Legendary star

Chapter 597 The Nightmare Journey of the Dream Team
"Hello, audience friends, what you are watching is the opening ceremony of the 28th Summer Olympic Games, which is the Athens Olympic Games, and our Chinese Olympic delegation will be on stage soon. In this Olympic Games, our Chinese Olympic delegation A total of 407 athletes have been dispatched, and they will participate in 26 major events and 203 minor events for gold medals."

"Meng Xu from the men's basketball team of the Olympic Games was the first to appear on the field, and he is also the flag bearer of the Chinese Olympic delegation. Meng Xu is an athlete we are all very familiar with. He is already a household name in our Chinese country. , Even if you look around the world, Meng Xu has a high reputation, so it is well deserved for Meng Xu to be the flag bearer for the opening ceremony of this Olympic Games."

Just as Sun Zhengping and Han Qiaosheng were introducing the composition of the Olympic athletes in the CCAV studio, and by the way were blowing their noses at Meng Xu, the main venue of the Athens Olympic Games, the Athens Olympic Stadium, Meng Xu was holding the national flag, and walked all over the world In the focus, and in the envious eyes of countless people, he walked slowly. Behind Meng Xu, there were more than 300 Chinese athletes participating in the Olympic Games. Because some games had already started ahead of schedule, the 407 athletes who came to Athens Among the athletes, there are still some who cannot attend the opening ceremony of today's Olympic Games.

After the grand and splendid opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Meng Xu was dragged away by the excited Huaguo men's basketball coaching staff, because in the just-concluded first men's basketball game, the American team unexpectedly Lost to Puerto Rico 73 to 92!
The U.S. men's basketball team, which holds the title of Dream Team, is the number one seed in this Olympic Games and the biggest opponent of all teams with Olympic gold medal ambitions. Of course, it is also the biggest opponent of the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team. Because they are in the same group as the U.S. team, the coaching staff of the Huaguo men's basketball team pays special attention to every move of the U.S. team. Although they dare not say it, in their hearts, which of these teams participating in the Olympic Games is there? Not thinking about how to overthrow the US team.

Due to the disastrous defeat in the Indiana World Championships, the American team, known as the Dream Team Six, originally recruited a large number of NBA first-line stars, but due to fears of terrorist attacks on the Athens Olympics and the tension between the NBA and the American Basketball Association Contradictions led to Kobe, McGrady, Carter and other first-line superstars not coming to Athens with the team, but even so, led by Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Stephen Marbury, Lamar Odom, The US team consisting of Richard Jefferson, Amare Stoudemire, Shawn Marion, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, etc. is also enough Strong, coupled with the famous coaches Larry Brown and Popovich, the US team is still the invincible dream team in the eyes of outsiders and their own people, but it is very embarrassing that the US team has a bad start. The first game was capsized in the gutter, and it was a disastrous loss to a team like Puerto Rico.

Originally, they were in the same group as the U.S. team, so other teams could only consider competing for the second or even third place in the group, but now that the U.S. team has capsized in the gutter, its strength in this group is second only to the U.S. The team's Huaguo basketball team began to compete for the first place in the group. After all, the better the ranking in the group stage, the less resistance they will encounter in the knockout round.

In this Olympic Games, the Huaguo men's basketball national team, the American champion team USA, the Oceania champion Australia team, the European champion Lithuania team, the America third runner-up Puerto Rico team, and the host Greece team are divided into Group B. Due to the outstanding performance of the last Olympic Games, Huaguo The men's basketball team has become the No. 2 seed team in this Olympic Games, and it is also the No. [-] seed in Group B. Therefore, after the US team lost to Puerto Rico in the first game, the Huaguo men's basketball team ushered in the competition for the first place in the group. Given a chance, as long as they can qualify first in the group, according to the Olympic basketball schedule, the Huaguo men's basketball team can easily avoid Serbia, Montenegro and Argentina, the strongest in Group A.

