Chapter 149: The Sydney Olympics 4
20 September 2000. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The U.S. players entered the stadium with the Chinese players, and this was the first game of the U.S. team in the Olympic Games and the first game of the Chinese men's basketball team.
The two teams played each other a month ago. It was a warm-up game, in which the U.S. team defeated the Chinese team by a big margin, and the difference in strength between the two was too far, especially on the outside, with the U.S. team composed of superstars such as Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Tim Hardaway, Gary Payton, Alan Houston, and Steve Smith, the U.S. team could sweep the Chinese side with just a breakthrough and three points. Of course, the Chinese team is not useless, the three highs on the inside line alone have given the American team a lot of trouble, Wang Zhizhi's excellent inside skills, ****** strength, especially Yao Ming, who is young at this time, huge height, flexible steps, soft feel, so that the inside line of the American men's basketball team is also taken aback, Lamar looked at Yao Ming, who is still very thin, and he was also full of emotion. Who would have thought that this tall and skinny guy would later become a super center in the NBA who could compete with Shaq head-on?
In that game, Lamar just went up and ran a few steps, not how patriotic he was, but that kind of game didn't need him to shoot at all, and when he came on the court, the American team was already ahead by nearly 30 points, and he just went up to practice with his teammates. In all seven warm-up games, the U.S. team returned with big victories over their opponents, and no one was able to pose a threat to the mighty U.S. team.
Rudy Tomjanovic is truly a fantastic manager. Lamar, Garnett, Mourning, Vince Carter, Kidd are superstar players who have at least 15 shots per game in the NBA, but they are under his arrangement. The players allocated their shots well.
The players entered, stood still, played the national anthem, prepared for the game, everything was Rudy Tomjanovich, standing behind Garnett, and Lamar also sang the American national anthem.
Lamar practiced a couple of three-pointers with the ball. Many people think that since NBA players can accurately hit three-pointers on the NBA court, it must be easier in the international arena where the three-point line is closer, and can't it be used as a two-point shot?
In fact, it is not like that, and the players have a subconscious action before shooting the three-point shot. That is to see how far you are from the three-point line, so that you can control the power of your shot. In this way, in such a court, players who are accustomed to the NBA's three-point shooting strength will subconsciously increase their shooting power as soon as they see the three-point line, so that the appropriate three-point shooting strength in the NBA will become too heavy here, so their shooting rate is often not as good as when the NBA.
Everyone knows that this is a one-sided slaughter, although this year's Chinese team is considered to be the strongest, there are people who have appeared in the NBA that Lamar is familiar with in later generations: Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, ******! There are also some players with good strength, Liu Yudong, Li Nan, Sun Jun, Li Xiaoyong, Hu Weidong, Guo Shiqiang, Zhang Jinsong, Li Qun, Zheng Wu!
"There are so few billion people watching the game now, boys, do you know what I mean? billion people, do a good job, once you become famous, if you play this game, then you will be popular all over the world!" said Rudy Tomjanovich passionately.
Kevin sneered, and whispered to Lamar beside him, "Aren't we all over the world now?
Lamar smiled, they have already sealed the victory in this game, they don't need to be very serious, it's not that they are arrogant, but the reality is that.
Shaq sat with Kim and the others. Seeing Lamar turn around, several people waved their hands together. Kohler taught Nini how to wield his fleshy little fists, which were more imposing, but Lamar thought it was cute!
Lamar was not a starter, so he stepped down and sat on the bench at the start of the game, and to be honest, it was the first time he had been on the bench in a competitive match since he was reborn. No, this is the second time, the first time was at the All-Star in 2000, when he was on the bench.
"I'm really not used to it. Lamar shook his head and said, he sat next to the water cooler, with Shaq and the others behind him, and next to him were Wenbaker and Smith, the two All-Star guys who were also thrown to the bench.
"What are you not used to? I see that you have been eating and drinking spicy food and spicy food these days, is there anything else you are not used to?" Smith asked.
Lamar pointed to the bench, he was too lazy to say anything, did he need to ask more questions for such a simple question?
Wenbeck nodded in agreement: "I'm the same, in fact, I'm more suitable to be a power forward than Kevin, and the same is true for the center." ”
Lamar also pointed to Shaq behind him and said: "I can even play as a center forward, but I don't have the opportunity to show myself." ”
The competition on the court officially began, as Lamar remembers, the Chinese team played very well in the first six minutes, Hu Weidong even scored two three-pointers in a row, and the Chinese team led the United States team in the score by relying on these two three-pointers.
