At the post-match press conference, Yao Ming was still interviewed with red eyes, and it was a painful thing for the big man to lose to Lithuania and miss the final. Although he did not expect such a situation before the start of the Olympics, when the Chinese men's basketball team qualified as the second in the group stage and defeated Croatia in the quarterfinals, he was determined to lead the team to the final and compete for the final championship, but in the end he fell one step away from the final.

This is not Yao Ming's first time participating in the Olympics, he became famous at a young age as early as 2000 with the team in the Sydney Olympics, and led the Chinese men's basketball team to the quarterfinals in the 2004 Athens Olympics, equaling the best result of the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympic Games. But this time he was even more helpless than the previous two times, because the Chinese team had a chance to participate in the finals!

In the face of reporters' questions in turn, Yao Ming said in a low voice: "Losing to Lithuania really makes our whole team feel very sad, because this year we are at home to participate in the Olympic Games, and we also played the best performance in the Olympic Games, but in the end we still failed to reach the final, sorry ......" He suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to everyone.

The press conference was silent, and everyone looked at Yao Ming, who had not straightened up for a long time, in surprise. As the leader and number one star of the Chinese men's basketball team, there is no need for him to stand up and apologize to the fans, because he and his teammates have done a good job. But Yao Ming did just that, and the Chinese reporters present knew that Yao Ming's sorry was not said to them, but to thousands of Chinese fans, and he felt that he had failed the expectations of every Chinese fan, so he had to apologize.

After a very short but long time, Yao Ming finally raised his head, then sat down, he continued: "We have another match the day after tomorrow, I know it is a very strong opponent, but now we have nothing to lose, there is nothing to look forward to, our only remaining belief is to try to beat Argentina in the third or fourth place final!" ”

The reporters were shocked, their mood was still in pity for the Chinese men's basketball team, and they didn't remember that they still had one game to play, and the opponent was Argentina, the men's basketball champion of the Athens Olympics. Although Argentina were comfortably beaten by the United States in the semi-finals, they are still the top team in world basketball, and in the latest edition of the FIBA rankings, Argentina beat the United States and Spain to the top of the rankings, and it is clear that they are a desperate opponent.

The tragedy for Argentina is that they prematurely met the American Dream Eight team who only wanted an Olympic gold medal and fielded the strongest squad, otherwise it would have been easy for them to reach the final. There are many familiar names in the Argentine roster, such as Ginobili, Scola, Nocioni, Delfino...... It can be said that Argentina is on par with Spain in terms of high-end combat power, and even has more personnel reserves on the outside and on the flanks.

is such a tough team that has no friends, Yao Ming actually dares to speak cruelly on behalf of the Chinese men's basketball team?

Chang Wei doesn't see it that way, now for the Chinese men's basketball team, morale is the most important, if there is no morale, then you can basically admit defeat in the face of Argentina. Maybe Yao Ming doesn't have much confidence in beating Argentina, but he is the leader of the Chinese men's basketball team, and he must first set up the flag so that he can give his teammates a goal to strive for, not like a headless fly.

At the team meeting the next day, Younas unified the thinking of the whole team, facing Argentina, everyone must give their full energy, anyway, this is their last game of this Olympic Games, and if they don't fight, they won't have a chance.

In Younas's view, if the Chinese men's basketball team wants to beat Argentina, it must work hard inside and offline. Of course, Argentina's interior line is not weak, their starting interior combination is Scola and Oberto, who are also NBA starter-level players, although slightly weaker...... And anyone with a discerning eye can see that Argentina's strength lies in the outside, not to mention Ginobili, several other players who play in the NBA and even those who play in Europe or Argentina are not vegetarians.

Yao Ming took on this task very happily, and the game against Lithuania had already made him feel a fire in his heart, and if he didn't release it, maybe even he would be completely burned to ashes. In addition to Yao Ming, the Chinese men's basketball team also has a heavy task on the outside, but this time Younas no longer intends to let them try to defend against Argentina's offense, he knows that this is impossible, the only thing he can do is to play better on the offensive end, and compete with the opponent to see who can score more points in the game.

However, Chang Wei still asked Younas to talk to the players, although the morale of the Chinese men's basketball team is no longer a problem under Yao Ming's encouragement, but in the face of the temptation of the bronze medal, they may play more restrained in the game, which is not a good thing. Restraint means that movements are easily stiff, and anyone who plays basketball knows what the consequences of stiff movements are.

In the face of Chang Wei's request, the team members were surprised, but they finally complied and took turns to "talk" to Chang Wei that night. In fact, Chang Wei had the intention to arrange this matter on the morning of the day of the competition, but the schedule of the Olympic Games was very unfriendly to them, and the three or four finals were actually held at 12 noon on August 24.

The content of Chang Wei's conversation is not complicated, it is to analyze the achievements of the Chinese men's basketball team in this Olympic Games and the status of Chinese basketball in the history of Chinese basketball. In fact, the Chinese Olympic team has no shortage of their bronze medals, and they have created the best record in team history to come here, so what else is there to worry about? Don't just do it if you go straight to the field, maybe you can beat the master to death!

In a sense, Chang Wei's words hurt morale a little, but everyone is not a child anymore, everyone knows that what Chang Wei said is the truth, since there is not much difference between the third and fourth places, what burden do you have to carry? Go on the field and try to put your best foot forward! Although in terms of overall hard power, there is still a certain gap between the Chinese men's basketball team and Argentina, but who can say that such a game is a winner? Before the Olympics, no one thought that the Chinese team could come to this point, so what's so strange about moving a little bit further?