Chapter 518: A Defeated Battle?
At the moment when the final whistle was remembered, many fans at the scene couldn't help but shed tears of excitement, such a moment is absolutely historic for any Chinese basketball fan.
Jiangsu Run: This day is a moment that all of us Chinese basketball people should remember, we were once jokingly called the fish belly team, we were once considered to be hard to win in the Olympic Games, we were not respected and looked at with open eyes, but today, we have done it, we have proved to the world that Chinese basketball can create miracles! Final Four, here we come!
Blank left: As an old fan, the last time I cried was when I was twenty years old, that day I was fired from the unit, there was no way out for a new job, I lived on the street alone, slept alone under the bridge at night, and my mother was still hospitalized in the distance, since that day, I worked hard to live, and vowed not to shed a single tear again, but today, I was so excited that I couldn't control my tears anymore, Chinese men's basketball team, you are all good!
Qianzhiwei: Hahaha, the boys of the Chinese team are all good, although I have long known that you will enter the semi-finals after winning the second place in the group, but after you really entered, I was so excited that I almost dropped my mobile phone, the next game against the United States, no matter whether I win or lose, I will be your fan for the rest of my life!
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In fact, not only the fans, but also the leaders of the Basketball Association are going to die of laughter, how glad they were to make the original choice, no one is blind, everyone knows what the Chinese team can create history by.
The team is close to the semi-finals, and Gong Luming also arranged a celebration banquet for the players.
Of course, because of the Zika virus, the celebration banquet was held in the restaurant of the Olympic Village, although the platoon length was not large, but it was all Gong Luming's own pocket, full of sincerity.
And for the players of the men's basketball team, after creating history, they are already destined to be recorded in history, and this history is absolutely shocking, this is the Olympic semi-finals, looking at the history of China, even if it is traced back to the beginning of the Olympic Games, no one Chinese can do it, but they did it!
"We are here with tea and water, to everyone, everyone is playing hard, and the next game will be good!" Gong Luming smiled and raised his glass.
Gong Luming has been in the officialdom for a long time, with an official tone, but this does not prevent the communication between him and the players, and they all raise their glasses at this time.
"Gong Dao, when the fight is over, you should use real wine~" Guo Allen said mischievously.
"You kid." Gong Luming smiled and pointed at Guo Allen, not angry, and then raised his glass and drank it all.
The players and Gong Luming still get along very well, and after drinking, they sit down and pick up vegetables and frolic, and even several players who have become fathers, such as Zhou Peng and Sui Ran, are also playing with others, and there is no mustard at all.
Tang Shuai looked at the players playing in front of him, and his heart was indescribably comfortable, in fact, the NBA, the national team, the team is a family, if the family does not get along well with each other, then no matter how strong the teammates are, it is meaningless, and once it is really integrated into the existence of a family, it will be the same as the life of the three armies in ancient wars, and any miracle can happen.
He drank the tea in front of him, and his anticipation for the next game rose.
The Chinese team and the United States team, excluding the various professional teams in the warm-up game, counting the previous two games, the two sides have played each other a total of 12 times, and the Chinese team has lost all of them without suspense, except for the one in Los Angeles, relying on Tang Shuai's extraordinary performance, coupled with the old K coach's intention to practice, and finally lost 15 points, which has created a record of the smallest point difference between the two teams.
It's no exaggeration to say that this is a team in two perfect brackets, with at least two brackets in between.
Of course, this is before, but even now this national team, people prefer to call him a dark horse, no one, even Chinese, will never think that the Chinese team has the possibility of defeating the American team, they have more ideas, is to hope that the Chinese team can play morale, play the smallest point difference.
If there is one word to describe the situation of the Chinese team in this encounter, then "the battle to lose" is the most appropriate.
In fact, not to mention the outside world, even the members of the national team will not have the idea of defeating the American team, just like the Chinese spokesman likes to say since ancient times, the Chinese team has never defeated the United States since ancient times, even if it may not exist.
This state of the team, Tang Shuai is not the first time to see it, he knows what needs to be done at this time.
There is only one situation in the world where things are impossible, and that is when you yourself think it's impossible.
The semi-finals will not be played until the 19th, with a day off before that.
Gong Luming arranged daily training as usual.
After the training, the players were chatting about the upcoming games.
"Open. Disked, opened. Plated! Buy and leave, Spain vs. France, and see who will be the next team to play us! Allen Guo shouted over there.
After the match between China and Brazil, there were two other quarter-finals in the evening, with Spain knocking out Canada and France avenging Lithuania to advance to the semi-finals of Group A, which is a rare occurrence at the Olympics.
