Chapter 783

The eastern part of the Krysaor Olympic Village in Petrarona County, south of Athens, is the place where basketball teams from various countries stay. After all, this is also a mini version of the "United Nations", but it is only the top ten players in the sport of basketball. The second place "United Nations", of course, there are other sports in this Olympic village, but basketball is concentrated in the easternmost part.

The name of the Olympic Village of the Athens Olympic Games is very interesting. It is like the name of the Olympic Village of Kryusaer, where the basketball teams of various countries stayed. The image of the child born is a Pegasus with strong fighting power. It is used to refer to the basketball game of flying into the sky and escaping from the ground. Statues or pictures of Pegasus can be seen everywhere.

The Olympic Games in Greece are still very distinctive. The budget is not enough, so creativity is needed.

As for why the child born by Poseidon and Medusa was a horse, Liu Mang was very curious when he first came here, and the Greek officials who received them had black lines on their faces.

The qualifying matches for the 9th to 12th places have already started, and the top eight teams are preparing for the knockout round.

Fortunately, it was the beginning of the century, and Greece was not yet bankrupt. Although there was no money to make the Olympic Village more gorgeous, at least each basketball team was equipped with an independent court. Now the seven teams in the first eight miles are all in the Olympic Village Prepare hard... Except for the US team, everyone will book a hotel everywhere, otherwise the stars will not come to participate in the Olympics.

The training of the Chinese team is in full swing, and everyone is actively preparing for the US team.

Seeing that Liu Mang is constantly practicing left-handed shooting, the Chinese players are no longer surprised. Liu Mang’s left hand is as easy to use as his right. Will use the left hand.

Zhang Jinsong and Zhu Fangyu called the taciturn Yi Jianlian to talk together, and then went to mess with all the teammates except Liu Mang...

After a while, Liu Mang finished practicing mid-range shots and long-range shots with a set of left-handed shots, and started regular right-handed training. Just like practicing mid-range shots, he practiced shooting around five fixed shooting points on the FIBA ​​three-point line. Each point One hundred balls, when he was instructing the staff, he found that his teammates were more active in training. Liu Mang was very satisfied. To beat the US team, there should be such a positive momentum.

The U.S. team has been in its weakest years in recent years, if you have the opportunity to fight them, do it hard!

For Liu Mang, defeating the US team this time is very important! Only by defeating the US team this time will it be possible to fulfill the medal dream of basketball career in the future! If the Chinese team can also win the medal, it will definitely set off a greater basketball fever in China and drive the development of domestic basketball.

As a basketball player, the more honor Liu Mang has, the more things he should do.

For example, if we activate domestic basketball, Yao Ming will be busier to become the chairman of the Basketball Association after he retires, so that he will not become a female Zhao Riyue so quickly after retiring... Let Liu Mang be the chairman of the Basketball Association? Don't be kidding, let Yao Ming deal with those laymen. Few of the leaders in the domestic sports industry understand sports at all.

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The first preparation day has passed. On August 25, the semi-finals between Argentina and Greece, and the semi-finals between Puerto Rico and Spain ended this afternoon.

Argentina and Spain both advanced to the semi-finals.

Liu Mang was very envious after watching these two games. It would be great if they could play against Greece or Puerto Rico, even if it was Spain, but it happened to be the United States!

"The Spanish team is really lucky!" Liu Mang said indignantly.

"Uncle, what's wrong with the Spanish team?" Xiao Luoli, who was watching the game with Liu Mang, asked.

If you are in a bad mood, just abuse the loli! Liu Mang grabbed Dinah and rubbed the little girl's face and said, "Spain's opponents are so weak, if they come second in the group, it's up to them to play against the United States, and we can meet Puerto Rico!"

"It's better to be big than to be a fool..." Little Lolita's face was rubbed until she couldn't speak clearly...

"Hey... I'm going back to the Olympic Village first, Dinah can't go out and run around, I have to go out and ask Levia to take you out!" Liu Mang put the little loli on the sofa, after watching the game, it's time to go back The Olympic Village has gone to continue training, and the matter has come to this point, Liu Mang can only prepare for the battle and go all out!

Speaking of playing against the U.S. team, Liu Mang is more familiar with the opponent's style of play. Everyone knows it well, including the head coach Harris, who also knows the NBA very well. In fact, he is also a good opponent, but the opponent's lineup is too strong. .

"Understood! Dinah doesn't go out, the uncle isn't here, it's so boring to go shopping... The damn uncle eats Dinah's tofu again..." After rubbing her face, the little Loli picked up the remote control and called out Romance dramas of Greek mythology, not only Chinese classical mythology are written into soap operas by various screenwriters, but the same is true in other countries.

Seeing that little loli was watching a soap opera again, Liu Mang smiled helplessly, then secretly kissed Levia and Alexia who went to the room to take an afternoon nap, and left the hotel.

At the hotel parking lot, Liu Mang sighed before getting in the car: "Tomorrow... Is it a surprise or a disappointment to hit the United States... At this time, no one will remember that tomorrow is my birthday..."

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"The women's volleyball team made it to the final, and it's in this arena. This is really a blessed place for our country! Last time we also won against Spain here. They are the favorites to win the championship. We won against them..." Kuang Lubin of the Chinese men's basketball team was very excited. He was talking loudly to Min Lulei, one of the coaches.

Min Lulei could only smile and nod.

