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On August 8, the group stage ended. According to the Olympic promotion rules, only the top four teams in Group A can advance. In Group A, the American Dream Team won 6 games and ranked first in the group. From second place to To third place are France, Argentina and Lithuania.

In Group B, the Chinese team suddenly emerged. They also won 5 games and ranked first in the group, far away from the Dream Team [-].

The second to third teams in Group B are Mao Xiong, Spain and Brazil.

Therefore, the two sides will face each other in the first round of the next knockout round. According to the rules, the first opponent of the Chinese team in the knockout round is Lithuania, a veteran European team.

Although Lithuania is a small country and its presence in the world is not strong, Lithuania's strength in the field of basketball cannot be underestimated.

Basically every time he participates in the World Series, he can be firmly ranked in the top ten or even the top five. The best result in the Basketball World Cup was the bronze medal in 2010. From 1992 to 2000, he won the bronze medal in the men's basketball team in three consecutive Olympic Games. No. 2008 in the 4 Huadu Olympics and three European Championship gold medals.

It can be seen from these heavy honors and medals that although Lithuania ranked fourth in Group A and advanced to the knockout rounds at the tail end, it is definitely not as simple as the rankings indicate. They are definitely a group of opponents that are very difficult to deal with.

Of course, the current Lithuanian national team is still much weaker than it was at its peak. Yao Ming's model, Avedas Sabonis, was the boss of the Lithuanian national team back then. However, there is still a ruthless character in this Lithuanian team. Yes, Jonas Vallejonas, who was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the fifth overall pick in the first round last year, is a member of the Lithuanian national team.

The schedule of the Olympic Games is very tight, with games every other day, so the match between the Chinese team and Lithuania also kicked off on the afternoon of the third day after the group stage ended on August 8.

Lithuanian players have the common characteristics of Eastern European players, that is, they are tall and big. Everyone looks like a Lithuanian strongman weighing more than 200 pounds.

Especially those inside players look like bears.

Lithuania has produced excellent centers since ancient times. From the old Sabonis to the current Vallejonas, and later the son of the old Sabonis, they are all very good centers.

But even so, with Li Kaiming, the Chinese team now dares to touch anyone they meet. Deng Dehua pointed out the strategy of today's game in the team's tactical session before the game: play fast!More shots!

Lithuania's lineup is destined to give the ball to the inside players, and then slowly grind out the position. Although their outside strength is not weak, the team's style is like this, and the outside is not their main strength.

Therefore, in this game, Li Kaiming must lead the team to perform. Only if he is effective, Lithuania's penalty area will gradually open up.

Deng Dehua's arrangement really hit Lithuania's seven-inch mark. For a perverted all-around player like Li Kaiming, Lithuania couldn't find any good means of restriction throughout the entire game.

On the contrary, the Chinese team kept pushing for counterattacks. Li Kaiming broke through with the ball and then distributed the ball to the outside shooters, opening up the situation for the team one after another.

Lithuania's strategy of defending the basket lasted less than one quarter before going bankrupt, because the Chinese team's outside touch was very good today.

Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian each were able to hit three-pointers steadily after receiving a pass from Li Kaiming from the outside, which put Lithuania behind by 8 points at the end of the first quarter.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the Lithuanian head coach began to let the center go out to delay, and then actively fought for offensive rebounds.

However, the inside combination of Li Kaiming and Yi Jianlian of the Chinese team can basically protect most of the rebounds. Even if they are occasionally grabbed by Lithuania, they basically cannot be directly converted into points, so they lose very few points in this aspect. .

On the contrary, because the Lithuanian team was busy grabbing offensive rebounds, the Chinese team took the opportunity to push for more transitional fast breaks. Li Kaiming grabbed the rebound by himself and then rushed forward with the ball, beating Lithuania twice in a row. 2+1 instantly opened the point difference to double digits.

Since then, all Lithuania's struggles have been easily resolved by the Chinese team, and the point difference between the two sides has been fluctuating around 10 points. At the end of the game, the Chinese team easily defeated Lithuania 83-74 and advanced to the Olympic semi-finals!

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What a coincidence is that in the 2008 Olympic Games, the top Chinese men's basketball team's opponent in the first knockout match was Lithuania, and that time the Chinese team lost to the latter and finished eighth.

Now that the men's basketball team has changed its speaker, Li Kaiming led the Chinese men's basketball team to reach the semi-finals of the Olympic Games in the first year, reaching a new height in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team!

At the scene of the victory over Lithuania, many Chinese fans who came to watch the game were so happy that they burst into tears!

