After all, the contest with the Mengba team is after all the first game of the men's basketball team at this Olympic Games, so everyone looks very nervous, even Yao had a serious look, you can not see the ease and smile of the past.
Coach Yunas called Zhang Guan aside and asked, "Zhang Guan, do you think we can play against the US team?"
Without even thinking about it, Zhang Guan shook his head directly, "To be honest, it is almost impossible to defeat the American team unless a miracle occurs."
"I think so too, so in the next game against the US team, I am not going to send you to play." Coach Yunas looked at Zhang Guan and found that Zhang Guan did not respond, so he continued, "You are our secret weapon, now other teams don't know you at all, and I don't want to expose you too early. We can't win against the US team at night, so I'm going to put you on the bench."
"No problem, we have a saying in China that steel should be used on the blade. I also think that I should appear on the court at the most critical moment, and unexpectedly give my opponent a fatal blow!" Zhang Guan said.
Coach Yunas nodded in satisfaction, he continued, "I know you have to participate in other events, time is very important to you. This evening's game will not start until 10:15, this is already very late, so if you want, you don't have to come to the game site and take a good rest at home. I have no opinion, I believe other players can understand you."
"I'm still going to the scene. After all, it's our first game at the Olympics. I have to come." Zhang Guan continued, "And tomorrow I don't have a game and I can rest for a whole day."
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The schedule of the Wukesong Basketball Stadium was very tight. The game started at 9 am. The first game was that the Russian team in Group A defeated Iran with a score of 71-49, followed by two games in Group B, where Germany defeated Angola 95-66 The Spanish team defeated the Greek team 81-66.
The fourth and fifth games are all Group A contests. Lithuania defeated Argentina 79-75 and Croatia defeated Australia 97-82. After the end of these five games, the time has come to 10:00 in the evening. The Wukesong Basketball Stadium has the last game left today. That is the host national team of the men's basketball team against the American Basketball Dream Team 8.
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"Audience friends, what comes next is a preliminary for the Olympic men's basketball team Group B, which is also the last preliminaries of the first round of the preliminaries. The Chinese men's basketball team will usher in the Olympic Games at Wukesong Stadium, their first opponent is the American Dream Eight. This will be the fifth time the two teams have played in the Olympic Games since 1984. In the first four matches with the United States in the Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to their opponents. The team's highest score is 72 points, the lowest score is 49 points, the largest loss point difference is 63 points, the smallest loss point difference is 47 points, in the 2002 World Championships, the Chinese team once lost as much as 12 points playing against the American team. Six years later, the Beijing Olympics has three major insiders. Compared with the American men's basketball team, the Chinese men's basketball team has a certain advantage in height. For the Chinese men's basketball team, this game is undoubtedly a tough battle. What kind of mentality to treat this game is very important."
"American men's basketball is a team composed of NBA All-Star teams, especially their backcourt players are first-class masters in today's world basketball. The biggest gap between the Chinese men's basketball team and the American men's basketball team lies in the backcourt. In terms of the player's ability, according to the new rules, the current Olympic Games canceled the so-called 5-8 qualifying and directly ranked the final seats according to their group stage rankings, group stage records, and the order of the total points of all games. This means that if the Chinese team wants to achieve good results, they must fight hard for each game. In the face of the powerful US team, the Chinese team will not give up easily. As the host of this Olympic Games, how will the basketball team perform in the first game? Let us wait and see."
"It is worth mentioning that there is a new face in this men's basketball team, that is Zhang Guan. This game is also Zhang Guan's first participation in a formal basketball game. In basketball, Zhang Guan's ability is for us is the unknown, it is also an unknown for our opponents. We hope that Zhang Guan will bring us an excellent performance in the next game and help the national team get a better ranking."
"Okay, the game officially started. The Chinese team's starters are Yao, Yi Jianlin, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and Liu Wei. The U.S. men's basketball team starters are Kidd, Kobe, James, Anthony, and Howard. Now the player jumping for the ball is Yi Jianlin and Howard!"
The United States first got the ball in the jump ball and attached it to the frontcourt. Anthony scored a mistake. In the counterattack of the Chinese team, Yao made a three-point shot from the bottom line.
Next, the United States team Anthony missed a three-pointer, remember to step on the line error, James missed a jumper; and the national team Liu Wei was remembered to be overwritten, Sun Yue and Liu Wei also made a mistake in cooperation, then Kidd steals again. It can be said that the two sides did not play well in these rounds, and there were more mistakes. Until Bryant passed the ball Howard, and he dunked to score, stopping this situation.
The national team fired frequently on the periphery, while the American team blossomed inside and outside. The two sides went from 11 draws to 16 draws. Both sides can enter the rotation lineup. The US team has replaced Bosh, Paul, Wade, and Williams, and the national team has been replaced by Chen Jianghua, roughly and Wang Shipeng. After the first quarter, the United States led 20-16 with 4 points.
In the second quarter, the national team made several mistakes, the American team seized the opportunity of the national team's mistakes and scored continuously. During the period, it played a small climax of 10 to 3. At the end of the first half, the American team led by 49-37. Wade scored a high of 12 points in the half, while Yi Jianlin was embarrassingly 0-for-6.
There is a gap between the two teams, and 12 points behind halftime are also within the range acceptable to fans, but the discerning people can all see that the American team has not played seriously at all, and reached within the United States. There is a consensus that the first game should give the host some face.
In the third quarter, the U.S. team's shooting rate decreased, but the fierce defense forced the Chinese team to make several mistakes. At the end of the third quarter, the score was increased to 74 to 48. It was also in this quarter that Yao was injured and left the game.
In the fourth quarter, the problem of the decline of the national team's physical strength appeared, which not only affected the hit rate but also failed to withdraw in time. The United States team played a 10-2 and the score difference was further widened. Coming, that is to say, the national team scored no points in the sports game. With 4 minutes and 39 seconds left until the end of the game, Dayao was replaced, which is also equivalent to the national team giving up this game.
In the end, the national team lost to the American men's basketball team 70-101.
In this competition, eleven players of the national team have played time, at least 5 minutes of playing time, only to win the championship, while Zhang Guan has been sitting on the bench.