"Alan, are you betting on who will win the game between Spain and France, or will we block our opponents in the next round? These are two completely different opponents~" Li Muhao said with a smile.
Li Muhao's words also caused a burst of laughter from other players.
Tang Shuai also laughed, but compared to other people's laughter, his was obviously much more complicated.
"Brother Tang, why don't you look very happy?" At this moment, Zhao Haoyan noticed that Tang Shuai's emotions were not on the same level as the others, and got up and asked.
Tang Shuai saw the state of the players, and was worried about how to find a topic to cut into, and when he heard Zhao Haoyan's words, he followed and said: "I'm thinking, how can I win the American team." ”
"Win against Team USA?" Zhao Haoyan was stunned for a moment.
Tang Shuai's words were not loud, but they happened to be heard by others, and they all looked at him in surprise.
"Well, the people from the American team this year, except for Durant, to be honest, can only be regarded as their second team, we finally had a chance to challenge, and met the weakest American team, just let me give up, I am very unwilling." Tang Shuai said unwillingly.
Hearing Tang Shuai say this, his teammates looked at each other, and then couldn't help but nod, although Tang Shuai did not use a statement, but only expressed his thoughts in a regretful way, but a thing called hope suddenly jumped up in everyone's hearts.
"Brother Tang, this is a little too difficult, isn't it?" Zhao Haoyan was still a little immature, not as much as others thought, and couldn't help but say.
Tang Shuai didn't say anything, and after smiling, he sat down directly and said, "Actually, I've always wanted to share with you about my game against the Warriors in the NBA. ”
Hearing that Tang Shuai was going to share his experience in the Warriors, the interest of the players immediately rose, and needless to say, they all moved their stools.
"At that time, we had just finished the first round against the Rockets, and it was relatively easy to win, just like we have now won against Brazil, and we advanced to the semifinals in the West." Tang Shuai said and glanced up at the other people's expressions.
Sure enough, as expected, when the playoffs and the Olympic knockout rounds were combined, the interest on the players' faces became even stronger.
"You should also know that Paul and Griffin were absent from the game at that time, only Jordan Jr. was left as a star, and the gap between the Clippers and the Warriors was not much different from the gap between us and the United States now, and people from the outside never thought we could win, even though it was a best-of-seven series, they didn't think we could win the next one." Tang Shuai continued.
"Then how did you win?" Allen Guo asked.
"Winning like this, although it was considered a must-lose game at the time, but we were not convinced, why should we be treated like this if we are weak, as a basketball player, isn't it born to win? Shouldn't the weaker side even have the desire to win? Tang Shuai said to himself.
When Tang Shuai said this, the players unconsciously lowered their heads, when Tang Shuai's experience of the playoffs and the current Olympic knockout round were linked, they seemed to have become the kind of people Tang Shuai said who didn't even have the desire to win.
"Of course not." Tang Shuai then denied, "Although we also know that it is difficult to win, but we have the courage to try, it took us 82 games to enter the playoffs, and the Warriors injured Curry at that time, such a good opportunity is in front of us, should we just give up?" ”
"If you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life!" Tang Shuai finally said with emotion.
Tang Shuai said this, no matter how stupid the team members were, they knew that he was referring to something, but what he said was to the heart.
Yes, Tang Shuai fought 82 regular season games with his teammates on the Clippers, how much effort it took to make the playoffs, and in the face of the Warriors who lacked Curry, if they gave up like that, what a regrettable thing it would be for life! Why not face the American team in front of you? Isn't it a lifelong regret that they made history, made it to the Final Four, reached the pinnacle of history, but now that a two-team American team is right in front of them, they are going to just give up?
Tang Shuai didn't say it explicitly, but everyone's hearts already understood what Tang Shuai was going to say.
"Tang Shuai was able to win against the Warriors in a situation like this, so why can't we try to beat the United States? They weren't the best team and we had a chance to win! At this moment, Zhai Xiaochuan was the first to speak.
"That's right, and now Brother Tang is on the team, the Clippers won the game by Brother Tang, and now we also have Brother Tang! We put in 12% of our efforts, and we were no worse than those teammates at that time! Zhao Haoyan also echoed.
"Tang Shuai is right, we do have a chance to win, and the chance is not small." Even Yi Jianlian, who had always been silent, spoke at this time.
"!" Guo Allen slapped his thigh, stood up with a "poof", and said scoldingly, "Rough mother! If you don't just play a ball, what are you afraid of! ”
As soon as Guo Allen's Shandong dialect came out, it immediately caused a burst of laughter from the team members.
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