Chapter 362 The Olympics Opening, Men's Basketball Team's First Performance

Author: The Withered Tiam

Chapter 362 The Olympics Opening, Men's Basketball Team's First Performance

At 8 p.m. on August 8, 2008, the 29th Olympic Games officially kicked off at the "Bird's Nest" in the Beijing National Stadium in China.

This is an Olympic Games destined to be recorded in history. The opening ceremony was led by the famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou. More than 91,000 spectators and heads of state of many countries participated. Under their joint witness, the opening ceremony turned into a grand performance event.

First, 2,008 staff members used glowing silk, and the silk shone once it was beaten, forming numbers from China and Arabia, counting down the opening seconds.

Then, from Yongding Gate to the main venue, 29 footprint-shaped fireworks were continuously deployed along the central axis of BJ City, symbolizing "the 29th Olympic Games step by step into BJ", and the opening ceremony officially began.

At 20:12, the whole group stood up, played the national anthem and raised the national flag, followed by a literary performance called "Beautiful Olympics". The first part shows the four great inventions, texts and other Chinese history; the next part shows the prosperity of our country after its own reform and opening up.

Just like "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", and like a time travel machine, the magnificence and majesty made every audience on the scene and in front of the TV admire it.

There was a meaning afterward, but Li Chengming thought it was very ugly. In fact, he thought the other promotional songs were better than this one, but he didn't understand such promotional matters and didn't talk much.

Then the delegations of athletes from various countries entered the court. According to custom, the first delegation to the venue was Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics, followed by Guinea and other countries.

The host entered the court at the last time, and Yao Yao served as the Olympic flag bearer this time. There was a child standing next to him who was also a chess player. The cute height difference between the two is quite interesting.

Of course, if you know the behind-the-scenes story, you won’t feel strange about this scene.

The child is named Lin Hao. He is only nine years old this year. However, he is a disaster relief hero in the previous earthquake. It is obviously of great significance to let him play at this special moment.

We have suffered a lot this year, but now is our glorious moment, with more than four billion people around the world witnessing it together.

Li Chengming is also in the back array. This time the national team delegation consists of 1,099 people, including 639 athletes, which exceeds the scale of all sessions in history. This may also be an advantage for the host.

Afterwards, International Olympic Committee President Rogge delivered a speech at the opening ceremony, and then... the opening ceremony ended, and the Olympic Games officially began.

Starting today, lasting for more than two weeks, it will compete in up to 28 major events and 302 minor events in seven cities.

The next day was also the first competition day. Pang Wei, a man's 10-meter air rifle, won the first gold medal in the Chinese team at this Olympics, and made a good start.

The men's basketball team's game was on the second match day, August 10, at 22:15 pm, the Chinese men's basketball team played against the US team.

This schedule suddenly aroused the enthusiasm of domestic fans to watch the game. The main reason is that after several preparations, this national team has been regarded as the strongest in the history of men's basketball team, and the results of Meng Ba's team after its establishment have also been popular all the way, which makes people have to treat them carefully.

Although the US team lost both in the last Olympics and the last World Championships, their strong impression has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, especially the existence of the NBA, which makes people feel that they have the ability to turn back at any time.

In the Olympic Basketball Hall, 18,000 seats were packed, and the game was already full of people before it even started.

In the past, some people may have to prepare to go to bed, but at this time, many people, including in front of the TV, cannot sleep and have to watch this game.

Even for other countries, it is not an exaggeration to say that the US team's debut at the Olympics and the Chinese men's basketball team, who just won the NBA championship, has won the national team's debut!

The scene even welcomed two former US presidents, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr., as well as former Secretary of State Kissinger. Not to mention other politicians and other national teams’ scouts.

CCTV5 will broadcast the entire game live, and Director Zhang and Sun Zhengping will give an explanation on the spot.

Listening to the cheers that sounded from time to time in his ears, Director Zhang couldn't help but sigh: "You can feel everyone's enthusiasm before the competition has started. I think many people have been looking forward to this game for a long time."

"And I have to say that Kobe is so popular. He is in the same way as our Yao and Li Chengming..."

Not only did it win, but the cheers even exceeded a lot.

This is actually understandable. Most of the people who support Yao Yao and Li Chengming may still be in a simple patriotic mood, so some people may not even know how to play basketball.

Kobe's playing basketball is both beautiful and practical, and many people can learn it - even if he can learn it, isn't he just a lot of "real fans".

In fact, when we were grouped together, everyone was looking forward to this game.

The Chinese men's basketball team is really assigned to a "death group" this time, because the US and Spain, currently considered to be the world's number one and second in the world, are in this group, and the remaining Greece, Germany, and Angola may all fail except facing the last one.

Of course, this is compared to the past situation.

Now that Li Chengming can be played in more now, it’s hard to say what Li Chengming can do, and of course everyone is unsure.

In addition to this game with the US team, there is also the game against Spain. Even if we win the other three teams, it is hard to say that we will face the other two teams.

Fortunately, you only need to be in the top four to qualify, but if the position is not good, the next quarter-finals will face the top two teams in Group A, and the situation is still not very good.

Sun Zhengping said: "The first game of the men's basketball team in this Olympics has ushered in the biggest challenge, and they will face the world basketball overlord of the United States.

"The US team's lineup is unprecedentedly strong, and it feels like I'm going to our place to smash the game. Of course, it can also be said that given the previous defeats in the Athens Olympics and the 2006 World Championships, this time it is not allowed to lose to the US men's basketball team, which is known as the Dream Team.

