The time of the game is the afternoon in China, while on the other side of the world in the United States, it is early in the morning. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoFor the American people, the early morning is obviously not the prime time to watch the game, not to mention that the opponent is the Chinese men's basketball team, in the eyes of the Americans, the result of this game has long been doomed, and the American team will inevitably win the final victory with a crushing advantage. Because of this, there are not many American viewers who can stay up late to watch the game.

But the game still has to be broadcast, and considering the presence of Da Yao in the Chinese team, ESPN even invited Van Gundy, the former coach of the Rockets, to be the guest commentator.

Van Gundy has not continued his coaching career since being fired by the Houston Rockets last year, but has been active in various arenas as a guest commentator. Van Gundy, who has a conservative coaching style, is a very talkative person, and his professionalism as a senior coach in the NBA has made him a well-known commentator.

The U.S. men's basketball team lost the game, which is quite unpleasant for an American, and the same is true for Van Gundy, but as a commentary, what should be said has to be continued.

"Mr. Van Gundy, do you think our American men's basketball team lost to the Chinese men's basketball team in this game? You must know that we obviously have the advantage of strength, and the time of our game is in the afternoon in China, while in the United States on the other side of the world, it is in the early morning. For the American people, the early morning is obviously not the prime time to watch the game, not to mention that the opponent is the Chinese men's basketball team, in the eyes of the Americans, the result of this game has long been doomed, and the American team will inevitably win the final victory with a crushing advantage. Because of this, there are not many American viewers who can stay up late to watch the game.

But the game still has to be broadcast, and considering the presence of Da Yao in the Chinese team, ESPN even invited Van Gundy, the former coach of the Rockets, to be the guest commentator.

Van Gundy has not continued his coaching career since being fired by the Houston Rockets last year, but has been active in various arenas as a guest commentator. Van Gundy, who has a conservative coaching style, is a very talkative person, and his professionalism as a senior coach in the NBA has made him a well-known commentator.

The U.S. men's basketball team lost the game, which is quite unpleasant for an American, and the same is true for Van Gundy, but what should be said has to be continued.

"Mr. Van Gundy, do you think our American men's basketball team lost to the Chinese men's basketball team in this game? You must know that we are obviously superior in strength, what are we not doing well enough? Is there something wrong with our tactics? The narrator asked.

It's a difficult question for Van Gundy, a former basketball coach who pointed out the tactical command problems of another coach as a coach, and the other is a famous coach like Shashewski, which is certainly not appropriate. However, Van Gundy is also a very smart man, and he did not talk about Shashewski's tactical arrangement, but replied lightly:

"I think the only problem we have is underestimating the enemy! There is no problem with our tactical arrangement, with our strength, any tactic can win, but we lost, we did not lose to the Chinese team, we lost to ourselves, we are too light on the enemy! ”

I have to say that Van Gundy's speech was very artistic, and he made a good excuse. Obviously, he lost to the Chinese team, but in Van Gundy's mouth, it became "lost to himself", and many American viewers must feel a lot better when they hear this.

Van Gundy continued: "In the first half of the game, we obviously didn't take it seriously, after all, the other side is the host, we have to take care of their face, otherwise we can take a 30-point lead in the first half!" There will be no future of what happened. ”

"In the second half of the game, Zhang Guan became the winning point of the Chinese team, Zhang Guan showed top individual ability in the game, and I think his style of play may be very suitable for survival in the NBA. Another point I want to say is that Zhang Guan's luck is really good, especially the last kill, he actually hit! Zhang Guan is a player who can only break through and not shoot, and even his free throw percentage is just over halfway through, but he did shoot a three-point shot, which is clearly a sign of luck. Van Gundy spread his hands as he spoke, showing a helpless look: "With China's strength, even if we underestimate the enemy, we can win." We could have won this game, but we were a little bit less lucky. So I think it's not so much that we underestimate the enemy, but that the luck of the Chinese team is fantastic!

