The opening three-pointer in basketball

London is very quiet at night, except for football hooligans, there is really no noisy person.

At three o'clock in the morning, in one of the rooms at the Hilton Hotel in central London, the lights were still on.

Inside the room, a balding middle-aged man was checking information.

This middle-aged man's name is Lawrence. He is not from the Big Eagle, but from a beautiful country. He once served as a head coach in the NCAA and an assistant coach in the NBA.

Before coming to coach at Daying, Lawrence actually did not have any coaching experience with the national team.

Of course, he is a capable person, even if he has no previous experience, through unremitting efforts and dedicated study.

He still became a very good coach.

At least the Eagles performed well in the previous European Cups and friendly matches.

The Eagles, a group of players who are not considered outstanding, have achieved very good results.

Compared with the previous Big Eagle national team, they can really be said to have made great progress.

Now some Eagle media and fans are already looking forward to their next Olympic trip.

As a developed country in Europe and the United States, Daying also has various performance requirements.

As for the Eagles men's basketball team, the leaders above required them to win.

That's right, it's a victory.

The performance of the Eagles men's basketball team is far inferior to that of the Huaxia team. They have never participated in an Olympic men's basketball competition before.

Under such circumstances, if the Eagles men's basketball team wins a game, it will be regarded as a zero breakthrough.

Of course, it is not easy to complete this task.

After all, in the past history, Spain, Brazil, Russia, and Australia all defeated the Eagles men's basketball team.

To put it bluntly, if they didn't have the home advantage, they would automatically get a seat in the top 12 because they are the host.

Under normal circumstances, the Eagles men's basketball team would not be eligible to participate in the Olympic Games.

This is the reason why the Chinese team has never met the Eagles in the Olympics or World Cup, because they are too inferior and cannot be compared with the Chinese team.

It is because of such a bad history.

Only then did Lawrence deeply understand that even if it was just to win a game, it would not be easy.

After all, which of the opponents in the same group is easy to mess with?

Not to mention that the first game of the group stage is the Chinese team.

He is now very worried that when the time comes that they will be directly massacred by the Chinese team, their morale will be greatly reduced and they will be unable to recover from the fall.

After all, he has watched the match between the Chinese team and the Australian team, and he knows very well that if Bai Yi breaks out with all his strength, Australia will not be able to defend it, let alone the Eagles.

His only hope now is two things.

The first is that Luol Deng and Ben Gordon can explode and offset Bai Yi's scoring.

The second is to hope that the Olympic Organizing Committee can understand Daying and give Daying some opportunities.

Regarding the first point, Luol Deng is now the main small forward of the Bulls. He is 2.06 meters tall, strong, fast, and explosive.

Although he didn't score many points in the NBA, he came to the international arena and faced games where the defensive intensity was obviously not as good as the NBA. He could still score more than ten or twenty points.

Ben Gordon is a defender. He is now the main player of the Pistons and averages 14 points per game.

Same as Luo Deng.

From the NBA to international competitions, he performed equally well.

These two people are the only ones that Big Eagle relies on now.

The second point is naturally to hope that the Olympic Organizing Committee will give Daying a certain degree of support.

Let the referee give Big Eagle a little help during the game.

After all, we are the host country. A disastrous defeat in the first game will not be conducive to selling tickets in the future, right?

Lawrence thought and sighed.

…

After bidding farewell to the imperial capital, Li Yanfeng returned to his hometown by train.

It was a small county in the middle of the country.

There is no KFC, no subway, no zoo, and no beautiful seniors.

Li Yanfeng felt like he had suddenly returned from a bustling city to a remote mountain village in the Middle Ages.

He felt very bored.

He went to hang out with his high school classmates, but found that after two years of not seeing each other, their living habits had already undergone major changes.

Things that we understood and were familiar with have become different.

Fortunately, my high school classmates still like basketball, and they were fans of the Huaxia team and supported Bai Yi.

"I think Bai Yi should go to another team next season, to the Grizzlies, or to the Pacers. It's too tiring to be in the Timberwolves. I don't support Bai Yi to be so tired."

"Bai Yi's strength is enough to establish a dynasty, and it's very easy."

My classmates didn’t like Bai Yi playing in the Timberwolves.

He thinks the Timberwolves' configuration is too bad.

Li Yanfeng smiled and said nothing more.

Before Bai Yi, he watched very few NBA games.

After Baiyi, he started to really get in touch with the NBA.

It can be said that the Timberwolves are the first NBA team that he has emotionally invested in.

He naturally understands that the Timberwolves have many shortcomings, but he hopes that Bai Yi will stay in the Timberwolves and lead this weak team to rise and build a dynasty team.

Li Yanfeng expressed his opinion, but his old classmate did not understand it.

The two argued for a long time but could not convince each other. Then they made a tacit agreement not to discuss the NBA and switch to the national team.

Regarding the first game, the old classmates were not so optimistic.

"I'm still a little worried about the first game. Although the Eagles are average, they still have NBA players like Luol Deng and Ben Gordon."

"What's more important is that this is the Eagles' first home game, and the referee will definitely favor the Eagles."

"I'm definitely not worried about Bai Yi. I'm worried about other people. Once they are targeted by the referee, they will not be able to bear it."

This matter is indeed worthy of consideration.

The psychological quality of Huaxia players is notoriously poor. You can't expect them to change drastically so quickly.

When the time comes, when the referee targets them, they will all fail. Wouldn’t that be a hindrance?

Li Yanfeng said goodbye to his old classmates and returned home, still thinking about this matter.

He then went online and read posts on some forums.

I found that many netizens are worried about this.

"what can we do about it?"

He spent two days in this state of worry.

On this day, his father who was on a business trip returned home in a hurry.

"Son, at 8:30 tonight, the men's basketball team will face the Eagles men's basketball team. Don't miss it."

Li Yanfeng was influenced by his father and started watching football.

In the early years, I didn’t watch the NBA, but the CBA.

"Dad, I feel like this game is not easy to play now. The Eagles are at home. Will the referee help the Eagles?"

Father Li smiled and said, "With the foreigner's style, I will definitely help Daying, but I have confidence in Bai Yi."

Li's father is already in his forties. In fact, Bai Yi's impact on their age group is much greater than that of young people.

After all, the view accepted by Father Li and others has always been that the mid-range is the most stable and efficient way to score.

And Bai Yi's three-point shot penetrated everything.

Li's father still thinks that Bai Yi was an accident and basketball still dominates the mid-range game.

However, he admitted that Bai Yi has the strength to reverse this phenomenon.