After playing the Diamond Cup, the warm-up game of the men's basketball team is completely over.

With more than a week to go before the group stage of the Olympic Games, all the players of the men's basketball team are actively engaged in intense and intensive training.

However, the Olympics is not only a sports competition, but also a large-scale vanity fair and show field.

Before the start of the group stage, Doon, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian and others successively accepted various types of invitations, including the officially organized program group, so even Doon was not exempt from vulgarity.

In particular, the men's basketball team played against the famous Dream Eight team in the first game of the group stage of Group B.

It may be that Doon has pulled too much hatred in the NBA before, or the Dream Team wants to regain the hegemony of the international basketball world, and the configuration of this year's Dream Eight team is more luxurious and powerful than the previous Dream Seven team.

Point guards Kidd and Paul, point guards Kobe Bryant and Wade, small forwards James, Anthony, Prince, power forwards O'Neal Jr., Boozer, Bosh, centers Howard and Smalls.

With the configuration of the Dream Eight team, it is difficult to win the championship if you don't want to.

The men's basketball team will meet such a strong opponent in the first game of the group stage, and fans across the country naturally want to know the preparation status and confidence of the men's basketball players before participating in the group stage.

Dunn, Yao Ming and others accepted official interviews and said some innocuous words a little, in order to avoid being hacked after losing, they didn't say too much.

However, for the next battle, Doon still wants to win.

You must know that in a win-lose game, the gap between the men's basketball team and the Dream Eight team is not as big as imagined.

"The game starts right away and I just want to say to everyone right now, don't give up any game that you have a chance to win."

On August 10, the Olympic Games have begun, and the men's basketball team will also usher in the first game of the group stage.

Before the game, Doon encouraged the rest of the team and hoped that everyone would give it a go with him and give their best form to win the most difficult game in the group stage.

After Doon finished speaking, Yao Ming also stood up and spoke: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, and we must overcome the current difficulties......"

It didn't take long for the men's basketball team's starting five tigers to officially debut, and the group stage officially kicked off with Yi Jianlian and Howard's jump ball.

Yi Jianlian's talent exploded, but his physical fitness was close to that of black players, and Howard's talent exploded, which is a rare and peerless level among black players.

It is precisely because of this that Howard easily jumped the ball on Yi Jianlian's head without much effort.

After Kidd got the ball, he quickly got rid of Liu Wei's defense and went straight to the penalty area after half time.

Doon's help came quickly, and there was still Yao Ming in the penalty area.

Kidd faced Doon's defense and could only pass the ball to James who was following up with a ground pass.

However, under Yao Ming's defense, James' layup was interfered with and failed to score, and the follow-up rebound was also accepted by Yao Ming.

However, just when Doon turned around and played a fast attack, Kobe and Kidd both chased after him, and Yao Ming had no way to pass the ball directly to Doon, so he could only hand the ball to Liu Wei to deal with first.

The starting lineup of the men's basketball team is Liu Wei, Sun Yue, Du En, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming, the defense is okay, but the offensive end is more dependent on Du En and Yao Ming to hold the ball and attack, and the other points lack independent offensive ability.

The Dream Eight team consciously wrapped Doon and restricted Doon from receiving the ball, which had a great impact on the men's basketball team.

However, the next scene surprised the players of the Dream Eight team.

As soon as Yao Ming came to the three-point line, he stepped forward to block Liu Wei.

Liu Wei passed the ball to Yao Ming, followed by the next Shun, and Yao Ming took the ball directly at the top of the arc to aim at the basket.

"Let Yao shoot?"

"Why do their guards run to the basket? Grab a rebound? ”

"Yao doesn't really want to shoot three-pointers, does he?"

Under normal circumstances, the guard and the inside line play blocking and dismantling, the guard holds the ball and shoots, and the inside line eats the cake, or the card position asks for the ball and then takes the ball alone.

At this time, this scene on the court is definitely contrary to the previous basketball concept.

However, such a strange scene quickly had a certain effect.

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Yao Ming made a three-point shot, and quickly and accurately helped the men's basketball team score 3 points, temporarily leading the Dream Eight team.

"Fake, I really can't defend this ball!" James scolded.

It was also because Yao Ming was shooting from the outside, and Kidd and Kobe were sandwiching Doon, so James had to come over to make up for the defense.

It turned out that Yao Ming was more than half a head taller than him.

Moreover, Yao Ming's arm span looks very short, but if you really want to reach out and cover it, you will find that you can only touch Yao Ming's forearm, and you still need to jump if you want to defend.

Yao Ming didn't hesitate to shoot, and the tactics of this ball were to let him shoot.

It was also a bit unreasonable in the tactics of this ball, James was defenseless at all, and then he was bukkake in the face.

