On September 15, the Sydney Olympics kicked off, and the competitions began to be carried out in an orderly manner, but the first game of the men's basketball team only began on September 17.

The first opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team is the strongest opponent in the group stage, the United States team, according to common sense, this is quite unfavorable to the Chinese team, because the first game is a strong opponent, due to the lack of running-in training of the players, the possibility of losing is very high, and it is likely to be a fiasco, which is a heavy blow to the player's self-confidence, and it is possible that the later games will not be able to play well.

But for Jiang Xinquan, this kind of schedule couldn't be better, what is the point of losing one game in the group stage? Losing is just right to paralyze the opponent, and if you play well and don't lose much, it is just a good incentive for the player's self-confidence.

The head coach of the American team happened to be Ding Hongxing's head coach of the Houston Rockets, Tom Janovic, before the game, Ding Hongxing also hugged Tom Janovic, Tom Janovic said to Ding Hongxing when he hugged: "Ding, you have to give me a little face." ”

Of course, Ding Hongxing just laughed.

Tomjanovich's words are of course a joke, but there are also some serious elements in the joke, as Ding Hongxing's coach, Tomjanovic knows Ding Hongxing's ability too well, if he goes all out in a certain game, it is really possible to defeat a strong opponent by himself.

Don't say that basketball is a five-person sport, the NBA is a superstar sport, the NBA team uses the most superstar single tactics, and this is also the most effective tactic, of course, due to physical reasons, the superstars in a team cannot always play single, or need other players to participate in the offense, which is why a team has two superstars with strong singles ability to become the favorite to win the championship, they can take turns to play singles, and the purpose of other players is to create singles opportunities for them.

Tomjanovic knows that with Ding Hongxing's physical strength, he is really determined to win a game, and he can play all the singles.

There are still some favorable factors for Ding Hongxing's singles in this Olympic Games, that is, the basketball game in the Olympics is only forty minutes, eight minutes less than the NBA game, so that Ding Hongxing's physical fitness is even less of a problem, and the United States team is not the strongest lineup, O'Neal and Duncan did not come, which still has an impact on the strength of the American team, therefore, Tomjanovic has always had some ominous premonitions about this game.

The much-anticipated game finally began, with the Chinese starting lineup being Ding Hongxing, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Sun Jun and Hu Weidong, while the starting lineup of the American team was Mourning, Garnett, Carter, Houston and Kidd.

For Ding Hongxing, the opposite side is his old acquaintance and his old opponent, and the most familiar Chinese player of the American team is, of course, only Ding Hongxing, for other Chinese players, they do not understand, and they do not bother to understand, they have the arrogance unique to American players.

After the opening game, the U.S. team jumped to the ball, and Kidd controlled the ball after half-court and passed the ball to Garnett, who made a 45-degree jumper from inside the three-point line, and the ball went into the net.

The Chinese team served, Ding Hongxing rushed forward after dribbling the ball, and took advantage of the opportunity of the American team's retreat, he broke into the inside to dunk and scored, scoring two points for the Chinese team first, and also boosting the morale of his teammates.

In the subsequent game, the U.S. team blossomed more, each of them has a strong finishing ability, and several people can be used as a point to hold the ball, while the Chinese team only has Ding Hongxing who can hold the ball, but his ability to attract defense is too strong, even if he holds the ball on the outside, the U.S. team must have two people to wrap up, as long as Ding Hongxing is blocking or breaking through, there must be one or two Chinese players who get the opportunity to shoot in the open space, and Ding Hongxing's pass will be passed to this player immediately.

Before the game, Jiang Xinquan specially relieved the pressure on the players, saying that this was a training match with higher intensity.

Let everyone not care about winning or losing, this kind of pressure reduction is very effective, the Chinese players have a high percentage of open shots, they repeatedly shoot outside three-pointers, even Yao Ming has made a three-pointer, the first quarter of the game, the Chinese team surprisingly led by five points at 25-20.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, the two sides began to rotate personnel, although there is a gap between the substitute players and the main strength of the Chinese team, but Ding Hongxing is still on the court, and his teammates still only need to do one thing, that is, running, air cutting, and grasping the opportunity when encountering no defense, and the gap between the strength of the substitute players and the main force of the American team is even greater, especially after the excellent defensive Mourning and Garnett are off the court, the inside line of the Chinese team is also alive.

Yao Ming has been resting off the court in the second half of the first quarter, and after playing at this time, he used his height to hit several American interior lines after receiving Ding Hongxing's pass, including two unguarded dunks.

Yao Ming's performance, if it is usual, he may need to be clamped, but there is still a Ding Hongxing on the outside, does the American team dare to wrap it? Seeing that the point difference broke through ten points, Tomjanovic had to call a timeout and replaced Mo Ning again, but Yao Ming's confidence has been played, even in front of Mo Ning, his singles success rate is very high, a little uncontrollable momentum, not only in the offense He plays a great role, in defense he is also a pillar of optimism, FIBA rules do not defend for three seconds, he can always stand under the basket, raise his hands to interfere with the basketball player, his two-meter two-six body is like a wall, It effectively reduced the U.S. team's basket shooting percentage, forcing the U.S. team to choose an outside jumper, which was very uncomfortable, and it wasn't until he was replaced after half a quarter that the U.S. team breathed a sigh of relief.

However, after Yao Ming left the court, Ding Hongxing strengthened his personal offense, and he hit three consecutive three-point shots one step outside the three-point line, which made the Chinese fans on the scene crazy, and the difference between the two teams also came to 15 points.

Tomjanovic could only pause again, this time, he replaced Garnett, Carter and Payton, Kidd, with Mourning, to form a super defensive lineup, by Payton and Kidd, two guards with strong single defense ability, Ding Hongxing was sandwiched all over the court, Mourning guarded the basket, Garnett and Carter, two forwards with strong mobility to make up for the defense, this timeout substitution still played a key role.