Coach Lee

Chapter 773 Finals: Overcoming Strength with Softness
August 8th is the last competition day of the Olympic Games.

The 1 seats in Wukesong Golf Hall are fully occupied, and red flags can be seen everywhere.

Today, this is our home field.More than 1 people in the audience and 13 billion people in front of the TV will cheer for the boys of the Chinese men's basketball team.

"Team China, come on!"

"Li Nan, come on!"

Before the game even started, the sound of cheering lingered in the arena one after another.

On the broadcast booth, TNT commentator Marv Albert appeared in front of the camera.

"BJ Olympic Men's Basketball Finals: Team China vs Team USA.

The two strongest teams meet at the end, which is the best script for the Olympic men's basketball game.

In 04, the Chinese men's basketball team won the Olympic gold medal from the US team.

In 06, the US men's basketball team narrowly beat the Chinese team by 1 point and regained the World Championships.

In 08, two strong teams faced each other, who will win the final victory?
Is it the Chinese team that plays at home and has the active NBA No.1 Li Nan?Or the American Dream Team with an ultra-luxury lineup?
We will wait and see. "

Beep beep beep!
The whistle of the referee urged the players on both sides to come on the field.

Chinese team:
Liu Wei, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Dazhi, Yao Liang,

Team USA:
Kidd, Kobe, James, Garnett, O'Neal.

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As soon as he played, Li Nan felt several vicious gazes from the opponent, as if he was about to tear himself apart.

Suddenly, Li Nan stepped forward and pointed at Kobe,

"Kobe, I heard you reconciled with O'Neill? I'm going to tell you about you. Is there anything wrong with Yao Liang from our family? How could you betray Yao Liang from our family like this? Huh? "

Hearing Li Nan's words, Yao Liang, the big man next to him, also rolled his eyes: Brother, can you not bring me in?It made me look like a little daughter-in-law.I am a big man with a height of 226!
that side.

"I..." Kobe was staring at Li Nan viciously just now, but now he couldn't say a word.

In the Olympics, he reconciled with O'Neill.But isn't that just to deal with the Chinese team and Li Nan?
Thinking of this, Kobe suddenly stiffened.

"I just reconciled with Shaq, can you control it?"

As he said that, Kobe and O'Neal hooked up shoulder to shoulder, how are you guys.

Li Nan smiled and clapped his hands, "Congratulations, congratulations."

Kobe and O'Neal said at the same time: "Lee, you wait! We want you to look good!"

Li Nan hooked his hands at Kobe and the others, "Come on! Just let the horse come here."

I still don't forget to add, "Oh, by the way, don't cry when you lose later. I can only make people cry, not comfort them."

Kobe involuntarily glanced at O'Neal, but found that O'Neal was also looking at him.

"He's talking about you!"

"He's talking about you!"

Then, the two were taken aback at the same time, shook their heads at the same time, and finally turned their heads away in disgust at the same time.

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Players on both sides are ready.

O'Neal and Yao Liang crowded side by side in the middle circle, Li Nan and Kobe crowded on one side, Zhu Fangyu fought with James on the side, Wang Dazhi and Liu Wei were in the backcourt, Kidd and Garnett guarded their home.

beep!
As soon as the whistle sounded, the audience suddenly became tense.

The referee threw the ball into the sky.

O'Neill and Yao Liang immediately jumped up towards the basketball.

Both hands hit the ball at the same time, and the ball suddenly changed direction and flew to Zhu Fangyu and James.

James got the ball first.

The moment he got the ball, James didn't make any stop, and took the ball directly to the backcourt of the Chinese team.

James drove Liu Wei, who was in the first place, to the basket and forced a layup.

"careful!"

I don't know if it was because of the reminder, or James had been prepared. When Li Nanfei rushed over from behind, James miraculously did not choose to make a layup, but passed the ball away.

Coincidentally, it was given to Kobe who just reminded James!

Li Nan flew behind James, he could only watch Kobe fly in the air and win the layup, then blinked away triumphantly.

At the beginning, came the dismount.

Li Nan knew that it would not be easy to win today's game.

"Team China, come on, Team China, come on!"

At this time, the fans standing in the audience shouted loudly, cheering for the Chinese team.

Li Nan smiled slightly and clenched his fists!

For you!

In the frontcourt, Liu Wei handed the ball to Li Nan.

As soon as he got the ball, Li Nan had only Kobe in front of him, and the US team had no intention of double-teaming at the beginning.

Li Nan greeted Yao Liang's pick-and-roll directly.

One file at a time.

Yao Liang completely covered Kobe. Although O'Neal followed up, he was still slow in switching defenses.

Instead of advancing, Li Nan retreated, took a step back, and directly shot a three-pointer.

Li Nan shot very comfortably from the 6.25-meter three-point line.

Whoosh!
The basketball also simply got into the Nets.

3-2
"yeah!!!"

All the fans cheered.

It's just that most people didn't do it, but continued to stand and cheer for the team.

When the US team's offense hit, the fans shouted loudly.

"Defend, defend, defend!"

Infected by such an atmosphere, all the players of the Chinese team became excited.

Li Nan himself is the same.

Home court is sometimes a good thing, but sometimes it is not so good.

It's easy for fans to get too excited about a player.

In that Olympic Games, the first half was very fierce, and it was evenly matched with the US team.But what about the second half?It felt like taking time out of myself.

That's what the home court does to the home team.

Although Li Nan is very confident in the physical fitness of the team's players, sometimes, the influence of psychological effects will make the physical and mental exhaustion accelerate.I have to guard against it.

Thinking of this, Li Nan also had some calculations in his heart.

At this time, Kobe also slowly leaned over, without saying hello, Garnett, the iron-blooded power forward who almost became a member of the Zijin Army, came up.

pick and roll!

The semicircle of the Olympic three-point line of 6.25 is too crowded, and the pick-and-roll is the best and most practical tactic.

One file at a time.

Kobe frowned.

Because, Li Nan's speed around the pick-and-roll is too fast.Before Kobe could pull out the space, Li Nan came up directly.

Compared with Yao Liang, Kobe gave Garnett a bad review.

However, Bryant will not miss the opportunity.

When Li Nan's foothold was not stable, Kobe directly lowered his center of gravity and directly entered the three-point line.

Diagonal forward from a 45-degree angle.

It's just that Kobe was facing Li Nan in front of him on the left side, and the way forward was deviated, at most 15 degrees.

It was supposed to go to the basket, but it turned out that it wanted to go to the corner of the "T" in the paint and the baseline.

strength!

Kobe suffered from strength.

However, at this moment, a big black man appeared on their path.

O'Neal!
Kobe smiled.

O'Neal blocked Li Nan's way.

Kobe quickly went around O'Neal, straight up, and shot a mid-range jumper.

Whoosh!
Hit steadily.

3-4
Kobe felt really good today.

After this goal, Kobe chased and hit the Chinese team a few more times.

In the opening game, except for Li Nan, everyone else in the Chinese team played a bit hard and made several unnecessary mistakes.

The US team kept seizing opportunities and played back and forth.

After a quick pass from James to Bryant for an alley-oop dunk, the score quickly came to 8-14
The US team has a slight lead of 6 points.

Seeing that Yao Liang and Wang Dazhi were trying their best to rush forward, Li Nan took the initiative to get the ball in the backcourt.

After getting the ball, Li Nan slowly dribbled across the half court, and the US team still had Kobe single-handedly defending Li Nan.Although Li Nan scored 6 points, the US team still did not choose to double-team.They seem to be determined to let Kobe stick to Li Nan today.

However, Li Nan did not have the idea of ​​continuing to score by himself and being unique.

He read Team USA's defense.This is to guard against the other four people and let Li Nan fight against the entire US team alone.However, Li Nan just didn't do that.

He believed in his brothers.

Everyone has experienced many battles, so what if the opponent is the dream team?Li Nan believes that the brothers can definitely do it!
Protecting the ball sideways, Li Nan pointed to the sky and shouted:

"Brothers, slow down, slow down, don't rush! Let's hit one steadily, don't run so tired. Didn't you see? The boys below Wu You can't wait to play. You want to be replaced by them go down?"

Of course I don't want to!

On the field, Yao Liang and Wang Dazhi answered in their hearts unconsciously.

However, for some reason, they suddenly breathed a sigh of relief after answering this way.

In the beginning, I just ran a few times back and forth.They didn't even touch the ball warmly.

Now after listening to Li Nan's words, they feel a lot more comfortable.

"Pull away, pull away, let Yao Liang play this ball first."

With that said, Li Nan pushed Kobe away and lobbed the ball to Wang Dazhi on the flank.

Wang Dazhi took the ball without stopping, and directly gave it to Yao Liang who was locked inside.

Yao Liang pk O'Neal.

This is a topic that Yao Liang has been talking about since he entered the NBA.

The collision between the two is always sparks hitting the earth, and each has a winner or loser.

