Standing pretty old

Chapter 411 Redemption VS Breakthrough
On the first match day of the Imperial Capital Olympic Games, the men's basketball team did not compete, but the Chinese women's basketball team narrowly beat the Spanish women's basketball team 67:64 on this day, making a good start for the Chinese basketball team.

It is worth mentioning that this is also the first time that the Chinese women's basketball team has defeated an opponent in six years since the Chinese women's basketball team defeated Spain in the group stage in the 2002 World Championships.

In the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, the Tianchao women's basketball team met Spain in the second group match, lost 20 points in the first quarter, and finally lost by 8 points; and in the warm-up match with Spain on June 6 this year, The Chinese team narrowly lost by 5 points.

Being able to beat the opponent at home this time is really a shame.

The women's basketball team made a good start, but for the men's basketball game on the second day, it really put more pressure on them.

Because they will face the biggest favorite in the Olympic Games on the second day, the American men's basketball team called the Dream Eight team by Chinese fans.

In other words, the Tianchao men's basketball team will face the strongest opponent in the first round of the group stage.

If the big score is lost to the opponent, this is not good news for the next game of the Tianchao men's basketball team.

Don't look at Er Niu thinking about winning the Olympic gold medal in the imperial capital, but after all, it's just thinking about it. When it comes to the arena, whether it can break through Group B is still unknown.

Since there was no Tianchao men's basketball game on the first match day, the big names in the team also accepted interviews from various media.

The first person to be interviewed was naturally Dayao.

Talking about the game against the US team, Yao Ming said with a smile: "If we can upset the US team in the first game, then I will not play anymore. Because that is the peak, and I have no way to surpass it."

After making a joke, Yao Mingyan got back to business.

Talking about this Olympic trip, he said earnestly: "This is the third time I have participated in the Olympic Games. I was still young in the first two times, and I didn't feel very deeply; but this time I participated in the Olympic Games held in my motherland. That's enough, there's no need to feel any different about the London Olympics."

Yao Ming emphasized that the realistic goal of the Tianchao Men's Basketball Olympics is to qualify for the top eight in the group: "Obviously, when you play in the Olympics, you always want to win medals, but we may not have reached that level.

Especially since I'm just recovering from an injury and, to be honest, the health of the team has always been an issue.

Ruan Erniu is of course the most incredible existence, at least half of the credit for winning the Diamond Cup should be credited to him.

On the court, he is omnipotent. If there is any player who is the most worth looking forward to, I will definitely choose the second best.In fact, I am also his fan.

If we can get seventh or sixth, it will make history.

However, I think our strength may only be ranked eighth, and this ranking is already satisfactory. "

Even though his performance in the warm-up match was outstanding, Dayao deliberately kept a low profile, and his words implied that he might quit the national team in the 2012 London Olympics.

Dayao has not yet figured it out, as long as he is still fighting on the court all day, it will not be so easy to quit.

Ruan Erniu is naturally another heavyweight player interviewed. In a sense, he has replaced Dayao in the team.

When Er Niu talked about tomorrow's game against the American men's basketball team, he said: "This is destined to be a difficult game, but we should not give up hope. Basketball is round, and anything can happen. Only with desperate efforts With determination, it is possible to defeat the opponent."

After learning that Dayao said that he would retire after winning the US, Er Niu said with a smile: "Dayao is just a joke, no one will take it seriously."

When talking about whether he found the weaknesses of the U.S. team, Er Niu rarely criticized some media without basketball knowledge: "Some newspapers are misleading the audience. They say that the biggest weakness of the U.S. team is at the center position, and claim that they have no support other than Howard. Spectrum center forward.

This argument is outdated. In fact, some media are still promoting the so-called two-tower lineup, or the argument that the insider wins the world, completely ignoring the development trajectory of basketball as a sport.

As long as you have watched the Eagles' games in the 07-08 season, it is not difficult to find that the so-called center must be a big man, which is simply a false proposition.

The era of small balls has arrived, and the pace of basketball games will become faster and faster in the future.

Don't be fooled by the old K coach's NCAA brilliant record. It is their current assistant coach and the head coach of the Suns, Mike D'Antoni, who really injects the offensive soul into this Dream Eight team. The attack and defense conversion speed will exceed everyone's imagination. "

Ruan Erniu finally said: "We have no retreat, we must fight with all our strength in the first game, only in this way can we achieve a historic breakthrough!"

On August 2008, 8, it was raining heavily outside Wukesong Stadium.But this can't stop the fans' enthusiasm for watching the game, and the stadium is already full of seats.

It's 22 o'clock, and there are 15 minutes left. The Tianchao men's basketball team will play the first game of their respective Olympic journeys with the US men's basketball team.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, which is actually not easy for both parties.

Don't think that the American men's basketball team is a superior existence. In fact, this American men's basketball team is not the Dream Eight team in the mouth of Tianchao fans.

Since winning the gold medal in the 2000 Olympics, the US men's basketball team has not been able to stand on the highest podium in the World Series for seven consecutive years.

Especially in the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2006 World Championships, the US men's basketball team sent many NBA masters to participate.

Although they couldn't compare with Barcelona's Dream Team in terms of lineup, their strength should not be underestimated either, but as a result, they did not win the final championship.

This is unforgivable for the proud Americans.They have the best players and the best league in the world, but they haven't won a gold medal for seven years in a row.

For them, this is a great shame and humiliation.

There is a failure called we are not champions.

The dream team has always been an existence with eyes above the top, and their self-esteem does not allow them to continue to fail.

Look at the roster of the US men's basketball team: Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, Tayshaun Prince, Joe Johnson, Dwyane Wade, Deron Williams.

Such a gorgeous lineup that does not lose to Mengyi has already explained Mengba's ambition.

In addition, President Bush Jr. of the United States is also very concerned about the performance of the American men's basketball team. In his last meeting with the head of China No. [-], he specifically asked for tickets for the match between the Chinese men's basketball team and the US men's basketball team.

Tonight, accompanied by Chinese Foreign Minister Mr. Yang, Bush Jr., his father, former US President Bush Sr., and their families have come to Wukesong Stadium to watch the game ahead of schedule.

In addition, before the start of the game, Bush Jr. went to the locker room of the American men's basketball team to make fists with the players and cheer together.

The Olympic Games has never been a simple sport, which contains too many political elements such as games and exchanges.

Ruan Erniu was also forming a circle with his teammates at this moment. At this time, Dayao should have come out to speak.

But today, Dayao stepped aside consciously, and Ruan Erniu, who was only 20 years old, became the team leader in fact.

He shouted at the crowd: "Don't give up, from the first second of the game, we should only think about winning in our minds!"

"Team Tianchao! Come on!"

"come on!"

"come on!"

The team members cheered up and rushed to the exit of the player tunnel...

　There is a small difference between the lineup of Mengba in the article and the reality. Joe Johnson replaced Michael Reid. After all, Er Niu just won the championship with him and should be recruited into the US team.However, Jiongsen should not have many chances to play in this Mengba team. The lineup is too gorgeous, and Jiongsen should stand aside at this level.

　　
　
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