From today on is the king

Chapter 1599 1598. The most dazzling basketball prosperity
The Olympic Games have been started for more than ten days, many events have ended, and many gold medals have been produced.

When they came to their home court, China sent a large number of athletes to compete for every gold medal they could. At present, 29 gold medals are ranked first in the gold medal list, and 71 medals are also ranked first in the medal list.

In many events, Chinese athletes have created the best results in the country's history.

Among them, the Chinese men's football team scored the first goal of the national team in the Olympic Games, breaking the historical record. By the way, they also showed off Chinese Kung Fu, playing like Belgian players...

The men's volleyball team also created a new Olympic record in the history of the national team. Although they lost in the quarter-finals and were eliminated, they won both games in the qualifying rounds and got No.5!
In terms of basketball, the Chinese men's basketball team beat Germany 98 to 71 to advance to the finals, which also refreshed the best result of the Chinese men's basketball team in the group stage of the Athens Olympics.

All three goals played well!

After the Chinese men's basketball team advanced to the finals, the other quarter-final teams were also announced one after another.

中国队所在的B组方面，5胜0负的中国队、3胜2负的克罗地亚、2胜3负的伊朗、2胜3负的俄罗斯晋级决赛圈。

A组方面，4胜1负的美国队排在小组赛第一，3胜2负的西班牙、3胜2负的希腊、2胜3负的阿根廷晋级决赛圈。

On August 8th, we will play the two games of the second and third teams of the two groups, Spain VS Serang, Croatia VS Greece.

On the 21st, we will play two games of the first and fourth places of the two groups, China VS Argentina, and the United States VS Russia.

The game on the 20th... was nothing to watch. The gap in Spain's strength against Iran was too obvious, and it was difficult for Croatia to compete with Greece.

But the topic of the game on the 21st was much more topical. China and Argentina continued the battle in the last World Championships. Coincidentally, the active core combinations of the men's basketball teams of the two countries have the title of "Golden Generation".

The United States and Russia are full of topics in terms of all aspects except strength. Just seeing these two names together, even non-basketball fans want to see the outcome of the two teams.

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"You can't underestimate them, they beat the US team before..."

"Ace, you have to take responsibility when the opponent's nerve knife explodes, you are our best player..."

"Of course, you don't have to have so much pressure. The opponent has Ginobili, and we have Ace..."

After the training and tactical meeting on the 20th, the head coach of the Chinese team, Harris, was giving the players a sense of oppression. Zhang instructed that the team leader of the basketball team personally acted as the interpreter for the head coach Harris.

It was too easy to win the group stage, the right time, place and people were all in place.

But it's different when it comes to the knockout rounds. The group stage can be played with a very relaxed mind. The main reason is that it doesn't matter if you lose one game or even two games.

And once you lose in the knockout round, you really lose.

Winning medals in the Olympics is the lowest goal of the Chinese men's basketball team in this year's Olympics!That is to say, at least the first round of the knockout round cannot be lost!

The Argentine team defeated the US team in an upset. In the last World Championships, the Chinese team personally eliminated Argentina. Now this game, the Argentine team is definitely preparing for revenge, and it is full of self-confidence. Even if the Chinese team has a certain advantage in strength, it cannot underestimate the opponent.

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"Hey, you're here too. How are you doing in the group stage? Did you win all?" Liu Mang sat in the front row and asked another number 24 who happened to be sitting next to him.

"Tracey, let's change seats, no, Kwame, you also change seats with me, I want to sit farther away." Kobe was so angry that he ignored Liu Mang, and asked McGrady and Kwame Brown next to him to change seats.

McGrady got up and changed positions with Kobe, and looked at Liu Mang speechlessly, it was so embarrassing!

However, although they lost a game in the group stage, McGrady is still very happy now.

The Raptors are really working hard to build a team around him this time. Richard Jefferson sent him away to make room for him, and found him two very good shooting point guards. McGrady collects a large number of pitchers, and at the same time, also collects a large number of pitchers for Kwame Brown.

Kwame Brown felt like the sky was falling when he was first traded, but after McGrady's comfort and many interviews with the Raptors management, Kwame Brown gradually regained his fighting spirit.

As McGrady said, Kwame Brown feels that being sent to the Raptors is the best choice besides staying in the Eagles. He was not sent to the West to fight against the group of super insiders every day, and the Raptors are building inside around his characteristics.

The Raptors seem to want to copy the Magic's one-star four-shot tactics and the Eagles' one-four-small or even five-small lineups to their own side, and want to take a path similar to the Suns last season.

Udry, Blake, Joe Johnson, Kapono, Battier, Bargnani, Chris Humphries, Brad Miller...

Tracy McGrady and Kwame Brown see such a group of teammates... feel full of hope!

The depth of the lineup at each position is sharp!
"Ace." McGrady yelled to Liu Mang next to him after sitting down.

"En." Liu Mang responded.

"Our duel is about to begin."

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to..."

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Spain and Greece defeated their opponents without any suspense.

Especially in terms of effort, the two teams worked very hard and did not regard each other as a so-called weak team at all. Both teams went all out and did not give each other any chance of upset.

In the knockout round, no matter how weak the opponent is, you can't relax. If the hell loses, everything is over.

This brought a very positive feeling to the players of the Chinese team watching the game, and learned a little bit of the mentality of a strong team.

For the Chinese team, the biggest problem is that they have only been a strong team for four years, and the other teams in the quarterfinals were or are now mainstream strong teams in the world basketball.

This made Harris, the head coach of the Chinese team, very satisfied. It was indeed right to bring the whole team to watch the game!

Although Harris was about to resign after the Olympics, he turned 71 two months ago. He was the best coach of the NBA 94-95 season and led the Chinese team to the Olympic semi-finals and the World Championships. In the eyes of many media, professional basketball professionals and fans, the Chinese team has become the top basketball team in the world, and it was Harris who created it.

Harris also wants to turn the Chinese team into a real strong team, and he can continue this strong team posture after he retires.

In this way, his name is bound to leave an indelible mark on Chinese basketball and even the world basketball world!

As an old coach who has worked as an assistant coach since the 60s and has worked hard for more than 40 years, this is what he desires most and the dream he has pursued all his life.

Spain and Greece advanced to the semi-finals, and tomorrow's quarter-finals between the Chinese team and Argentina, as well as the quarter-finals between the US team and Russia.

If the Chinese team can enter the semi-finals, it is basically certain that the semi-finals are China, Spain, Greece, and the United States. Except for the United States, the other three teams have won all the championships and runners-up in the World Series since the new century except for the 2002 World Championship champion. Basically, the most powerful basketball powers since the new century have gathered together!
"Basketball Prosperity"

This is the headline given by the international edition of Time Magazine after Spain and Greece advanced to the semi-finals.

There is no doubt that these eight years have been the most dazzling moments in the world basketball world. The US team has been unable to enter the top four; Yugoslavia, Argentina, and China have won the world championship successively, while Argentina, Greece, and Spain have won the second place. The US team has failed to win medals in three consecutive World Series...

This kind of world basketball multi-team competition for hegemony, the last time was the era of the former Soviet Union, the former Yugoslavia, and the US team before the emergence of the dream team!
In the past eight years, a large number of international basketball superstars have emerged. When the fans are amazed by this dazzling era, the time for the Chinese team and the Argentine team has come!

(End of this chapter)