335。 Must win

On August 22, the Wukesong Arena was overcrowded, and every location was packed, and the bustling crowd turned the huge stadium into a powder keg, and the sound of fans shouting was the sound of powder keg explosions.

The players entered one after another, and no fans noticed that Chamberlain, Sun Yue and others were emotionally abnormal, and everyone in the Chinese team looked very solemn, but the fans didn't think much about it, and their expressions were also very solemn, because this was a game related to the honor and disgrace of the Chinese nation.

When the players entered, a commotion suddenly appeared, there were a few more people in the stands, and the two old men who took the lead greeted the fans with a smile, seeing these two old men, the noisy stadium fell into a brief silence, and then made a landslide tsunami-like cry:

"The General Secretary is here! The Prime Minister is also here! ”

"The Dragons will win! The Dragons will win! ”

"The Chinese nation is going to rise today, and we want to be a sports power!"

Seeing that the two top leaders of the country were at the scene, the players were also very excited, Chamberlain remembered the phone call last night, he shook his head helplessly, and after hesitating a few times, he walked to Sun Yue's side and said: "I'm sorry for yesterday's incident, in fact, Gu Chen and I are just ordinary friends, and those things are all nonsense from reporters." ”

Sun Yue was a little nervous when Chamberlain walked over, and when he finished speaking, Sun Yue's tense muscles suddenly relaxed, and he smiled bitterly: "I'm also at fault, I'm too neurotic, I know that you have nothing to do with Gu Chen." In fact, even if there is anything to do with it, it doesn't have anything to do with me, I don't have anything to do with her anymore, it's just that I still have a trace of fantasy in my heart. ”

As soon as he said this, the knot between the two was unraveled a little, and Chamberlain breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and said, "Let's teach the Lithuanians a lesson." ”

Sun Yue shook hands with him heavily, and said with a smile: "Definitely." ”

Seeing Chamberlain and Sun Yue shaking hands, Yi Jianlian and other players were also relieved, and Nelson Jr. laughed, Guo Shiqiang looked at him with some admiration and said: "Coach, you are very handy, I admire you very much." ”

Although in Guo Shiqiang's heart, Nelson's victory still only relies on a strong lineup rather than his own clever calculation, but this has nothing to do with admiration, Zen Master Jackson's championship is won by Flying Jordan and Big Shark O'Neal, but he can suppress these superstars, which is also a skill.

Not only the two leaders, but also many celebrities came to the scene to witness this game that is destined to be recorded in the history of Chinese national sports, especially the old men of the men's basketball team, almost all of them came, Chamberlain is not very familiar with these people, Yao Ming introduced him, and when he arrived at a sturdy middle-aged man with gray temples, without waiting for Yao Ming to introduce, Chamberlain laughed and said: "Mu Tiezhu? I know him, my grandfather used to be a fan of his. ”

This person is indeed Mu Tiezhu, the latter is the first generation of super inside line in New China, perhaps for the current basketball world and the NBA, Mu Tiezhu's ability is not mentionable, and the NBA's super centers such as Olajuwon, O'Neal, Mourning and even Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, Bill Russell Compared with his ability, he is not very strong, but he is the first man to carry the inside line of the Chinese men's basketball team.

Mu Tiezhu was born in Dongming County, Shandong Province in 1949. When Mu Tiezhu was young, he wandered around, and his family of five made a living by begging for food. When Mu Tiezhu was 7 or 8 years old, the Yellow River in Shandong Province was flooded, and during the Chinese New Year, other people's families were having reunion dinners, but Mu Tiezhu's family wandered to Shanxi, living in a cave that was about to collapse, freezing and starving. Later, the family was displaced to Xinjiang, where life was better than that in the mainland, and the family took root there, and their life stabilized. At the age of 16, he reached a height of 2 meters. Mu Tiezhu once said with a smile: "I don't know what medicine Lu Dao took wrong when he was a child, and he grew so tall." ”

Mu Tiezhu's basketball road was very bumpy, and in 1968, the Shandong Provincial Sports Commission discovered him when selecting sports talents in Dongming County, and at that time, Mu Tiezhu was about to go to the market to sell chickens.

