Healing Basketball

Chapter 1014 1014. The opponents are fans
In the afternoon, Nowitzki kept talking non-stop, just worried that Liu Xiu would ask this question.

Now he was also ready to turn on the chatterbox mode, but this guy discovered the problem the moment he met...

But seeing Anne Hathaway trying to prevent Liu Xiu from asking questions, Nowitzki knew that if he didn't say anything, she would tell Liu Xiu when they parted.

Nowitzki called the two, entered the arena to the unused training ground, and told his grief.

To put it simply, he was cheated by his ex-girlfriend.

His friends on the NFL Cowboys told him that his girlfriend had cheated on him, but he didn't believe it.

His teammates told him that his girlfriend hooked up with his teammates while he was away, but he didn't believe it.

His parents felt that his girlfriend was insincere and full of lies, so he assured them again and again that his girlfriend was fine.

Cuban told him directly to get rid of his girlfriend, and he strongly objected.

Then, his girlfriend told him that she was pregnant. He believed it and bought a house for her. Fortunately, the real estate agent was his fan. Before the completion of the gift, the property still belonged to his name.

During this year's playoffs, he discovered one thing.

What his friends, teammates, boss, and family say is true, his girlfriend is pregnant is false...

At the beginning, Nowitzki just wanted to simply put the matter aside, but as a result, he burst into tears, out of control, and vented all his sadness and grievances.

It's just that he didn't get the comfort he imagined...

King Yinjiao wiped away his tears and shouted: "Warden, were you kidding me just now!"

"No!"

"I don't believe it, I saw the corners of your mouth turn up!"

"I was born with a smiling face."

"Really?"

"Fake, you are so easy to deceive, hahahaha..."

"..."

Silver Horn King feels angina!
But, after telling the whole thing again, he was pissed off again, and he felt that most of the sadness, grievance, unwillingness, and shame that were pressing down in his heart... dissipated.

He looked at Liu Xiu, who finally couldn't help laughing wildly, and Anne Hathaway, who couldn't help laughing, and didn't know whether he should say thank you.

He guessed that this is the warden's intention to enlighten him?

Nowitzki was struggling, Liu Xiu looked at the time, pulled Anne-Hathaway away: "The game is about to start, let's go!"

The ignored King Silver Horn put away his gratitude, he was sure now, this guy was just laughing at him!
But now that I'm in a better mood, I'll forgive this nasty guy again.

...

When Liu Xiu came to the athlete viewing area, he was not the only one from the Chinese team, but all his teammates came together.

The game between the U.S. team and the Argentine team started on time at 8:[-] p.m. After the first quarter, Liu Xiu’s pressure increased sharply, and Nowitzki looked desperate.

In the first quarter, the U.S. team continued their ferocious start. They scored 30 points in the first quarter. The most important thing was that they were also very ferocious on the defensive end, preventing the Argentine team from scoring only 11 points!
This looked too cruel and amazing, and it gave Nowitzki the feeling that it was even crazier than the 42 points scored by the Chinese team in the first quarter against Spain in the group stage.

The Chinese team failed to defend the Spanish team that time, scoring 42 points and only leading by 9 points. The US team beat the defending champion Argentina by 19 points in the first quarter!
In the end, the US team defeated the Argentine team 101 to 81 and advanced to the quarterfinals with 5 wins and 0 losses.

After Liu Xiu sent Anne Hathaway home, she returned to the Olympic Village and discussed the performance of the US team with her teammates.

Liu Xiu analyzed: "The U.S. team started very aggressively. We need to withstand their impact in the opening stage. When the stalemate stage came, they didn't play well. When Paul, James, and Wade were the main attackers, did they perform well? We can only see how the three play. Paul is more difficult to deal with. James and Wade, when the opponent emphasizes protecting the frame, they will not be able to do it.

They played Argentina and led by 19 points in the first quarter, but James and Wade assisted in the second quarter. Regardless of their high shooting percentage, the US team only had 22 points in the second quarter, and the Argentine team scored 29 points. Only 20 points, Argentina 24 points.

However, the old K's use of James and Wade was only a surprise scorer. The US team played an advantage in the first quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the combination of Kidd, Kobe, Prince, Anthony, and Kwame Brown played, and they beat the Argentine team in a 29-17 single quarter..."

Listening to Liu Xiu's analysis, the pressure on the teammates is much less.

It doesn't look like Team USA is invulnerable.

However, Liu Xiu's side is still under a lot of pressure, but he enjoys the pressure from the game.

He said that Janeway is just an assault scorer, which is a bit ugly, but James' role in Mengba is the arrow of the starting lineup to attack the opponent's striker defense, and Wade is the sixth man on the bench to provide fire support. It doesn't work, but which team will put the burden of the crunch time on the Arrows and the Sixth Man?

These two people have completed the task assigned by old coach K to the extreme.

The U.S. team lacks internal offensive capabilities, but they have the most terrifying outside firepower and mid-range singles.

