Chapter Eighty-Three: All the People Are Soldiers, Eager to Make History!
"Advance to the quarterfinals and create brilliance"!
When the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Germany and won again, with three wins and one loss, it was able to lock the qualifying place in advance.
From the old China in 1936 to the Chinese Olympic Games in 2008, the Chinese men's basketball team has participated in a total of 10 Olympic Games.
The 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games was the first time that the Chinese men's basketball team participated in an international competition after the establishment of China. However, due to being late on the way, the Chinese men's basketball team arrived in Helsinki when the group stage of the basketball game had all ended, so they could not participate in the official competition.
In the other nine competitions, counting this year's local Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team will have a total of three times in the top eight.
In the last game against the new European champion Greece, the Chinese men's basketball team has many choices, and the outcome of the game between these two teams will directly affect the final ranking of Group B!
With the exception of the United States, which have won all of them, the final standings of China, Spain and Greece will depend on the final victory of these two teams.
If Huaxia defeats Greece, it will be no surprise to become the second in the group, in the quarter-finals, Huaxia regrets to occupy the absolute initiative and play against the weaker Group A teams, then there will be a chance to make history, the prospect of the top four, will become a reality!
Whereas!
If the Chinese men's basketball team loses the game with Greece, the Chinese men's basketball team is likely to come to the third place in the group, and according to the win-loss relationship, the new European champion Greece will come to the second.
The mighty Spain will drop to fourth place in the group, and they will face the equally strong Lithuanian men's basketball team, who won Group A.
Unlike the fierce competition in Group B, the format of Group A has gradually become clear.
The teams that qualified were Lithuania, Argentina, Croatia and Australia.
In the first group game of Group A, Lithuania defeated last year's Olympic champion Argentina with a stunning goal, and the Pampas Eagles, who have three NBA players, can only finish second, while their opponent will be third in Group B.
Argentina, a team as strong as the United States, is an existence that no one wants to meet.
If the Chinese men's basketball team meets the Argentine men's basketball team in the quarterfinals, although it performs well in the group stage, it is likely to lose to the opponent and it will be difficult to continue to advance.
However, if the Chinese men's basketball team can defeat Greece in the final matchup, Spain will be third in Group B, and in the quarterfinals, the Spanish matadors will face the Pampas Eagles in the final match.
The showdown between the world champion and the Olympic champion will be full of highlights!
The winner of the two teams, after eliminating each other, will face the real big devil team, ranked first in the world, with a heart of revenge, the "free" America of the "Dream Eight" dynasty team!
Role reversal, if Huaxia falls to the third place in the group, such a schedule is extremely unacceptable.
Lin Mu wanted to challenge the strong, but he didn't have the iron to throw the national honor behind him.
If there is an opportunity to go further, if there is an opportunity to avoid strong teams, why not choose a better path, after all, you can make a reasonable choice, and it is also the result of everyone's hard work before.
Without a win over the mighty Spain, the Chinese men's basketball team will have no choice, and they will have to settle for the bottom two of the group to face a strong Group A opponent.
Destiny will eventually be in their own hands, in order to better qualify, the Chinese men's basketball team must go all out in the last game with Greece, no one wants to be eliminated prematurely, if they can, every team wants to go further!
"Don't think too much about it, what we need to do is focus on the present!"
"I know that the recent press has put a lot of pressure on you, but every player has come through this way and it is difficult to withstand the pressure, which means that you will eventually be abandoned by this stadium!"
"Cheer up and play the best in the first few games, our Chinese men's basketball team will win!"
Before the game, Younas was doing the final mobilization in the lounge, and the chicken soup for the soul was poured into it, and the Chinese players were as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they were extremely excited.
Lin Mu couldn't hold back, and shouted two voices behind him.
"Training! If you can't win the other side, give me a hard time training! ”
"If you lose tonight, don't even think about running!" Lin Mu shouted angrily, and the players on the scene were even more energetic!
"Oh, Lao Tzu just died on the basketball court, and he must win tonight against Greece!" Zhu Fangyu tugged at his sleeves, stroked his arms, and said with a fierce face.
However, Greece, whose name is a soldier, realized how difficult the other party was after Huaxia fought with him.
Greece started with five Tigers.
Point guard Vasrith Spanollis, Yao Ming's former teammate, who played for the Houston Rockets from 2006 to 2007, did not play much of a brilliant performance, but in the Greek league and even the entire European league, Spanoulis is definitely a bug.
"European Kobe", "Kill Bill", "Ball Maniac", and the killer does not leave a "living mouth" under the knife.
These titles all herald Spanonelles' dominance in European basketball.
On the court, he has a tough defense, superb basketball skills, and excellent physical fitness.
