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Chapter 771 Sino-American War ([-])

After defeating the Lithuanian team, the Chinese men's basketball team entered the Olympic semi-finals again after the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

However, just like the previous Olympic Games, the Chinese team's opponent in the semi-finals is also the powerful US team.

In the semi-finals of the last Olympic Games, the Chinese team lost to the US team in the group stage, and fought hard against the US team in the semi-finals, but unfortunately failed to advance to the finals, but the results of the semi-finals still set a new record for China. The best score in men's basketball.

There is no doubt that the US team is a strong team. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, NBA professional players made the world realize for the first time what is basketball and what is American basketball. The US team with countless superstars was called Dream One. Team.

In the next ten years, the American men's basketball team dominated the world basketball world. They defended the glory of their dream team with one champion after another.

But at the 2002 World Championships, in Indianapolis, on America's doorstep, arrogant Americans paid the price for their pride.

In that World Championships, the U.S. team was defeated by the Argentine team 87-80 in the second stage of the group stage, and then the U.S. team was defeated by the former Yugoslavia men’s basketball team in the quarter-finals. Can go to compete for No.5, but in the battle for No.5, the American team lost their soul and was defeated by the Spanish team. In the local World Championships, they only won No.6. The title of the dream team exploded collapse.

Although the US team participating in this World Championships still calls themselves the Dream Six Team, their performance in this Olympic Games was not outstanding.

The lineup of this US team is dominated by young players. The famous stars are only Tim Duncan, Iverson, Marbury, Stoudemire, and Liu Han's teammate Lamar Odom. The 03-level rookie Zhong Wei Germany, James, and Anthony were collectively selected, as well as the No. [-] pick in this year's draft, Okafor.

Although the U.S. team this time is still strong and advanced to the quarterfinals with the first place in the group, they also defeated the Spanish team by 13 points in the quarterfinals and advanced to the semi-finals, successfully breaking the World Championships two years ago However, the overall performance of the US team in this Olympic Games was not satisfactory.

The head coach of the U.S. team this time is Liu Han's old acquaintance Larry Brown. Although the old coach never dreamed of the finals, he still won the favor of the American Basketball Association.

This year's U.S. team members are unparalleled in terms of physical talent. Their speed and impact are very strong, but when it comes to insiders, this U.S. team is not very strong.

Although Duncan is stable enough, he is not completely incomprehensible, while Stoudemire, Carlos Boozer, Okafor and others are too young. They do not have much experience in international basketball. With the development of world basketball in recent years, the insiders of this US team are at best top-notch, not top-notch.

In addition to the inside line, this year's US team also has a big problem with the outside line. The impact is enough, but the US team does not have enough stable outside three-pointers. Iverson and Marbury are one by one. The three of them also have sufficient impact but unstable shooting. Only Anthony has a good three-pointer but is not stable enough.

Although the US team still advanced to the semi-finals with their strong impact, their flaws are real.

Facing the seemingly strong American team, many players in the Chinese men's basketball team were a little nervous. Li Rui and Liu Han could clearly feel the players' discomfort. Even players with NBA experience like Yao Min and Wang Zhizhi showed signs of anxiety. Some tension came.

Coach Li Rui held a closed-door meeting on the night after the match with the Lithuanian team. At the meeting, he began to analyze the shortcomings of the American team from the beginning to the end. At the same time, Liu Han also explained the shortcomings of these American team players to his teammates. features.

After the efforts of the two, the players of the Chinese team have become a little more stable.

"Brother Liu, do you think we can win this game?"

"Yes, definitely, you have to believe in yourself and me, don't you? Fight, don’t worry about that idiot on the Spurs, he won’t have too many shots, I’m familiar with the two point guards on the US team, they’re not very selfless, don’t worry about perimeter defense, just make up for it properly Okay, leave the rest to me."

Before the game started, Yao Min was still asking Liu Han, and Liu Han had to explain Yao Min again.

In fact, Liu Han does not have much fear of this US team. Whether it is coaches or players, this US team has a lot of losers. If some stars in the league are recruited, Liu Han may be worried. The team was crushed as a whole, but this time, Liu Han felt that it was him, and it was also a good opportunity for the Chinese team.

For so many years in basketball, Liu Han has won many championships, but the Olympic champion has always been what he looks forward to. He wants to leave a monument for the latecomers, a monument that leads countless people to climb up.

The Chinese team is preparing for the game closely, and the American team is also studying the Chinese team carefully. Larry Brown lost to Don Nelson in the finals. He blamed Liu Han for the loss If it weren't for this Chinese, maybe the Pistons could really win the championship.

In the U.S. team, there are many players who are looking forward to playing against Liu Han and defeating Liu Han. Iverson and Liu Han were drafted in the same year, but he has never won a championship until now. He hopes to beat Liu Han once .

Marbury also has the same idea. As a member of the 96th rookie class, he is also eager to beat Liu Han, and he is currently in a difficult situation with the Knicks, and he also wants to use the results of the Olympics to prove himself.

Needless to say, the three rookies of the 03 class, Liu Han is known as the touchstone of the 03-level rookies in the United States, but more people think that Liu Han is like the ultimate big boss that the 03-level rookies have to face. One level, these potential new stars who want to come to the 03 level should be hopeless for the championship.

"To deal with this Chinese team, we only need to do one thing, which is to prevent the death of China Liu. If we prevent him, this Chinese team will lose its soul. Their speed is too slow, and we can ravage them as much as we want."

Larry Brown actually didn't think the Chinese team was so powerful, but subconsciously Liu Han still gave him the feeling that he was extremely dangerous, so the tactics he arranged for the American team was to stare at Liu Han and hit the impact.

The referee threw the ball high in the middle circle, and this much-anticipated semi-final officially started.

(End of this chapter)