actually gave up and did not want to fight the Chinese team in the Diamond Cup.

The Chinese team wants this championship, and so does Argentina, but they don’t think much about it. The two teams are working hard here, so aren’t the US team, Spain, and Lithuania going to die laughing?

In the end, the Chinese team and Argentina played a very friendly match in this game. The Chinese team at home defeated Argentina 101-94.

Chen Xiao scored a high of 36 points on 14-of-24 shooting, Dayao scored 24 points on 8-of-14 shooting, and the UAE scored 14 points on 5-of-12 shooting. Three players from the Chinese team scored in double figures.

On the other side, Argentina had three people score 20 points, Scola scored 32 points, Ginobili and Nocioni 24 points and 20 points respectively.

The two teams played this game with average intensity.

The game wasn't that exciting either.

However, to the Chinese fans at the scene, this was not important. What was important was that the Chinese team won the championship, Chen Xiao won the tournament MVP, and was selected for the best team.

"Congratulations to the Chinese men's basketball team, they have completed the great achievement of four championships!"

Therefore, after the game, Teacher Zhang and the fans at the scene were as crazy.

By the way, while this game was going on, there was an episode in the middle. The American Dream Team entered the game halfway, causing boos from the audience.

After the game, watching Chen Xiao lead the Chinese team to lift the championship trophy and MVP, Coach K on the sidelines felt regretful.

"What a pity this game is."

Of course he hopes that the Chinese team will compete with Argentina.

Now it seems that there are not that many fools in this world.

Easily achieving the quadruple crown, the Chinese team's morale is now high and it is even more difficult to win.

However, from another aspect, the current Chinese team is in decline. Maybe this is the last glory of the Chinese team?

In short, Coach K is very cautious about the Chinese team.

He is different from other head coaches of the American team. Other head coaches of the American team can be proud and arrogant when accepting the American team.

And he was appointed at a critical moment. He is the only head coach in the history of the US team who was appointed at a critical moment!

"The current American team really cannot afford to lose!"

Coach K came with a heavy heart and left with a heavy heart.