Later, because of his tall stature, Mu Tiezhu was recommended to the Shandong Provincial Sports Commission as a special sports talent. But within a few days, Mu Tiezhu was returned to the Dongming County Sports Committee on the grounds that Mu Tiezhu had no formal sports training and could not represent the provincial basketball team.

At that time, during the Cultural Revolution, people with Mu Tiezhu's height were rare in China, and the National Sports Commission exchanged Mu Tiezhu for 20 basketballs at the cost of 20 basketballs. When he first arrived at the National Sports Commission, Mu Tiezhu followed a track and field coach to practice his body, but he didn't touch basketball for half a year.

This state of affairs did not change until the emergence of Yu Bangji. Yu Bangji was the director of the Sports Committee of Huangshi City, Hubei Province at the time, and when the superior leaders informed him that he wanted to assign Mu Tiezhu, who was unwilling to be asked for elsewhere, to Huangshi, Yu Bangji readily agreed: "After all, he is still very advantageous." In this way, Mu Tiezhu came to Huangshi from the National Sports Commission. After practicing basketball with his mentor Yu Bangji for a year and a half, Mu Tiezhu entered the Bayi team, wearing the No. 15 jersey. Mu Tiezhu's basketball road has begun, and it can be said that the history of the Chinese men's basketball team has also begun.

As the pillar of Chinese basketball in the seventies and eighties of the 20th century, since joining the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 1972 and joining the Jinan Military Region representative team, in his 20-year basketball career, Mu Tiezhu has won numerous honors, and was also known as "Asia's No. 1 basketball center" in that era, becoming the "giant" of basketball at that time, and was once a myth in the Chinese basketball world.

Chamberlain's grandfather and grandfather were both basketball fans, and at that time, there was no figure in the Chinese men's basketball team that could do it, Mu Tiezhu was one, and the golden generation such as Gong Xiaobin, Adi Jiang, and Liu Yudong, the god of war, were all children. In addition, Mu Tiezhu once played on behalf of Shandong, and the two old men of the Zhang family are naturally full of identification with this fellow.

However, as he grew older, Mu Tiezhu's health became very bad, suffering from geriatric diseases such as joint aging, varicose veins, and lumbar disc herniation, in addition, his heart was also very bad, so he rarely attended important games, mainly because he couldn't stand the fanatical atmosphere on the scene.

Mu Tiezhu is not a great VIP, but due to physical reasons, he has indeed played very few games, and today he came to the scene, which shows how important this game is.

Chamberlain and Mu Tiezhu chatted a few words, both of them were very straightforward, chatting was very speculative, and the two of them high-fived goodbye after the most lucrative time, Mu Tiezhu said with concern: "I have read your report, saying that you train very hard, which is a good thing, but I hope you can pay attention to your body, and don't do any training that your body can't load." ”

This is a matter of experience, Mu Tiezhu's current illness is related to his career, he has played in the national team for 14 years alone, and according to the usual training volume of 10,000 meters a day, he has run about 51,100 kilometers in training alone in 14 years, which is equivalent to 1 around the earth's equator. 2775 laps, in terms of height, is equivalent to climbing Mount Everest 5775 times, you must know that his weight is 160 kilograms, and the pressure on his legs can be seen!

After the warm-up, with the enthusiastic cheers of the fans, the starting lineups of the two teams walked on the field, and the players on both sides hugged each other in a friendly way, after all, this is the Olympic Games, friendship first, but they also know that friendship is short-lived, once the fight starts, the two sides will definitely not die.

Everyone wants to make it to the finals, so no one wants to lose.

The ferocity of the Lithuanian team is well-known in the international basketball world, and Chamberlain's fiery temper is also arrogant in the NBA, and the collision between the two sides is bound to be extremely hot.

The starting lineup of the Chinese team is: Yao Ming + Chamberlain inside, the small forward is Yi Jianlian, who has played with confidence in the last two games, the organizational guard is Zhang Qingpeng, and the scoring guard is Sun Yue.

