"Cousin!"

August 15, 2012.? Follow? Dream?. lā

Sacramento, USA.

Kings Team Center.

"You're back!!"

"I'm not your father, why are you so happy when I come back??"

At the entrance of the center, the security guard who was patrolling saw the car stop, and Gu Yu's big back came out of the open door, and immediately stepped forward to say hello excitedly.

Gu Yu was unceremonious, smiling and waving to the security guard, and talking trash talk.

"Hahaha, it's really you, or this character, cool!"

The security guards naturally knew Gu Yu's temper, and gave Gu Yu a thumbs up from afar, and then immediately stepped forward to greet Gu Yu to help him carry his luggage, and asked curiously while carrying it back: "After winning the championship, are you being treated as a hero after returning to China?" ”

"Hey, I said how did you kid talk??"

Gu Yu rolled his eyes and said, "What do you mean by being treated as a hero??" Wasn't I a hero in the first place? ”

"Hahahaha, of course yes, of course ......"

Most of the security guards are not highly educated, and they are very straightforward, and they like to deal with an approachable star like Gu Yu the most, so they picked up Gu Yu's luggage with a smile, opened the road in front, and swaggered inside.

Belch...... Of course, not everyone can understand Gu Yu's "approachability......

"Yo, don't you hate me......!"

Greeting the staff all the way, enjoying the feeling of being held to the sky, Gu Yu was a little surprised in his heart, and said curiously: "Lao Chen and I led the team to kill your American team and win the world championship, why don't you have any opinion on me?" I thought I wouldn't be able to go to the United States in the future! ”

"Haha, cousin, how is this possible??"

The security guard said with a smile: "To be honest, we must be unhappy that you killed us to win the championship." Anyway, we are all Americans, and we definitely hope that the American team will win the championship! ”

"That's it!"

Gu Yu nodded and said, "That's why I think it's strange, you guys don't even scold me!" ”

"Cousin, think about it......"

The security guy winked at Gu Yu, revealing a meaningful expression and said, "When Ginobili led the team to win the championship that year, did we hate him?" Will San Antonio fans scold him and boo him when they see him? On the contrary, it was that time that he led the team to win the championship, which made many fans who didn't think much of him and thought that he only had room to play because he was by Duncan's side, and his strength was just like that, and they began to look at him with admiration, and even once said that he was the second best in the league! ”

Indeed it is.

Gu Yu thought about it carefully, and sure enough, it was right.

If you want to say that the star that American fans are most likely to hate, Manuginobili, will definitely be among the top two on the list (the first place is undoubtedly Chen Mu, who has just led the team to defeat the American team to win two consecutive Olympic Games).

Ginobili and the Spurs, that is a deep love, gentlemanly affection, can be called a rare mutual trust in the history of world professional sports. But his grudge with the American team has been around for a long time.

In 2002, the Argentine Demon Knife, who had just landed in the NBA and had not yet been able to really emerge, once led the team to defeat the powerful American Dream Five team in the World Championships, and ruthlessly blocked the American team from the world's highest stage, creating the first painful defeat since the United States began to form a dream team with NBA professional players as the team.

In that year, Ginobili himself also beat Mike Finley, Reggie Miller, Byron Davis, Andre Miller and other well-known giants with excellent performance, and was selected into the best team of the World Championships.

If it weren't for Ginobili's accidental injury in the semi-finals against Germany, which led to the final against Serbia and Montenegro having to play with an injury, Ginobili would probably have one more golden medal on his glorious resume in world competitions.

At that time, Ginobili, who was not familiar to American fans, used extremely terrifying over-range changes, accurate and terrifying three-point shots, and unbelievable serpentine breakthroughs on the court to defeat the American team inside and outside, and finally only finished sixth, creating the most humiliating result of the American Dream Team on the world stage.

The name "Argentine Demon Knife" began to become popular among American fans and has continued to this day.

You must know that Manu was only 25 years old at the time, far from reaching his true peak, and he could already kill seven in and seven out of front of the American team without touching a leaf, this terrifying strength made many Americans begin to truly realize that the gap between world basketball and American basketball has narrowed to a degree that is visible to the naked eye.

The following year, in the 2003 America's Cup (also known as the 2004 Athens Olympics men's basketball qualifiers), the U.S. team really sent a large number of the NBA's toughest first-line stars.

O'Neal, Kobe, Duncan, O'Neal Jr., Kidd, Carter, Ray Allen, Iverson, Maddie, Malone, Garnett, Bibby......

Such a lineup, even if it is compared with the Dream Team, may not fall behind. Seeing the tragic defeat of the American stars in 02, almost all of them were full of morale and expressed their willingness to fight for their country. With unstoppable momentum, in the 03 America's Cup, the United States team swept all the way to win the championship with its devastating crushing strength, and successfully qualified for the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Coupled with the leadership of coach George Carr, the Americans are full of confidence that the national team will once again win the world and win back their basketball crown. Argentina a year ago, it seemed that it was just a small mistake, the lion was napping, and it was not worth mentioning at all.

However, who could have known that in the period leading up to the Copa America and the start of the Olympic Games, the situation in Athens deteriorated even more. Due to safety concerns, in the end, only two of the 12-man roster of the U.S. team went to Athens, and the rest of the players could only be impromptu and found a group of second-tier NBA stars to lead.

Even the coach was replaced, and George Carr, who left the company, left the Dream Six with his open offense, and was replaced by Larry Brown, a stern and unsmiling coach.

