When Lu Yu woke up the next day, he realized that the headline on the news was not that the Chinese team defeated Spain.
Was the headline stolen?
Well, the U.S. team was miserable, beaten by Puerto Rico by 19 points...
I originally thought this would be a game without any suspense, but the result was really without any suspense. The U.S. team was overwhelmed by Puerto Rico throughout the game. It is no exaggeration to say that the U.S. team had no power to fight back in this game.
The coaching staff of all teams also analyzed the reasons why the US team lost.
The main reason is - there is no shooter!
Looking at their scoring records, Iverson 15 points, Duncan 15 points, Odom 13 points, Wade 10 points, Jefferson 8 points, James 5 points, Marion 4 points, Marbury 2 points, Bu
Zell 1 point.
Carmelo Anthony, the only one who could shoot, even scored zero points. Of course, this was also related to his too little playing time.
Look at their players, is there any one who can shoot?
No!
Under the rules of international men's basketball, you can imagine how difficult it is for a team without shooting. Of course, this American team does not have no shooting at all, but most of the players are better at shooting inside.
They lost just because their touch was really bad today.
The team's strength is still there, and no one dares to underestimate the American team. However, this tragic defeat really made the American men's basketball team lose face and directly magnified the shortcomings of the American team countless times.
The Chinese media still focused on reporting the victory of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Xinhua News Agency: “Congratulations to the Chinese Men’s Basketball Team for their successful start!”
Sports Weekly: "Lu Yu leads the Chinese men's basketball team to its first victory!"
Sports Weekly: "Gasol and Yao Ming's showdown! Yao Ming defeated Gasol and the Spanish men's basketball team to win."
Everyone knows that Yao Ming and Lu Yu are the two crucial cores for the Chinese team to win. Of course, Wang Zhizhi, Battelle and Yi Jianlian also greatly increased the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Three NBA-level starting players ensure that the Chinese team will not show weakness even when facing a world strong team like Spain. The other two NBA-level players, Battelle and Yi Jianlian, can also help the team stabilize the situation during substitute time. Such a team
How can a Chinese team not make fans happy?
The Chinese team didn't pay attention to this the next day, because the American team was in Group B, and the success or failure would have to wait until the end of the group stage.
Italy, China, and Argentina won all three games in Group A yesterday, each scoring one point.
The next opponent of the Chinese team is New Zealand, which just lost to Italy yesterday. Although they lost to Italy, the Chinese men's basketball team did not dare to relax their vigilance. Even the stronger American team capsized in the gutter, so the Chinese team today
Everyone went to the training hall to do some simple training to stay in shape.
Yao Ming's bearded face looked a little haggard. To be honest, he played very depressed in the last game, especially against Gasol. He often encountered situations where his opponents were flanking him. Although he performed well, his offensive
There is always a feeling of being tied up.
Fortunately, I won in the end...
Yi Jianlian was also very depressed. He only scored two points in the last game, which was a dunk. He envied Zhu Fangyu for being able to score more points on the court, but he knew that when the opponent guarded the basket, it was Zhu Fangyu who was the one.
The location is more likely to provide opportunities.
Lu Yu comforted him: "Actually, you played well. You got two blocks when you came on the court."
"But I only scored two points." Yi Jianlian said with a wry smile.
"Performance is not about scoring points." Lu Yu said seriously: "There are five people on the court, and there is only one basketball. After an offensive round, only one person makes the final shot. We cannot judge heroes by scoring, defensive contributions, and offensive
The coverage at both ends is what you did very well. You have now achieved what the team requires of you, and you must also be able to stand up at any time when the rest of the team cannot score."
Yi Jianlian felt much better after hearing this. He glanced at Lu Yu gratefully and said, "Thank you, Brother Lu, I understand."
Lu Yu doesn't know if Yi Jianlian really understands. He knows that Yi Jianlian's character determines that he will definitely care about some things. Just like now that he has entered the NBA, fans pay attention to his scores every day.
I am particularly concerned about my score.
If you get more points, the media will brag about it, if you get less points, even the words of encouragement have a sour taste.
In fact, whether Yi Jianlian is in the national team or in the NBA, before he becomes a star, the most important job he has to do is not score.
Especially in the NBA, functional players are more important than star players!
