Chapter 27 Opening of the Olympic Games
Chapter 27 The Olympic Games Opening
On August 8, 2008, the highly anticipated Beijing Olympics finally opened its curtain. Under such circumstances, the General Administration of Sports of China issued a "kill order" for this Olympic Games - to win the Olympic gold medal and medal list first. Under tremendous pressure, the athletes did not have a trace of cowardice, but instead burst out with great energy. On the first day of the Olympics, the Chinese shooting team won a full victory in four events, and the diving team did not disappoint everyone, winning gold in the women's double three-meter board and men's double three-meter board, winning all the gold medals on the first day.
With the success of other events, the Chinese men's basketball team also welcomed its first opponent in the Olympic group stage - Australia.
The Australian team is a strong team. Since the 1968 Mexican Olympics, the Australian men's basketball team has participated in every Olympics, the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the 1998 Atlanta Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and has entered the semi-finals of the men's basketball team. The Australian team has a tough style and is the most prepared for world-class competitive level.
At the same time, many players in the Australian men's basketball national team played in the NBA and top European leagues, especially after Yao Ming, Bogut, the second foreign No. 1 pick in the US NBA, made the Australian men's basketball team stronger than any previous session. Before the game, Bogut even ignored his short year of friendship with Yi Jianlian and said that he would win at least 20 in this game and let Yao Ming know who is the first foreign No. 1 pick.
Faced with Bogut's crazy words, Chinese media wrote a big book, which caused a huge uproar among Chinese basketball fans. They all angrily scolded Bogut for being ignorant of the world, and threatened to let the Australian men's basketball team know the power of Chinese fans in the first game of the Chinese men's basketball team. Under such circumstances, Yunas also said to the media with unprecedented strength, "I don't know what qualifications Bogut has to claim that he is the first foreign top scorer. In the past few years, Yao Ming has become the world's number one center.
, and Bogut has not even entered the All-Star Game. Although it is good to have confidence, if you don’t know yourself, you have to say something else. But..." At this point, Yunas changed his words and said ruthlessly: "Since Bogut said he wanted to beat our China 20, then in the opening game tomorrow, our Chinese boys will use their strength to educate Bogut. What does it mean to be shameless? The goal of our Chinese team tomorrow is to win at least forty."
As soon as Yunas's words were made, the public opinion around the world was a big uproar, and Chinese fans were naturally applauding. Although they also felt that it was unlikely to win Australia for 40 minutes, as long as the young men of the Chinese men's basketball team were confident, it would still be very promising. However, after hearing Yunas's words, the Australian media ruthlessly criticized him for a large number of special comments, and compared the results of previous Olympic Games and the history of confrontation between China and Australia. Taking history as a guide, the Chinese team was completely
It is not Australia's opponent, so Australian media mocked Yunas for not being self-esteem, and said that the Australian boys would let Yunas and the Chinese men's basketball team know what the style of a world-class team is. The world media seemed more rational about the battle between Chinese and Australian media, and said that although the strength of the Chinese team is slightly inferior to that of Australia, the Chinese men's basketball team, which is at home, is definitely invincible. The victory or defeat of this game is only between 55 and 5, and the win or loss is normal.
Under the ignition of public opinion, the Chinese men's basketball team and the Australian men's basketball team entered the Wukesong Basketball Hall on time at 7:00 on August 8. When the Chinese men's basketball team entered the venue, 23,000 Chinese basketball fans at the scene shouted loudly, trying to overturn the roof of the ball tube. The Australian men's basketball team, especially when Bogut entered the venue, all Chinese fans gave them boo. Some fans with hot temper even smashed the mineral water bottle in their hands at Bogut. However, because the distance was too far, Bogut was well so far, and he picked up a bottle of mineral water thrown into the venue and drank it...
Because the importance of this game is self-evident, the head coaches of both sides attach great importance to it. After adapting to the venue and warming up, the players of both sides came to their respective player areas. Yunas patted Yao Ming on the shoulder and said, "Yao, who is the first foreign top pick, today you can let Bogut know clearly!" Yao Ming looked at Bogut, who was chatting and laughing at the coach, with a raging fire in his eyes. He nodded heavily to Yunas and said, "I will let him know that it is amazing."
Yunas nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Hua Long: "Long, don't say anything, you should know who we should focus on after the opening, right?" Hua Long took off his coat leisurely and said: "Except for Yao Ming, everyone else will run more, and I will give assists from time to time." Hua Long's words were obvious, with Yao Ming as the main offensive point. If Yao Ming is double-teamed in Australia, the scoring opportunity for others will come.
Yunas smiled satisfied and said, "Long, as long as you are here, I am very confident even if I defeat the American Dream Team. Okay, boys, don't forget what I said before the game. Our goal today is to win at least 40 points. I hope you don't let me break my trust in front of the media."