This time, the two met again.

Yao Liang turned left and right, walking fast.

O'Neill held his position and remained motionless.

Is he reacting too slowly?
No!

When Yao Liang turned over and made a jump shot, O'Neal suddenly jumped up with all his strength.

This time Yao Liang's shot was not straight enough, and he was almost blocked by O'Neal.

However, almost is almost.

Whoosh!
Go in!

"Wow!!!!"

There were cheers at the scene.

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In turn, the US team's offense.

Kobe lobbed the ball to O'Neal.

O'Neal has no chance of singles.

Yao Liang and Wang Dazhi directly double-teamed.

Two tall men raised their hands in front of them. O'Neal played smartly and passed the ball from behind Wang Dazhi to Garnett.

Wang Dazhi quickly turned around and rushed out.

Garnett's original thought of rushing forward suddenly disappeared, and he pulled it up on the spot.

Jagged shot a big jumper.

Whoosh!
Hit it!

The US team retreated quickly, but the Chinese team still dribbled the ball slowly across the half court, without any thought of chasing after them.

"Dazhi, hit one!"

Li Nan first passed the ball to Zhu Fangyu, and after passing through Zhu Fangyu's hands, he passed the ball into the hands of Wang Dazhi on the flank.

With his back to Garnett who was stiff behind him, Wang Dazhi played hard.

peng!

Wang Dazhi hit Garnett directly.

This collision made the defenseless Garnett take a step back.

"Wow!"

The audience screamed in surprise.Everyone was amazed at Wang Dazhi's physical strength.

At this time, Wang Dazhi hit again!
"Wow!"

Amidst the exclamations at the scene, Garnett ate the bump alive.With Garnett on guard, he didn't suffer such a big loss this time.

the third time!
Wang Dazhi is about to come again.

Garnett gritted his teeth, ready to take another hit.

However, when Wang Dazhi was about to bump into Garnett, he suddenly turned sideways, leaned on his side, took Garnett as the axis, turned around and took a big step, Wang Dazhi directly entered the paint.

There is no one in the restricted area!
Because everyone believed that Garnett could defend Wang Dazhi.

However, no.

Seeing that there was no one inside, Wang Dazhi was impolite, rushed in, and Dapeng spread his wings.

boom!
Immediately, he succeeded with a powerful hack.

"yeah!"

This buckle directly ignited the passion of the fans at the scene.

The Chinese team just dunked, and the US team made a quick serve. Kobe accelerated from the left and directly killed Li Nan.

A pass found James in the middle.

James passed the defensive Zhu Fangyu, went to the basket, and made a dunk directly off the ground.

For the Chinese team, Zhu Fangyu's L-shaped running position threw off James and directly made a three-pointer.

James couldn't catch up, so he could only watch the Cavaliers teammate throw the ball in.

Three points!
James shook his head.

He finally understood why those defending Zhu Fangyu had those helpless expressions.

The game slowly unfolded on the field. If one goal is scored here, one must be returned there.

The score was entangled, and no one could pull the opponent away.

Seeing that the American team's round-trip speed was slowly being slowed down by the Chinese team, Coach K stood up.

"Jason, rhythm, rhythm!"

Kidd on the field was still slowly dribbling through the half court, and suddenly he made a bold diagonal long-distance hit pass, and found James who had an opportunity in the frontcourt.

Outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle, James suddenly picked up the ball, drove into the inside, and drove Zhu Fangyu to the basket, licking the basket.

hit!

Just after scoring the goal, the US team played a full-court press.

The Chinese team handed the ball into Liu Wei's hands.

Facing Kidd's oppressive defense, Liu Wei didn't panic at all.

boom!boom!
Kidd of the chicken thief counted Liu Wei's rhythmic dribbling points.First let Liu Wei take a step, then suddenly leaned forward and stretched out his left hand.

Liu Wei subconsciously dribbled the ball with his right hand, and by coincidence avoided Kidd's grab.
Unexpectedly, Kidd was lying, and he actually had another trick.

The right hand immediately grabbed it!

However, Liu Wei subconsciously dribbled the ball behind the back with his left hand, then accelerated directly and killed from the right. .

"Wow!"

Amid the exclamation, Kidd knelt down on one knee, but Liu Wei had already walked away.

The frontcourt formed a 5-on-4.
Liu Wei slowed down outside the three-point line, making a gesture to shoot.

James, who was defending Zhu Fangyu, jumped out.

Liu Wei was not in a hurry, and directly passed the ball to Zhu Fangyu.

