On August 20, 2008, the Wukesong Stadium was full of people, the huge stadium was bustling with fans, and every position was crowded with people, most of whom were teenagers, who were extremely emotional, wearing Chinese red jerseys, including Chamberlain's No. 5.

The Chinese fans present each had a small red flag and a national flag sticker on their faces, and before the game even started, the stadium turned into a sea of noise.

In the first game of the quarterfinals, the Chinese men's basketball team faced Argentina, the second team in Group B.

Nelson Jr. deployed the tactics again until the players could recite them without stopping, and then slapped the players on the back and shouted, "GO, GO, GO, GUYS, GO WIN THE GLORY THAT SHOULD BELONG TO YOU!" ”

Chamberlain took a deep breath, he stood up and followed behind Yi Jianlian, behind him was Yao Ming, who would be the penultimate player on the Dragons' team.

CCTV Sports Channel sent a strong lineup of commentators, Zhang Weiping came directly to the scene, stood at the door of the player's tunnel and said excitedly: "This is CCTV, dear fans and friends, now you are watching the fifth set of CCTV." Behind me is our players' tunnel, and our respectable players are going to come out of here, and now from me, you can already see them......"

Then, the DJ in the Wukesong Arena shouted in a deep and powerful voice: "LADYS-AND-GENTLEMAN, MALE AND FEMALE FANS, below, there are great members of the Dragon Team who are going to appear!" Now, we don't need to be reserved, we don't need to be elegant, follow me to burst out with the wildness that you hide in the bottom of your hearts, let us welcome our dragon warriors with the warmest cheers, and the first to appear is ......"

"Roar!" Crazy shouts rang out in the stadium, and some people even blew the small horn in their hands, and the crazy sound hit every corner of the stadium, as if it was about to collapse the stadium.

The Chinese players in red jerseys appeared one by one, and the shouts of the fans became louder and louder as more and more heavyweight players entered.

Although they are fighting on the same court, there are also home and away games, and today the Chinese men's basketball team is wearing a red jersey, and they are here to play away. Of course, no matter what color they wear, this is their home turf.

The Argentine players followed, and the stadium erupted in sparse applause, with most of the fans looking lazy, neither applauding nor insulting the players. This is already a high quality of Chinese fans, if in the NBA, the Argentine team would have been booed into a dog.

However, when Ginobili and Scola came out, the fans still cheered without hesitation, especially the latter, many of whom even unfurled banners and shouted to Scola in English: "Hi Scola, thank you for playing with Yao Ming!" ”

Argentina's players are of the higher quality and are all standard good men, with Scola's trademark girl-like fingers tucking his long hair back and waving to the fans.

Ginobili smiled at him and said, "Hey, Luis, you really have a lot of fans here, even more than me." ”

Scola knew that this was Yao Ming's credit, but he wouldn't say that, but smiled slyly, pointed to Ginobili's head and said, "Of course it's more than you, look at you, you're already a bald uncle, how can you compare with me in my prime?" ”

Ginobili wasn't angry, he touched his somewhat shiny head and laughed.

Yao Ming and Chamberlain came up to greet the Argentine team, they have a lot of NBA players in their team, and the centers Oberto, Delfino, and Nocioni are all NBA giants.

Argentina coach Hernandez sent the starting lineup of playmaker Prigioni, scoring guard Ginobili, small forward Nocioni, power forward Scola and center Oberto.

Nelson Jr. also changed the main lineup again, center Yao Ming, power forward Chamberlain remained unchanged, small forward was replaced by Yi Jianlian, scoring guard is Sun Yue, mainly used to defend Ginobili, and the organizational guard uses Zhang Qingpeng.

The game was about to start, Chamberlain, who had finished the warm-up, took the lead in standing on the halfway line, Scola put on braces and stood next to him, seeing this, Chamberlain glanced at his teeth and said: "Baby, I heard that you are very good at fake falls?" You'd better be more convergent today, or I'll make you fake fall into a real fall, and I'll make you fall out of your teeth! ”

Scola didn't speak, just smiled.

Oberto stood opposite Chamberlain to jump the ball, the two are more familiar, not long ago the Western Conference semifinals have been facing each other, Oberto was in 2005 without a draft directly into the San Antonio Spurs, although in the NBA is just an ordinary inside, but in the world of the world, this veteran is a long-established strong interior player.

Oberto made a name for himself in FIBA, and later took a long time to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA game after joining the Spurs, until the second half of 2007, when he gradually replaced the original Spurs' main center Francisco = Elson as the starter.

He is tough on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, has a solid offensive footwork under the basket, and is good at grabbing rebounds to get a second offensive opportunity. Oberto's weaknesses are that he doesn't have many offensive means, his mid-range shots are easily interfered with by opponents, and he is older, has less room to rise, and is just a blue-collar player who fights to eat in his career.

Moreover, the veteran has a bad heart, which is why he did not play in the last game. Today's game is too important, Hernandez must send him on, after all, Oberto's experience and ability can help Argentina defend the penalty area, and on the offensive end, he can also score effectively on the inside, most of the time, Oberto will do the dirty work in the box, he will spare no effort to do everything he can, Oberto has played in three Olympic Games and four World Championships in his career, he is definitely the most experienced player in this Argentine team.

