The rest is just noise

In the past two Olympic Games, due to ideological issues, countries in the two camps of the Soviet Union and the United States boycotted each other, resulting in a decline in competitiveness, and the two major international factions were working behind closed doors.

At the same time, the 1988 Olympics were seen by many as a sign that tense Cold War relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were thawing.

The United States and the Soviet Union will compete against each other in the Summer Olympics for the first time since 1976.

At the same time, this is also a grand event for Koreans to show themselves to the outside world.

As Time Magazine said: "The Olympics are an elaborate party held by South Korea for itself, allowing the world to appreciate the economic miracle that has emerged from the ashes of war."

Since Louis was in the United States, most of the news he saw was from Americans.

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During a springboard preliminaries, American diver Greg Louganis hit his head on the springboard while somersaulting. After several minutes of stitches on the scene, he returned to the diving board and eventually

Won the gold medal in that competition.

Florence "Flo Joe" Griffith Joyner became the world's fastest woman after winning three track and field gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay.

But the most exciting thing was the 100-meter dash. Canadian flying star Ben Johnson easily defeated Carl Lewis, but was found to be doping shortly afterwards, becoming the biggest scandal in the sports world this year.

In the subsequent light heavyweight boxing finals, the Koreans perfectly interpreted their sportsmanship.

The two sides were the legendary American Roy Jones Jr., who later dominated the professional light heavyweight boxing scene in the 1990s, and the South Korean player Park Hee-hong. In that game, Jones hit his opponent 86 times, far more than the 32 times his opponent hit him.

times. Under such a huge and obvious advantage, the referee still awarded the gold medal to the then host South Korea.

After the game, two referees on duty were accused of accepting bribes from South Koreans and were banned from officiating future Olympic events.

Of course, not all referees are so unscrupulous. In another level of boxing competition, Korean athlete Do Jung-il, who is the favorite to win the championship, encountered a fair and honest referee. He bravely gave the verdict on the land of Koreans.

A fair verdict. When South Korea's popular boxer was eliminated, Seoyoung, who was determined to show the world the spirit of contemporary Koreans, beat the referee in public on a global live broadcast. Moreover, the C position responsible for the main output was Do Jung-il.

coaches and assistant coaches.

Louis watched this game live.

He was surprised to see a few Bill Laimbeer fans on the live broadcast, the same Korean officials and on-site staff who were filling in in the name of breaking up the fight.

The scene of such a group of people taking advantage of the chaos to fight and beat up the referee was very exciting for Louis.

The audience also became commotion, bottles were flying in the air, seats were flying around, and the ring was in chaos.

When the referee was rescued, he was beaten beyond recognition.

After the game, the Koreans relentlessly requested a review of the game to find out what was wrong with the referee. It turned out that the referee's decision was completely correct.

The two major scandals in the boxing match, plus Ben Johnson's doping scandal, and the own goal in which the peace dove was burned to death in full view of the public during the opening ceremony, rank among the four most memorable points of the 1988 Olympics in Louis' mind.

Apart from these, Louis mainly focuses on the men's basketball game.

The men's basketball competition at this Olympic Games is divided into two groups, namely Group A and Group B.

The United States, Spain, Brazil, Canada, China, and Egypt are placed in the same group.

The top four in each group will enter the knockout rounds. For China, the opponent that prevents them from entering the knockout rounds is Canada, the designated pet of the United States.

During this period, the Chinese team defeated Egypt with the twin towers of Song Tao and Yu Tiancan.

Defeated Spain, had a stalemate with the United States for three quarters and was defeated in the fourth quarter, fought with Brazil until the last moment and suffered a succorer from the divine hand Oscar Schmidt. In the game with Canada, Yu Tiancan sent out 7 big shots, plus Song Tao

Dominant 28 points and 15 rebounds, defeated Canada by 4 points, ranked fourth in the group and advanced to the knockout rounds.

In the knockout round, they met Yugoslavia, which was in full swing. The Chinese team was defeated by 40 points, ending their Olympic journey.

Louis saw many acquaintances in the Yugoslav team.

Drazen Petrovich, Toni Kukoc, "Kobe Bryant" Divac, Dino Raja.

Petrovich was one of the players drafted by the Knicks in 1986.

Louis knows that unlike Schmidt, he wants to challenge a higher-level league. Judging from the level he showed in the Olympics, he definitely has the ability to play in the NBA.

Moreover, it will be a very strong offensive machine.