"Actually, before the NBA season started, Li Chengming had contact with these people from the US men's basketball team with Howard. Later, he also fought one by one during the season. He should know their awesomeness best..."

Not to mention anything else, if it is the inside, other countries can be said to have their own strengths. For example, Nowitzki of Germany, Gasol of Spain, Yao Yao and Li Chengming of China are all in the NBA All-Star level inside. In international games, in addition to the rookie Li Chengming, they have also proved themselves.

But in terms of the outside and the front line, the United States is definitely the best in the world.

Kobe, the first defender in active duty, and James, Wade, Kidd, Paul, Anthony, Deron and others, have the All-Star level configuration. There will be no outside lineup of any men's basketball national team in this world that is so luxurious.

On the contrary, in terms of the inside, this time the United States sent out not the best group, Bosh, Howard, Boozer, and the serious No. 5 position was even only Howard.

This actually gave the Chinese men's basketball team a chance, it depends on whether they can seize it.

The game officially began soon, and the people who jumped the ball on both sides were Alan and Howard.

Warcraft was the first to help the team grab the first wave of ball rights. Li Chengming stepped forward and patted Ah Lian on the shoulder, and then the men's basketball team quickly retreated.

The starters of the US team are Kidd, Kobe, James, Anthony and Howard.

On the Chinese men's basketball team, the starting positions are Liu Wei, Sun Dasheng, Li Chengming, Ah Lian and Yao. This configuration is quite similar to the Magic team's lineup. Sun Dasheng corresponds to Tkoglu, and Ah Lian corresponds to Lewis, of course, they are all low-end versions.

The strategy of the US team is also very obvious. They are not completely without tactics. Compared with the lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team, their biggest advantage is their outside and physical fitness, so they speed up and play quickly as soon as they start.

However, James was interfered with by Yao Da as soon as he received the ball at the basket. Speaking of which, Yao Da was not only Howard's victim, but also James' victim. Anyway, James would not get any advantage in the face of him.

The simplest truth is that James' shooting is not good, he can only break through. In the international arena, without many restrictions on the inside, playing a big center can directly defeat James.

This time James wanted to pass the ball but made a mistake. Li Chengming served the ball in the backcourt to Ah Lian, and Ah Lian was handed it to Sun Dasheng.

Sun Dasheng looked very confident. He was not afraid of his future team boss Kobe. After being transported to the top of the arc, he played a pick-and-roll cooperation with Yao Yao who was pulled to the high position.

As a result, a scene that no one expected happened next. Yao Yao immediately bounced out of the three-point line after blocking the man, and Sun Dasheng's pass was also obtained. When Yao Yao faced the open position, he actually took the three-point line directly.

brush!

"On the way up, Yao Yao made a pick-and-roll with Xiao Sun. When Yao received the ball from the outside, he directly made a shot? He shot directly - but he scored! Yao Yao scored a three-pointer from the way up, good goal!"

Wow—

“Ahhhhhh…”

The stadium suddenly shouted and rushed to the top, and this scene was simply adrenaline-induced.

It looks like a simple three-pointer, but it is amazing because it was shot by Yao Yao.

This ball not only made the goal, but also showed Yao Yao's determination in this game, and also showed the extraordinary mental outlook of the men's basketball team in this game.

The stars of the Meng Ba team were also surprised. After all, they had all played against Yao Yao, but he didn't expect him to suddenly do this.

However, they have never seen any scenes. The Dream Team failed and even won a bronze medal in the Olympic World Championships. What is this small scene?

Soon, the ball served in the backcourt, Kidd led the frontcourt to hand the ball to James. James suddenly reached Anthony at the forty-five-degree angle on the left. Anthony directly made a three-pointer and failed to make a move. Li Chengming immediately recovered the rebound with protection and handed it to Liu Wei.

The attack in the first round was not the main rhythm of this men's basketball team, and the US team retreated too quickly and could not find a fast attack opportunity, so they fell into the position, just like in the Magic team, pulling out a single shot that was low on the weak side of Li Chengming.

At this time, I was facing Anthony. For Li Chengming, this match is no different from a misalignment.

Anthony and James were once a good match, but now Wade has won the championship and FMVP, and James has also reached the finals. However, he has achieved nothing in the 2003rd class.

This has a lot to do with his personality, including defense, where his attitude problem is greater than ability problem.

Just like now, Li Chengming just crushed it in and felt that he had no power at all. Instead, James on the other side seized the opportunity to come and assist in defense.

But Li Chengming did not move forward, but turned around and turned around and jumped.

Although I haven't played the game for a long time, my hand was a little hard, but I still obediently fell into the basket with the ball on the board.

At the same time, the referee's whistle also sounded. Anthony did not exert force when it was time to exert force, but stepped forward when it was not time to move forward. As a result, he hit Li Chengming's hand and lost a foul.

With Li Chengming's current shooting speed, no matter how good his physical fitness or the speed of the bullet, it is difficult to grasp and interfere before he takes action.

Howard had a deep understanding of this, so he started shaking his head when he saw Li Chengming taking action.

Li Chengming also made extra free throws on the free throw line. At the beginning, the men's basketball team played Mengba 6:0.

Director Zhang couldn't help but excitedly said: "The men's basketball team came up and played 6:0. Li Chengming and Yao both performed and scored 3 points each. I think the US team despised our frontcourt combination too much. If the defense is still the same, Li Chengming might have to score 30+ in this game!"

To be honest, I am also very excited to watch this game again, and I miss the men's basketball team that worked hard at that time...

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