"Coach, don't worry! We promise that the Australian Kangaroos know that they can't jump even if they want to." The Chinese players are all full of morale and are ready to teach the Australian Kangaroos an unforgettable lesson.
Their confidence did not appear out of thin air, but they knew that a person in the formation had joined, which made the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team no longer the same as before. They all looked at the thriller who was 1.95 meters tall and weighed 125 kilograms. Looking at his explosive muscles, they were filled with the power of fighting.
"Okay, guys, come on the court! You will be the generation that has made history for Chinese basketball."
On August 8, 2008, at 8 o'clock in the evening, as the referee threw the ball high, Yi Jianlian roared, jumped up, and transferred the ball to Hualong in the backcourt.
"Good ball, Yi Jianlian jumped the ball at the beginning, surpassing Bogut, and firmly controlled the ball rights in the hands of the Chinese team. It seems that the young men of the Chinese team are very motivated! Director Zhang, I wonder what you think of the performance of the Chinese team today?" CCTV's Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping are still the best candidates for basketball event commentators. After the Chinese team jumped the ball at the beginning, they began to have no passion and slow commentators.
"From the lineups of both sides today, the Chinese team still attaches great importance to this game. Yunas also sent almost all the main players of the Chinese team. However, among the starters, there is a player who is not well-known, the Chinese team's No. 1 point guard. I just looked at the information. This player is Hualong. He is a player born in 1986. He is still quite young this year. He is 195 cm tall and weighs 1... Oh my God! I'm not mistaken! Hualong's weight is actually 125 kilograms. It's really hard to imagine that our Chinese team will have such strong players, but seeing the Hualong player being exposed outside
The body muscles, this information seems to be true." Zhang Weiping came up without commenting, but turned on the information first. Chinese fans were not fools at all. Their information was simply a waste of time. The audience in front of the hot TV was screaming and scolding, but at the same time, they were also quite surprised by Hualong's weight. They were a little lingering when they saw a player they had never heard of before as the number one point guard of the Chinese team. However, this was only compared to male fans. After seeing Hualong's appearance, those female fans were immediately captured by Hualong and screamed wildly in front of the TV: "Wow!! So handsome!!"...
No matter what happens outside the court, after receiving the ball, Hualong slowly controlled the ball in his hand and made gestures to let other Chinese players go to the frontcourt. It seems that the Chinese team's tactics are very obvious, which is to rely on the advantages of the Chinese team's inside to fight positional battles and control the rhythm in the hands of the Chinese team.
Basketball teams all over the world know that the Chinese team's guards are incompetent, so if you want to defeat the Chinese team, you have to work hard on the Chinese team's guards. Because it was just the beginning, Australian players did not press on each other as soon as they came up. What they thought to themselves was: "Anyway, I just wanted to kill your Chinese team, just try to exert force in the second half. I'll give you some face in the first half!"
Underestimating the enemy is always a taboo in military strategists. There have been countless war examples in history that have proved the tragic ending of underestimating the enemy, but Australia still underestimates the enemy, and because of their underestimation, they have paid a heavy price.
Hualong slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and his cold expression shocked countless PLMMs. All the female fans at the scene began to scream wildly for Hualong, even the female fans in Australia were no exception. Although this caused strong dissatisfaction among all male fans, except for the male fans in Australia, the male fans in China still spared Hualong's life because they were both Chinese.
At this time, Yao Ming had already gotten in position, and Hualong was also relaxed and handed the ball to Yao Ming. The defender of Yao Ming was naturally Bogut, who made a big fuss before the game. Before the game, the man threatened to tell Yao Ming who was the first foreign top pick in the NBA. When he was just posted on Yao Ming, he was taken back and scored two points by Yao Ming.
The cheers from the fans at the scene were heard, the Chinese team led 2:0, Yao Ming scored 2 points, and Hualong also easily won an assist.
However, Australian players were not scared by these two points. As professional players, they had encountered situations where they were more than ten or twenty points behind. They caught up with just two points with just one goal, and there was nothing to be nervous about. The Australian point guard also held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt very easily.
But just as the Australian point guard dribbled the ball and ran to the frontcourt, the fans at the scene heard the shocking cheers. The commentator Sun Zhengping also shouted loudly: "Good ball, the Chinese team's Hualong is quick-witted, and one copying the ball and broke the ball. Go down quickly. Hualong rushed to the basket and hit the board and scored two points for the Chinese team. Currently, the Chinese team leads the Australian team 4:0. Director Zhang, it seems that the Chinese team's Hualong player recruited by coach Yunas is still very strong."