"Don't worry, Yao doesn't have the ability to shoot from the outside all the time. As long as we guard against Doon and Yao, this game will be easy to win. ”

Kidd picks up the ball and hands it to Howard as he instructs the other Dream Team members on the court.

The pressure of tonight's Dream Team game is really not too high, and it stands to reason that it can be easily handled by playing normally.

Because they are relatively unfamiliar with the rules of the FIBA game, everyone has a new understanding of Yao Ming's projection ability, but this does not affect the overall situation of the game, at least in their opinion.

However, the Dream Eight team clearly underestimated the men's basketball team in the first half.

In the Dream Eight offensive round, Bryant was entangled by Doon's death, and after a tri-threat, he didn't choose to force a shot, but passed the ball back to Kidd.

Kidd played pick-and-roll with James, who received the ball and went to the basket before giving it to O'Neal Jr.

O'Neal Jr. immediately fell back and made a jumper after receiving the ball, but missed the iron under Yi Jianlian's interference.

After the men's basketball team protected the rebound, Liu Wei also quickly tried to shoot a three-pointer, although he didn't shoot, Yi Jianlian helped the men's basketball team establish a two-point advantage by making up the basket.

Immediately afterwards, James held the ball and burst into the basket, and before he could challenge Yao Ming under the basket, he was caught by the referee with a start-up step.

After spreading hands, the game continued.

The Dream Team played joint defense, and Doon and Yao Ming were still focused on defense.

Although Liu Wei had a certain amount of offensive space, perhaps he felt that there was more pressure in the face of Kidd's defense, so he passed the ball to Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and immediately turns around and bursts into the basket when he gets the ball.

It's a pity that Howard's defensive speed is too fast, and Yi Jianlian's passing ability is not good.

In the case that the breakthrough could not be achieved and there was no chance to pass the ball to Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian could only sacrifice the second move of the three axes - a turnaround jumper.

It's a pity that now Yi Jianlian's three-board axe has not yet been completed, and the shooting rate needs to be increased, and this shooting is just Duang's voice.

After the Dream Eight team protected the rebound, they immediately switched offense, relying on James' fast-break and fierce athleticism and Kidd's accurate passing, which broke the scoring drought.

"Give me the ball later!"

Doon knew he had to step up to win tonight's game, so he chose to play with the ball early.

Kobe Bryant and the others saw Doon speak, and although they didn't know what Doon said to his teammates, they roughly guessed it.

Bryant wanted to limit Doon's catches as much as possible, but Doon responded two or three steps from beyond the three-point line.

If the Dream Team were to flank Doon in such a place, there would be too much room for attack on the inside.

In the NBA, Yao Ming played Howard like a toy, so Kobe Bryant and others could only let Doon catch the ball.

After Doon got the ball, he motioned for Yi Jianlian to come out of the inside.

In the previous warm-up game, this kind of high-position blocking and dismantling tactics were not less.

Although Yi Jianlian doesn't attack much with the ball, only three boards, but in addition, he is not unable to score, at least he can rely on athleticism and with the help of Doon to complete some tasks of eating cakes.

Doon got rid of Kobe Bryant and rushed to the basket with the help of the block, and Howard didn't save the first time to make up for the defense because he was still staring at Yao Ming.

Doon made a quick stop near the free-throw line before O'Neal Jr. and James arrived, followed by a mid-range shot.

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Doon grasped the opportunity in the semi-empty position, and the Dream Eight team just scored 2 points by switching offense, and in the blink of an eye, Doon relied on a jumper to continue to open up the difference.

However, Doon doesn't score every goal, and the players of the Dream Eight team are not stinky fish and shrimp, and not every ball will start to move.

Soon, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal Jr. both hit some shots, and the men's basketball team also had some players who completed the scoring, and the two teams alternated points.

Overall, the men's basketball team is slightly better.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 20-24, and the men's basketball team entered the second quarter with a four-point lead.

Perhaps because the advantage has been established in the first quarter, the men's basketball team seems to play more confident and fighting spirit in the second quarter than in the first quarter.

Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and Wang Shipeng hit a three-pointer successively, and Doon also relied on his personal ability to score 7 points at the beginning of the second quarter to help the men's basketball team stabilize the situation.

It's just that after Doon left the game, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian did not play very well and did not seize the opportunity to expand their lead.

It wasn't until the last 2 minutes of the second quarter that Doon returned to the court and scored 4 more points, so that the men's basketball team was not counterattacked by the Dream Eight team at the last minute of the first half.

At 47-48, the men's basketball team's lead narrowed from four to one.

After the second quarter, the situation was faintly unfavorable for the men's basketball team.

Yao Ming played the dream team, but it did not play the effect that everyone imagined.

