August 10 was the first day of competition for the men's basketball team, with the 12 teams competing in the Olympic men's basketball tournament in attendance, while the host China's game was scheduled for the final game of the day, and they faced the biggest favorites to win the championship, the United States Men's Basketball Dream Eight Team. During the day, Younas just let Chang Wei be in charge of recovery training, and he took the coaching staff to watch the game.

Chang Wei didn't mind this arrangement, he even felt a little happy, he was too lazy to get to the Wukesong Gymnasium to join in the excitement, so it was better to hurry up and make the preparations more solid. Of course, Chang Wei still pays attention to the games of other teams in the same group, and while he watches the training of the players on the sidelines, he takes the time to take a few glances at the live broadcast of the game with his mobile phone.

China's other two matches in Group B on the day were Germany vs Angola and Spain vs Greece, the second in the morning and the first in the afternoon, respectively. In order to have a preliminary understanding of the opponent's strength, Chang Wei took his mobile phone and watched it with relish, anyway, what the players need to do is some recovery training, the intensity is not high, and he does not need to watch it all the time.

Germany were still dominated by the inside combination of Nowitzki and Kaman, and although Angola were arguably the weakest in the group, they still did their best in the game. Neither player played more than 25 minutes in the whole game, but in the end they combined for 47 points, completely dominating the interior, and Germany also comfortably beat Angola 95-66.

In his previous life, China also defeated Germany in the Beijing Olympics, so Chang Wei mainly wanted to evaluate Germany's strength, and the results made him feel very excited, as long as he worked harder, it was not impossible to defeat Germany. However, compared with Germany vs Angola, Spain vs Greece in the afternoon deserves more attention from Chang Wei, after all, Spain is a strong team in Group B second only to the United States.

In order to make a difference at the Beijing Olympics, Spain also sent their strongest squad this time, except for the flanks that may be a little weak, their backfield and interior line are top-notch. Needless to say, the Gasol brothers are as familiar with Gasol Jr. as Yao Ming, and they have Rudy Fernandez, "Bomb" Navarro, Jose Calderón and the former "European Golden Boy" Rubio on the back line, which can be said to be very luxurious.

Greece should not be underestimated either, the "little shark" Scenetis on the inside may not be famous enough, but Greece has Spanoulis, known as the king of Europe, who was also teammates with Yao Ming for a season. Although Spanoulis has not been comfortable in the NBA, he is still one of the top guards on the international stage.

The first half was a close affair, with Spain slowing down to win 35-29 at half-time against a defeated opponent in the 2006 World Championship final. But at the beginning of the third quarter, the Spanish guards suddenly exerted their strength and led the team to a 13-0 scoring climax, completely widening the gap between the two sides. The final score was 81-66, and Greece was helpless.

But Chang Wei will not be arrogant to think that China can beat Greece in the official game, in fact, Spanoulis's performance is still very good, Skesenitis is also remarkable in the face of Spain's internal line, China is not absolutely sure, and Chang Wei believes that the probability of their victory is less than 30%, and this is still in the case of the perfect performance of the whole team.

Perhaps China will also win 2 wins and 3 losses in the group stage as in the previous life, and then enter the quarterfinals as the fourth place in the group, and finally lose in front of the top team in Group A. However, Chang Wei doesn't want to repeat these things again, he wants to let the team go further, and now it seems that this is not impossible, as long as he is willing to work hard.

Of course, now the priority of the Chinese team is to play against the United States tonight, which is obviously a tough battle, Chang Wei does not think that China has a chance to win, but as long as it is not a massacre, this is also the minimum he himself put forward for the team.

After watching the Australia vs Croatia match from the stands, Younas led the team into the field to warm up. The appearance of the Chinese men's basketball team made the fans at the scene burst into huge cheers, and the shouts of "come on China" were endless. Chang Wei instructed the players to warm up near the bottom line, and the fiery atmosphere on the scene made him feel a lot of emotion. In his previous life, he only watched the men's basketball game of the Beijing Olympics on television, but now he has discovered that there are some things that can only be deeply felt by being there in person.

When the Chinese team left the court at the end of the warm-up, just in time for the U.S. team to enter the court, several Chinese players who had played or were playing for NBA teams took the initiative to go up to greet these NBA stars, and the two sides looked very harmonious. Of course, there were also players from the U.S. team who came to say hello to Chang Wei, such as Wade, Prince and Reed, who had all been coached by Chang Wei.

In addition to them, the other players of the U.S. men's basketball team are all respectful to Chang Wei, no matter what, they are likely to ask Chang Wei in the future, and Chang Wei has won several championships with the team, and they all know Chang Wei's role in it. Looking at the attitude of the superstar of the American Dream Eight Team towards Chang Wei, the rest of the Chinese men's basketball team was very emotional, they didn't expect Chang Wei, a trainer, to be quite popular in the NBA, and it seemed that everyone was very convinced by his professionalism and quality.

This also gave the members of the Chinese team more confidence in the journey of this Olympic Games, they were trained by Chang Wei himself, although the time was a little short, but they all felt the growth of their own strength, and it was not impossible to create good results again.

After returning to the locker room, Younas seized the time to lay out tactics for the players, but he emphasized more on everyone's psychological quality: "I don't need to say more about how strong the U.S. men's basketball team is, I know that only Yao Heyi may be able to maintain a normal heart when facing them, but I hope you can treat this as an ordinary game and show your best state." ”

"Remember, you have to stay calm during the game and don't give up even if you're down by a big score. I've seen your personal strength improve during this time, and I think we can cause them some trouble. It's a tough game, so I'm asking you to go all out at the beginning of the game, take every opportunity to send the ball to the inside, let Yao and Yi solve the problem, and the outside players take advantage of the open shots. Of course, it's not too much, the U.S. men's basketball team is very athletic, but I think your strong shooting ability and shooting percentage are also good, as long as you are open, you will definitely be able to create miracles. ”