Chapter 837 American Dream Team Twelve

"When we believe we can beat our opponent, we can."

After the game, Tang Tian talked with the Chinese team members.

Revenge against Brazil was the first step, but that's what they should have done.

But now winning against Serbia shows one thing: with Tang Tian, ​​the Chinese men's basketball team really has the strength to challenge the world's top teams!

In fact, after defeating the Serbian team, the morale of domestic fans has been unprecedentedly high.

Just like dreams come true, they feel for the first time that the Chinese men's basketball team has hope to create better results than the quarterfinals in the Olympics!

However, some fans poured cold water on it.

The players of the Brazilian team are aging seriously and have long lost their peak courage. They are able to enter the Olympics this year because they are the host nation.

The Chinese team's victory over the Brazilian team did not have much convincing power.

As for playing Serbia, in a game that determines the outcome, occasional upsets do exist, and the NCAA's March Madness is a typical example.

Moreover, Serbia's loss to Australia in its last game was somewhat unworthy of its reputation.

Two days later, the Chinese men's basketball team faced its third opponent in the group stage, the Australian team.

Ben Simmons did not choose to play for his country. The leader of this Australian team is Bogut. NBA players such as Dellavedova, Aron Baynes, Ingles, and Mills are also on the roster.

Although not as famous as other first-tier national teams, their overall strength is actually underestimated.

Consecutive defeats against Serbia and France in the group stage have demonstrated their hard power.

Moreover, this team particularly advocates confrontation and small moves, which gives opponents a headache.

After the match between the Chinese team and the Australian team started, the Chinese team soon encountered such a problem.

Under the strong playing style of the Australian players, the weak confrontation characteristics of the Chinese players were completely exposed.

Except for Tang Tian and Yi Jianlian, everyone else couldn't score at all.

In the end, although Tang Tian scored 40 points from a double team and Yi Jianlian also scored 15 points and 10 rebounds, the Chinese team still lost 66-73.

In the more than a year since Yao Ming took office, Chinese basketball has made significant progress, but physical fitness and confrontation are things that require long-term accumulation to be effective.

When China lost to Australia, those who had poured cold water on it suddenly became climax.

"Look, I just said that winning in the past relied on luck. Basketball is a sport for five people. Tang Tian alone can't do it!"

"Winning doesn't mean much at the beginning. The Chinese team's next opponent is the American team. After two consecutive losses, it will be difficult to qualify from the group!"

"The United States and France are the two opponents behind the Chinese team. They have lost both of them and have a record of 2 wins and 3 losses. They can be ranked fourth at most. If they are ranked first in another group, they will still end up in the quarterfinals like four years ago!"

"If you are assigned to such a death group and lose to Australia, you are basically out of luck!"

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Although the loss to Australia is not as exaggerated as what these fans said on the hotline, the morale hit is inevitable and frustration is inevitable.

After Tang Tian communicated with Li Nan, the Chinese team took a shower in the locker room, and then returned to the court to watch the next game between the United States and France.

This game was much more intense than expected.

This American team is the Dream Team 12, led by Durant and Anthony.

Kobe has retired, and James, Paul, and Howard, the stars who helped the Dream Team return to its peak in 2008, are not here either.

The offense of this dream team is relatively outside, and the defense is worse than the previous dream teams.

Cousins, the starting big man, is not known for his defense, and only Jordan is the only backup big man who is defensive.

The two teams started a fierce offensive battle. Under the leadership of Parker, the French team has been in a stalemate with the American team, and the point difference has been within 5 points.

At the last moment, Durant stepped up for the US team, killing the game with a difficult mid-range shot and a pull-up three-pointer.

He scored a game-high 30 points to help the United States beat France 100-97 and win their third consecutive Olympic victory.

The loss to the Australian team frustrated the Chinese team, but after watching the American team's game, their confidence in the next game was greatly improved.

The French team lost to the Australian team before, and now they only lost 3 points against the American team.

Although the basketball game is not about A beating B, and B beating C, then A will definitely beat C, but the current situation is still very meaningful.

The Chinese team has 2 wins and 1 loss after three games. Brazil and Serbia are both stronger in offense than defense, while Australia is stronger in defense than offense.

For this American team, which is also stronger in offense than defense, the Chinese team has a certain chance.

So looking at this game, it is the process of the Chinese team members going from having no confidence to seeing hope.

The game against the American team was two days later. Although there were many doubts about the Chinese team due to the loss to Australia, the fighting spirit of the Chinese team members remained the same.

Tang Tian also poured a wave of chicken soup at the right time.

"History is always made by people. We defeated Brazil, the first time in history. We defeated Serbia, the first time in history. It is no exaggeration to say that this may be the weakest American Olympic team in this decade. , so we have every opportunity to create this first, believe in ourselves, and make the ball."

Tang Tian’s chicken soup is still very effective.

When people think there is a chance to do something, this kind of chicken soup is like someone pushing from behind, and things start to happen.

After two days of training, the team members regained their morale and were confident.

At 7 o'clock that night local time, the match between the Chinese team and the American team kicked off in Hall 1 of the Carioca Stadium.

The place was packed.

For local fans, in addition to the host Brazil team, the game between the US team and the Chinese team is the most watched.

Now that these two teams meet, the attention they receive is no less than that of the host country.

The game will start soon, and the two teams entered the stadium early to warm up.

Tang Tian took two shots and sat on the sidelines to rest, then looked at the American team's half court.

Durant, Anthony, Paul George, Cousins, Irving, Draymond Green, Lowry, Jimmy Butler, DeAndre Jordan, DeRozan, Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes.

This Dream Team 12 includes Tang Tian’s brothers Irving, Butler and Thompson, as well as those he can’t deal with, Durant and Green.

But these people all have one thing in common. He is familiar with them, from their technical and tactical characteristics to their personalities.

In other words, this also gives the Chinese team one more chance to win.

The game is about to start, and the starters from both sides are starting to appear one after another.

On the U.S. team, Irving and Butler are on the outside, Durant and Anthony are on the forward line, and DeAndre Jordan is on the center line.

Coach K is a famous NCAA coach. Just like Duke, he is very good at coaching teams with many stars.

In view of the characteristics of the Chinese team, he also made adjustments to the starting lineup.

The Chinese team also has a lineup adjustment, which is a lineup with one big and four small.

Zhao Jiwei and Tang Tian are on the outside, Zhou Peng and Zhai Xiaochuan are on the forward line, and Yi Jianlian is on the center line.

The starters from both sides are coming on stage one after another, and the match between the Chinese team and the American team is about to begin.

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