In the NBA, among the more than 300 players in the league, many media say that these are the 300 or so players who are the best in the world. In fact, this statement is nonsense.
The league is filled with all kinds of role players. Some of these players have a single function and may not even be able to play in other leagues.
But in the NBA, teams need players like this.
And some players may have been superstars when they were in the NCAA, but they were completely lost once they arrived on the NBA court.
There are many such players, the most famous one is the lonely master in Lu Yu’s memory...
So Lu Yu hopes that Yi Jianlian will not care too much about scoring.
In the Chinese men's basketball team, there are many scoring points, including Lu Yu, Yao Ming, and Wang Zhizhi. Now is a good opportunity for Yi Jianlian to adapt to his role as a role player.
On August 17, the men’s basketball group stage of the Athens Olympic Games will continue.
The match between the Chinese team and the New Zealand team started at the Heliniku Indoor Arena. This is the earliest match to start in the men's basketball group match today.
The starting lineup of the Chinese team is still Liu Wei, Lu Yu, Li Nan, Wang Zhizhi, and Yao Ming.
After the start of the first quarter, Li Nan took the lead in hitting a long-distance two-pointer. Then Yao Ming first caused a foul on his opponent and made two free throws. Then he received a pass from Lu Yu under the basket and scored a one-handed dunk.
After the dunk, Yao Ming clenched his fists vigorously, hoping to fully express his unhappiness against Gasol in the last game.
This dunk turned the game into a crushing game.
New Zealand originally thought that they could draw 71:69 with Italy, only two points behind. Although the Chinese team defeated Spain, New Zealand would not admit it if they wanted to win New Zealand for sure. They believed that they were not as strong as the Chinese team.
It's between brothers.
But the biggest difference between the Chinese team and the Italian team is that the Italian team does not have Yao Ming!
In this game, Yao Ming completely showed his opponents what a "little giant" is. The opponent's tallest center was also much shorter than him. He played 34 minutes and scored a game-high 39 points and 13 rebounds on 15 of 20 shots.
This score is the highest individual score in a single game so far in this Olympic Games.
As for Lu Yu, he did his best and scored 15 points and 9 assists, almost recording a double-double.
Other players Wang Zhizhi scored 8 points, Du Feng 7 points, Guo Shiqiang 5 points, Liu Wei 4 points, Zhu Fangyu 2 points, Yi Jianlian 2 points, and Li Nan 2 points.
84:62
The Chinese team defeated New Zealand by 22 points, surpassing the 21-point difference between the Greek team and Australia yesterday, becoming the largest point difference so far in this year's Olympic Games.
And that’s without Greece’s home field advantage…
The media sympathetically labeled the two teams in Oceania, New Zealand and Australia, as "suffering brothers."
After the game, Harris also praised Yao Ming's performance in an interview with reporters and said: "Yao Ming performed very well today and was a major contributor to our victory today... What? You asked me why I didn't send him in the next time.
Lu Lu? Didn’t you see Lu Yu’s negative attitude on the court?...I decided to let him play as a substitute in the next game!"
Lu Yu was also helpless. The opponent was too weak. What happened to me taking a walk?
Harris' words were naturally a joke. There was no way he would let Lu Yu really play as a substitute.
There were two games left in Group A. In the evening, the results came out. Serbia and Montenegro beat Italy 74:72, and Spain beat Argentina 87:76.
In this way, the current results of Group A are that China has 2 points, Spain, Argentina, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro each have 1 point, and New Zealand has 0 points.
The Chinese team currently ranks first in Group A.
The opponents in the next three games are Argentina, Italy and Serbia and Montenegro. At present, as long as the Chinese team wins one more game, it can qualify early.
However, none of the next three opponents are underdogs, which means that although the Chinese team is temporarily ranked first in the group, there is no guarantee that it will definitely qualify.
On August 19, the men’s basketball game started again.
In fact, the Olympic schedule is very unfriendly. There is a game every other day. For any team, it is not only a technical and tactical requirement, but also a physical test. The physical strength of the Chinese men's basketball team has always been weak, compared with the strong European and American teams.
Get up, obviously not gaining the upper hand.
Of course, it's just a little better than the World Championships.
At last year's World Championships, there were competitions every day, which was a rip-off.
The first game is between Serbia and Montenegro and New Zealand.
