Chapter 293: A Button That Silences the World
"Larry, I really didn't expect this game to be like this" Michaels looked at the scoreboard on the side of the court and then sighed and said to the commentator next to him, Larry Bird, now both of them are at the scene of the Sydney Olympics, and the two have been here for more than half a month, and they have come to explain the game of the American team.
"yes, I really didn't think the regulations would play like this" Larry Bird also sighed, the third quarter had just begun, the French team was already behind by 40 points, this is not an ordinary game, and the two sides are not ordinary teams, this is the men's basketball final of the Olympic Games, the United States team against the French team.
After the United States team qualified for the group in this Olympic Games, no one in the world would doubt that this team would finally win the championship, this team is too strong, whether it is offense, defense or speed, it is far from other teams several grades, this team has not been challenged at all in the group stage, all with that kind of sweeping with a great advantage to clean up the other side, for a time the team led by the Chinese made the world tremble, It is extremely helpless for those teams who are always looking forward to being able to close the gap with the American team, such a team is simply unbeatable, and even all teams are like an amateur team in front of them, it should be said that they are not even as good as an amateur team.
In fact, from the perspective of the lineup, this team is not too strong in terms of the current NBA, the team is Duncan, Carter is the kind of top superstar, Mourning and Garnett, Iverson is also a few, and others are just first-class again, you must know that there are also like Grant Hill. A large number of players such as Ao Fat and Kidd did not come, in fact, the outside world's expectations for the American team are average, thinking that this American team is the worst of the last three Olympic teams, at least in terms of staffing, it is much worse than Mengyi and Mengsan, Mengyi and Mengsan, who are the top superstars in the league, are all dispatched, but at present, this team that is not the top in terms of staffing is now making the whole world tremble. It's horrible.
In the quarter-finals against European powerhouse Spain, the final score was 135-70, and Pau Gasol, the young interior player of the Spanish team, was only 1 of 10 shots by Duncan and Garnett combined. With 2 points and 3 rebounds, the interior player, who is known as the most promising in Europe, even cried after this game.
In the next semi-finals, he faced his opponent in the group stage, Lithuania. Team USA doesn't have anything like the group stage' Difficult', the United States team started a strong attack at the beginning of this game, and Lithuania also failed to resist the American team half as in the group stage, after halftime, the European powerhouse was already behind by 20 points, and the whole game lost by 45 points at 125-80, Lithuania lost by 45 points, which is a gap in basketball but has not been criticized by anyone, and even some fans in Lithuania are proud to say that only Lithuania has lost only 75 points in two games, with an average loss of less than 40 points per game, which is the minimum winning point difference for the United States team in this Olympic Games。 So in such an atmosphere, Lithuania did not come under any pressure, and the American team easily entered the final.
Before the final, the head coach of the French team, Jean-Pierre Devansantiz, vowed to stop the American team, and even said that he would beat the American team, in the eyes of the outside world, the French team could not beat the American team, but France's route to qualification was also very easy. In the quarterfinals, China defeated China by 35 points, China was defeated by Italy and New Zealand because of the advantage of goal difference, China's strength is average, if it were not for the fact that the United States lost less after all, only 60 points lost, then they would not have qualified. So France's 35-point victory over China is nothing, but then when France defeated Russia by 30 points, everyone began to re-understand this team, Russia lost to the United States more miserably, but the strength has been recognized by everyone, and the team that can win Russia by more than 30 points is currently only the United States and France. …,
Even so, everyone still doesn't think that France will defeat the United States, but just hopes that France can create a little obstacle for the United States, such as losing by only about 20 points, which will also make the face of international basketball look a little better.
Of course, French coach Pierre said to win, everyone did not take it seriously, but it is true that I hope France will lose less and win, but it is clear that this game French team is to disappoint all those who have expectations for them, the United States team in the first half of the one center, four forwards formation simply overwhelmed those French players, although they do not know the American team deeply, but also know that the Chinese invented a few months ago The formation that attracted the attention of the world, it can be said that the French team is also prepared, They were prepared for all the arrangements of Zhuang Fei, and even at the preparation meeting, the French head coach Pierre swore that Zhuang Fei's things could not pose any danger to him at all, and he had found the perfect solution.
