"The Chinese men's basketball team lost to the American men's basketball team by four points."

"Marbury: I didn't push him."

"Lu Fei withdrew from this Olympics with a calf muscle strain, and the future of the Chinese men's basketball team is uncertain."

"Harris admits that there is a problem with the tactical set-up and takes all the blame for the loss."

In the face of an interview with reporters, he admitted that the excessive use of Lu Fei, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and three players in this game was the main reason for the loss, and he made a mistake in the tactical arrangement, and took the initiative to admit that it was he who made the decision to win against Serbia and Montenegro that would cause the Chinese team to face the United States team in the quarterfinals, and he was willing to take all the responsibility.

There is always someone who has to take the blame for losing, and Harris took the initiative to stand up and moved all the Chinese players.

After learning the news of Lu Fei's injury and retirement from the Olympics, the fans scolded Marbury, if it wasn't for his push, Lu Fei would not have been injured, Marbury was still cheeky and said that he didn't push people?

The Chinese delegation also appealed to the Olympic Organizing Committee, because if the last ball had blown Marbury to push people, the outcome would probably have been different.

However, appeals cannot change the outcome of the game, and the loss of the Chinese team is a foregone conclusion.

In the training hall, the players of the Chinese men's basketball team were not in a high mood.

Lost, core hurt,

can only compete with Lithuania for seven or eight places, and the Chinese team's Olympic journey has cast a shadow.

Unconsciously, everyone's expectations for the Chinese men's basketball team have become higher, including the men's basketball players themselves.

No one thought that when they first came, the goal was to reach the quarterfinals.

Lu Fei sat on the sidelines, his calf muscle strain, and his recovery time is expected to be two weeks, and the last game of the Chinese team is just two days away, so this is also doomed to him has already withdrawn from this Olympics.

He saw that the mood of the players training was not high, and he could probably guess what his teammates were thinking.

Just like himself, he was sad when he lost to the American team.

Even he really wants to win this American team and lead the Chinese men's basketball team to make history, but the fact is that the current Chinese men's basketball team is far from being able to compete with the American men's basketball team.

Even if it's a third-rate American team.

Careful analysis of the lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team, it can be seen that this lineup has great flaws, at this time Yi Jianlian is still too young, the situation of the inside line is too serious, a team is eager to bring five inside lines, the flanks are weak, Zhu Fangyu and Li Nan The two fronts can not support the defense of the backcourt, and the substitute lineup is equivalent to the five scum of the war, not to mention the United States men's basketball team, the twelve teams participating in the Olympic Games, any team's bench is much stronger than the Chinese men's basketball team.

In the five games of the group stage, in addition to crushing New Zealand by strength, several other games have elements of tricks.

Although tricks are also a kind of tactics, the tactics are properly arranged, and the strength of the team can be greatly improved, but there is a saying that one force breaks ten, and when you meet a team with strong personal strength like the American team, it is purely relying on strength to crush you, and there is really no way.

In our words, it is arrogant.

The U.S. team will lose to the European and American teams, because the players of the European and American teams are not inferior to them physically, and with the addition of FIBA rules, they can limit the American team on the defensive end.

Especially a team like Argentina and Lithuania with a strong sense of integrity.

The Chinese team has a chance, but it is not big.

Lu Fei is confident that if he meets this American team again in four years, the Chinese men's basketball team will definitely win.

Because Yao Ming is far from his peak at this time, he is still only a sophomore rookie in the NBA, Wang Zhizhi's strength is not bad, but he alone obviously can't support the big forward position of the Chinese team, Yi Jianlian is still very young, and he doesn't even have much time to play, Zhu Fangyu is not calm enough, the talents on the scoring guard and the organizational guard are stretched, and the strength of the bench is too weak, these are the current problems of this Chinese men's basketball team, and after four years, these will be solved to a certain extent.

But Lu Fei also knows that the American men's basketball team four years later, even if the Chinese team has a complete lineup, may not be able to handle it.

If you think about it carefully, compared with European and American basketball, Chinese basketball is more like a child who has just learned to walk, is his expectation a little too high?

Lu Fei took a deep breath, his eyes scanned the training hall, and he didn't see Harris.

"How's your leg?" Yao Ming walked over and asked.

"It's okay, it's much better." Lu Fei smiled: "By the way, what about Coach Harris?" ”

"Huh?" Yao Ming paused, "Let's go to the meeting, someone has to take the blame for losing, not to mention that there was a chance to win a medal, but now it has been reduced to competing for seventh place, and even seventh place can't be won." ”

The opponent in the battle for seventh place is the Lithuanian team, can the Chinese men's basketball team beat Lithuania without Lu Fei?

Yao Ming glanced at the players on the field worriedly, and everyone's emotions had obviously fallen to the bottom.

"yes......"

Lu Fei said lightly: "Da Yao, you help me up." ”

"Okay."

Yao Ming pulled Lu Fei up and helped him walk to the court.

"Everyone, pause." Lu Fei suddenly shouted loudly: "Since you don't want to practice, it's better to take a break and chat." ”

Zhu Fangyu was shooting, and the basketball raised above his head paused there.

Yi Jianlian also stopped dribbling training.

Wang Zhizhi glanced at Lu Fei and seemed to have guessed something.

"We lost the game, and everyone felt disappointed and blamed themselves, because we had been winning before, we only lost one game to Argentina, or they used the means to win us, so we thought we would win against the United States as well, right?" Lu Fei's voice was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly in the quiet arena.

"But reality gave us a blow, we lost the game and now we are blind, we want to win, we want to get into the final four, but we still lose."

"Do you know who is the unluckiest?"

"It's Harris!"

"He let our players know what it is like to win, in order to make our players have tenacity and determination, and took all the responsibility, we could have chosen to lose to Serbia and Montenegro so that we don't have to face the American team, it was Coach Harris, he told us to play the basketball game we wanted to play, we played, we were happy when we won, we were frustrated when we lost, and when we were frustrated, everyone thought about Coach Harris."

"He took all the responsibility, he will be scolded by the fans across the country, he will be questioned by the leaders of the delegation, and he will become the first failed foreign coach in the history of Chinese basketball."

"But if you think about it, did he fail?"

"The Chinese team has entered the quarterfinals, the historic quarterfinals as the first in the group, no coach has been able to do this, but he has taken all the responsibility for losing, we can't be frustrated because of the loss, just say we can't, so that what Harris has borne will be in vain!"

There was silence in the arena.

Everyone is holding back a lot of energy in their hearts, it is not terrible to lose, but it is terrible to lose the tenacity that belongs to the Chinese men's basketball team.

"Lu Fei, you say, how to do it!" Zhu Fangyu was the first to stand up.

"Yes, the big guys listen to you." Li Nan also stood up.

"Let's go and make a statement to the group, Harris is not responsible." Wang Zhizhi said in a deep voice.

Everyone made up their minds that they would do anything as long as they could keep Coach Harris.

Lu Fei looked serious and said solemnly: "Winning Lithuania is like us winning Serbia and Montenegro!" ”