At the critical moment, Kidd's steady three-point catch and sorting out of the ball, coupled with Kobe and Anthony, as well as Kwame Brown who can help support and make mid-range shots, is simply invincible.

If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have paid so much attention to the cultivation of parallel import champions. God knows that this guy has been useless in the Wizards for three years, and there are still so many talents to dig.

But don't worry too much for the time being. We won't meet the US team in the quarter-finals, and we'll talk about it later.

The Puerto Rico team did not enter the Olympics this time, which made Liu Xiu somewhat regretful...

...

The Lithuanian team beat the Croatian team in the last game, and all the group matches were played.

The teams that advanced to Group A: the United States first, Argentina second, Lithuania third, and Croatia fourth.

Iran and Angola are out.

Teams advancing to Group B: China first, Spain second, Greece third, and Germany fourth.

Australia and Russia are out.

After the promotion list came out, the Russian team sparked heated discussions.

Watching the Russian team's game, I feel that the Russian team is not weak. It needs stars, tactics, and tacit understanding... But no one can beat it. When stars need to stand up and score, they need to fight continuously to attack or defend. When it does, they soften.

Early the next morning, the Chinese team began to prepare for the match against Croatia.

In the middle of the training, the staff sent the schedule for tomorrow's game.

Liu Xiu looked at the match schedule.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Argentine team played the Greek team.

Liu Xiu estimated that the Greek team would be very angry with this arrangement, which was purely to accommodate the Argentine fans.

But there is no way. Compared with Greece, the basketball market in Argentina is much better. Moreover, although people in Argentina don't have much savings, they are willing to spend money if they have money.

The Greeks are now reluctant to spend money even though they have no deposits...the country is almost bankrupt.

The game between the Chinese team and the Croatian team started at 03:30 in the afternoon.

At this time, Liu Xiu thinks it is better than the prime time at 8 pm.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the prime time, if it is a married male fan, it is difficult to grab the remote control from his wife. In the past few years, kimchi cancer and car accidents have been rampant...

It is arranged in the afternoon when school (off work) is about to leave, and I don’t know how many people will skip class (skipping class).

The U.S. plays Germany at 8 p.m. and Spain plays Lithuania at 10:15 p.m.

On August 8th, the first competition day of the finals arrived.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Liu Xiu didn't watch the game between Argentina and Greece. They were still making the final preparations before the game. Anyway, the last news they got was that the two teams were about to fight, really.

In the end, the Argentine team relied on Scola's 29 points in a single game to beat the Greek team 59 to 55 and entered the semi-finals in a thrilling manner.

Liu Xiu had some regrets. According to the rules, if the Greek team wins, then the US team's opponent in the semi-finals will be the Greek team, so that they can also taste the fighting power of the Spartans.

But in that case, according to the rules, his side would have to play the winner of the Spanish team and the Lithuanian team... Liu Xiu felt that it was not easy to play.

But it's not easy to play against the Argentine team in the semi-finals...

When there are only 4 teams left, it seems difficult to beat anyone.

Thinking about it this way, Liu Xiu relaxed instead, hitting anyone is not hitting.

As soon as 11:[-] noon, the Chinese team served dinner.

Liu Xiu wanted to say that there was no need to accommodate him in this way, but everyone was willing to give him enough time to take a nap for an hour, and he couldn't say no to it.

It's not a big deal anyway, he chose to enjoy this little bit of preferential treatment.

At 3:[-] in the afternoon, the match between the Chinese team and the Croatian team started.

The Chinese team strictly implemented the established strategy - go all out, play steadily, and beat the Croatian team with strength.

Although he was also a member of the former Yusers League, Croatia left the Yusers League very early and did not experience the greatness of the Yusher League in the basketball world a few years ago at the turn of the century. The strength is not very strong, and being able to enter the finals is purely a matter of course. Because in Group A.

Zoran Planinic, Mark Popovich, and Roko Ukic are the three strongest stars of the Croatian team. They caused some troubles for the Chinese team during the game, but the Chinese team executed steadily Offensive tactics, defense around Yao Ming and Liu Xiu...

靠着刘秀的18分10板6助攻4抢断、姚明的25分7板2助攻2盖帽、王治郅11分3板3助攻、朱芳雨16分……中国队以106比85轻取克罗地亚队晋级四强！
Advance steadily!Liu Xiu and his teammates celebrated. They were not very excited at first, but this is the atmosphere of the home court every day, and they also cheered up with the fans.

It's only the quarter-finals, and there are fans holding signs saying "We owe Pian"...Anyway, Liu Xiu still feels very excited watching it.

After the celebration, something unexpected happened to Liu Xiu—several players from the Croatian team surrounded him.

The players of the Chinese team are gearing up and trying to restrain themselves.

At the door of the house, you can't hit the guests, you can't hit...

Liu Xiu stepped forward, but before he could ask a question, something even more unexpected happened...

A group of people from the Croatian team took out posters, jerseys, and Polaroids to Liu Xiu, asking for autographs and taking photos!
(End of this chapter)