Van Gundy's remarks are obviously very marketable in the United States, and the American team lost to themselves, not to the Chinese team; The Chinese team won not because of strength, but because of good luck, and this kind of remark instantly made the Americans' battered self-esteem stand up again.

Van Gundy, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief, he was born into a family of coaches, his father and brother are also basketball coaches, he began his coaching career in 1985, has served as an assistant coach for McDallung, Pat Riley, Nelson Sr. and others, and has been a head coach for more than 10 years, once leading the New York Knicks to the NBA Finals. With his resume and experience in vocational education, how can he believe in what "loses to himself" and believes in what "the opponent is lucky"? He didn't even believe what he just said, that is, he fooled the ordinary people of the United States. Because he had to say that, sitting in the position of the commentator, of course he had to find a reasonable explanation for the loss of the U.S. men's basketball team, and that explanation had to sound like a happy one for the American audience.

To make the American audience happy, Van Gundy obviously did it, and he did it very well, and he will change the way to praise people, which is also a big reason why he is so popular in the basketball commentary world. However, the self-confidence that the American audience had just regained was once again dispelled by the next award ceremony.

Because their president is presenting awards to the U.S. men's basketball team.

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Looking at the neatly arranged row of silver medals, President Xiaobu now felt hot on his face.

I'm the president of the United States, the most powerful man in the world, and yet I can only award silver medals!

Standing opposite is our American men's basketball team, the strongest country in the world in basketball sent the strongest team of players, but can only win the silver medal!

The first article made President Xiaobu feel very ashamed, and the second article also made President Xiaobu feel very ashamed, and what is even more odious is that now these two articles are still added together. The humiliation this brings to President Xiaobu is obviously greater than one plus one.

At this time, President Xiaobu regretted it incomparably, he felt that he had nothing to do to mention what to award for the U.S. men's basketball team, isn't this embarrassing for himself?

President Xiaobu actually didn't want to come as the guest of honor for this award, but he had already said it, and it would be even more embarrassing if he didn't come. After all, his status is there, if it is placed in a feudal society, his words are equivalent to a holy decree, and if he says it, he will say something without jokes, and if he regrets it, what will be the official of the imperial history and ceremonial will definitely come to the door.

Although it is not a feudal society now, President Xiaobu's identity is based on Jun Wu's jokes, and he said it in front of that comrade and the president of FIBA.

It's a shame anyway, so let's bite the bullet!

President Xiaobu is also a person who has seen the world through ups and downs, and after eight years as president, he has not learned anything else, and his face must have been thickened. Besides, it's just a bit embarrassing now, thinking about when I was thrown shoes, it's much more embarrassing than today.

"yes, I've got worse times!" President Xiaobu kept comforting himself in his heart. He picked up the silver medal and hung it around Kobe's neck.

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"Look, that's President Xiaobu! Does he want to present the award? An American viewer who was still in front of the TV said in amazement.

"Oh my God, our president personally came to the stage to present the award, and he only presented the silver medal! So who will award the gold medal? Who else is higher than our president? This was the voice of another American viewer in front of the television set.

"Is it the President of the United Nations who awards the gold medal? Hum! What is the president of the UN, how can he compare to the status of our president! The American viewer told the truth. Compared with President Xiaobu, who started two wars, the president of the United Nations pales in comparison.

But now, the president, who is even better than the president of the United Nations, can only award a silver medal to the second place!

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On the podium.

It's not the first time Kobe has met President Xiaobu, there is a tradition in the NBA that the team that wins the NBA championship will be received by the president, so Kobe Bryant has also met President Xiaobu many times. In addition to him, Wade has also met President Xiaobu once.

This time, though, Bryant wasn't as elated as he was when he was received at the White House, as he only won a silver medal.

President Xiaobu smiled and presented the silver medal to the players, and couldn't wait to leave, and then the comrade happily awarded the gold medal to the national team players. The joyful celebration at the scene made President Xiaobu feel even more embarrassed.

"This damn awards ceremony, this damn Olympics!" President Xiaobu cursed in his heart. (To be continued.) )