The U.S. men's basketball team has long been the yardstick for Olympic men's basketball games.

The U.S. has won 12 gold medals in 15 Olympic Games, and since the 1992 Olympics, the U.S. has included some of the best players from the NBA, the world's highest league, with the Dream Team recording an overall Olympic record of 114-5. But the U.S. team's most recent Olympic result, a bronze medal at Athens, was their worst record in Olympic history.

The U.S. lost more games at Athens 2004 than all previous Olympics combined. This result, along with a disappointing bronze medal at the 2006 World Championships, put the U.S. team under tremendous pressure heading to the Beijing Olympics.

And the difficulty of the U.S. team in forming a stable lineup in the past few years has also made the task of defending the dignity of the team more serious. After the Athens Olympics, the U.S. Basketball Association required all members of the national team to play for the team for two years, until the end of 2008. That rule has led to some veterans such as Duncan and Garnett opting out of the national team, and now head coach Mike Krzyzewski has to rebuild the Dream Team.

The last time the U.S. won an Olympic gold medal was at Sydney 2000, the third time the U.S. won gold in a row after Barcelona and Atlanta. There is no shortage of talented players in the Dream Team that will make their debut in Beijing, with three NBA superstars LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade leading the team to the gold medal. Add to that the assistance of inside giants Dwight Howard and Amar Stoudemire, and such an American team will be hard to beat.

This is everyone's idea, even if the Chinese men's basketball players, they don't think they can beat the dream team - just kidding, everyone knows what the dream team is here to do this time, they are here for the gold medal, this time the dream team is elite, they not only want to win the gold medal, but also win beautifully, just like the dream team led by their predecessor Jordan.

The tactics deployed by Nelson Jr. are very simple, centering on Chamberlain and Yao Ming as the core, the two of them are both offensive and defensive, both offensive and defensive, leading the Chinese men's basketball team to attack from the inside, driving the outside line from the inside, first breaking the opponent's inside line, and then attacking the outside line, and finally working hard to win.

But this does not include today's game with the Dream Team, Nelson Jr. grew up watching the Dream Team games, and the awareness of the terrible nature of the current team is probably the best in the whole team, and after deploying the tactics, he said to the players: "Don't worry too much, guys, we don't want to win today's game, we want to win ourselves, understand?" You have to use your opponents as a benchmark and hone your squad. ”

Chamberlain was a little reluctant when he heard this, and he said in disbelief: "Man, are you going to make us give up this game?" Shit, that's not your style, why are we going to play? Billions of fans don't want to see us run on the pitch for 48 minutes, they want to see us win against our opponents, against all our opponents! ”

Little Nelson was a little helpless and embarrassed by the doubts of his subordinates, but he didn't feel annoyed, because even he looked down on himself a little and gave up the game? This is his debut game for the national team, how unwilling he is to let him give up the game?!

What if you don't give up? This kind of tactical detour is common in basketball games, and their real opponents are the other opponents in Group B, except for the Dream Team, so the energy should be reserved for these opponents and not too much energy should be wasted on the Dream Team.

It is precisely because of this consideration that little Nelson had to make this arrangement, and everyone else obviously understands this truth, Sun Yue said bitterly to Chamberlain: "Z, you know the strength of our opponent, and you should also know who our real opponent is, it is the Spanish team!" It's the Spanish men's basketball team that will be played the day after tomorrow, and we have to save as much strength as possible to deal with those bastards raised by bitches! ”

What Sun Yue said was also inconvenient for Nelson Jr. to say, his arrangement is like this, but understanding this truth does not mean that Nelson Jr. is willing to accept this matter, but even his father and all the assistant coaches persuaded him like this, and even the leaders of the men's basketball team also mean this, what else can he do? But Chamberlain's rise to prominence gave him some relief, as he still had warriors under him, not all castrated beasts.

Others also persuaded Chamberlain in this way, Yao Ming sighed, patted Chamberlain's shoulder and said: "The overall situation is important, Z, we Chinese have a good saying, if you want to hit someone and it hurts, then you have to withdraw your fists......"

Chamberlain pushed Yao Ming's arm away, he stood up and looked at every teammate in the locker room seriously, he said slowly: "I practiced when I was a child, it was very hard and tiring at that time, I was depressed, I began to complain, began to avoid, began to retreat, at that time I had more reasons than you do now, and then my father told me one thing, which I still remember in my heart." ”

"On a dark night in 1968, the internationally acclaimed documentary filmmaker Greenspan was collecting material at the Olympic Athletics Pavilion in Mexico City, and that afternoon there had just been a marathon, and of course, the race was over," he recalled. But just as everyone in the stadium was gone, he saw a thin black man struggling into the Olympic stadium in Mexico City, and Greenspan knew the young black man, Ekwari, a marathon runner in Tanzania. ”

"Ekwari was the last marathon runner to arrive at the stadium, and by this time the field had been shrouded in darkness, the winner of the race had already received his trophy, and the whole celebration had ended, and the stadium was gone, except for a few recorders who were counting the statistics."

