Chapter 133: The First Battle of Athens
The Athens Olympics officially began, and at the opening ceremony, Yao Ming became the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation for the first time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
This is a supreme honor for Chinese athletes, even heavier than the Olympic gold medal.
Lu Xiaofeng saw Liu Yudong holding the national flag and walking in front of the Chinese delegation, and he was extremely envious.
"The husband should be like this!"
At the opening ceremony, under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, walking in the middle of the Chinese delegation, looking at the outstanding Yao Ming and the fluttering five-star red flag, the envy was even more intense.
There are some envy and fantasies, knowing that they can't be realized, just think about it.
There are some dreams, but there is a possibility of realization, and for it, you are willing to pay.
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The Chinese men's basketball team, at the Athens Olympics, was placed in Group A.
The opponents in the same group are: Spain, Italy, Argentina, Serbia and Montenegro and New Zealand.
It seems that only China and New Zealand are weak teams, and the others are strong teams, and the qualifying situation of the Chinese team is not optimistic.
Of course, the media agreed before the game that the top two teams in Group A were Serbia and Montenegro and Argentina, as they were the champions and runners-up of the 2002 World Championships respectively.
But Lu Xiaofeng knows that as the golden generation represented by Gasol grows up, Spain is the biggest opponent.
Think about the future, Spain is the world champion in '06 and the runner-up in the '08 and '12 Olympic Games.
He still remembers that in the original history, Spain lost the least in this Olympic Games, losing only one, losing to the United States in the quarterfinals.
Although Spain is isolated from the final in the end, that is the reason for the competition system, in Lu Xiaofeng's view, the strongest in this Olympic Games is undoubtedly Spain.
The first opponent of the Chinese team is Spain.
The game is scheduled for half past two in the afternoon local time, which happens to be half past seven in the evening Beijing time, which is the prime time in China.
"Players from both sides jump the ball in the middle of the field!" CCTV Teacher Sun's commentary became more and more professional, and he did not call the players "players".
"Yao Ming succeeded in jumping the ball with his height."
"No. 5 Liu Wei controlled the ball and signaled Yao Ming to be in the position."
"Oops! Wrong pass! ”
Yes, Lu Xiaofeng did not play, and Harris still chose Liu Wei, who has a more tacit understanding with Yao Ming, to start.
Although Lu Guoqing and his wife took Ye Yufei to the audience behind the technical table, Lu Xiaofeng's attention was on the court.
The teammates were obviously nervous, and Li Nan, who was defending and had poor dribbling ability, was too anxious to pass the ball and threw it directly out of the bottom line.
Spain attacked, and it was Gasol who singled Yao Ming.
Gasol held the ball on the baseline and turned, a dummy swing, and went to the baseline to break through.
"Beep!"
Yao Ming was whistled for a defensive foul, and this was only the first round.
The Chinese team can't help it, Yao Ming defends Gasol, and the pace obviously can't keep up, but you can't let Yi Jian defend together, right?
Yao Ming at least has a height advantage, and Yi Jianlian has nothing in front of Gasol.
Spain attacked again, Gasol pulled to the free throw line to hold the ball, and Yao Ming could only follow.
Gabajosa made a counter-run, and Gasol's pass went past Yao Ming, arrived in time, and scored a layup.
China 0:2 Spain.
Although Yi Jianlian did not suffer from physical losses, he was obviously inexperienced and was attacked by the other party.
Although Spain's Calderón is an excellent playmaker, in Spain's tactics, Gasol is the playmaker.
Whether it's mentioning the high post or playing with his back in the low post, Gasol can see the holes in the opponent's defense and find open teammates in time.
That's the strength of FIBA's No. 1 inside.
Lu Xiaofeng watched in amazement on the sidelines, but unfortunately, he thought he could be a teammate.
With Gasol here, it is difficult to win against Spain.
Lu Xiaofeng was thinking about how to make more Gasol fouls and beat him down, but he didn't expect that the situation on the court changed abruptly.
Yao Ming missed the hook, and Gasol took the rebound.
It was Spain's attack again, Gasol was still holding the ball high, and the Spanish players were running like a marquee.
This time, the players of the Chinese team did not lose their position, and Gasol saw that he had no chance, so he decisively broke through with the ball and passed Yao Ming in one step.
"Beep!"
"Huh! Gasol breaks through, and Yi Jianlian makes up for the defense! ”
"The referee blew for a foul!"