When jumping the ball, Oberto didn't waste his strength, paddled his toes and watched the ball being dialed by Chamberlain to Zhang Qingpeng, and began to run back quickly.

He knew Chamberlain, and Chamberlain, who was serious, was the best at launching a whirlwind of fast fights at the beginning.

Oberto's guess was correct, Nelson Jr. replaced Zhang Qingpeng because he felt that Liu Wei was too slow, and although he took care of Yao Ming, he wasted too much of Chamberlain's talent. In the group stage, he always encouraged Liu Wei to play slowly, just to hide Chamberlain's strength in FIBA, giving people the feeling that he was not suitable for FIBA.

Today, when it came to the knockout round, Nelson Jr. didn't dare to do it anymore and began to suppress Yao Ming and let go of Chamberlain.

Old Nelson shook his head, he said to his son from behind: "Boy, you are too cowardly, this team can definitely win Argentina, you should wait until the next game to let go of Chamberlain, because your next opponent will be Spain, this time Spain is definitely different from the group stage." ”

Little Nelson ignored his father, and secretly scolded in his heart, do you think everyone is as crazy as you are an old madman?

Zhang Qingpeng followed Nelson's instructions, and after getting the ball, he ran forward with his head stuffy, Chamberlain also threw off his arms and rushed forward, and Prigioni came up to block Zhang Qingpeng. Seeing the opponent approaching his side, Zhang Qingpeng, who had just rushed into the three-point line, threw the ball directly to the basket.

Oberto immediately stood on the flank of the box to stop Oxlade-Chamberlain, who was accelerating to the basket, he was ready, as soon as Chamberlain dared to hit him, he would immediately fall to the ground - don't think that only Ginobili and Scola are proficient in fake falls, every Argentine player is proficient in this!

Facing Oberto, who was in the way, Chamberlain's slender body, which had accelerated to the peak, turned, like a windmill blown by a strong wind, and directly turned around Oberto. As he walked around, Chamberlain stomped his feet on the ground and flew sideways towards the hoop.

After receiving the ball, Chamberlain pulled it to his lower abdomen with one hand and then slid his arm high above his head, and smashed his arm downward, and with a loud bang, the dragon team kicked off the battle with a small one-armed windmill.

Chamberlain tilted his head to look at Oberto, then shook his head and shouted, "Old man, Duncan is not at home today!" ”

He said this on purpose to provoke Oberto, because in the Western Conference semifinals, some people once thought that Oberto had defended Chamberlain, but Chamberlain didn't think so, and he insisted that it was Duncan's bag that worked.

Prigioni is a traditional point guard who puts the ball first and passes to Ginobili when he gets to the frontcourt.

Ginobili smiled, Sun Yue stared at him nervously, seeing this, Ginobili shook his shoulders and made a posture to break through, then raised his body and passed to Oberto inside, and he ran along the three-point line gracefully.

Seeing Oberto get the ball, Chamberlain defended it, although the offensive level is average, but Oberto has a beautiful shooting kung fu, and even in the Spurs, he is the player with the highest shooting percentage in the team, and in 12 games in the playoffs this year, his shooting rate has reached an astonishing 66. 7 percent (36-of-54 shooting), while Duncan, the team's second-highest shooting percentage, was just 53. 9%。

Being close to Chamberlain, Oberto was out of line, he tried to hit him in the back, but Chamberlain didn't move, like a huge mountain.

After passing the ball, Ginobili slowly ran two steps, and just when Sun Yue breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly turned around and threw off Sun Yue, rushing from the middle to the penalty area like a whirlwind. Oberto resisted Chamberlain and put away the ball and passed it, Ginobili got the ball and took three steps, Yao Ming stepped forward to block, Ginobili twisted his waist in the air, picked up the ball with one hand, and sent the ball steadily into the hoop.

As soon as the game opened, the two sides fell into a stalemate, 2 draws, 4 draws, Scola attacked and caused Yi Jianlian to make up for the defense of the foul, and then hit two free throws, small forward Nocioni hit a jump shot, and the Argentine team then scored 4 points in a row to take the lead, but then, Yao Ming hit a hook under the basket, and Chamberlain quickly interspersed and ran out of the vacancy, Zhang Qingpeng kept staring at him and quickly passed, and after hitting the shot, the score was tied at 8-8.

Immediately afterwards, the Argentine team began to attack, Nocioni made a layup and caused Zhang Qingpeng to foul and play 2+1 successfully, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian immediately scored two points each under the basket to regain the lead, seeing this next attack, Ginobili hit 3 points from the outside, and the two sides came to 11 draws.

After 11 draws, the two teams played a defensive battle under the prompting of the head coach, and it was difficult for both sides to score.

The defense of the Argentine team and the Chinese men's basketball team is just the opposite, the latter is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, while the former is tight on the outside and loose on the inside.

In particular, small forward Nocioni, who has a small kick with open shoulders and elbows, uses all hardware and software conditions to fight with opponents, his defense is very similar to Bowen, like a piece of kraft candy, and has a strong sacrificial courage, can sacrifice any part of his body in order to make a foul or a defensive rebound, and take advantage of the referee's blink to disgrace.

Yi Jianlian was annoyed by Nocioni, his expression was very ugly, and his mouth kept scolding. Nocioni didn't care, his feet were not fast, his weight and strength were not up to the inside defensive mission, so he had to learn from Bowen and use some methods to fill the gap.