Chapter 584: Olympic Legend 71

Next. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe last day of the Beijing Olympics.

The world's major media are undoubtedly paying the most attention to the men's basketball finals between China and the United States in the afternoon. The Dream Eight of the United States had only lost to the Chinese team led by Chen Feng before, and then they went all the way without losing a single game, and met the Chinese team again in the final.

For this game, the public is now generally optimistic that the Chinese men's basketball team will finally win the championship. Although this year's Dream Eight claims to be comparable to the Dream Team, they have actually lost to the Huaguo team before. And their set of three opponents, Chen Feng's tactics, also failed. As a result, even the Americans themselves are mostly pessimistic about the game.

After losing the '02 World Championships, '04 Olympics and '06 World Championships in a row, although the American basketball team gathered the most elite troops to come to the capital, and now they have also reached the finals, they want to win this last game to win the championship, but it is very difficult.

Although the 35-year-old captain and team leader Kidd had publicly said before the Olympics that they would be humiliated and finally win the Olympic championship, when he introduced the interview to reporters before the game, he had a solemn look on his face and said cautiously: "We all have a hunch that this will be a difficult game, and we will go all out to bring the championship home." ”

"Little Emperor" James said in his prediction of the final: "Now we are only a stone's throw away from gold, so I am a little excited and under pressure. The pressure is because we want to win the gold medal and we have to stick together and do our best this time, and the excitement is because the moment is coming when we have worked tirelessly for four years. ”

Although according to American time, today is Kobe Bryant's 30th birthday. However, in the last training session yesterday, Kobe Bryant still enjoyed the "birthday star" treatment, and when the training ended, Anthony and others also took the lead in singing the birthday song in front of reporters. However, Bryant felt it was too early to celebrate: "Winning an Olympic gold medal is the best gift. Kobe Bryant also said that he hoped that today's Wukesong could be filled with the blessing song of "HappyBirthdaytoYou" in the audience. It is reported that Kobe's wife Vanessa and daughter Gina will also be there to cheer at that time.

Since yesterday was the last training session for Dream Eight at the Olympics, the gymnasium where they trained was also crowded with reporters. Of course, everyone will send a "Happy Birthday" to Kobe, the NBA's brightest star. In an interview, Bryant made no secret of his desire for an Olympic gold medal: "We watched the girls wearing gold medals and were inspired by it. The Olympics are the biggest stage, there is no greater competition than the Olympics, and I hope to receive a great birthday present. ”

Kobe Bryant also joked: "Losing an NBA championship will be criticized for a week at most." If I lose the Olympic title, I'm afraid I'll continue to criticize for a year, but of course it all depends on our efforts and the mercy of Long's men......"

From Kobe's joking words, I can fully hear his jealousy of Chen Feng. It can be said that whether Mengba can win the championship this time basically depends on Chen Feng's performance. If Chen Feng can show mercy, they can indeed easily win the championship. But this is clearly not possible.

After more than three years, Yumehachi traveled from Japan to Las Vegas, and the team finally waited for today's last training, and on the afternoon of the 24th, they will fire the last shot to win the Olympic gold medal, and now it depends on how they end their three-year national team career.

"I said a few days ago that we all want to win gold, and we're looking forward to going to the final, to be able to start celebrating after the race, to see all the good things come to fruition," said Dwyane Wade, "but on this last day, we knew we had to push harder. And after the Olympics, most of us players will not be able to play together for a long time, which is somewhat bittersweet and bittersweet. ”

At the moment, it looks like five or eight of the team will be back together at the 2012 Olympics, but even then it certainly won't feel as good as it was for the first time. Wade, James and Anthony, the "03 Golden Generation", have been in the national team together since 2004, and they have spent more time together under Coach K than anyone else, and Coach K has coached all three more than most of his disciples at Duke.

"We've had a great friendship," said Coach K, "and we're definitely very close friends and from a coaching point of view, I've learned a lot myself from coaching these lads. ”

"I've been with Wade and James for four years and we've had ups and downs in the national team, and if we win this gold medal now, it's definitely going to be a better time together." "The three of us were always put together and made a year in the NBA, and LeBron and I formed a friendship in high school," Anthony said. ”

It's just that now the champions are generally not optimistic about their dream eight, and the dream eight players are tired of asking dream eight about the topic of gold medals, so reporters began to look at the next Olympics, wondering if these NBA superstars can still be seen in London.

"We've been great in the last three years," Wade said, "so I'm sure guys are thinking about whether we'll be able to get together again and play the Olympics in '12." We have about eight players in our squad who will be 26 or 27 years old in four years, so I'm sure the core of the squad will be back at the next Olympics. ”

Although in the beginning, they only had a championship in their eyes, but along the way, they realized that what they got was far from a medal.

Bryant repeatedly thanked the fans, saying that he never expected so many people to love him on the other side of the world: "I'm really thankful, this sport has great magic and I can feel that power all the time in Beijing." ”

There are a lot of science fans in Huaguo, so Kobe Bryant has even received a higher salary and sense of achievement than him in the United States. It is worshiped by many Chinese fans.