On the afternoon of August 26, the Chinese team once again came to the Athens Pathinaikos Stadium in Athens, also known as the Athens Olympiacos Stadium. The difference, 105 to 102, defeated the powerful Cuban women's volleyball team with difficulty and advanced to the final!

Eight years later, the Chinese women's volleyball team reached the Olympic final again. Eight years ago, the Cuban women's volleyball team defeated the Chinese women's volleyball team. Yes, the opponent in the final was the Russian women's volleyball team. The Chinese women's volleyball team swept the opponent 3-0 in the group stage, winning a total of more than 20 points, and their strength was crushed.

So, the pressure came to the Chinese men's basketball team.

Kuang Lubin, the team leader of the Chinese men's basketball team, was very envious of the team leader of the Chinese women's volleyball team, so during the warm-up before the match, he deliberately came to chatter, and it was still very loud.

Finally, Kuang Lubin was called away by the staff and went to the competition venue first.

Liu Mang complained: "This guy, it's really annoying to come here to put pressure on us."

"Ace, there is no other way. For the first time, we reached the quarter-finals with the second place in the group, and with you, we may still be able to reach the semi-finals. This feeling may be difficult for you to understand, but it is a pity We met the U.S. team, and it would be nice if we beat New Zealand and Serbia and Montenegro by a few points, and we won’t surpass Spain.” Min Lulei sighed.

"Cut, this is not nonsense!" Liu Mang didn't say this, so as not to offend others. He was depressed today, but no one remembered his birthday. He even forgot the three girls in his family. It's enough to add a lot of pressure to talk about it.

Blame Team USA! Liu Mang thought that those guys from the 2003 generation were so unlucky that they could lose even Puerto Rico. If they were more competitive and made it to the top two, they wouldn't be able to fight so quickly. It can only be the final.

"It's all James' fault! Fuck him!" Liu Mang found someone to hate!

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In the U.S. game, everyone wanted to see them lose. This time even the Greek fans came to cheer for the Chinese team.

This time the Chinese team is a disadvantaged group. No matter which other countries in the top four of Group A play against the United States, they are not so like a disadvantaged group. Except for the Chinese team, the other three countries seem to be worthy of the United States.

The United States was eliminated by Lithuania, and Italy, which played the same way, looked very advantageous; the US team was eliminated by Puerto Rico, and Spain and Argentina also looked to have an advantage.

The Chinese team, which relies on dual-core play, seems to have no advantage and is at a disadvantage, because even though Kobe, McGrady, and Carter are not here, the US team still has Iverson who looks better than Liu Mang, and Liu Mang. It is Marbury, who came out of the same university as the mortal enemy. The Chinese team has Yao Ming inside, but the US team has Duncan who is theoretically stronger.

On paper, the U.S. team has the upper hand. They are all stars and play superstar basketball. The Chinese team, which also plays superstar basketball, seems completely unable to compete with the U.S. team.

However, the Chinese team has studied it for two days and does not think so.

Liu Mang and Harris agreed that there are not so many stars, but it is not a weakness, it may be their strength! Because the Chinese team is very clear that the core is Liu Mang and Yao Ming, while the US team has two combo guards alone, and they are both starters. Larry Brown is more traditional than Harris. Harris has accepted 8 The baptism of the No. 8 rookie, and also accepted the style of play of the No. 8 rookie, and by the way, he also accepted Liu Mang's style of play, but Larry Brown is famous for sending the strongest lineup to the death, and also No offensive tactics to speak of.

Liu Mang thinks that without him, if the Chinese team played against the US team, they would be weak because the gap in point guard is too big, otherwise it would not be so miserable. In 2008, the US team sent out such a lineup, and the Cavaliers were at the peak of 1.0 James, Paul, Howard, Deron, Wade, Anthony, Boozer... A bunch of the best players in the United States in their respective positions, as well as the little blacksmith who is at the peak and is regarded by the Americans as "the strongest player dispatched", The Chinese team only lost 30 points when the point guard suffered so much. If the guard line was less directly intercepted, the point difference may be even lower.

And now with such an American team, such a lineup, and the Chinese team having more of themselves, Liu Mang feels that there is no chance of winning!

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Liu Mang himself believed it first. If he wanted to deceive his teammates to show their fighting spirit, Liu Mang deceived himself first, and then went to deceive his teammates.

After Liu Mang's flicker... No, it was a speech to improve the team's fighting spirit before the training two days ago. The Chinese team members firmly believed that they had the advantage!

It's just such a fanciful self-confidence, and this arena seems to be a blessed place for the Chinese team, so the self-confidence is even stronger!

Don't say anything else, just do it!

After the players of the two teams entered the court, everyone on the Chinese team was very familiar with all the other players, because even Emeka Okafor, a rookie, was already very famous among Chinese basketball fans, while the American On the team side, Liu Mang and Yao Ming are the only ones who know about the Chinese team, and at most Wang Zhizhi is added.

James was just about to try two dunks, which was his habit before the game, and suddenly felt a familiar malice, without even looking back, he knew it was that guy!

James originally saw that the opponent in the quarter-finals was the Chinese team, and his mentality was extremely relaxed. The last time they played against the Chinese team, they won 63 points. When the US team was preparing for the game, most people did not pay attention to the Chinese team. Even if they have Liu Mang and Yao Ming, they don't care.

However, James felt the strong malice, and his whole body was not good! He had a feeling that guy was just trying to fuck him! The feeling I felt three times in the past rookie season came again!

James decided to take revenge in his heart: "Fuck! This is the Olympics! Why can't I avoid this guy!"