Pierre did find a solution, he theoretically knew how to crack it, but when he really fought with the American team, he found out how fragile the so-called theoretical ability to crack the gap in absolute strength was, the French team lost 35 points in the first half under the impact of Zhuang Fei's all-forward lineup, and the team will go to a 70-point difference, which is impossible for Pierre, who claims to be the No. 1 coach in Europe.
In the first half, Zhuang Fei played Quanfeng, the players in this lineup are too capable, and they can perfectly play all their strength in Zhuang Fei's system, which makes Pierre very helpless, but he also knows that Zhuang Fei will be a full guard after Quanfeng, and he has no way to deal with Quanfeng, but he is sure to deal with Quanwei, a famous European coach, he is ready to let Frederick Weiss attack the basket of the United States team, this young center was selected by the Spurs with the 20th pick in the first round of the NBA this year, is preparing to go to the Spurs to sign a contract after the end of this year's Olympic Games, this is an extremely talented big center, a big man of 2.18 meters wants to play a group of players about 2 meters tall is too easy, this is Weiss's idea, but what surprised him really is that 2.18 meters really can't beat players about 2 meters.
The center forward, who had high hopes for Pierre, was actually unable to move an inch in the face of that Vince Carter, playing 4 times and being risked 2 times, and a big center forward was so embarrassed by a striker that he was swayed by a striker, which almost made Pierre desperate.
The difference in the ability of the players is okay, but in the overall tactics and coordination of the team, the French team is also a loser, no matter how strange and unreasonable the tactics of the American team are, but at least the cooperation and tactical ideas between their players are extremely clear, and the audience can clearly know what the opposing coach wants, and on the other hand, the French team, the players are all fighting on their own, because there is no one in the French team who has the ability to integrate the team together, and the full-court pressing of the American team is too crazy.
The whole court was pressing, this is Pierre never thought that he would be made like this by such a simple tactic, but in fact, such a thing really happened, if he really lost the United States by more than 70 points in this game without resistance, then he really did not have the face to see the people who supported them in France again. Thinking of this, the French marshal subconsciously looked at Zhuang Fei, and the faint smile on the corner of Zhuang Fei's mouth at this time made him crazy.
Pierre was confused at this time, but the game on the pitch would not stop because of his confusion. French team player Cyril Julian made an offensive mistake, Iverson broke the ball directly, and then the American team with a full lineup of defenders all entered the back of the French team like a tiger down the mountain, and all the fans of the American team who looked at the sudden run gasped, they thought that the speed of the American team was extremely fast, but compared with this fast attack, it was too much worse, a world of difference, at this time the American team's Iverson, Carter had run at the front, and Madic Cobiszebiank followedFortunately, the French team still has two big men in their hinterland, as long as they can be tied to the basket, they won't expand anyway, if the United States really ends the offense with a three-point shot, they will admit it, but what makes the two French players and Pierre on the sidelines wonder is that the American team's Iverson and Carter don't have the slightest intention of shooting three-pointers. …,
Even Carter killed Frederick Weiss directly to the left basket, at this time everyone didn't know what Carter was going to do, if he rushed down again, he would hit Weiss's body, and then as long as Weiss fell, it was an offensive foul, in fact, at this time, Weiss was preparing to make Carter's offensive foul, and deliberately took a step forward, and when Carter was about to hit Weiss at high speed, Carter actually flew up directly.
This is really flying, not the so-called jumping, at the moment when Carter flew, Iverson, who was also flying at high speed, actually threw the ball in his hand directly into the air, everyone thought that this was a mistake by Iverson, Carter, who was flying in the air just now, had jumped directly from the head of the big center Frederick Weiss, and just grabbed the ball that Iverson threw to the basket, almost in the stunned situation of the fans Carter directly held the ball with both hands and poured the ball into the basket.
There was a bang, and the whole stadium fell silent, and at this time, the fans on the field could hear the heartbeat of the players.
Frederick Weiss felt like the sky above his head was falling at this time, and the head coach of the French team, Pierre, on the sidelines, actually fainted directly.
Even the referee looked at Carter hanging from the basket under the basket and didn't know what to do, as if he was frozen.
At this time, the world lost its voice because of the back of the number five on the basket. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )