128-72, the Dream 8 team slaughtered the Greek team with a huge difference of 56 points, avenging the elimination of the World Championships.

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the U.S. men's basketball team defeated the New Zealand men's basketball team 102-56, and the team won by as many as 46 points. In the 2003 Olympic qualifying round, the United States 113-55 Virgin Islands, with a goal difference of 58 points. Since then, the U.S. men's basketball team has never had a big win over its opponent. Today, the U.S. men's basketball team is doing quite well. For viewers who love American basketball, they really want to see another dream team appear on the world basketball stage.

The U.S. team never thought that revenge would be so easy this time, and Hayes scored 34 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and 6 steals in this game, and almost hit a quadruple-double. The Greek team did not take a single lead, and the United States was completely blown out on both offensive and defensive ends. Billups hit five three-pointers, 17 points and five assists, and Kobe, James, and Wade, who came off the bench, also played well.

The members of the "Dream Eight Team" have a lot of confidence in reaching the finals. Anthony said, "We're here for the championship. We know that this tournament brought together the best basketball players in the NBA, like Kobe, Paul, Hayes. We also mentioned in our private chat that the current dream team is the best national team in the United States. ”

Greece head coach Giannakis also said after the game that the American team is invincible. In the past, the United States still had the defect of inaccurate outside shooting, but now their outside shooting is very good, and the United States is no longer afraid of the bag.

The excellent performance of the Dream 8 team has given them more attention. As soon as you leave the hotel, you will be surrounded by Chinese fans to sign autographs. The players were surprised because they had never been so popular at home. They were impressed by the enthusiasm of the Chinese fans.

The most fans asked Hayes for autographs, because they heard that Hayes could speak Chinese, and it was convenient to exchange a few words when signing autographs. In the beginning, Hayes was happy to communicate with the fans, but after walking a few steps and the fans asked for autographs, Hayes went crazy. He found himself unable to walk an inch and could not walk a single street. I simply gave up the idea of going out and went back to the hotel.

Aside from the game, Hayes's life was a bit boring. originally planned to come to China with two beauties to watch the Olympics, but in the end he became a loner. Taylor had less contact with Hayes after being brought home by his parents, presumably because his parents did not allow them to interact in this way. And Gao Tongxuan's reason is simple, she wants to stay in the United States.

Although the schedule of competitions and training is very tight, it is rare to participate in the Olympics, and the NBA stars of the Dream Eight team will also find time to watch other sports. Although Hayes had little interest in swimming, he and his teammates went to the Water Cube to watch the game and cheer on the American genius Phelps.

In the past few days, NBA players have been staring at the games in the Water Cube, and they really like Phelps, who has broken world records again and again, attracting NBA players from the same American delegation to start chasing stars.

After Phelps won the championship, Howard also asked Phelps for a pair of swimming goggles, saying that he was going to play with him when he was going to play against Spain. (If he really brought this thing, I guess the coach wouldn't need him to play). Phelps also loves basketball, and the person he admires the most is Hayes, who he feels is an athlete with different talents like him, who is not favored at first, and once he makes full use of his talent, he becomes the best athlete.

Hayes and Phelps left each other's phone numbers and said they would keep in touch in the future. Hayes also admires this madman who is about to win 8 gold medals on his own. But he didn't think he was as strange as Phelps' talent. Phelps has a long waist and short legs, and big feet, which is nothing. The strange thing is that after Phelps left the pool, he was like a fish out of the water, he often fell for no reason, and he was always the bottom of the team in the physical fitness test on the ground. Hayes felt that he was normal except for his reaction speed.

On the 16th, the United States played against Spain with the same ease. 122-83 victory over Group B arch-rivals. None of the teams that meet the United States in the group stage will choose to fight hard. Because the United States is too strong and has a lot of physical strength, it is better to save the physical strength to win other games than to win the group, so as to get a more advantageous position in the knockout stage after the group appears.

Only Germany don't think so, they lost to China in the fourth game, with a record of 1 win and 3 losses, and the only way to make it to the group is to beat the United States.

Although the German team has two NBA stars, Nowitzki of the Mavericks and Karman of the Clippers, the overall strength is still not comparable to that of the American team. When rebounding, fast breaking, and shooting ability are all behind, they lose in half the game. They lost by 36 points 114-78.

The Dream 8 team won and advanced to the top 8.

Hayes scored less than 20 points in all four games, except for 34 against Greece. played only about 20 minutes, averaging 19 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals per game. This report card may not seem like much compared to his stats in the NBA, but it will be shocking to see the number of shots he uses, shooting 82% from the field and 50% from three-point range. The shooting percentage is higher than that of many people, and with such a group of super teammates to attract the defense, Hayes only shoots when he has most of the opportunities in the open space and grabs the rebound for the second offense, so the shooting percentage is extremely high.

Even so, there are still a lot of "Black Dream 8" that can find fault with this American team.

No matter who the black is or which team is black, this group of people can always find a reason to think that the black is very reasonable. Sometimes, the feeling of picking a bone in an egg can be very fulfilling.

"Black Dream 8" Theory 1: This team lacks a real core, Hayes and James are not convinced by anyone, both need to attack with the ball, and they did not meet a real strong team in the group stage. Once facing Argentina, the shortcomings of the American team will be exposed.

