The U.S. team came back from a timeout to replace Anthony and Kobe Bryant.

After the failed attempt, Coach K was forced to play back with the Chinese team.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese team trailed the United States by 8 points at 46-54, which refreshed the smallest point difference between the two teams at half of the Olympic Games.

In the second half, the main force of the Chinese team declined due to physical problems, and the score difference was also widened a little bit.

However, Tang Tian's use of Yao Ming made the latter always maintain a good physical strength, and it always seemed that he had the strength to fight back on the scene.

In the end, the Chinese team lost to the United States team 78-101 in the first game of the Olympic Games.

Yao Ming contributed 18 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, Sun Yue scored 17 points, 4 boards, 4 assists and 2 blocks, Yi Jianlian scored 14 points and 6 boards, and veteran Liu Wei was in good shape and also contributed 12 points.

On the U.S. side, Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, James had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, and Anthony had 19 points and 7 rebounds.

The 23-point difference also refreshed the smallest score difference between the two teams.

After the first game, the Chinese fans were extremely excited.

Before the Olympics, the media positioned this men's basketball team as an impact on the quarterfinals, but to be able to play like this with the American team, the ceiling is definitely more than the quarterfinals!

The men's basketball team is off to a good start at the Olympics, and fans' expectations are rising.

The opponent of the men's basketball team in the second game was Spain, and this game was also closely watched.

The top team in Group B must be the United States, if the Chinese team can finish Spain in the second game, it has a great chance of becoming the second in the group, which can not only avoid the United States in the semi-finals, but also have a very big advantage in the knockout round.

The next match was on August 12, with a day off in between, and on the morning of November, the Spanish team visited Peking University.

The reporter also interviewed Spain's new head coach Ayito García Reneses.

Aito is a Spanish coach who was mentored by Sabothini and Kukoc, as well as the first managers of Pau Gasol and Navarro.

is somewhat similar to Tang Tian's situation, he was also ordered to replace Hernandez this time, and he led the team to train for less than two months.

"The Chinese team lost to the United States team in the first game, but only lost by 21 points, there are many people who call this men's basketball team the strongest Chinese men's basketball team, the team's first opponent is the host, what do you think?" The reporter asked.

'Yes, it's always not easy to play against the hosts, we've been through it a lot and it's going to be a tough game.

"Do you mean that the team could lose tonight?" The reporter asked.

"No, we're going to pay more attention, but I don't have anything to worry about when the team wins, what really worries me is the USA team, you know they didn't play much warm-up games in the summer, there were big problems with the first game, but they won easily." Ayito shook his head.

"Do you think the Chinese team has any hope of reaching the semi-finals this year?" The reporter then asked.

"Perhaps." Hearing this, Ayito laughed unconsciously, "If they make it to the final four, I'll be looking forward to playing them again." ”

The reporter was stunned, and then heard the voice.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Ayito regarded the Chinese team as a soft persimmon in his heart.

Unlike the Spanish team, the Chinese team arranged some basic training on the afternoon of the 11th, because there was no tactical training involved, and it was also open to the public.

The reporter who interviewed the Spanish team in the morning happened to be on the scene.

The players of the Chinese team were slightly excited.

Just like the outside fans felt, although they lost the first game, the process of the game gave them a lot of confidence.

If their confidence before the start of the Olympics came more from Tang Tian's words of encouragement, then after the first game, they were already confident from the bottom of their hearts.

It's something that can't be expressed in words, but it's something you can really feel.

Because it is basic training, the team is led by the team's assistant coach Guo Shiqiang and physical trainer Royce Williams brought by Tang Tian.

Tang Tian was sitting against the wall at this time, observing.

This reporter seized the opportunity and took advantage of the security guard's inattention to go directly to Tang Tian for an interview.

"Coach, I'm Ye Xiao, a reporter from the Basketball Herald, is it convenient to be interviewed?" The female reporter asked cautiously.

Tang Tian frowned, but he didn't want to offend the media, nodded, and continued: "Just two questions." ”

The reporter didn't expect Tang Tian to agree, and nodded with joy.

"Tonight is a crucial game in Group B, and the winner is likely to be second in the group, are you confident in the evening's game?"

"We're going to give it our all in this game." Tang Tian nodded.

This was a very official sentence, but Tang Tian's tone was sincere when he said it, but it was not just perfunctory.

As the reporter said, this match is about the ranking in the group, but for him, there are more important reasons besides the ranking.

The Chinese men's basketball team in the previous life, in the 08 Olympic Games, had a lead of as many as 15 points over Spain, but in the end it was reversed and lost overtime, which became the biggest regret in the hearts of all Chinese fans.

The reporter felt Tang Tian's sincerity and nodded.

"Second question, when I interviewed the Spanish coach Aito in the morning, he said that he was very confident in winning tonight's game, and said that if the Chinese team can reach the semi-finals, he will be looking forward to playing against the Chinese team again, what do you think of this?" The reporter then asked.

"That's what he said?" Tang Tian was a little surprised, although he was not familiar with Aito, but in his memory, European coaches were not as high-profile as American coaches.

"Yes." The reporter nodded.

"Then hopefully he'll say that after tomorrow's game." Tang Tian said lightly.

A very simple answer, but the momentum in the words is not weak at all.

The reporter instantly got the point, nodded happily, and then turned around and left.

She already had all the information she wanted.

The reporter's interview was very sudden, and Tang Tian couldn't be sure how much of her words were true, but this made him find an opportunity to add fuel to the fire.

At the end of the training, Tang Tian pulled up the players to do the final pre-game mobilization, and at the end of the mobilization, he chatted about what Ye Xiao said.

"I was interviewed by a reporter just now and said that Spain coach Aito would be happy to meet us again in the semi-finals, what do you mean by that?"

Tang Tian's sudden question made the team members slightly stunned, but soon, they all understood one after another.

This is obviously not a blessing, and to say such a thing before the group stage is to treat the Chinese team, the host, as a soft persimmon!

"They really think of themselves as the American team, not to mention that our American team is not afraid of them?" Chen Jianghua is the youngest and the most indignant.

"Fuck him tomorrow!" Sun Yue followed and said.

"That's it, if you see the real tricks on the field, I don't believe they can be better than the American team!" Zhu Fangyu was also a little unhappy.

"Lao Zhu is right, see the real trick on the field, tomorrow we will kick them hard in the ass, and they will know whose territory this is!" Tang Tian said with ruthlessness in his tone.