"Gasol is on the ground."
"Oops! He covered his nose and seemed to be bleeding! ”
The referee paused the game and signaled for Spain to make a substitution, and Gasol was slapped in the face by Yi Jianlian, as if his nose was broken.
As soon as Harris saw it, he hurriedly signaled that the Chinese team would also be replaced.
Lu Xiaofeng is on the field.
Take advantage of your illness to kill you.
There is no sympathy for the opponent on the field, and Harris replaced Lu Xiaofeng in advance, just to take advantage of Gasol's absence to catch the opponent off guard.
Gasol came off the field and was replaced by No. 9 Reyes.
"The Chinese team also made substitutions, replacing Liu Wei and replacing the teenager Lu Xiaofeng, who has just landed in the NBA and will play for the Los Angeles Lakers next season."
Spain's two defenders are not tall, and Lu Xiaofeng faced the shorter Calderón.
Lu Xiaofeng put pressure on the opponent as soon as he went up, and Calderon dribbled twice, and hurriedly hugged the ball.
No. 7 Navarro slipped out of the empty space on the bottom line, Calderon hurriedly passed, but was touched by Lu Xiaofeng, who was quick-eyed.
"Allian!"
Lu Xiaofeng swept away, pulled his legs and ran, it turned out that after the basketball was rubbed by Lu Xiaofeng, he changed his flight trajectory and arrived in front of Yi Jianlian.
"The Chinese team breaks the ball!"
"Pass! Aggro! ”
"Good shot! Lu Xiaofeng dunks and scores! ”
"This substitution is immediate! Lu Xiaofeng scored as soon as he went up. ”
Lu Xiaofeng rushed in front and received a pass from Yi Jianlian, no fancy movements, just a quick and simple dunk, adding two points to the Chinese team.
This is also Lu Xiaofeng's first score in the Olympics.
2:2。
Lu Xiaofeng made a "V" gesture towards the stands, and immediately pressed Calderon to prevent him from receiving the ball.
In Gasol's absence, the organizer of the other party has become Calderon, and Lu Xiaofeng is going to strangle him to death.
But they also have Navarro, who is also very good at scoring.
Navarro dribbled past half court and Reyes immediately stepped forward to block it.
The Chinese team also defended 3-2 joint defense, with Zhu Fangyu and Lu Xiaofeng at both ends of the free throw line.
Yao Ming couldn't keep up, and Lu Xiaofeng hurriedly filled the position, but he was preparing at his feet.
As he expected, Navarro chose to pass the ball horizontally to Calderón as soon as he saw him making up for the defense.
No one expected that Lu Xiaofeng's sudden start and stop would be so fast.
"Good shot!"
"Lu Xiaofeng has made another steal!"
"The fast-break layup was successful, and the Chinese team added two more points."
4:2。
Without Gasol as a "beacon", Spain's attack would have been chaotic at once.
The two small defenders, covered by the Chinese team's players, couldn't pass the ball at all.
It was still Navarro, who broke through Li Nan's defense again, rushed into the inside line, and faced Yao Ming's defense as a throw.
Lu Xiaofeng saw him break through, so he took it back, and as soon as he saw him make a move, he jumped up against the basket.
Whoever shot in front of Yao Ming was under pressure, and the ball failed to hollow into the net and bounced off the basket.
Lu Xiaofeng patted lightly, and the basketball flew out of the basket, just in time to be taken by Yao Ming, who turned around and was about to grab the board.
"Huh! This ball was shot out by Lu Xiaofeng! ”
"He's jumping so high!"
Mr. Sun's explanation is so unfazed.
FIBA rules, as long as the basketball touches the basket, the players on both sides can touch it, of course, on the basket.
So shots that are not hollow into the net are often dialed out by the defender.
Seeing that the other party had retreated, Lu Xiaofeng stabilized and waited for Yao Ming to settle down.
Yao Ming pressed Reyes behind him, raised his hands high, and was about to catch the ball, Lu Xiaofeng also stopped the ball and was about to pass it in.
Calderon, who was defending Lu Xiaofeng, didn't know if he didn't know Lu Xiaofeng, or if he was too jealous of Yao Ming, so he took it back at once and blocked it in front of Yao Ming.
Lu Xiaofeng saw that he was empty, what was there to hesitate about, jumped on the spot, and shot in three points. (To be continued.) )