Legendary star

Chapter 601 Huaguo Men's Basketball Team VS USA Men's Basketball Team
On August 2004, 8, under the high expectations of the Chinese people, the Huaguo men's basketball team ushered in the last opponent in the group stage. The American men's basketball team, which has the title of "Dream Team", for some political reasons Before the national men's basketball team set off, it set the goal of going further than the Sydney Olympic Games and reaching the finals. The results of the Huaguo men's basketball team in the group stage did make countless Chinese people have a little reverie. This is the best record the Huaguo men's basketball team has achieved since participating in the Olympics.

As the overlord of the Olympic Games, the current situation of the American men's basketball team is not good. In the first few group matches, they lost first to Puerto Rico, then to Lithuania, and to a narrow victory over Greece. The people of the Chinese basketball team all hope that the Huaguo men's basketball team can take this opportunity to overthrow the American men's basketball team in one fell swoop like Lithuania and Puerto Rico, and at the same time end the historical dilemma of the Guohua men's basketball team.

In this game between the Huaguo men's basketball team and the US men's basketball team, in addition to the Huaguo fans, there are countless neutral people who eat melons, and even those teams that want to win the Olympic gold medal, all support Huaguo uniformly today It seems that the men's basketball team killed the US team and strangled them in the group stage. Now it is a general trend and a thing that everyone expects.

After the four rounds of the group stage, the current qualifying situation in Group B is still very delicate. Except for the Huaguo men's basketball team that is the first in the group, and Lithuania that is the second in the group, the remaining two qualifying places will not be completed until the final round Only then can it be finalized.The U.S. team, which has dominated the Olympics for many years, may even be killed by the remaining opponents.

The U.S. men’s basketball team currently ranks third in the group after the Chinese men’s basketball team and the Lithuanian men’s basketball team with a record of two wins and two losses. However, due to the relationship between the U.S. team and the fifth-ranked Puerto Rico The U.S. team must defeat the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team in the final round to ensure qualifying, and once the U.S. Men's Basketball Team fails to win the game against the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team, then the U.S. Men's Basketball Team has a high chance of winning the group stage. When it's over, it's time to head back home.

"Hi, coach!" After the appearance ceremony, Meng Xu walked directly to the bench of the American men's basketball team and greeted these old acquaintances. The first one was naturally the head coach of the Spurs and the current assistant coach of the American men's basketball team. Popovich is gone. Although Meng Xu has left the Spurs long ago, Meng Xu has never changed the name of Popovich. He still calls him coach. In Meng Xu's heart, Popovich has always been him. One of the most respected people.

"Boy, your performance this year is great!" Popovich gave Meng Xu a bear hug without any scruples, and then praised Meng Xu softly in Meng Xu's ear. In Popovich's mind, Meng Xu was also one of the very special people.

"Thank you, Coach." After parting from Popovich, Meng Xu greeted Larry Brown and the coaching staff of the US team one by one, and walked to the team headed by Tim Duncan. In front of the American men's basketball players.

"Meng, don't be merciful today, or you will regret it." Like Popovich, Duncan also hugged Meng Xu and whispered in Meng Xu's ear for a while. Zhong's performance was far from ideal, and he was in danger of packing up and going home at any time, but as the leader of this team, Duncan didn't want Meng Xu to save face and keep the idea of ​​the US team in his heart!

"Of course not, Tim. I can't wait to send you home now. Before the NBA starts, let you go fishing again." After patting Duncan on the back with a smile, Meng Xu and Duncan They separated, and at the same time raised one hand vigilantly, ready to block Duncan's claws at any time.

"I must call you mom today!" Duncan, who was about to ravage Meng Xu's head when the two separated, happened to be blocked by Meng Xu's extended hand in advance, and the trick failed. Duncan, who succeeded, had no choice but to show off his tongue after the two separated.

"That's what I want to say!" After running away with a smile, Meng Xu greeted the other players of the American men's basketball team one by one, and then returned to the bench of the Huaguo men's basketball team.

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"Dayao, you know Tim's strength, so you have a heavy task today." Under the instruction of the head coach, the starting players of the Huaguo men's basketball team came on the court one by one, but when they played, Meng Xu He also took Yao Ming's arm and whispered to him: "But this is not the NBA, and there is no three-second defense, so you just need to get stuck in the basket, and I will do the rest."

"Well, I understand." After tilting his head and nodding heavily to Meng Xu, Yao Ming walked towards the middle circle.In the group stage, Yao Ming was the best player in the Huaguo men's basketball team except for Meng Xu. He averaged 18+10+2 in the four games, but the opponent Yao Ming faced today was not The rookie insiders of the Lithuanian and Greek men's basketball teams are Tim Duncan, one of the strongest insiders in the NBA. Because of Meng Xu, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi are often pulled over by Meng Xu during the offseason. Tim Duncan, Jermaine O'Neal, these NBA's top insiders are training together, so Yao Ming is very clear about Tim Duncan's strength, and he is even very familiar with Duncan's technical characteristics and playing habits , but even so, every time the Rockets played against the Spurs, Yao Ming would be very embarrassed by Duncan, so in today's game, after learning that Tim Duncan was going to play center, Yao Ming looked cautious. Until now, there has never been a smile.

After the on-duty referee threw the basketball into the air, the focus of the Huaguo men's basketball team vs. the US men's basketball team officially kicked off.

After sighing softly, Yao Ming retreated quickly. Although he had prepared for a long time, Yao Ming still lost to Duncan in this jump ball. Whether it is physical talent or game experience, the difference between Yao Ming and Duncan There are obvious differences between them.

Today's starting lineup of the USA men's basketball team is center Tim Duncan, power forward Carlos Boozer, small forward Richard Jefferson, two guards Allen Iverson and Steve Ma Bree, as the head coach of the US men's basketball team, Larry Brown, does not like to use young players, so although the current US team has brought players such as LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stade Meyer and other talented young people, but Larry Brown did not give them too many opportunities. Compared with young people with ups and downs, Larry Brown still trusts Tim Duncan and Allen- Iverson these experienced players.

The Huaguo men's basketball team also has a very rare lineup this year. Center Yao Ming, power forward Battelle, small forward Wang Zhizhi, shooting guard Li Nan, point guard Meng Xu, such a three-inner lineup.Due to the many problems exposed by the US men's basketball team in the first few games of the group stage, Jiang Quan's tactics today are very clear, that is to shrink the inside line, double-team Duncan, and at the same time strengthen the defense against the US team's breakthrough.

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