In an interview with Chinese media, Wade talked about his impression after coming to China, he said: "I went to the Great Wall, it was amazing, how could such a great building be built on such a mountain? At the same time, he added, "I've been asked how much of a burden I have to pay for the national team every summer, not at all. I've seen a lot, seen a lot, and played with some of the greatest players in the league and I find it satisfying. In fact, I have mixed feelings right now, and I am only one step away from the final gold medal, which also means that we will soon be separated, and some of them may never have the chance to play together again, which will be an invaluable memory for me. I would say it's a pleasure to play with Kidd and them. ”

Maybe someone else might go on to play for the U.S., but the 35-year-old Kidd won't, he gave his mother the gold medal he once won, and now he wants to win another one, but he says it's not the most important thing: "I have another responsibility on me. Play while passing on the tradition of the Dream Team. What I learned from the 'magicians' they had to teach to those who came after me. ”

And Coach K, who said, "I'm not too young, but I find that I've learned a lot in the last three years, and I'm no longer naΓ―ve. We used to think we were the best in the world, we taught the world how to play basketball, and we wanted to continue to play that role, but now I find that it's not like that, when I coach international competitions, I learn a lot from my opponents, and no one teaches anyone, we and the world are learning from each other. The Olympics are over very quickly, and we have gained a lot. ”

Although Coach K's words sound true, they can also be said to be kind words. Because they have worked hard for three years, they were still slapped in the face when they encountered the Chinese team again in this Olympic Games.

Of course, although many media are not optimistic that Dream Eight will eventually win the championship, from the perspective of probability, they naturally still have a chance to win the championship. Although this probability is very low. So much so that the world's major bo/\ lottery companies have wisely not chosen to take the outcome of this game to open.

At half past two in the afternoon, Chen Feng arrived at the Olympic Village an hour early, and then held a brief internal mobilization meeting with everyone, and then immediately set off for Wukesong.

Li Meng, as an accompanying reporter this time, conducted some interviews with the Chinese men's basketball players on the bus. Of course, most of the players, Li Meng was just a little interesting, and only when interviewing Yao Ming, he was given enough time and footage. When asked if he had the confidence to win the championship this time, Yao Ming, who was originally relatively humble, also made a rare bold statement this time: "We are the champions of the last Olympics and the defending champions. The U.S. team has lost to us at the Olympics several times in a row. I think the next game will be no different. We will definitely be able to defend our title. ”

The most important interview is, of course, Chen Feng.

"The men's basketball final is your last game at the Olympics, what do you want to say to our audience?"

Sure enough, it was a question that was repeated many times, but Chen Feng was not surprised, and replied naturally: "This is my final battle in this Olympic Games, and I definitely want a perfect result." So, we have to win this final to present our Olympic Games. Have a perfect closing. The men's basketball championship, we have decided. ”

Based on Chen Feng's achievements in the Olympics today, he certainly has the confidence to say these confident words. In comparison, the NBA superstars of the Dream Eight team are cautious about winning the championship, but Chen Feng is not so scrupulous. Because he has enough confidence to say such things. Like Yao Ming said, they are the defending champions. And the U.S. team, whether it was Dream Seven before, or Dream Eight now, was their defeat.

The imperial court station also paid enough attention to this men's basketball final, not only broadcast Li Meng's accompanying interview, but also learned from the men's football team, and invited five guests at once. In addition to the original regular guest Zhang Ping, there are also two retired former men's national basketball team players, one is Hu Dong, the other is Liu Dong, and the other is the former vice president of the Basketball Association Zhou Lao.

Two hours before the start of the game, the sports channel of the Imperial Court TV had already begun to broadcast the game live.

"This game is the last and most high-profile battle of this Olympic Games, and now many media are more optimistic about our Chinese team. What do you think about this? The host and commentator Sun Ping first provoked the topic.

As a regular guest, Zhang Ping, who is also a member of the oldest generation of former men's national basketball team here, was the first to speak: "The media are generally optimistic about the Chinese national team, which is natural. First of all, the Chinese team is the defending champion, having already beaten the United States twice in the last Olympics. And in this Olympic Games, the United States team, which has strengthened after regrouping in the group stage, also lost to the Chinese team again. For such reasons, everyone is naturally not optimistic about the American team. ”

"The crux of the problem is still Chen Feng." "His strength is so strong, I've watched every game he plays, and I think I can say that his ability on the basketball court is almost invincible." Unless you foul him, you can't stop him. Many teams have proven this before. The U.S. team didn't defend him last time, so they lost the game. I think it's the same this time. It is natural that everyone is not optimistic about them. ”

Wang Dong also nodded and said, "That's the case." Chen Feng's three-point shot was so powerful that his opponents couldn't figure it out. In fact, if it was only a three-point shot, he would not make the opponent feel desperate and terrifying, mainly because he is equally powerful in both breakthroughs and steals, even if the United States team sent Wade, Kidd and Kobe Bryant to defend him in the last game, they did not prevent it. We have the same way this time, and there is nothing they can do about Chen Feng. ”

Zhou Lao coughed dryly, and finally spoke: "Our team has a strong general like Chen Feng on the outside, and a big man like Yao Ming on the inside. Blossoming on both sides, although the American team is strong, it is difficult to contain the two of them. Plus we have the home advantage, and we have the mental advantage of winning before. In short, there are many advantages. So, the advantage is definitely on our side. ”

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The match, of course, attracted the attention of countless people, and there were many world-renowned stars, football stars and politicians in the crowd. It's hard to get a ticket. When the two teams finally entered, the scene erupted in very warm applause and cheers.

After a short warm-up on both sides, the title battle is about to begin. This time, because it is the final, there is no room for loss at all, not to mention that Chen Feng has no burden in other games except for this game. Therefore, Younas wanted to emphasize the importance of the team and the importance of coordinated operations, and Chen Feng still appeared on the starting list. As soon as the game opened, Chen Feng walked into the arena with his teammates. (To be continued.) )