No one expected that Serbia and Montenegro would lose to New Zealand at the last minute...
87:90
The current record of Serbia and Montenegro is 1 win and 2 losses. Even if they win the next two games, they will only accumulate three points, not to mention that the opponents in the next two games are Spain and China respectively.
The Chinese team is okay, but the possibility of Serbia and Montenegro grabbing a point from Spain is very slim.
Following the match between Italy and Spain, Spain easily defeated Italy 71:63 and became the second team with 2 points.
Italy's record is the same as that of Serbia and Montenegro, with 1 win and 2 losses. The opponents in the next two games are China and Argentina respectively.
Both teams, Serbia and Montenegro and Italy, regard the match against the Chinese team as a must-win point.
The third game is between the Chinese team and the Argentine team.
During preparations before the game, Lu Yu met Carmelo Anthony in the player tunnel, who had just finished the game.
Carmelo Anthony looked frustrated and walked over quickly when he saw Lu Yu approaching: "Lu, are you going to play soon?"
"Yes, we are about to enter the court to warm up." Lu Yu was startled: "What's wrong? It seems from your expression that you didn't play well and lost again?"
Carmelo Anthony shook his head: "No, we won. The opponent was Australia, and we beat the opponent by 20 points."
"That's good. I remember that you defeated the host Greece in the last game. It seems that you are still very strong. The loss to Puerto Rico in the first game was just an accident." Lu Yu said with a smile.
"What the heck, I won the game, but I didn't even have a chance to play!" Anthony whispered: "I don't know if I offended the coach. LeBron and Dwyane both have playing time, but only
I can only play during garbage time, and today I didn’t even play during garbage time. I have scored zero points in three consecutive games!”
"What's the reason?" Lu Yu frowned slightly, remembering that the head coach of the US team seemed to be Larry Brown?
Well, another stubborn old man.
He was famous for not using new people, so Lu Yu could only sympathize with Anthony.
Anthony just happened to meet Lu Yu and came over to complain, but he couldn't say more. After all, this is an international arena and he is here to represent the American team.
At this time, other members of the Chinese team came out of the locker room. Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian recognized Carmelo Anthony at a glance. Zhu Fangyu immediately came over: "Xiao Lu, this is not that...that..."
"Anthony." Lu Yu reminded.
"Yes, yes, Anthony, Carmelo Anthony." Zhu Fangyu stretched out his hand: "Nest...Tumi again!"
Anthony was startled. He was not familiar with Zhu Fangyu. If it weren't for Lu Yu's sake, he would not have shaken this hand. After shaking hands, he ignored Zhu Fangyu and said goodbye to Lu Yu.
But I did say hello to Yi Jianlian when I left.
The two are rookies in the same class and have also played against each other in the NBA regular season.
Zhu Fangyu looked at Anthony's back and frowned: "Why is this man like this? What the hell is this?"
Lu Yu smiled: "Maybe he didn't understand the English you spoke..."
"My English is not good?" Zhu Fangyu was unhappy when he heard it: "Ask Ah Lian if my English is more authentic than his."
"..." Yi Jianlian.
…
Argentina locker room.
The head coach is arranging tactics. Compared with other teams, Argentina's playing style has both American style and European influence. This is due to the fact that many of their players are either in the NBA or in the European leagues.
"Did you all listen to what I said? Our task is very simple. Don't let the Chinese team's No. 10 take away the rhythm. We have to play our offensive rhythm, guard their center Yao Ming, and then cut off Yao Ming and Lu Yu.
The connection between them is half the battle!" the head coach said loudly.
The Argentine players nodded.
Scola sat next to Ginobili: "Hey, Manu, will you guard the Chinese team's No. 10 when the time comes?"
"Didn't the coach arrange it? He said to let me defend." Ginobili said calmly.
Scola curled his lips: "I don't know about you yet. By the time the rounds change, you will definitely be guarding other defenders of the Chinese team again..."
"Shut up." Ginobili rolled his eyes at him.
"Is he... really so difficult to guard against?" Scola asked tentatively.
Ginobili was stunned, looked at the position of No. 10 Lu Yu marked in red on the tactical board, sighed and said: "I think all players in the entire NBA league are very aware of this issue."
"Don't look at me suspiciously, you heard me right, it's all the players."