By the way, one of the American first-line stars who mustered up the courage to brave the hardships and dangers at that time and finally came to the battlefield in Athens was Alan Iverson, the god of war, who has always been known for his indomitable courage.

The other person is two years ago in front of the TV, witnessing the United States team being torn apart by the Argentine team, watching his new teammates who just met slaughter, but he can only be in the United States to do the most urgent in history - Tim Duncan.

So, at the opening of the 2004 Athens Olympics, although the U.S. team lost a lot of first-line stars, but there were also Iverson, Duncan, Marbury, LeBron James, Anthony, Wade, Marion, Xiaosi and other fierce players.

Two hours later, however, the game ended.

92-73, the Dream Six team got the third defeat in the history of the United States team in the Olympic arena.

Puerto Rican star Carlos Arroyo single-handedly tore apart the U.S. team's defense, humiliated Larry Brown's proud tough defense, and set off an offensive frenzy, and the U.S. team couldn't find the north at all.

At this time, people can also prevaricate with interfaces such as "temporary teaming" and "unfavorable running-in".

But the nightmare of the Dream Six – which would later be called the "Nightmare Team" by the media, fans, and pundits – has only just begun.

Narrowly beating Greece and Australia, the U.S. stumbled to the fourth game of the group stage. Standing opposite them was Lithuania, a European powerhouse who lost to the United States in the 2000 Olympics.

At that time, Lithuania's number one star, the king of Europe, Jascovisius, missed the three points that could turn defeat into victory, and the shadow of defeat always hung over his head, and it did not dissipate for four years. He didn't even want to join the NBA because of this, and has been training hard in Europe just to find a chance for revenge.

So, the Dream Six team lost again.

Jascovitius completed the perfect self-redemption, scoring a terrifying 28 points, and after the victory, the scene of the king of Europe looking up to the sky and roaring and beating his chest is still impressive.

In the final win over Angola, who came to paddle to see the stars, the United States finished fourth in the group and ranked the lowest among the seeded teams.

A series of defeats finally woke up the blood of the Americans.

In the quarterfinals, facing the Spanish team, which had maintained a winning record and was about to gradually reach the peak of history, Stephen Marbury continued to take a hundred steps to penetrate the Yang with a big step away from the three-point line, and used NBA-level three-point shots to teach European teams a good lesson.

In the whole game, Marbury scored 31 points, breaking the single-game scoring record of the Olympic Games in one fell swoop, and also allowed the United States team to advance to the semifinals.

"Team Six has finally woken up!"

People began to exclaim that the American team had finally regained its former kingly demeanor. Although there seems to be a big gap between the star of this year's dream team and the previous dream team, it is also a group of star players who play in the world's strongest basketball league.

Coming to the semifinals, the U.S. team was full of confidence and momentum.

And standing opposite them was an old adversary.

Pampas Eagles, Argentina.

The left-hander wearing the No. 5 jersey has ever given the Americans the most nightmarish experience.

Manu Ginobili.

Baseline mid-range shot, three-point catch, steal fast break, long pass in the backcourt, change direction and break through, kill under the basket, stop and fall back, twist and throw......

Ginobili, red-eyed.

With four and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Argentines led by 11 points, and the Dream Team, once again, seemed to be facing a painful loss.

Americans, finally waking up from their dreams again.

With two layups and one, Marbury rode through the court alone.

Frontcourt rebounds, Odom scores on a long-arm board.

After hitting a three-pointer, Marbury came back and contributed two plus one again.

was hit on a counterattack, Iverson made a wonderful pass from the baseline, and Marbury forced a layup again.

The positional battle was scored inside, and Odom controlled the ball and counterattacked to score.

In the last moment, Manu Ginobili, his eyes were like knives.

Floating long pass, in the front court, a long-haired inside line that fans all over the world are not familiar with, running all the way in an Argentine jersey, and after receiving the ball, he smashed it above the head of the flying Jefferson.

Boils!

Argentina won the game, and Larry Brown walked briskly to shake hands with the opposing coach before quickly leaving the pitch.

The players who left the Dream Team were stunned and didn't say a word.

After that, everyone knows the story.

The U.S. team won the third-place race and finished third.

Argentina, on the other hand, continued to soar and won the world championship.

Since then, the U.S. team has learned from the pain and embarked on drastic reforms.

Sign a three-year agreement with the player in advance to play for the country, and no leave is allowed.

Increase the training time and ask a dedicated lecturer to explain the rules of international basketball.

Summoned the former hero of the Dream Team, Magic Johnson for a spiritual boost.

Work together, the whole basketball circle works together to formulate various rules and regulations.

Even so, the U.S. team suffered a defeat in 2006 before once again gradually chasing the top.

It wasn't until 2008 that the U.S. team even brought in Kidd, who was already a fairy-like player, in the hope of hitting the top of the world again.

However, they met Yao Ming, and Chen Mu.

Now in another four years, they met Chen Mu and Gu Yu again.

By the way, the man who received a key pass from Ginobili and scored a violent dunk to seal the victory was named Luis Scola. A few years later, he entered the NBA and became Yao Ming's Rockets teammate, affectionately known as "Diamond" by Chinese fans.

"Such Ginobili is not hated by us......"

The security guard stopped, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door of the manager's office, and said to Gu Yu with a smile: "How can we, how can we hate you?" ”

“…… Petri is looking for me something?? ”

Gu Yu had a lot of thoughts in his heart, but he still returned to the topic and asked, "I want to practice first!" ”

“…… In! ”

Inside the house, Petri's voice was already ringing.