"When Ekwari arrived at the stadium alone, his bandaged legs were covered with blood and his feet were already limping, Greenspan knew why, because Tanzania was still in a state of civil unrest, the National Sports Agency had no money at all, Akwari was able to come to Mexico City to participate in the Olympics, or a ticket funded by foreign well-wishers, he didn't have real running shoes, he just wore a pair of plastic shoes to run, the shoes wore out the soles of his feet, everyone thought he had withdrawn from the race, including Greenspan also thought so."

After Ekwari ran into the arena, he limped around the field for a week, and finally reached the finish line. Seeing this, Greenspan couldn't resist his curiosity, so he walked up to Ekvari and asked him why he had to run so hard to the finish line when the race was over. Because even if he runs to the finish line, no one knows the way, the stadium is empty, not to mention the referee, even the spectators have already gone. ”

Speaking of which, Chamberlain stared at his teammates, especially Yao Ming, who knew who was the real boss here, and he asked, "Do you know how Akwari answered?" Greenspan recorded the whole thing, and it was broadcast on TV a million times, you all know it, right? ”

Yao Ming stood up and said, "Yes, we all know that Akwari said, 'My country sent me here from more than 20,000 miles away, not to let me start, but to finish this race.'" I have to run the whole race, even if there are no referees and no spectators, my own task must be completed, I must be worthy of my heart! ”“

Chamberlain stared sternly at his teammates and asked, "If you just cope with this game, will you be able to do it without shame?" Do you know what our fans call us? Dragons! We are the second team in the history of the men's basketball team to have a nickname, are you going to insult the 'Dragons' sign with your words and deeds?! ”

Zhang Qingpeng, who was still enthusiastic, jumped up and shouted: "Needless to say, our opponent is the American men's basketball team, not the Martians!" Damn, they're five people, we're five people, so why should we be afraid of them? Kill them! ”

Little Nelson took a deep breath, shook aside the tactical manual that had been prepared before, and said heavily: "Okay, then let's do our best to play this game, let's teach the proud dream team a lesson, they must look down on us, let's teach them how to respect their opponents!" ”

As the Chinese men's basketball players entered the stadium one by one, the sound of the Wukesong Arena rolled, and the shouts of the fans were like the whistling sound of a huge wave, and the sound waves converged into the middle of the court from all sides, and the cheerleading babies who were dancing had to cover their ears.

After the players came on the court, they started to communicate while practicing the ball, and Kobe and Kidd came over with the ball and smiled at Chamberlain: "Hey, Z, are you ready to lose?" You don't have Billups or West as teammates here, and you don't even have Jackson or Ellis! ”

Chamberlain smiled proudly and said: "You just win, I also make you win painfully, I may lose, but you will definitely cry!" ”

Kidd shook his head and said, "Young people are rampant, it seems like I was like this at your age, okay, KB, let's teach young people a lesson today!" ”

The two sides had a brief exchange, and under the watchful eyes of the fans, the starting lists of both sides appeared on the LED ceiling screen above.

First to come out is the starting lineup of the U.S. team: Dwight Howard at center, James and Anthony at forward, and Kobe Bryant and Kidd at guard.

The U.S. lineup is very mobile, the two forwards James and Anthony are now playing small forward positions, neither of them has played big forward, and the purpose of the old K coach is obvious, that is, to use speed and flexibility to defeat the Chinese men's basketball team that wants to play interior tactics.

Immediately, the starting lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team was released: center Yao Ming, power forward Chamberlain, small forward Zhu Fangyu, and guards Sun Yue and Liu Wei.

Both lineups are very weird, the United States team has no big forward, and the Chinese team has no scoring guard, which is very understandable, what does the Chinese team want to score guards, their offense will end from the inside, and now the problem of the Chinese men's basketball team is how to send the ball to the hands of the inside players, whether it is Liu Wei or Zhang Qingpeng or even the new generation of Chen Jianghua, these so-called CBA first-class point guards are scum in front of the top guards of the American professional basketball!

Nelson Jr. had to field two point guards, and their job was to be able to dribble the ball to the front court for interior players in a variety of situations, and there was no doubt that the U.S. team would play full-court pressing.

As soon as the game was about to start, the atmosphere of the big battle dominated the scene, and the sound in the huge stadium quickly became quieter, and only the DJ explained the lineups of both sides in a passionate voice.

In the stands, the men's basketball players of various countries stared at the court seriously, and the Spanish men's basketball team who finished the game in the afternoon also came, and the eyes of the big and small Gasol brothers were especially serious.

West put the mobile phone he had been playing for a day in his pocket, he stared at the court, and after watching the dribbling of Liu Wei, Chen Jianghua and others in the warm-up, he immediately shook his head and said, "How can these guys play the national competition?" Their level is so bad that I was able to beat them up when I was in college! ”

Billups shrugged and said, "It's normal, if it weren't for Yao and Z, their national team would be a second-rate team." ”

Everyone knows this, but now the variable is that the Chinese men's basketball team has Chamberlain and Yao Ming!