defeated the Lithuanian team, and the Chinese men's basketball team reached the semifinals of the Olympic Games again after the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, still like the last Olympic Games, the Chinese team's opponent in the semi-finals was also the strong United States.

In the semifinals of the last Olympic Games, the Chinese team lost to the United States team in the group stage, and fought hard with the United States team in the semifinals, but unfortunately failed to advance to the finals, but the results of the semifinals still refreshed the best results of the Chinese men's basketball team.

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, NBA professional players first made the world aware of what basketball is and what American basketball is, and the American team with countless superstars was called the Dream Team.

In the following ten years, the U.S. men's basketball team dominated the world basketball world, and they defended the glory of their dream team with one championship after another.

But at the 2002 World Championships, in Indianapolis, on American's doorstep, arrogant Americans paid the price for their pride.

In that World Championships, the United States team was defeated by Argentina 87-80 in the second stage of the group stage, and then the United States team was defeated by the former Yugoslavia men's basketball team in the quarterfinals.

Although the U.S. team participating in this World Championships still calls themselves the Dream Six team, in fact, their performance in this Olympics is not outstanding.

This year's U.S. team is dominated by young players, and the only stars who have become famous are Tim Duncan, Iverson, Marbury, Stoudemire and Liu Han's teammate Odom, etc., and Wade, James, Anthony and other rookies in the 03 class were collectively selected, as well as Okafor, the champion of this year's draft.

Although the U.S. team still advanced to the quarterfinals with a strong group finish, and in the quarterfinals, they also defeated Spain by 13 points to advance to the semifinals, successfully beating the feud of the World Championships two years ago, but the overall performance of the U.S. team in this Olympic Games was not satisfactory.

The head coach of this U.S. team is Liu Han's old acquaintance Larry? Brown, although the old coach dreamed of the finals, still won the favor of the American Basketball Association.

The players of this American team can be said to be unmatched in terms of physical talent, their speed and impact are very strong, but when it comes to the inside, this American team is not very strong.

Duncan, while stable enough, is not completely inexplicable, and Stoudemire, Carlos? Boozer and Okafor and others are too young, they don't have much experience in international basketball at all, coupled with the development of world basketball in recent years, this year's American team is at best first-class, not top-notch.

In addition to the inside line, the outside of this American team also has a big problem, the impact is enough, but the American team does not have a stable enough outside three-point point, Iverson, Marbury is more than one alone, 03 level three people are also enough impact but the projection is unstable, only Anthony has a good three-point hand but is not stable enough.

Although the U.S. team still advanced to the semi-finals with their strong impact, their flaws are real.

In the face of the seemingly strong American team, many players in the Chinese men's basketball team are a little nervous, Li Rui and Liu Han can clearly feel the state of the players, even players with NBA experience like Yao Min and Wang Zhizhi are also showing some nervousness.

Coach Li Rui held a closed-door meeting on the evening of the match against the Lithuanian team, at which he began to analyze the shortcomings of the American team from beginning to end, and Liu Han also explained the characteristics of these American team players to his teammates.

After the efforts of the two, the players of the Chinese team are a little more stable.

"Brother Liu, do you think we can win this game?"

"Yes, you must be able to, you have to believe in yourself, and you have to believe in me, isn't it, haha, don't worry too much, just play normally, Okafor of the American team on the inside is a newcomer, he has no experience, you can play more from him, as for the nerd of the Spurs, don't worry, he won't have too many opportunities to shoot, I am familiar with the two point guards of the American team, they are not selfless people, don't worry about the outside defense, you can fill the position appropriately, and leave the rest to me."

Before the game started, Yao Min was still asking Liu Han, and Liu Han had to explain Yao Min again.

Liu Han actually doesn't have much fear of this American team, whether it is a coach or a player, his subordinates have a lot of defeats, if you get some stars in the league who are playing in the league, Liu Han may be worried that the team will be crushed as a whole, but this time, Liu Han feels that it is himself and a good opportunity for the Chinese team.

After so many years of basketball practice, Liu Han has won many championships, but the Olympic championship has always been what he is looking forward to, and he wants to leave a monument for those who come after him, a monument that leads countless people to climb up.

The Chinese team is preparing for the game tightly, and the American team is also carefully studying the Chinese team. Brown lost to Don in the finals? Nelson, he put the responsibility for the loss on Liu Han's head, if it weren't for this Chinese, maybe the Pistons could really win the championship.

In the U.S. team, there are also many players who are looking forward to playing Liu Han and beating Liu Han, Iverson and Liu Han were drafted in the same year, but he has not won a championship until now, and he is eager to beat Liu Han once.

Marbury is also thinking about it, as a rookie in the class of '96, he is also eager to beat Liu Han, and he is not in a good position with the Knicks right now, and he wants to use this Olympic result to prove himself.

Needless to say, Liu Han is known as the touchstone of the 03-level rookie in the United States, but more people think that Liu Han is like the ultimate boss that the 03-level rookie has to face.

"To deal with this Chinese team, we only need to do one thing, that is, to prevent the Chinese Liu from being killed, and to prevent him from being killed, this Chinese team will lose its soul, their speed is too slow, we can ravage them as much as we want."

Larry? Brown actually didn't think that this Chinese team was very powerful, but subconsciously Liu Han still gave him the feeling that it was extremely dangerous, so the tactic he arranged for the American team was to stare at Liu Han and play impact.

The referee tossed the ball high in the center circle, and the much-anticipated semi-final officially began.