Chapter 154: The Sydney Olympics 9

On 24 September, after winning the battle against Lithuania, the United States once again defeated Italy 93-61, and for a time the American team seemed to have returned to the heyday of the Dream Team 1 and Dream 2, and the powerful American Dream Team was back! As a result, the American media began to make a big splash about the American team. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It is appropriate to win the Chinese team, it is natural to win a big victory over New Zealand, and the slaughter of Italy is also within a reasonable range, so what about Lithuania? Lithuania is a country that has booked a place in the top four.

It's too early to say this, everything will have to wait until September 25 to make everything clear, and if the United States team can still beat the French team on September 25, then the world supremacy of the American team will be beyond doubt!

If the United States draws or even loses to France, then the strength of the American team has not yet reached the point of dominance.

In the Olympic arena, this year's French team is the most favored after the United States! Looking at the fact that France has an NBA-level main team, fans all over the world are focused on this game, and it is clear that the final winner is almost booked for the gold medal.

At such an important moment, there was a little bit of a problem with the French team, oh! not a little, but quite a problem.

On September 24, the day before the game, the Basketball Herald newspaper was the first to report a report about the racism of French coach Michel Gomez, which stated that "in order to motivate the players to win the game, in the pre-game training team, the French coach scolded the United States as a team made up of mongrels, and claimed that Lamar and other black people should not be qualified to play for the United States." ”

As soon as this report came out, it caused an uproar, you know, France has always been a country in Europe that does not deal with the United States very much, and there have been national football coaches who have made remarks that discriminate against black people before. Before the Olympics, the French men's basketball team was also criticized by fans because of a photo of an oriental dragon depicted on the court floor, on which French players stepped on it, and some players gave the middle finger. Now such a news has broken out again! The French men's basketball team is suddenly in a bad situation. (This incident is purely fictitious, if there is any similarity, it is a coincidence)

Not only did the report appear, but in order to enhance the convincing of the news, the media also showed relevant recordings, which were secretly recorded by a reporter who happened to hide in the training hall.

The spokesman of the French Basketball Association hurriedly held a press conference to explain this, and it was okay not to explain, everyone knew that this was what head coach Gomez said to motivate his players, but as soon as this explanation, the media were excited, so the relevant reporters began to have a war of words.

Results before the game on the night of the 25th. French coach Michel Gomez was frustrated by reporters, claiming in full view that although he was not a racist, he looked down on black players, saying that there would never be black players in his team.

These words completely angered the American team, which was originally arranged by Rudy Tomjanovich. This game should be played by the more calm Kidd, but as soon as these brain-dead quotes of the French coach came out, he immediately changed the lineup, Lamar took the initiative to ask for the game, asked to be a playmaker, he couldn't help it, the scoring guard must be Ray Allen, the small forward must be Vince Carter, should let Lamar compete for the position of power forward? You must know that Kevin can't move in this position, and Lamar himself is unwilling to play center.

The two teams walked into the stadium, and the American team directly showed a murderous expression, originally the players on both sides were customary, and they wanted to wait for the game to start and come to cheer for the family, but looking at the current situation, this is a non-ending game, and things like pulling home are simply dreams.

"Lamar, it's better for Jason to play playmaking defender, at least more reliable than you, can't you just be an attacker like you did in the last game?" Vince Carter said dissatisfiedly, he can indeed play a two-way position.

Lamar retorted and asked, "Do you still want to be beaten into a brush? Just do your small forward! All we're going to do in this game, attack, attack, attack! We're going to crush these damn Frenchmen." I'm going to give them a little bit of color. ”

Although Lamar's desire to fight YW is extremely strong, but he is not the head coach after all, Rudy Tomjanovic finally put Lamar on the bench and organized the defender to become Jason Kidd, Lamar can be said to be very resentful about this, if you can't do it, don't say this to people before the game.

"If you can't take a 10-point lead at the end of the first quarter, let me play. Lamar said calmly to Jason Kidd.

Vince Carter on the side glanced at him, and finally agreed after thinking about it, leading by ten points in a single quarter is not an easy thing, especially when they are facing the French team. There's a reason why Vince Carter easily agreed, and according to his estimates, Rudy Tomjanovic may not wait until the end of the first quarter to replace Lamar. The reason is simple, Lamar is more accustomed to the battles here and is more effective than all of them.

