From today on is the king

Chapter 783 782. Coming to the Blessed Land
The eastern area of ​​the Krysaor Olympic Village in Petrarona County, south of Athens, is the place where basketball teams from various countries stay. It is a miniature version of the "United Nations".

The name of the Olympic Village for the Athens Olympics is very interesting. It is like the name of the Kryusaer Olympic Village where basketball teams from various countries stayed. Kryusaer is the child of Poseidon, the god of the sea, and Medusa, the snake demon among the three Gorgon sisters. The image of the village is a Pegasus with powerful fighting power.

The Olympic Games in Greece are still very distinctive. The budget is not enough, so creativity is needed.

As for why the child born by Poseidon and Medusa was a horse, Liu Mang was very curious when he first came here, and the Greek officials who received them had black lines on their faces.

The qualifying matches for the 9th to 12th places have already started, and the top eight teams are preparing for the knockout round.

Fortunately, it was the beginning of the century, and Greece hadn’t gone bankrupt yet. Although they didn’t have the money to make the Olympic Village extravagant, they still equipped each basketball team with its own court. Now, the seven teams in the first eight miles are all preparing hard in the Olympic Village... Except for the US team, everyone has booked hotels everywhere, otherwise, the stars would not come to the Olympics.

The training of the Chinese team is in full swing, and everyone is actively preparing for the US team.

Seeing that Liu Mang is constantly practicing left-handed shooting, the Chinese players are no strangers to it. Liu Mang's left hand is as easy to use as his right hand. This is not the first time he has seen it in the games these days, and everyone in the NBA will use his left hand.

Zhang Jinsong and Zhu Fangyu called the taciturn Yi Jianlian to talk together, and then went to mess with all the teammates except Liu Mang...

After a while, Liu Mang finished practicing mid-range shots and long-range shots with a set of left-handed shots, and started regular right-handed training. Just like mid-range shots, he practiced shooting at five fixed shooting points around the FIBA ​​three-point line. Each point was [-] balls. When he was instructing the staff, he found that his teammates were more active in training. Liu Mang was very satisfied. Beating the US team should have such a positive momentum.

The U.S. team has been at its weakest in recent years, if you have the opportunity to fight them, do it hard!
For Liu Mang, defeating the US team this time is very important!Only by defeating the US team this time will it be possible to fulfill the medal dream of basketball career in the future!If the Chinese team can also win the medal, it will definitely set off a greater basketball fever in China and drive the development of domestic basketball.

As a basketball player, the more honor Liu Mang has, the more things he should do.

For example, if we activate domestic basketball, Yao Ming will be busier to become the chairman of the Basketball Association after he retires, so that he will not become a female Zhao Riyue so quickly after retiring...Let Liu Mang be the chairman of the Basketball Association?Don't be kidding, let Yao Ming deal with those laymen. Few of the leaders in the domestic sports industry understand sports at all.

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The first preparation day has passed. On August 8, the semi-finals between Argentina and Greece, and the semi-finals between Puerto Rico and Spain ended this afternoon.

Argentina and Spain both advanced to the semi-finals.

Liu Mang was very envious after watching these two games. It would be great if they could play against Greece or Puerto Rico, even if it was Spain, but it happened to be the United States!

"The Spanish team is really lucky!" Liu Mang said indignantly.

"Uncle, what's wrong with the Spanish team?" Xiao Luoli, who was watching the game with Liu Mang, asked.

If you are in a bad mood, just abuse the loli!Liu Mang grabbed Dinah and rubbed the little girl's face and said, "Spain's opponents are so weak, if they come second in the group, it's up to them to play against the United States, and we can meet Puerto Rico!"

"It's better to be big than to be a fool..." Little Lolita's face was rubbed until she couldn't speak clearly...

"Hey... I'm going back to the Olympic Village first. Dinah can't go out and run around. You have to go out and ask Levia to take you!" Liu Mang put the little girl on the sofa.

Speaking of playing against the U.S. team, Liu Mang is more familiar with the opponent's style of play. Everyone knows it well, including the head coach Harris, who also knows the NBA very well. In fact, he is also a good opponent, but the opponent's lineup is too strong.

"Understood! Dinah doesn't go out, the uncle isn't there, it's so boring to go shopping... The wicked uncle eats Dinah's tofu again..." Little Loli rubbed her face, picked up the remote control, and brought up a Greek mythological love drama. It's not just Chinese classical mythology that is written into soap operas by various screenwriters, but other countries are also the same.

Seeing that little loli was watching a soap opera again, Liu Mang smiled helplessly, then secretly kissed Levia and Alexia who went to the room to take an afternoon nap, and left the hotel.

At the hotel parking lot, Liu Mang sighed before getting in the car: "Tomorrow... Is it a surprise or a disappointment to hit the United States... At this time, no one will remember that tomorrow is my birthday..."

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"The women's volleyball team has entered the final, and it's in this arena. This is really a blessed place for our country! Last time we also won against Spain here, and they were the favorites to win the championship. We won against them..." Kuang Lubin of the Chinese men's basketball team was talking loudly to Min Lulei, one of the coaches.

Min Lulei could only smile and nod.