Zhu Fangyu raised his hand, and O'Neal inside also stepped up and spun out.

However, Zhu Fangyu didn't make a shot, but passed by and went inside.

At this time, Garnett is defending two insiders alone, Zhu Fangyu and Yao Liang, these two, he has to make a choice.

Zhu Fangyu rushed in and shouted loudly on purpose.

"Yao!"

Garnett quickly retreated.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Fangyu passed the ball to the bottom corner on this side.

Wang Dazhi!
Kobe has come after him.

Unexpectedly, Wang Dazhi stopped his shooting and made a pass, as if to pass to Li Nan.

Kobe froze immediately.

Then, Wang Dazhi jumped up and shot with a smile.

Whoosh!
Three point hit!

The crisp sound of basketball hitting the net resounded through the audience, refreshing!

"Wang Dazhi!" "Good job!"

The audience cheered.

But Wang Dazhi turned around and ran back as if nothing had happened.

When things are done, go away and hide your merits and fame!
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That's it, both sides come and go.

What the US team wants is to speed up and keep raising the pace of the game.

But the Chinese team is not in a hurry.

If you have the opportunity, you don't necessarily have to fight, you have to find the best opportunity.If there is no opportunity, organize slowly and find opportunities slowly.

The U.S. team wanted to play a fast break, and wanted to play an offensive wave to open the score, but every time they hit the cotton, they were always resolved by the slow-paced play of the Chinese team.

Overcome rigidity with softness!

The Chinese team interpreted this word vividly in the first half.

At the end of the first half, the score of the two sides was 56-51, and it turned out that the Chinese team led by 5 points.

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At halftime, the US team trailed by 5 points.

The old coach K who was walking in the player tunnel also had to sigh, "The Chinese team has really improved again."

Two years ago, he led the team to play against the Chinese team.At that time, the Chinese team relied more on Li Nan's restraining power. Although Li Nan's restraining power is still affecting, the other starting players of the Chinese team all have the ability to play their own role.

However, the old coach K is still full of confidence in the current lineup of the US team.

In the past, the US team led by the coaches of Larry Brown was completely made up and not united at all.

The current lineup was carefully selected by him, and he selected it after a month of running-in training.

The old coach K attaches great importance to the Chinese team, he knows that the Chinese team is very good.He even believes that the strength of the Chinese team and the US team is on par.

Of course, Coach K still believes that the US team will win.

Li Nan is the strongest in the Chinese team, and a few starters are okay, but everyone in the US team is strong!
The old coach K wants to use brother basketball, teamwork basketball to defeat the Chinese team and bring the US team back to the number one in the world.

"To return to the top of American basketball, we can only rely on me and you!"

It's just that other people think differently.

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In the lounge, everyone in the US team looked solemn.

Four years ago, the Athens Olympic games are still vivid in my mind.

At that time, the Chinese team was supported by Li Nan.Although there was a chance for Kobe to say it at the end, everyone knows that Li Nan was really strong at that time.In the Chinese team at that time, only Li Nan was really a threat to everyone.

Now the Chinese team is all soldiers, no, not just soldiers, but generals!
Even the players on the bench looked like tigers, playing fiercely.

In the first half of the U.S. team, everyone tried their best and continued to fight with each other. As a result, the Chinese team took the lead!

Although it was only 5 points, it was too hurtful for the U.S. team who went all out and tried their best.

What's more hurtful is that Li Nan, the Chinese team's ultimate move, didn't make much of a move in the first half!

In the second half, if Li Nan explodes suddenly, like in the NBA games in the past two years, what shall we do?Who among us can stop it?

James thought of last year's NBA Finals. "The future is yours", James doesn't believe this sentence at all now.Li Nan is now 30 years old. Judging by his state, he still has at least [-] years to reach his peak.Where is my future?

Iverson remembered the last game of this year's finals.Although Li Nan scored 70 points and he scored 69 points, Iverson knew that Li Nan was holding back.Looking at Li Nan's 12 assists, you can tell that Li Nan gave up many opportunities.

Kobe thought of the fights with Li Nan and the Nuggets in the past few years.As long as Li Nan wants to score, the Lakers can't stop them.Today, Li Nan scored 4 of 4 and scored 11 points.At other times, other players of the Chinese team shot.Kobe knew that this was Li Nan giving his teammates a chance.Once Li Nan really starts playing, it will definitely be more intense than this year's playoffs, right?

Just when everyone was thinking wildly.

"Hey!"

