Chapter 778: Yao Ming's "Hand of God"
The Olympic Games made Greece once again the focus of the world.
This is a grand event in the sports world, and most of the visitors are sports fans. Of course, the Greeks are the most present.
At this moment, besides representing the Chinese national team, Liu Mang also represents one of the world's three major basketball teams, that is, the Atlanta Hawks club. Due to the prosperity of the Greek men's basketball team in recent years, it has been a The top five teams in the world, so the NBA has a lot of attention in Greece. Liu Mang helped Atlanta win the first basketball "world championship", which made the Greeks very upset. When the Chinese team entered the field, Liu Mang held the Chinese flag When he led the Chinese Olympic team into the arena and a close-up of Liu Mang appeared on the huge screen, there were bursts of boos at the scene.
Originally, the 1996 Olympic Games was the 100th Olympic Games commemoration of Greece's much-anticipated event, but it was preempted by Atlanta. This also caused Liu Mang to be booed by Greek fans when he entered the Olympic Stadium in Athens, the main venue, holding the national flag of the Chinese team.
Liu Mang also heard the kind or malicious looks from the group members from behind, and the group members behind were obviously noisy.
Liu Mang probably guessed it, and was chewing his tongue again.
The players of the men's basketball team also followed the standard bearer and received envious and jealous eyes every time.
Of course, not all sports are like this. It is mainly male athletes, and female athletes usually have more group photos.
Anyway, it is not the US Olympic team, and it is basically impossible for the Chinese Olympic team to have female athletes as the flag bearer...
The ancients said that not being envied by others is a mediocrity.
Faced with envy, jealousy and hatred, Liu Mang soon felt relieved.
Since the Chinese men's basketball team returned to the Olympic Games in 1984, the strongest players in the men's basketball team have been serving as the flag bearers of the Olympic team. Athletes in other sports, especially those sports that have always won championships, have never been in the World Series. I have always been dissatisfied that the men's basketball team that has won the knockout round can always serve as the Olympic flag bearer.
Ever since Liu Mang got the position of the flag bearer, there have been rumors circulating in the Olympic Village where the Chinese team stayed. It is said that Liu Mang is lucky because he is on the basketball team.
Liu Mang also knows this, and he really wants to say something about this: I'm sorry, I just took the position of the standard bearer when I first arrived, if you have any dissatisfaction, bite me...
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The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Greece sounds pretty good to say the least, but Liu Mang, who has seen the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games, thinks it is quite ordinary. It is mainly a competition of financial resources. Greeks have high welfare and high per capita income. The country didn't have much money to host the Olympics, and the application failed in 1996 because it didn't have the money in Atlanta.
On the second day after the opening ceremony, the group draws for various sports began in full swing.
Of course, such time-consuming and long-term events like football and archery have already started as early as the 10th.
Yao Ming and Min Lulei represented the Chinese men's basketball team and participated in the lottery group.
When the results were notified to the players, Liu Mang was speechless, the players of the Chinese men's basketball team were speechless, and the coaching staff also had nothing to say.
No. 1 in the world, Serbia and Montenegro, that is, the former Yugoslavia; No. 3 in the world, Argentina, No. 4 in the world, Spain, and the remaining two opponents, New Zealand and Italy... New Zealand is okay, Italy is No. 7 in the world...
The Chinese team ranks thirteenth in the world.
On the contrary, the United States team is the biggest favorite to win the championship. Apart from Greece and Lithuania, which are fifth and sixth in the world, the remaining opponents are Angola, Puerto Rico, Australia...
The four major coaches went to an emergency meeting, and Liu Mang also felt overwhelmed. Four familiar teammates, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu, and Li Nan, as well as the eldest brother of Zhu Fangyu's club, Du Feng, who had just won the championship MVP, and the national Guo Shiqiang, the eldest brother of the team, who has good connections and qualifications, called them together for a small meeting.
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"Your sister! You are the hand of God? Why don't you take pictures of the United States and Greece together, and we can happily join the top five in the world for two tables of Landlords!" Liu Mang really couldn't control it this time Stopped, and sprayed wildly at Yao Ming.
Yao Ming was wronged like a King Kong Barbie: "I just pressed a button, just one..."
Yao Ming is also very helpless! He thought he could be regarded as the most "lucky" No. 1 pick in NBA history, because he was the No. 1 pick that the Rockets got with the lowest probability since the lottery system was introduced.
But who knows, after this shooting, Group A will look like this...
"Okay, okay, don't blame Dayao, we should be united." Big Brother Guo Shiqiang thought that Liu Mang and Yao Ming had a conflict because of this.
Liu Mang quickly explained: "Eh...Brother Qiang, I don't blame Dayao, it's just that he is upset and wants to hit him. It's just that he is too tall, so he may not be able to beat him."