Lamar sat on the bench, staring coldly in the direction of the French team, and Shaq sat behind him and sneered: "Angry?"

Lamar glanced at him and said, "Aren't you like that? That guy is blatantly insulting to all of our black players." ”

Shaq patted him on the shoulder and said, "You should get used to it, we have always been victims of racial discrimination, even in the United States, aren't there so many people who discriminate against black people?"

"Should we compromise, should we not try to be strong because there is a lot of discrimination? Is this the reason why we forgive the French? I will blow them up! Don't let me get a chance to play, as long as I play, then they will wait and see. Lamar gritted his teeth, the anger on his face making his expression extremely hideous.

Shaq sneered twice again, and he said: "Of course not, I knew that such a thing would happen, then I would have accepted the invitation of the Basketball Association." If I play, their softets don't want to get inside!"

There is no doubt that Shaq will definitely receive an invitation from the basketball association, although he participated in the Olympic Games in '96 and won the championship with the team. Later, due to age, injury, and rest, Shaq turned down the invitation of the basketball association, and he still wanted to win another championship next season.

The lineup of the U.S. team is:

Center Alonzo Mourning, power forward Kevin Garnett, small forward Vince Carter, scoring guard Ray Allen, playmaking guard Jason Kidd.

The head coach of the French team also knows that the situation is serious now, and he keeps yelling at the players who motivate him before the opening.

"The main players of the French team are aces in major European leagues, and the French coach Gomes sent them because these people are more familiar with the rules of international competitions and know the weaknesses of the opponent than the players of the American team. This is not the usual main lineup of the French team, and I think the reason is that the French coach wants to use these people to touch the bottom of the American team. Teacher Zhang began to talk eloquently again.

The harder the U.S. team played against France, the happier he became, and it would be better if a few players were directly knocked off the court.

Garnett jumped a little early when jumping the ball, which resulted in a violation of the jump ball, and the first ball was French, which made Lamar and Shaq very dissatisfied, but the two did not stand up stupidly and scold, but scolded in a low voice.

As soon as the French defender got the ball, Jason Kidd immediately posted it, both of them are very physical, but obviously the latter is stronger, the French defender is not a player who started by singles, his vision and passing ability are quite good, so when Frederick Weiss stuck Mourning to ask for the ball, he immediately passed the ball.

In the NBA, Mourning has never been afraid of players taller than him, and at his peak, Mourning had the strength to fight even in the face of Shaq, and sometimes even relied on his own strength, and he could use his mid-range shot to eat opponents from time to time.

But now the role has been reversed, and now it has become Weiss ravaging Moning, Weiss, who received the ball in the penalty area, shook his shoulders, turned around and took a step into the penalty area. This made Mourning very uncomfortable. In the NBA, even if you get into the box, you have to take another step to see the hoop, but here it's different, Weiss goes into the box and hooks up to the basket.

Garnett has been stuck behind another interior player for the French team. When Weiss came in, he gave a big elbow to the player who was pestering him, and the latter was so painful that he couldn't help but bend down so that Garnett could easily get around him. Veese had just made a move when Garnett burst out from the side and leaped high to slam the ball away.

"Roar!" Garnett screamed at Ves, venting his anger at the jump ball violation.

"This guy is so stupid, doesn't he know that every offense is precious now? This guy can't just use his hard work, or give the racket to Kidd, and take the opportunity to play a fast break. Lamar grumbled in a low voice from the sidelines.

Shaq shook his head and said, "You can't ask Kevin to be as smart as me, that guy's name is "Wolf King", the wolf king is the wolf king, not a werewolf, does the beast have brains?"

Weiss and Parker made a cover, the latter received the ball and threw a precise throw, and Garnett jumped up to get another big hat, but Parker had already anticipated his intentions. The shot height was so high that Garnett couldn't reach it at all.

"What a bunch of idiots!" Shaq couldn't help but scold.

Kim and Khloe walked over and sat down next to Lamar, and both of them knew that Lamar was already angry, so they pulled Lamar together and joked with him.

"Lamar, warm up, you'll be on later!" said Rudy Tomjanovich with a wave of his hand, Lamar and Shaq clapping their hands.

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