Spanolus's style is also more like Nash, he is not a commander-in-chief, he is not as good as Papalocas in the big picture, and his attacking ability, his blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with the inside, and even the speed and long-range shooting skills of the attack, are very similar to the Canadian who led the sun to blow a whirlwind of fast fighting.
"Green Sword Fairy"
Quarterback Dimitris Diamantidis, nicknamed "3D", is the core of the Greek team, and Diamantidis's ability is more comprehensive than that of Spanoulis.
Attacking and defending, with a good sense of the big picture, he is the most leading player on the Greek court.
The remaining three, Vasilopoulos at the small forward position, Fortesis at the power forward position and Gelinia Dakis at the center all have super defensive ability, and Huaxia was pressed by Greece in the opening game.
If it weren't for Lin Mu, UAE and Yao Ming's deterrent power was too strong, Greece would not hesitate to launch a fast attack and penetrate the Chinese interior line.
After Liu Wei's poor performance, Younas decisively made substitution adjustments.
Sun Yue topped to the No. 1 position, Wang Shipeng played as a scoring guard, and the rest of the positions did not change in any way.
When the Chinese people got used to the high-intensity defense of Greece, under the leadership of Lin Mu, they launched a powerful climactic counterattack!
In the slower-paced international arena, an inside center like Da Yao can be called a big killer for the team, and Girenia Dakis works hard to defend, but he still can't stop Yao Ming's full firepower on the inside!
Bag clips?
Once Greece is packed, Younas will replace the UAE with Wang Zhizhi, so that the opponent can also experience what a real three-point team is!
Do you like to shoot threes?
Just your high outside hit rate?
I'm sorry!
In the case of full physical fitness, my Chinese men's basketball team will not lose to any team!
In the golden age, even Lin Mu had to sigh that the Chinese men's basketball team in 2008 was really one of the powerful national teams in history!
If he can maintain his physical strength throughout the court, Lin Mu is confident that he will fight with the American "Dream Eight" until the last quarter!
Yao Ming's existence is too restrained by those American superstars who like to break through.
Bosh, Howard and other interior combinations are Yao Ming's appetizers in the league, and it is not a problem to blow them up one-on-one.
The physical fitness of Zhu Fangyu, UAE, Sun Yue and Lin Mu is definitely at the top in their respective positions.
It's a pity that the natural physical disadvantage is not so easy to solve.
When gradually mastering the rhythm and adapting to the Greek team's on-court play, Huaxia will eat away at the opponent bit by bit and expand the lead.
At the beginning of the last quarter, Huaxia has been holding a five-point lead, not giving Greece any chance to turn defeat into victory, Lin Mu and Yao Ming firmly occupy the initiative on the field, coupled with the crazy interference of the fans on the Greek players, every time they get the ball, huge decibels will come into their ears, and they will be impatient.
When the final whistle blew, Huaxia defeated the European champions by three points and struggled to retain the second place in the group.
Greece shrugged their shoulders indifferently, fourth place has no impact on them, on the contrary, third-placed Spain will face the devil's schedule, and whether they can reach the semi-finals will be quite doubtful.
In the end, when Argentina defeated Australia with a difficult victory, the group stage of the Olympic men's basketball team was completely over.
The rankings and groupings of groups A and B also appeared on the official for the first time.
On August 20, the first game was the Chinese men's basketball team against the Croatian men's basketball team.
With only one day of rest, the two teams will compete in the first round at 14:30 in the afternoon to determine the first place to advance to the semi-finals!
The second in Group B against the third in Group A, after winning strong teams like Spain and Greece one after another, all fans should think that in the quarterfinals with Croatia, the Chinese men's basketball team will definitely win!
Break through, make history! 》
Before the contest even started, news headlines such as these appeared on major websites.
Too many Chinese fans have expectations, they want to witness history in their limited lives, and this Chinese Olympic Games will be the best time for the Chinese men's basketball team to make history!
"I believe in the boys of the men's basketball team, they are the best, they will beat Croatia in the quarter-finals and accomplish what we have not been able to achieve!" Hu Weidong, a famous Chinese player, said very excitedly in a TV interview.
As a former professional athlete, he saw infinite possibilities in these young men, coupled with Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, many veterans are in charge, this once talented Chinese defender has reason to believe that they can make history.
When Lin Mu saw Hu Weidong with thick glasses being interviewed, his heart was extremely uncomfortable.
I heard that this thing is highly myopic and plays without glasses, and can't even see the basket.
Rao is like this, the shot in that hand is also extremely accurate, and the three-point long-range shot is also not a problem.
"Why, did I inherit the wrong gene? Why has my fine Chinese tradition completely changed when it comes to me? ”
"Gan! Croatia, wait for Lao Tzu! If I don't beat you to death, I won't believe in Lin! ”
Lin Mu was angry from the bottom of his heart, and the stage of the quarterfinals came unconsciously!