Originally, before going to the Olympics, the Huaguo men's basketball team set a goal for themselves to be second in the group or third in the group. Therefore, in the arrangement of the group stage, the Huaguo men's basketball team also had a choice. Greece, Puerto Rico, Australia, These three teams must be won. Next is the game against Lithuania. Lithuania can be said to be the biggest competitor of the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team in the group stage besides the US team. The game against Lithuania The Huaguo men's basketball team will choose whether to give up or fight hard according to the game situation in Group A. As for the last opponent in the group stage, the US team, that game must be given up, because from the perspective of strength and historical record, The Huaguo men's basketball team has no chance of defeating the US team. At the same time, in order not to encounter the US team before the final, the Huaguo men's basketball team will also decide the strategy for the last two games based on the record of the US team in the group stage. But now After the U.S. team lost the first game, the Huaguo men's basketball team's previous strategy was completely useless, because if they want to compete for the first place in the group, they must go all out in every game, whether it is Lithuania or the U.S. team have to fight it out.

On August 2004, 8, the second day after the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Huaguo men's basketball team ushered in the first opponent in the group stage, the host team Greece, because the strength of the Greek team was not very strong, so the Huaguo men's basketball team In the first game of the Olympic Games, the lineup was mainly based on running in. Because Meng Xu changed to play point guard in the NBA and achieved great success, in the game against the Greek team, Meng Xu was also arranged by Jiang Quan to organize guard position.

The point guard has always been the shortcoming of the Huaguo men's basketball team. First-class strikers, second-rate insiders, and low-level guards. This is the portrayal of the Huaguo men's basketball team, especially in the face of tight defenses. , The defenders of the Huaguo men's basketball team even had difficulty transporting the basketball to the frontcourt.

After Meng Xu changed to play point guard, the last shortcoming of the Huaguo men's basketball team was filled. Point guard Meng Xu, shooting guard Li Nan, small forward Zhu Fangyu, power forward Wang Zhizhi, center Yao Ming, among the five starting players There are three NBA players, among them Meng Xu is the No.1 in the NBA right now, and Yao Ming was also selected to the NBA All-NBA Third Team this season. Compared with Meng Xu and Yao Ming, although Wang Zhizhi's strength is much worse, but Wang Zhizhi is also a very good rotation player in the NBA. Last season, he averaged 30 points and 11.5 rebounds in 5 minutes per game. After his contract expired this summer, he just reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Clippers. A six-year, $6 million contract extension.

Although for the Huaguo men's basketball team, the game against the host Greece team is just a match to adjust the lineup, but for the Greek fans, it has another meaning, because the biggest star of the Greek team this year , is also a point guard, known as "European Kobe" and "European Magician" Vasilis Spanoulis, Spanoulis was selected by the Mavericks in the second round of today's draft, but because of the draft Because of the bad pick, Spanoulis refused to report to the Mavericks.

Perhaps for this talented player who led the team to win the bronze medal of the European Youth Championship at the age of 16, led the team to win the European Youth Championship at the age of 18, was elected MVP, and became the main point guard of the Greek national team. It was an insult to himself, so after learning that he was selected by the Mavericks, Spanoulis refused to report to the Mavericks.Because after Spanoulis participated in the draft, his psychological goals were Paul Gasol and Dirk Nowitzki, but Spanoulis's draft pick was far from his two predecessors, even It's a world of difference, so he wants to prove himself in this Olympics, and prove that the 21st pick in the second round is far from worthy of him.

The first game against the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team gave Spanoulis a chance to prove himself. After learning that Meng Xu was going to play point guard today, Spanoulis was extremely excited. Meng Xu, this is the current situation in the NBA. The strongest star is also currently the best point guard in the NBA, so Spanoulis will prove his strength to everyone today, and at the same time test the gap between himself and NBA No.1.

Spanoulis is 1 meters tall and weighs more than 93 kg. He is a very strong defender. At the same time, Spanoulis is not slow at all, with sharp breakthroughs, accurate shots, and an excellent overall view. Known as the most promising point guard in Europe, but what made Spanoulis famous is his oppressive defense and powerful steals. It can be said that Spanoulis is an extremely balanced offense and defense, and at the same time An extremely outstanding defender, at the age of 85, can compete with those top European defenders without falling behind, and even occupy a certain advantage, which is why Spanoulis is extremely proud.

However, in today's game, Spanoulis experienced the feeling of being completely surrounded, whether it was offense or defense, or even down to breakthroughs, shots, supplementary defenses, movements, rebounds, and steals. Pannoulis was completely suppressed by Meng Xu. On the offensive end, he couldn't get rid of Meng Xu's pressing defense. He made as many as 28 turnovers in 8 minutes of playing. On the defensive end, Meng Xu's advantage was even more overwhelming. Overwhelming, at the beginning of the game, Meng Xu was still using his physical advantages to continuously crush Spanoulis with speed and strength, but in the second quarter, Meng Xu only made a jumper, That left Spanoulis in despair.