The reason why Zhang Qingpeng was arranged to start was because Nelson Jr. had studied the game in Lithuania and found that these guys were like bandits, hot-tempered and very sharp-tempered, full of aggression, and Liu Wei, who had a gentle temper, was not as suitable as Zhang Qingpeng.

The starting lineup of Lithuania is: Shooting guard Koknas, small forward Siskauskas, center Lavrinovic, playmaking guard Jascovysius, and power forward Javtokas.

It was Chamberlain and Jaftokas who jumped the ball, the latter of whom was seen as the best person to limit Chamberlain in this game, and he was the kind of interior player with excellent physical fitness and strong defense that is rare in European basketball, and he was known as European Mourning, which shows how good this guy is.

By the way, Mourning is considered the most suitable player to play against Oxlade-Chamberlain, if he can be ten years younger and stay fit. A healthy Mourning is highly motivated, tough defensively, and explosive in physical fitness, making him the perfect fit to deal with Chamberlain.

Chamberlain was about to jump the ball, and Yi Jianlian said with a smile: "Fortunately, Masiyanskas didn't come this year, otherwise it would not be easy for me to deal with him." ”

Chamberlain moved his wrists and ankles with ease, and after listening to Yi Jianlian's words, he turned around and asked, "Masiyanskas?" Who is that guy? ”

Yao Ming explained: "Another Lithuanian guy who is very tough, the three-point shot is very accurate, the key is that the arc is particularly good, didn't you pay attention to him in 04? At that time, the Dream Team lost to Lithuania and was killed by him. This guy is like JJ Redick in the NCAA in European basketball, he was in the NBA, he was with the Hornets, but he played badly. ”

Chamberlain shrugged and said, "An old fellow? What's so scary about that, if I want me to say, it would be terrible if that old fellow Sabonis was back at the top. ”

Yao Ming nodded thoughtfully, Sabonis was his idol, but he reminded Chamberlain: "This guy opposite you is not easy to deal with, be careful." ”

Chamberlain glanced at him, and Jaftokas looked at him eagerly, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

Chamberlain is also a very hard-working player in the NBA, and he knows every opponent before the game, including Jaftokas. He glanced at Jaftokas and smiled at Yao Ming: "This guy is very awesome, it is said that he had an accident on a speeding motorcycle back then, and all experts thought that he had to say goodbye to the basketball court, but he came back, which is really amazing." ”

Yao Ming smiled and nodded: "It's really amazing, if Jay Williams is also so magical, then there will be another good player in the current NBA guards." ”

Jay Williams and Yao Ming were drafted in the same year, when Yao Ming was the top pick and he was the leader.

Born on September 10, 1981, Jay Williams grew up in New Jersey and was already a basketball star when he graduated from St. Joseph's High School in 1999.

In addition to basketball, he has a lot of attainments in American football and volleyball, and even chess is proficient in chess, which shows that this guy is not only physically strong, but also has a strong IQ, and he is still a playmaker who plays organizational guard, if he is allowed to enter the NBA, then such physical fitness and brain, I am afraid it must be a hot version of Kidd, right?

After entering Duke, he quickly won the NCAA championship under his brother Sean Battier, and as a junior, he won two awards that year, Naismith and Wooden, and finally decided to leave school early to join the NBA, but unfortunately after the draft, he had a motorcycle accident.

If Williams stays healthy, the Bulls will be able to achieve a premature revival, right? Because the Bulls' No. 1 pick this year, Roy, is considered the second Jae Williams.

Like Williams, Jaftokas is also very physical, and before the crash he was one of the biggest jumpers in Europe, having played dunk 3 in the 2001 All-Star Game of the Lithuanian League. The trick of the 60-meter basket – that's also the 'creative' that Howard just played.

Imagine that he was in a car accident in 2002 and is still able to blow up at will at the age of 28, and you can see how good his bounce was before he broke his leg bone.

Standing at 2.11m tall and weighing 110kg, Jaftokas has everything a good defender needs: strength, speed, bounce. Although he is not a defensive master like Alonzo Mourning, with his good physical fitness and positive attitude to the game, both rebounds and blocks are among the best in Europe.

So sending him to defend Chamberlain is also to place the hopes of all Lithuanian fans.