The old coach K who just walked into the lounge shouted, and the voice echoed directly in the lounge.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the past, and they all focused on the old Coach K.

Old Coach K walked into the lounge slowly and stood among everyone.

"Our opponent, the Chinese team, is very strong. Yao, Zhu, Wang, and Liu have all caused a lot of damage to our defense. There are also Yi and Wu on the bench. They all showed very strong fighting spirit. And, most importantly, our man-to-man defense didn't even force Lee to take more shots."

Old Coach K's eyes swept over everyone present.He noticed that there was unwillingness in everyone's eyes, and some even showed depression.

Frustrated!

Frustration appeared in the players of the American Dream Team!
This is what the old coach K did not expect.

Is this still a dream team?
"We have to admit that our American men's basketball team is no longer the number one in the world. With Li and the Chinese team, our status can only be equal to the Chinese team. This is the current situation, so what about the future? In the future we will We will be overtaken by the Chinese team, and we will become No. [-] in the world. We will even become No. [-], No. [-] and No. [-]!"

Scanning for another week, the old coach K found that these people were really disappointing.His words were so provocative, but no one stood up to refute him.

No confidence at all!Is this still the American Dream Team?

Old Coach K waited for a while.

Still no one stood up to refute himself!
Shake his head.

There was still a trace of "satisfaction" in my heart, but now it's all gone!

boom!
a slap!

Old Coach K knocked the drawing board away!
Everyone was so excited that they almost jumped up.

Looking at the old man with red eyes, is this still old Coach K?
At this time, the old coach K spoke again.

"In the 92 Barcelona Olympics, our dream team swept the world, scoring an average of 117.3 points per game, earning opponents 43.8 points per game,
In the Toronto World Championships in 94, our dream team was in full swing, averaging 37.7 points per game and 120.1 points per game. At that time, we beat the Chinese team by 55 points!
In the Atlanta Olympic Games in 96, our dream team dominated the world, with an average margin of 30.3 points per game!We beat the Chinese team by 27 points!
Why?Why are we now reduced to competing with the Chinese team?Even overwhelmed by the Chinese team?
Our young people are really not as good as one generation after another.

Look at your virtue now!
Are you guys on the Dream Team?Do you deserve to be part of a dream team? "

When he said this, the old coach K's body trembled a little, but those people still didn't respond. Of course, their heads were lowered even lower.

Hate that iron cannot be made into steel, the old coach K stepped forward and kicked the drawing board away with a bang.Really angry!

"What brother basketball, do you think I want to play? I'd rather sit on the bench like Chuck Daly of the Dream Team for the entire game, don't need to call a timeout, and spend the entire game comfortably ! But, but can you? Huh?"

At this time, someone finally stood up.

"Yes! We can!"

Kobe!

Kobe Bryant!

Kobe pouted his mouth stubbornly, his face was very determined!

Old Coach K frowned and looked at Kobe, but then looked at other people.

"We can!"

Allen Iverson stood up.

"We can!"

O'Neill stood up.

"We can!"

James, Paul... and others all stood up.

The old coach K said sharply:
"No, you can't! You can't even beat the Chinese team, you can't! You will only make our people worry more!"

Everyone's emotions were high, and they shouted in unison:

"No! We can! We can beat the Chinese team!"

Old Coach K put his hands behind his back, walked in front of everyone, and stared at each of them for a while.

"Okay, I believe you can do it for the time being. But, how will you fight next? How will you fight in the second half? If Li suddenly explodes, who among you can stop it?"

After asking three consecutive questions like this, the lounge was silent for a while.

Kobe took the lead and said, "Fight them!"

"Yes, we fought with them!"

The crowd is outraged!
"hen~" Coach K smiled faintly, disappointed!

Finally, it was Kidd who was sly and said, "Coach, we all listen to you!"

Kobe's people glanced at Kidd, and then they all said, "Coach, we all listen to you."

Then walked a few steps forward, picked up the drawing board, and wrote on it:
"Yao: 3 Wang: 3, Zhu: 3"

"KB→Li←LBJ"

After writing this, of course everyone can understand at a glance that the three starters of the Chinese team, Yao Liang, Wang Dazhi, and Zhu Fangyu, all have three fouls, and they can take the opportunity to get rid of them.

After that, it was easier to understand, got rid of the three starters of the Chinese team, and then double-teamed Li Nan.The rest of the Chinese team is nothing to fear.

At this time, the old coach K said:

"We need an offensive pole wave!"

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(End of this chapter)