"Meng, can you give me your jersey for this game?" After the game, Spanoulis went to the substitute of the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team, found Meng Xu, and hoped that Meng Xu could wear this game. Through this game, Spanoulis also clearly realized the gap between himself and the NBA, and at the same time he became more determined to postpone his plan to enter the NBA. Spanoulis told himself that when he became After getting stronger, go to the NBA to prove yourself.

"No problem." Faced with this request from Spanoulis, Meng Xu was a little surprised. After all, in the game, Meng Xu had tortured the guy in front of him to the point of despair. Originally, Meng Xu thought that Spanoulis Norris should hate himself very much, but the reality is exactly the opposite of what Meng Xu thought. Maybe this is the so-called M-shaking attribute.

"Thank you, thank you." After getting the jersey that Meng Xu took off, Spanoulis ran away with a smile.

93 to 72, the Huaguo men's basketball team beat the host Greek team, ushered in a good start in the group stage, and also took a solid step for their goal of competing for the first place in the group.

On August 2004, 8, two days later, the Huaguo men's basketball team ushered in its second opponent Puerto Rico in the group stage. Because Puerto Rico overturned the powerful US team in the first game, and won the US team The team scored 16 points, so the Huaguo men's basketball team attached great importance to this game, but after the start of the game, Meng Xu couldn't help but have some doubts. How did the Puerto Rico team beat the US team by 19 points? Their strength is also very good, even much stronger than Greece, but in the match against the Huaguo men's basketball team, they were completely suppressed by the Huaguo men's basketball team, and they never took a lead from the beginning to the end. It was 19 to 87. After the game, people had to doubt the strength of the US team.

After consecutive victories over the host teams Greece and Puerto Rico, the Huaguo men's basketball team ranked first in Group B with a two-match record. The second place was also the two-match Lithuanian team. It is the Puerto Rico team and the US team with 1 win and 1 loss, and the bottom of the ranking is the host Greece team and Australia, which have lost both games.

On August 8, the Huaguo men's basketball team ushered in the third opponent in the group stage. It was also the Oceania champion Australia team that was at the bottom of Group B. Compared with the last Olympic Games, the Australian team was basically the same old faces. And there was no disturbance in this game. The Huaguo men's basketball team finally defeated the Australian team by 18 points. After losing all three games, Australia basically missed the group stage.

However, the victory of the Huaguo men's basketball team against the Australian team is not news. The biggest news is that the US team lost again. After losing to Puerto Rico in the first game and defeating the hosts in the second game, the US team lost again in the game against Lithuania. Yes, in the fourth quarter of this game, the Lithuanian defender Jasicovius, who is like a god possessed, first scored 12 points with a "four-pointer" and then two consecutive three-pointers and two free throws. , helped Lithuania reverse the U.S. team, with 1 win and 2 losses in three games. The U.S. team led by Larry Brown has been dropped from the altar, and no U.S. media has crowned the title of "Nightmare Team" , and even some media said in a very pessimistic tone, let alone defending the title again, if the US team does not make changes, then the US team may not even be able to qualify for the group in this Olympic Games.

"It seems that we need to change some defensive strategies for this match against Lithuania." In the Olympic Village where the Huaguo men's basketball team stayed, Jiang Quanzheng and his coaching staff watched the video of Lithuania's victory over the US team over and over again. Take a notebook and keep writing and drawing on it.

The game rules of international basketball are very different from those of the NBA. The most obvious difference is the three-second defense and the reasonable collision zone. Therefore, the rules of international basketball are more in favor of the defensive side. At the same time, because there is no three-second defense, a group of big men take root Being under the basket is a very common phenomenon in international basketball games, but Lithuania used 13 three-pointers in the game against the US team to tell everyone that it is not useful for you to stay under the basket and not come out.

In Group B, the Huaguo men's basketball team has won all three games with Lithuania, so in order to ensure that they can appear as the number one in the group, the Huaguo men's basketball team must win the game against Lithuania. Quan still wanted to use the tactics in the previous three games to deal with Lithuania, but after the match between Lithuania and the US team, Jiang Quan understood that if he wanted to beat Lithuania, the Huaguo men's basketball team had to defend.

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