However, when the American team adapted to the rhythm of the game, the Chinese team began to suffer. Guo Shiqiang broke through with the ball, Kidd stealed, Garnett fast-breaked, passed, and received the ball and dunked.
Wang Zhizhi turned to make a layup, Garnett sent a block, Kidd picked up the ball and led the team to a fast break, and Houston scored a layup.
Under Garnett's close defense, Li Nan missed the shot, and Mourning grabbed the rebound and handed it to Kidd. It's a fast break again, and it's a score again.
Such scenes are repeated on the pitch. Lamar shook his head, he estimated that now the fans all over China have been angry, and the American team is really a bit of a bully!
The entire Chinese team relied on Yao Ming's occasional hook hand, Wang Zhizhi's occasional mid-range shot to score a few points, and Li Nan and Hu Weidong on the outside line came to three points from time to time to continue their lives.
At the end of the first half, the U.S. team scored 11 points at 49:38, and at this time the U.S. team had not yet made a move, they were just doing a warm-up exercise.
Sitting in the locker room, Garnett suddenly asked, "Hey, Lamar, that rookie offense of the Chinese team seems to be good?"
Lamar knew that he was talking about Wang Zhizhi, he shook his head and said: "He is not strong enough, his vision is not broad enough, and his long-range shooting is not stable enough, in general, his ability is okay, but it is not up to the level of the NBA's main force, the key is that he is a little older." ”
"But he's got a great step under the basket, and he doesn't dare to be careless in front of him! Houston interjected, he didn't want to say good things for Wang Zhizhi, but the facts.
"I'm very optimistic about that tall and thin guy! He's really tall and has a soft touch!" Lamar is still very optimistic about Yao Ming, and the fact is that Yao Ming's performance in the future is worthy of Lamar's attention!
Sure enough, when Lamar finished saying that. Garnett was immediately excited, "Guys, let's make a bet, this game is too suspenseless, let's have some fun ourselves." ”
"What bet?" Lamar asked casually.
"We're betting on who's going to dunk on that big man's head. Isn't it a great idea that everyone will contribute $10,000 and whoever can dunk on his head will be able to share the $120,000?" Garnett said excitedly.
Speaking of dunking Vince Carter, no one is afraid, and when he heard Garnett say this, he immediately said, "Okay, I'll participate." ”
Kidd's face was full of reluctance, Fake, he was only a little more than 1.9 meters, even if no one defended him, it was enough to choke, let alone dunk in front of that big man.
Smith was also reluctant, he was an old arm and leg, but seeing that his teammates had no objections, he couldn't say anything.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Lamar was still put on the bench, but Wenbeck came on early. Rudy Tomjanovic knows that against the Chinese team with a big center like Yao Ming, it is necessary to use fast, ruthless and smart tactics.
Lamar sat on the bench and watched the game carefully, Garnett called him several times and he didn't pay attention, which made Garnett and the others surprised, why did Lamar suddenly be so serious? Rudy Tomjanovich looked at him a few times, his eyes showed a hint of satisfaction, he thought that this guy had suddenly changed his sex. Only a few players around knew that this kid was watching to see if anyone could dunk on Yao Ming's head.
Vince Carter was also substituted, this kid seemed to be quite eager for the 120,000 dollars, as soon as he got on the court, he rushed towards Yao Ming with the ball, his plan was very simple, that is, to use his speed and strength to take advantage of Yao Ming's time to react to a violent dunk.
However, he underestimated Yao Ming, Vince Carter's power is great, but Yao Ming's sealing is also amazing, in front of fans all over the world, Yao Ming rewarded Vince Carter with a big hat. The basketball was directly shot out, Guo Shiqiang picked up the ball and rushed off the court, and he and Zhang Jinsong formed a fast attack.
Vince Carter's dunk was rather unwise, much to Rudy Tomjanovic's displeasure, and Rudy Tomjanovic stood up and roared. Lamar was secretly happy that he wanted Vince Carter to be blocked a few more, and then Rudy Tomjanovic couldn't bear to put him on the court. That's what a bad friend is!
However, Lamar is still a little worried about Yao Ming, you must know that in this year's Olympic Games, Vince implemented a death dunk on the big center of the French team, Yao Ming should not have the same situation, right?
After being blocked, Vince Carter also became a lot smarter, he no longer blindly singled, but began to cooperate with his teammates, and gradually opened the score. This left Lamar very unhappy. Seeing Vince Carter choose to pass the ball to Vinbeck again to assist him in scoring, he couldn't help but stand up and yell: "Vince, give me a tough shot, rush in, rush in!"
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