On August 28, the last game of the Chinese men's basketball team in this Olympic Games, the men's seventh place competition, the Chinese men's basketball team VS the Lithuanian men's basketball team.

Yesterday, the results of the semi-finals were in.

The U.S. men's basketball team lost to the Argentine men's basketball team 81-89, and after winning the Chinese team, they finally met the hard stubble and fell at the feet of the Pampas Eagles.

Argentina has 7 NBA-level players, and the individual ability is not afraid of the United States team, coupled with Ginobili's excellent performance, it is logical to win the game.

In the other game, Puerto Rico lost to Italy, and Italy's outside shooter did not give Puerto Rico a chance to be a dark horse again, and a wave of three points directly took the victory away.

After this victory, Chinese fans are even more depressed, if the Chinese team lost to Serbia and Montenegro before, maybe it is the Chinese team that enters the semi-finals now instead of the Puerto Rico team, Italy has lost to China in the group stage, although it is China's tactical arrangement that limits the opponent's shooters, but to win once means that the Chinese team can just wave with the opponent, maybe the Chinese team can win the medal if it wins.

Suddenly, many fans began to scold Harris.

"Harris doesn't have a hole in his brain, why do you want to win against the Serbian team!"

"It's not like we're looking at the top of the group."

"Rats are blind, and they are not shallow to harm people."

"One is the honor in front of the eyes, and the other is the honor that can't be touched from afar, which do you say he will take?"

"When I lost to the American team, I felt that he was not good as a coach, how could he use the main force to die."

"It can't be said that the Chinese team doesn't play like this, and it loses faster." There are some people among the fans who understand: "Besides, the choice of opponents in the group stage must be a common decision of the team, and the responsibility cannot be placed on the coach." ”

"This man is a water army......

"How much Harris gives you, I'll give you double."

People who understand can't say much, because sometimes fans only see the wins and losses of the game, and there are very few who really analyze the reasons, not to mention that what Harris values is the spirit of the players, and it is impossible for fans to know.

On the eve of the seventh-place match, a group of uninvited guests came to the Olympic Village where the Chinese men's basketball team lived.

McMillan brought the Seattle supersonic team doctor to check Lu Fei.

"Lu, why are you injured?" McMillan looked tired, "When I heard the news of your injury, I even canceled my vacation and came over with the team doctor." ”

The team doctor hurriedly examined Lu Fei, Lu Fei is now the sign of supersound, but he can't be ruined because of an international match.

The international competition didn't pay the supersonic team, but the supersonic paid Lu Fei.

Lu Fei could only sit there and let the team doctor check it, his teammates had already gotten on the bus, Lu Fei could only signal them to go first, after all, he was only an injured person, and even if he went, he would sit on the sidelines.

A head suddenly poked out of the door of the room, and Lu Feizheng was bored, and saw it at a glance, "Chen Qiao, why are you here?" ”

McMillan also looked back and saw that it was the Chinese reporter who accompanied the supersonics.

"Hi, Reporter Chen, hello."

Chen Qiao smiled awkwardly: "I originally wanted to come to interview Lu Fei's injury, but when I came, I ran into the bus of the Chinese men's basketball team, Yao Ming told me that Lu Fei was still here in the Olympic Village, so I rushed over." ”

"If you have any questions about the injury, you can ask the team doctor." Lu Fei said with a smile.

The team doctor has also finished the examination, in fact, Lu Fei's injury is not serious, and there are also negatives from the previous examination by the Chinese team doctor, so it can be judged that there is no major problem.

Chen Qiao was also relieved after understanding, but he was also helpless when he thought that Lu Fei's injury made the Chinese team may only be able to finish eighth.

"By the way, Chen Qiao, I want to ask you for help with something." Lu Fei said suddenly.

"What's the matter?" Chen Qiao was stunned.

Lu Fei said: "Can you help me write a report?" About Coach Harris. ”

"Huh?" Chen Qiao was stunned, you must know that Harris can be scolded very lightly now: "What do you want to write?" ”

"So, are you here by car, let's talk as we walk on the way to the game." Lu Feidao.

"Okay."

McMillan was speechless, "Hey, you two are gone, what should I do?" ”

"Let's go together." Lu Fei said with a smile.

When they drove to the competition venue, Chen Qiao heard another unknown version of the story about Coach Harris from Lu Fei, and he promised Lu Fei that he would definitely write the report truthfully.

Once they entered the arena, the game was inextricably linked.

After Yao Ming received Liu Wei's pass on the inside, he squeezed his back to the inside, turned around and made a hook hand, and easily threw the ball into it with a soft touch.

……

Wang Zhizhi stood outside the three-point line and raised his hand to make a three-point shot.

……

Zhu Fangyu shook off the defender and cut the basket to make two plus one.

……

Sun Yiping, who was in charge of the commentary, said excitedly: "The Chinese men's basketball team played very hard in this game, so that the Lithuanian team did not react for a while, and after the start, they took a very long lead, and the Chinese team blossomed more inside and outside, which let us see that the Chinese team did not lose the spirit of the Chinese team after losing the game, let us cheer for the Chinese men's basketball team!" ”

The Lithuanian team immediately rebounded after an initial maladaptation.

Harris called a timeout just in time.

He didn't set up tactics, just said when the players got together: "Everyone played well, I'm proud of you, keep playing like this, win or lose, you are the best players in my heart." ”

Different from the previous words of reprimand, Harris smiled with satisfaction at the corner of his mouth at this time.

"Coach, don't worry, we will win this game!" Yao Ming said.

"That's right! Definitely win. ”

"The Chinese team will win!"

"Victory! Come on! ”

All the players shouted in unison, making the players of the Lithuanian team not far away look sideways - what did they shout before the time for the decisive victory?

No one can understand the mood of the Chinese players at this time.

After the Chinese team withstood Lithuania's counterattack, and kept putting the ball in Yao Ming's hands, Yao Ming played the inside, his height made Lithuania's center very helpless, and Yao Ming had scored 27 points and 11 rebounds in halftime.

"It looks like your teammates are good, you won this game." McMillan whispered beside Lu Fei.

Lu Fei smiled.

As time passed, when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the Chinese players let out a loud roar and won! Finally won!

Lithuania seems to have been blinded by the crazy Chinese players.

They never thought that it was just an insignificant battle for seventh place, and it was not a medal, how could the players of the Chinese team grab every rebound, fight every attack, and prevent every shot from the opponent.

At 87:83, the Chinese team won against Lithuania and finished seventh in the Olympic Games for the first time in history.

Although many fans were not satisfied with this result, they thought that the Chinese team could get better results, but after all, it was a historic breakthrough, and the fans still stood up and applauded the Chinese players.

Even when some fans saw Lu Fei off the field, they began to shout Lu Fei's name rhythmically.

Lu Fei - Lu Fei -

Lu Fei still just smiled, he walked to his teammates and hugged each of them.

Chen Qiao, who was not far away, picked up the phone.

"Hey, editor-in-chief, I'm Xiao Chen, have you received the manuscript you just sent you?"

"Roger, grew." The editor-in-chief said in a loud voice and sounded excited: "Xiao Chen, thank you so much, with this news, our newspaper's sales performance should increase by a few percentage points tomorrow." ”

"Everywhere, that's what I'm supposed to do!" Chen Qiao hung up the phone.

On the other side, on the desk of the delegation leader, there was a press release of Harris's resignation, on which Yuan Weimin was about to sign, when he suddenly saw the news on TV that the Chinese team had won against Lithuania.

Stunned, he took a cigarette out of his case, lit it, and took a deep breath.

After a long time, he rubbed the press release on the table and threw it in the trash.