"Drazen, my Drazen, when will he come to the NBA?" Louis has already begun to think about who would be suitable for him to kick out of the lineup if Petrovic comes.

Tomjanovich, who watched the game with Louis, said: "Unless FIBA ​​allows professional players to participate in the Olympics, these people will not come to the United States."

"It's fast." Louis smiled, "This is fast."

In the knockout round, the United States easily defeated Puerto Rico and advanced to the semifinals to meet the Soviet Union.

Unlike Munich 16 years ago, this time, the Americans do not have absolute confidence in their team.

In Louis' view, this matter is the same as when the Trail Blazers selected Bowie in 1984. As time flies, many people will make historical revisionist mistakes about things decades ago. For example, "This U.S.

"Young people are not talented enough. It was normal to choose Bowie at that time. After all, everyone chose big men." The comparison between Jordan and Bowie has been mentioned before, so I won't go into details here. Let's just talk about this U.S. team.

There was huge controversy over the selection.

Who let their head coach be John Thompson? Louis was friends with him, but Thompson was just an idiot.

What's more, this team has two No. 1 picks in the NBA draft.

David Robinson and Danny Manning, as far as international competitions are concerned, they are perfect, modern insiders with super mobility and offensive space. There are also two trustworthy pitchers, Mickey Richmond and He

Cy Hawkins. There are also two outstanding wings, the Knicks' rookie Dan Marley and "rubber man" Staey Augmon (SFSG) this year.

But Thompson's picks at other positions were completely screwed up.

For the point guard position, he chose his disciples from Georgetown University, Charles Smith (not the one who was just drafted) and Bimbo Coles (m-wave ColesPG).

Apart from having the same name as this year's lottery pick, the former has no redeeming features and is bound to be a loser in future drafts. Besides being selected for Team USA's Olympic team, the next time he made headlines was for a hit-and-run accident and a home injury.

Two bullets.

Although Coles successfully entered the league in the future, he was only an average defender.

The list of items that Thompson scrapped to add these two items is as follows:

Gary Payton, Tim Hardaway, Mookie Blaylock, Rod Strickland, Steve Kerr.

Even if he brings in the talented high school student Kenny Anderson or the future core coach of Duke University Bob Hurley, it is better than being superstitious about his own people.

He added two mediocre guards from Georgetown University to the U.S. men's basketball team, while giving up the breakaway shot and the tactical arrangement of allowing shooters to shoot from two diagonal positions, which is the best in international competitions with shorter three-point lines.

At the same time, it is like leading a team with greatly enhanced talent, requiring a high-pressure defense, and letting a group of students intimidate adults who have experienced many battles in overseas competitions.

If this was out of his mind, Louis would never believe it.

The bad thing is that their opponent, the Soviet Union, is not afraid of Georgetown's high-pressure style of play, and likes to move the ball and let players shoot three-pointers from the outside.

One team avoids all the right options, while the other team embraces all the right options.

For the first time in history, the Americans were ready before the U.S. men's national basketball team lost.

Thompson's selection was extremely controversial. Their opponent, the Soviet Union, had a strong army, so when a completely suppressed game took place in Seoul, everyone could accept it.

The Soviets defeated the Americans in the semifinals.

Moreover, the gap between the two sides is not like what fans in the future will remember. David Robinson was beaten by Sabonis. No, judging from the scene and statistics, Robinson scored 19 points, 12 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 50 shots in 25 minutes.

% shooting rate, which is still an advantage over Sabonis who scored 13 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 50% shooting rate in 36 minutes.

After Jose Hawkins was injured, the U.S. team was left with only two reliable pitchers, Richmond and Marley. In this case, Thompson also ignored the final winning code and killed Robinson, which Louis did not expect.

When Robinson was "spared" by the brain-stricken Thompson, Richmond had no touch. The two Lithuanian players of the Soviet team exploded, Sarūnas Majulionis (SG) and Lee

Mas KurtinaitisSG broke out and shredded the U.S. team's back line.

When Thompson didn't answer any of the questions correctly, the U.S. team was doomed to fail.

Despite this, Thompson still had the courage to say: "I think many people did not expect this result, but these children should not be blamed. They have tried their best."

Louis absolutely believes that these people have tried their best, but I don’t know whether he, the head coach, has tried his best.

Moreover, Louis did not expect another unexpected incident caused by the American team being crushed by the Soviet team.

Because of Sabonis, the Portland Trail Blazers were scolded miserably!