"Indeed, from the ball copy just now, we can see that although Hualong is very heavy, his reaction is very fast. Moreover, the fast attack just now shows that Hualong himself is also very fast. However, it is just now that Hualong has just started, and he still has to make a final judgment as the game progresses." Zhang Weiping was also very satisfied with the performance of the Chinese team at the beginning and highly appreciated Hualong's performance. However, because the Chinese team won first and then lost too much, Zhang Weiping dared not be too optimistic.
"Beautiful, Hualong, it's Hualong again. He intercepted the ball again. The opponent's point guard just passed the midfield and was quickly copied by Hualong and pushed the ball into the frontcourt. Hualong rushed up and Hualong stepped into the three-point line. No, the opponent's guard had already caught up. Hualong made a layup and the layup route was blocked by the opponent's defender, and he was about to take off..." Just when Zhang Weiping was not optimistic, Hualong suddenly intercepted the ball. Sun Zhengping roared loudly again, but then he saw the opponent's guard slowly catching up with Hualong and blocking the shooting angle, Sun Zhengping's heart was almost in his throat.
Will Hualong be caught up by others?
"This is such a big joke." After the game, Yao Ming, who was in a good mood, laughed, "I think even Parker or Iverson, the fastest NBA speed, can't catch up with Hualong. If you really catch up with Hualong, then I can only regret to say that you were fooled by Hualong."
Yao Ming's words proved that Australian players were fooled by Hualong. When the layup route was completely blocked, Hualong should have relied on the opponent's players to force him. When his body was already falling, the opponent's players saw that Hualong had not shot yet, so they could only hit Hualong's hands with both hands. However, when he hit Hualong's hands, he felt that it was similar to the one he hit on the steel, and his hands were numb. However, before he could finish this feeling, Hualong threw the right hand at the basket with the ball. Amid the crazy shouts of the audience, the ball fell into the basket obediently.
After Hualong landed, his eyes were coldly staring at the Australian defender sitting on the ground. The amazing momentum pushed the Australian defender to breathe. Fortunately, Hualong still had to make the free throw, so after glaring at him, he walked away, which made the defender breathe a sigh of relief, but an unparalleled feeling surged in his heart. He seemed to have seen a sentence in Hualong's eyes: "No one can stop me."
"Beautiful, this ball is really beautiful." Hualong first intercepted the ball and then advanced quickly to the frontcourt, but the Australian defender was very fast, and the second striker came first, blocking Hualong's shooting route. However, Hualong made a layup with his strong body, which not only caused the opponent's foul, but also scored a 2+1. If Hualong made the ball into the ball, the Chinese team would lead 7:0 at the beginning. So far, Hualong has made great contributions, not only assisted Yao Ming to win the opening two points, but then intercepted the ball twice in a row, allowing the Chinese team to increase points continuously. Hualong is really outstanding. Director Zhang, I wonder what you think?" After Hualong threw his second ball into his personal goal, Sun Zhengping also had a rare passion.
"Although I didn't know about Hualong in the slightest before, judging from the current performance at the beginning, Hualong is completely a world-class defender. This can be seen from the fact that the Australian coach called a timeout in less than a minute of the opening. Hualong's emergence has had a great impact on Australia's tactical deployment. Now the Australian coach has to call a timeout to alleviate Australia's current passive situation. It seems that there is a lot of hope for the Chinese team to win today. Let's wait and see what surprises Hualong will bring to us next!" Zhang Weiping's confidence increased greatly when he saw Hualong's passionate performance. He praised Hualong severely, and said that there was great hope for the Chinese team to win, and hinted that Hualong will have more exciting performances in the future.
Yayoi Xiaoya and Marimi Yamaguchi were also cheering excitedly. Hua Feng, who was sitting next to them, did not see why they were cheering, and she thought they were really happy for the Chinese team's lead! But she didn't know that the reason why they really cheered was because the Hua Long in the TV was their Brother Hua! Hua Feng just thought that Hua Long who played basketball and Hua Long he knew were just a duplicate name, because the figure and appearance of the two were too different. In Hua Feng's understanding, a person's appearance could be changed, but his figure could not be changed. Even if he learned to shrink the bone, he would only make his body smaller and he could not simply become thinner or fat. Hua Long heard the commentary, and although Hua Feng was still a little doubtful, he still did not associate the two people together in the end.
What made Hualong a little thankful was that Tian Tian, who had seen Hualong's original appearance, did not watch this game, but worked hard in her room. Tian Tian made great progress because of her hard work in her practice. Yayoi Xiaoya and Mari Mi who were with her every day were also affected and practiced more diligently every day. Now Huafeng is no longer a match for Mari Mi, and Yayoi Xiaoya's mental power continues to grow, and everything is developing in a good direction.
Chapter completed!