"Black Dream 8" Theory 2: This team's offense relies too much on outside shooting, and the number of breakthroughs is not much, so once the outside shooter is inaccurate, there will be problems. By the time they said this, they had obviously forgotten that people were still talking about the lack of outside shooters in the U.S. at the World Championships, and now Dream 8 has added Ray Allen and Billups, two players who are good at shooting threes, to make up for the problems of 2006, and it has become a mistake again.

"Black Dream 8" Theory 3: Billups organized the offense too badly, but the head coach didn't give Paul a chance. Bryant should increase the number of shots. James often walks to the basket, and the referee doesn't blow ...... (Could it be that the Olympic referees were brought by LeBron?) In fact, when it came to the Olympics, James didn't use the crab step anymore, which shows that he also knew it was a foul. However, Kobe Bryant did not adapt to international rules, got off the ball slowly, and was blown many times when he moved.

The United States, who had been on the verge of winning the group stage of the Olympic men's basketball team, faced the Australian men's basketball team in the quarter-finals, who had previously managed to break through Group A with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses. It was another one-sided game, with Australia's strongest player being the Bucks' champion Bogut. Although the Australians cut off the breakthrough route of the American team with fierce physical contact and ferocious scrambles, and never allowed NBA stars to attack the basket at will at will at any time despite fouls, the individual ability of the Dream 8 players was too strong, and Hayes, Wade, and James frequently hit singles to win another big victory 122-85.

The host Chinese team lost to Lithuania 68-94 and missed the semifinals.

Australia secured seventh place by winning one more game than China in the group stage.

On August 22, Spain, the 2006 world champions, defeated the extremely tough Lithuanian team 95-90 and took the lead in the final. NBA All-Star Pau Gasol had a stellar performance, scoring a game-high 21 points.

The United States met Argentina, who were seen as the biggest rivals in the tournament.

Before the start of the Olympic Games, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) released a new national team power ranking, and the United States team ranked second, Spain ranked third, China ranked tenth, and Argentina unexpectedly occupied the top spot. This ranking is very controversial in the United States.

Not to mention basketball experts, even fans have to doubt the FIBA rankings. Argentina are indeed strong, but judging by their performances in recent years, it seems a bit too outrageous to occupy the top spot in the world. The World Championships lost to Spain and missed the final, and they also fell behind in the battle for third place with the United States.

The Argentine national team starts with five active NBA players: Spurs guard Ginobili, Rockets power forward Luis Scola, Spurs center Fabricio Oberto, Raptors guard Carlos Delfino, and Bulls forward Andes Nocioni.

However, it can't be compared with the luxurious lineup of the Dream 8 team. Dream 8 starters: Billups, Kobe, James, Hayes, Howard.

As soon as the game began, the United States firmly took the initiative on the field. Hayes pulled up to the high post to cover James, who drove to the basket.

When Argentine leader Ginobili was about to use his spirit snake to break through and return the color, he was heavily defended by the Dream 8 team. Before the game, the Dream 8 team developed a special tactic to contain Ginobili. Bryant defended the main defense, and after the Argentine covered, Hayes switched defenses. Weak-side players are always ready to wrap up.

Ginobili is Argentina's only superplayer and is very dangerous as long as he has a little free time. What the U.S. team has to do is try to set a trap on the court and induce him to make mistakes. After Hayes blocked Ginobili's breakaway, Bryant also stepped forward to wrap up. Ginobili was about to get the ball back to Scola and was tackled by James.

The U.S. launched a quick counterattack, and Kobe Bryant hit a jumper.

As the Dream 8 stars said before the game, they treated the Argentines with all their heart and soul as soon as the game began. Defensively harder than against other countries, they have reached the semi-finals and they cannot afford to lose.

In the first quarter, the Dream 8 led by 11 points, 31-20.

The second section begins. The slow-burning Argentine finally got into the rhythm and countered with vicious hand-to-hand combat. The foul was extremely strong, and the goal was to hit the Dream 8 team players who could not find the touch.

However, Argentina's offense could not be opened, Ginobili was guarded tightly, and the Argentine team's scoring champion Scola was targeted by Hayes. In the regular season, he was beaten twice by Hayes. Now that I meet him, I feel excited, and he is also a player who relies on his skills to eat. After receiving the ball in the low post, he performed a "dream gyro step" while his long hair was thrown around, trying to interfere with Hayes's vision. But using this method to deal with Hayes is undoubtedly "playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong", Hayes is not good at shooting tall inside defense, but it is the nemesis who plays this skill against Scola. Because he is good at using feints to attack, he is particularly accurate in judging opponents' feints.

Towards the end of the second quarter, Argentina fell behind more and more, and Ginobili couldn't hold his breath. He felt that he couldn't work hard to deal with this group of supermen, but could only outwit them. Ginobili began to perform his foul-making stunt, feint to shoot, want to miss the opponent's jump, and then fly to the opponent's arms. Or more neatly, a quick break, falling as soon as there is physical contact. After falling, he began to shout: "Referee, you see, he hit me!" ”

As a result, the referee didn't even look at him. Ginobili only remembered that this was an international arena, not an NBA. That set of fake wrestling kung fu is not very easy to use.

The final score was 114-80, and the United States defeated Argentina by 34 points, justifying the supremacy of American basketball, and they will compete with Spain for the Olympic gold medal!

(To be continued)