In the first half, Yao Ming scored a double-double, but the offensive efficiency was not high, and he scored 11 points with 4 of 9 shots, 1 of 2 three-point shots, and 2 of 3 free throws.

In comparison, Doon scored 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting, 3-of-5 three-pointers, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, which is undoubtedly much more efficient.

It is worth mentioning that even if Yao Ming's performance is average, in order to limit Yao Ming, the Dream Eight team is also constantly attacking fast, as well as attacking inside, consuming Yao Ming's physical strength.

Yao Ming's state in the second half was actually predictable.

Similarly, since Yao Ming has been restricted, it is inevitable that in the second half, Doon will encounter more restrictions.

Sure enough, after the restart of the third quarter, Doon was hit more harshly.

Prince became the starting small forward in the third quarter of the Dream Eight team, and joined Kobe Bryant in pinching Doane.

At the same time, the Dream Team relied on full-court pressing, causing some dribbling errors in the men's basketball team, and then using the mistakes to form some counterattacks.

From the beginning of the third quarter, the men's basketball team fell into a downward trend, and the score was once stretched to eight points after being overtaken by the Dream Eight team.

In order to retain the chance to win tonight, during the pause of the men's basketball team, under the advice of Doon, he could only choose to gamble on luck, first withdraw Yao Ming, and then rely on the front line to shoot three points and grab rebounds, and play a conversion offense to fight with the Mengba team with bayonets.

I have to say that I still have to rely on real teammates.

Zhu Fangyu played with Doon for a season, and won the championship together, so he was naturally able to keep up with Doon's rhythm.

And switching offense and three-point shots, these are things that Zhu Fangyu often does in the Bulls.

This time it was just in time to feel good again, so I didn't drop the chain.

Zhu Fangyu relied on two three-pointers and two conversion offensive layups in the third quarter to score 10 points in a single quarter and help the men's basketball team bite the score.

However, a Kobe Bryant was rewarded in the fourth quarter, and Prince came to defend Doon alone.

Although Doon continued another wave of firepower, the other teammates failed to step up and score, wasting some possession.

In particular, Yi Jianlian's state tonight was really not good, shooting 2 of 9 from the field, 2 of 4 from the free throw line, and only 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

As for Yao Ming, he can only be said to be decent, scoring 16 points in 15 shots.

For other people, the Dream Eight team can score 16 points in a single game, which must be considered very good, but there are only so many people in the men's basketball team who can play.

Yao Ming's can't score, and few people can score.

Yao Ming's performance tonight really couldn't help Doon and help the men's basketball team win.

97-85, the Dream Team scored more points in the first quarter, and finally relied on the continuous defensive counterattack and conversion offense in the fourth quarter to collapse the men's basketball team that could not keep up with physical strength.

"That's the way sports are like that, if there is a gap in strength, then there will be a gap in performance.

Of course, losing games doesn't affect us.

We still have to look forward, continue to practice physical strength if we can't do it, and practice technology if we can't do it.

As long as we overcome the objective conditions, as long as our players are willing to improve, we will definitely get stronger and stronger. ”

After the game, in the group stage, he faced Doon, who scored 31 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in the group stage, and was interviewed by official reporters.

As the so-called defeated generals are not brave, the men's basketball team lost to the dream team for the first time in the group stage, although it is reasonable, but the vast majority of people do not have the courage to face their hometown parents.

Only Tui Duan, the best performer, came out to speak on behalf of everyone.

In fact, there is nothing to say, the lack of physical fitness can only be practiced by the players themselves.

In the NBA, it's actually okay, I usually take more nutrients, and I won't feel too tired when I play.

But now it's the Olympics, the supply is cut off before the training camp, and these additives are also strictly prohibited during the competition, and then it's a competition for the real level of the players' bodies.

Therefore, even if some players in the men's basketball team have "trained" in the NBA, the phenomenon that the physical conditions are not enough to play the whole game still exists.

"It's still no problem to qualify for the group stage, although Group B is a group of death, but we are confident that we will get out of Group B, and I believe that we will not disappoint you this year."

After playing the Dream Eight team, the men's basketball team will play the World Championship champion Spanish team in the next game, everything is difficult at the beginning, and all the strong teams met the men's basketball team at the beginning of the group stage.

However, only the top four in the group are needed to qualify for the quarter-finals.

The Dream Eight team and the Spanish men's basketball team may not be able to beat, but it is still not a big problem to play the other four.

As for the strong teams in Group A, the main ones are the Litao Bowl and the Argentine team.

Because the men's basketball team has won Argentina in the Diamond Cup before, he is also more optimistic about Doon's third place in the group and advancing to the quarterfinals.

Of course, it would be best if they could advance to the quarter-finals with the top two in the group.

Therefore, the next game against Spain is particularly important. (End of chapter)