On the afternoon of August 8th, the Chinese team once again came to the Athens Pathinaikos Stadium in Athens, also known as the Athens Olympiacos Stadium. This morning, the Chinese women's volleyball team just went through five games here. With a weak total score of 26 points, 3 to 105, they defeated the mighty Cuban women's volleyball team and advanced to the final!

Eight years later, the Chinese women's volleyball team entered the Olympic final again. Eight years ago, the Cuban women's volleyball team defeated the Chinese women's volleyball team in the final. This time, the Chinese women's volleyball team succeeded in revenge. As long as they defeated Cuba and entered the final, the Chinese women's volleyball team basically booked the championship. The opponent in the final was the Russian women's volleyball team. The Chinese women's volleyball team swept the opponent 8-3 in the group stage and won a total of more than 0 points.

So, the pressure came to the Chinese men's basketball team.

Kuang Lubin, the team leader of the Chinese men's basketball team, was very envious of the team leader of the Chinese women's volleyball team, so during the warm-up before the match, he deliberately came to chatter, and it was still very loud.

Finally, Kuang Lubin was called away by the staff and went to the competition venue first.

Liu Mang complained: "This guy, it's really annoying to come here to put pressure on us."

"Ace, there is no other way. For the first time, we reached the quarter-finals with the second place in the group, and with you, we may still reach the quarter-finals. This feeling may be difficult for you to understand. It's a pity that we met the US team. If we beat New Zealand and Serbia and Montenegro by a few points, we won't surpass Spain." Min Lulei sighed.

"Cut, this is not nonsense!" Liu Mang didn't say this, so as not to offend anyone. He was already depressed today, but no one remembered his birthday, and even the three girls in his family forgot, and now he was dragged by a leader who didn't know the so-called. It added a lot of pressure, it was enough.

Blame Team USA!Liu Mang thought that those guys from the 03 generation were so unlucky that they could lose even Puerto Rico. If they were more competitive and made it to the top two, they wouldn't be able to fight so quickly. The second place in the group and the second place in another group would only have to fight in the finals.

"It's all James' fault! Fuck him!" Liu Mang found someone to hate!

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In the U.S. game, everyone wanted to see them lose. This time even the Greek fans came to cheer for the Chinese team.

This time the Chinese team is a disadvantaged group. No matter which other countries in the top four of Group A play against the United States, they are not so like a disadvantaged group. Except for the Chinese team, the other three countries seem to be worthy of the United States.

The United States was eliminated by Lithuania, and Italy, which played the same way, looked very advantageous; the US team was eliminated by Puerto Rico, and Spain and Argentina also looked to have an advantage.

The Chinese team, which relies on dual-core play, seems to have no advantage and is at a disadvantage, because even though Kobe, Tracy McGrady, and Carter are not here, the US team still has Iverson who looks stronger than Liu Mang, and Marbury, who is from the same university as Liu Mang.

On paper, the U.S. team has the upper hand. They are all stars and play superstar basketball. The Chinese team, which also plays superstar basketball, seems completely unable to compete with the U.S. team.

However, the Chinese team has studied it for two days and does not think so.

Liu Mang and Harris agreed that there are not so many stars, but it is not a weakness, it may be their strength!Because the Chinese team clearly has Liu Mang and Yao Ming at their core, while the U.S. team has two combo guards, both of whom are starters. Larry Brown is more traditional than Harris.

Liu Mang thinks that without him, if the Chinese team played against the US team, they would be weak because the point guard gap is too big, otherwise it would not be so miserable. In 08, the US team sent out such a lineup. The Cavaliers 1.0 peak James, Paul, Howard, Deron, Wade, Anthony, Boozer... A bunch of the best players in the United States in their respective positions, and the young blacksmith who is at the peak and is regarded by the Americans as the "strongest player dispatched". The Chinese team only lost 30 points when the point guard suffered so much. , If the back line is less direct steals, the point difference may be even lower.

And now with such an American team, such a lineup, and the Chinese team having more of themselves, Liu Mang feels that there is no chance of winning!
Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Liu Mang himself believed it first. If he wanted to deceive his teammates to show their fighting spirit, Liu Mang deceived himself first, and then went to deceive his teammates.

After Liu Mang's flicker... No, it was a speech to improve the team's fighting spirit before the training two days ago. The Chinese team members firmly believed that they had the advantage!
It's just such a fanciful self-confidence, and this arena seems to be a blessed place for the Chinese team, so the self-confidence is even stronger!
Don't say anything else, just do it!

After the players of the two teams entered the field, everyone on the Chinese team was very familiar with all the other players, because even the rookie Emeka Okafor was already well-known among Chinese basketball fans. On the American team, Liu Mang, Yao Ming, and at most Wang Zhizhi were the only ones who knew about the Chinese team.

James was just about to try two dunks, which was his habit before the game, and suddenly felt a familiar malice, without even looking back, he knew it was that guy!
James originally saw that the opponent in the quarter-finals was the Chinese team, and his mentality was extremely relaxed. The last time they played against the Chinese team, they won by 63 points. When the US team was preparing for the game, most people did not pay attention to the Chinese team.

However, James felt the strong malice, and his whole body was not good!He had a feeling that guy was just trying to fuck him!The feeling I felt three times in the past rookie season came again!
James decided to take revenge in his heart: "Fuck! This is the Olympics! Why can't I avoid this guy!"

(End of this chapter)