The summer of 2004 was an eventful summer in basketball history. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After the league's upstart Rockets won the championship and the Bobcats joined the NBA league, another big event was the Athens Olympics.

The U.S. men's basketball team, made up of NBA stars, is known as the dream team of basketball. And this year, it's the turn of the Dream Six team. But this year's Dream Team encountered a lot of trouble before they set out.

A year ago, in the Copa America, the United States defeated the world powerhouse Argentina by 33 points in the final, which made fans have high expectations for the Dream Six team. This national team includes Duncan, O'Neal Jr., Brand, Martin, Maddy, Carter, Allen, Iverson and Kidd five first-line superstar guards, plus Bibby and several other stars, it can be described as a luxurious lineup. Under the head coach Larry. Under Brown's leadership, they swept through other countries in the Copa America.

But by the run-up to the following Olympics, international terrorism was rampant, and despite Greece's highest security costs in Olympic history, a large number of high-profile stars refused to play for their country in the name of security. Although Maddie wanted to fight, the injury he sustained in Game 7 of the finals did not heal, and he had to regret missing this opportunity.

In the end, only Duncan and Iverson were the two superstars of the American Dream Six team, who participated in the 03 Copa America. Other players include: Marbury, Wade, Boozer, Anthony, James, Okafor, Marion, Stoudemire, Odom and Jefferson. Jefferson became the only U.S. representative on the championship Rockets. These players look famous, but they are not strong enough to compete with the American team a year ago. Janweni, the 03-level three males, has only played in the NBA for 1 year and lacks experience. Boozer and Stoudemire have only played for 2 years. Okafor didn't fight a single game at all. And the rest of Marion, Odom and Jefferson can't be called first-list stars.

This year's dream team can be said to be star-studded. That is, Duncan Iverson two superstars brought Marbury a quasi-first-line star, plus a group of second-tier stars and even role players to put together a lineup.

The warm-up game also seemed to prove their lack of strength, the Dream Six team went to Germany to train by Italy by 17 points, and then the warm-up game against the German team was barely tied with Iverson's ultra-long three-point to go into overtime. By all indications, this is the worst dream team in history.

Of course, Jefferson is not the only Rockets player competing in the Olympics, and although Turkey (Turkoglu), Brazil (Vallejo) and France (Parker) unfortunately did not make it to the main event, China and Greece made it to the round of 12. Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Battle and Spanollis were each selected for the national team.

This year's Chinese team is considered to be the strongest Chinese team in history, the Great Wall trio has just teamed up in the United States to win the NBA championship, and ushered in a strong reinforcement, the new champion of the domestic champion Guangdong Hongyuan team inside the core - only 17-year-old power forward Yi Jianlian. Some domestic media are even optimistic that the super interior line composed of these four elders has an NBA level, and it is enough to break the wrist when they meet the American team.

Unfortunately, China and the United States did not fit into the same group. China is in Group A, with Italy, New Zealand, Spain, Argentina and Serbia and Montenegro; The United States is in Group B with Angola, Puerto Rico, Australia, Lithuania and Greece.

The opening match on August 15 surprised fans around the world. The U.S. team was a big upset in the first game, losing to Puerto Rico by 19 points. Arroyo scored 24 points, while Duncan and Iverson, the top scorers on the Dream Team, scored just 15 points each. Arroyo was just an average of 12+5 per game last season, and he couldn't compare to the American stars, but on the field, he taught the arrogant Dream Team a hard lesson. Seeing Arroyo's outstanding performance, the Jazz couldn't help but secretly rejoice that they had just successfully extended his contract with a four-year, $16 million contract a month ago.

The Chinese team lost to the strong opponent Spain by 25 points in the first game. Gasol contributed two game-high 21+10s, while Yao Ming had 12+8. Before the game, the young Yi Jianlian said in an interview: "The big forward prefers Duncan's unpretentious style of play. Gasol is playing too fancy, and I'm not afraid of him. As a result, he only scored 2+5 in the whole game, and he was taught a good lesson by Gasol.

The world's two biggest powerhouses, Argentina and Serbia and Montenegro, met in a narrow way, and although Bodiloga contributed 16+5, Ginobili broke out and scored 27 points, and Argentina narrowly beat the opponent by one point. The remaining two games were uneventful, with the stronger Lithuania and Greece having the last laugh.

The brightest superstar in the second round is undoubtedly Yao Ming, who broke out in the face of the weak New Zealand team, cutting an astonishing 39+13, and you must know that the New Zealand team only scored 62 points. Yao Wang's inside combination completely crushed the opponent and finally led the team to victory.

The U.S. team was also ashamed and brave, and the elder Brown decisively changed the formation to enable LeBron, who played little time in the first game. James and Stephen. Marbury, the little emperor had a good effect after starting, contributing 10 points. The Dream Six team narrowly defeated the strong rival Greece by 6 points.

In another group of strong dialogues, the performances of the two star power forwards became the biggest highlight. Gasol at 26+8 and Luis at 28+9. Scola was close to the score, and Spain beat Argentina by 11 points.

In the remaining three games, Serbia and Montenegro also played a dignified battle under the organization of Bodi Loga, narrowly beating Italy by two points. Bodiloga contributed 15+4+4 and provided assists for supersonic star Radmanovic on several occasions. The other two were Australia beating Angola and Lithuania beating Puerto Rico.

The third round on the 19th was another upset, although Bodiloga contributed a game-high 25 points and 6 rebounds, the championship favorite Serbia and Montenegro lost to the weak team New Zealand by 3 points, and the prospects of 1-2 qualification are not optimistic.

China was beaten by Argentina by 25 points, and Spain beat Italy again. In this way, Spain basically locked the first place in Group A, and the top two Argentina occupied the initiative to qualify.

Group B was a quiet round with the stronger United States, Puerto Rico and Lithuania beating Australia, Angola and Greece respectively.

The fourth round on the 21st was a key battle for the Chinese team. If China can beat Italy, they can expect to qualify for the group one round earlier. The result was very cruel, the Chinese team lost 52:89, and the net loss of 37 points created the largest point difference in the men's basketball game of this Olympic Games. You must know that the weakest African champions, Angola, have lost by only 36 points at most. In this regard, national basketball coach Harris complained in an interview that several Chinese stars have played too long in the NBA playoffs, have not rested enough, and have not adjusted to their best condition. However, the Chinese team will never give up the last game with Serbia and Montenegro.

China was not eliminated early thanks to Spain, who beat Serbia and Montenegro by 8 points to lock up the top spot in the group ahead of schedule. In this way, China and Serbia and Montenegro will have a life-and-death showdown in the final round, both 1-3. Argentina comfortably beat New Zealand to seal another qualification. Although New Zealand also won 1 and lost 3, it was already unlucky to face the powerful Spain in the final round.

Compared with the strong teams in Group A, Group B seems to have a large gap in strength. Greece beat Angola and Puerto Rico narrowly beat Australia, and both teams achieved a 2-2 record and basically declared qualification. And the 1-3 Australia will challenge strong opponents Lithuania in the final round, and can only hope for a miracle.

The only highlight of Group B is the battle for the top spot, the United States and Lithuania meet each other, and the Lithuanians narrowly win by 4 points. The 28-year-old Lithuanian king Jascovysius scored a game-high 28 points, and even scored a "four" against Odom's defense, killing the Dream Team to lose their armor. After the first four games, the Dream Six team only achieved a record of 2 wins and 2 losses, which was a big disappointment.