Yao Ming still felt warm in his heart when he heard the first half, but in the second half, is Nima a human being?
"But it's already like this. Unity alone is not enough. We should think of a way. We must enter the top four of the group!" Liu Mang's expression suddenly became serious.
If the old players of the Eagles saw Liu Mang's current appearance, they would secretly call God again.
"Think of a way?" Guo Shiqiang was very desperate. The opponents were Spain, Argentina, Italy, and Serbia and Montenegro, which had inherited Yugoslavia. What could he think of?
Even if only Serbia and Montenegro are left to form Serbia and Montenegro, the lineup is not comparable to the Chinese team.
This is also the current mentality of the rest of the Chinese team. In the minds of most Chinese people, European and American teams abuse Germany, Dirk Nowitzki, and others. It seems that they have never won.
"My God, what else can we think about? I think we are the same as two years ago, we are dead, we are dead this time..." Zhu Fangyu was so depressed that her Cantonese burst out.
All of a sudden the atmosphere was very gloomy.
However, Liu Mang and Yao Ming are special cases, and so can Wang Zhizhi.
When you are in a low mood, you are most likely to be provoked. At this time, Liu Wei's power of the head of state began to increase, and Liu Wei began to fool around again... No, he started to strengthen the confidence of his teammates, and said with a charming feeling: "You guys Have you forgotten something? You have the best players in the world, and the best centers in the world! Gasol from Spain? Manu Ginobili from Argentina? Bargnani from Italy? Milicic from Serbia and Montenegro and Radmanovich? I beat them all!"
Liu Mang's confident appearance is easy to infect people, especially the teammates of the Chinese team who have just entered the death group and are depressed, and they are gradually influenced by Liu Mang.
Originally, Liu Mang didn't have much right to speak. He was new here. Except for Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Zhu Fangyu who admired him, everyone else accepted him because of his strength. But for him, it can only be said that he just met, and he was with others. Compared with his teammates who have played for the national team for many years and played against each other in the CBA for many years, Liu Mang is still very marginal.
But now, Liu Mang has become the backbone.
"I have always felt that our coaches are too rigid. They have arranged defense very well, but offense, do you want to play something different with me?"
Seeing Liu Mang's expression, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi have been Liu Mang's opponents for two years, they are so familiar! Immediately feel the chrysanthemum cool...
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With the end of the grouping ceremony on August 14th, and starting on the 15th, various competitions will start one after another.
In terms of basketball, the Chinese team played against Spain for the first time on the 16th, but the game has already started on the 15th.
The most concerned team is obviously still the US team. The US team's opponent in the first game on the 15th is not very good. The Puerto Rico team ranked 19th in the world and entered the Olympic Games as a substitute because of Russia's withdrawal.
People expected to see a massacre, and they saw a massacre, but... the American team was massacred!
The Puerto Rico team beat the US team 92 to 73. In the Olympic men's basketball competition, it was a big upset at the beginning.
There is no outside shot, the offense cannot break the zone defense, and the interior space is small. Except for Odom, Iverson, and Marbury who are "playing acrobatics", they can score with various difficult moves; The COSCO shot was good, and the others were completely blind. Duncan got lost on the offensive end and got good offensive rebounds. He only played 8 offensive rebounds in 20 minutes, but he had a total of 9 rebounds in the game, which means he couldn’t defend at all. Hold on, there are no defensive rebounds to grab, but there are many offensive rebounds, which proves that the US team just can't make shots!
It’s understandable to look at the lineup, but on the defensive end, the U.S. team was abused at the basket. Puerto Rico scored 52 points at close range and under the basket. Half way to Puerto Rico!
The performance of the American team blinded the eyes of basketball fans. The players of the Puerto Rico team did not expect such a performance. The maximum point difference reached 30 points at one point, and they were playing completely according to the American team!
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"See, capitalism is a paper tiger!"
The match between the U.S. team and the Puerto Rico team was also watched by the Chinese team. After the brutal game of the U.S. team, Liu Mang acted like he was giving advice...
Seeing the U.S. team wanting to find a crack in the ground and running away without giving their opponent a hug after the game, and Puerto Rico's performance in a carnival, the Chinese team felt incredible!
That's Puerto Rico! Even without Liu Mang, the Chinese team has the confidence to beat the team!
Puerto Rico originally had little chance of entering the finals, but after winning the US team, as long as they win another game, they will have a chance to enter the finals!
"Could it be true that the phrase 'the princes and generals have a kindness'?" The players of the Chinese team were all excited!
Liu Mang specially called his teammates to form a group to watch the game today, just for this!
Fortunately, Puerto Rico is strong, and the US team is weak. Just as Liu Mang remembered, he overthrew the US team.
And tomorrow is the day when the Chinese team will play against the Spanish team! Before Spain reached its peak, Liu Mang wanted to make a move!