The love of Chinese fans for the Chinese men's basketball team is deep. They want the Chinese men's basketball team more than anyone else to stand up and go further. In the past, the men's basketball team always gave fans hope and then disappointed them.

But this time is different, because this time they ushered in a new core...

After the Chinese Men's Basketball Team advanced to the semi-finals, almost all media in the country reported the news of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team as if it were the New Year. The entire basketball world swept away the shadow of previous dullness and failure and was once again full of hope!

"Li Kaiming currently ranks first in the Olympic scoring list with an average of 27.5 points per game. The second place is Kangaroo defender Patty Mills, averaging 21 points per game. What kind of dominance is this?"

"The next opponent is the winner between France and Spain. Spain has beaten it, and the French team is not afraid! We really have a chance to win a medal!"

"I'm afraid the only one that can pose a threat to us in this Olympics is the American Dream Team."

"I never dreamed that the Chinese men's basketball team would reach this position one day and hope to compete with the American men's basketball team! This is definitely the greatest happiness for all Chinese fans!"

"The operation of naturalizing Li Kaiming is really great! Moreover, he is still young and can definitely play in two Olympic Games. As long as we take advantage of this period to cultivate domestic players, the rise of the men's basketball team will no longer be a dream!"

"Before, some people said that it was inappropriate for Li Kaiming to be the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Now, what is inappropriate about it? It is extremely suitable!"

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Just winning a knockout match sent most Chinese fans into a frenzy.

Of course, the impact on the Chinese basketball world is not small. Some people were ready to unite to put pressure on the superiors, saying that Liang Zhen was dictatorial and tyrannical. He messed up the Chinese men's basketball team and the basketball world by himself. They were planning to wait for Liang Zhen to come back. Force him to lay off his job!

As a result, only about 10 days later, under the overwhelming performance of the Chinese men's basketball team, all the conspiracies and intrigues hidden behind them disappeared without a trace.

When the Chinese national team can achieve such results, even if the superiors agree to the request to lay off Liang Zhen, the fans and the masses will not agree. Even if the fans and the masses agree, God will not agree!

Look, this is the effect of winning. No matter what conspiracy or conspiracy, as long as you can win, it is not a problem.

In this world, people are constantly talking about philosophy, telling people that the result is not important, what is important is the process of chasing.

But in fact, aren’t these words a compromise made because we can’t get the results we want?

If you can get the results you want, the results alone are satisfying enough, why should you enjoy the boring process?What's more, in the real world, people say they believe in the process, but physically they still choose to focus on the results very honestly.

Don't look at what people say, look at how people do it. Facts have proved that the results are the most important.

Li Kaiming led the Chinese men's basketball team to the semi-finals. This result not only caused an uproar in China, but also triggered extensive discussions in the world basketball world, especially in the American sports circle.

Because some people remembered what Li Kaiming said in a previous interview, "The biggest goal is to lead the Chinese men's basketball team to defeat the Dream Team."

At that time, almost all reporters and fans thought that Li Kaiming was joking with them and teasing them.

"Are you kidding? Are you kidding?" Li Kaiming shook his head at the phone, "Elliot, I never joke about basketball. I am serious."

Elliott Williams on the other end of the phone was silent for a full minute, and finally he said, "Brother, you are awesome! Manu Ginobili led the Argentine men's basketball team to overthrow Emery at the Athens Olympics. Ka is already awesome enough, but I didn’t expect you to actually want to lead the Chinese men’s basketball team to defeat the Dream Team. No matter what the result is, brothers all admire you!”

"You admire me for being useful, so hurry up and train. If your average points per game don't reach 15 next season, I will break up with you! I, Li Kaiming, don't have a weak brother like you!"

Listening to the busy beep from the phone, Williams put down the phone with a look of resentment.

It makes me mad. Every time I go to congratulate this guy, I am the one who ends up getting hurt!

But he is right. They are all from the Tigers. Senior Ross has an MVP. Senior Evans averaged 20+5+5 in his first year. Kaiming will not talk about it now...

After Williams calculated it all, he found that he was actually the best player on the Tigers. How could this be possible?

Williams was immediately motivated to continue training...

After the match between the French team and the Spanish team, the two sides fought fiercely for four quarters. In the end, Spain defeated the French team 66-59 and met the Chinese team in the semi-finals!

In fact, Spain's promotion was basically predicted by most people. Although Spain performed poorly in the group stage, after all, the team has a deep lineup. As the schedule progresses, Spain's status is obviously improving.

Deng Dehua also began to prepare tactics for the next opponent. After all, in the group stage, he relied on Li Kaiming to win the game at the last moment with both offense and defense. Now that Spain is in recovery, it will definitely be more difficult to deal with than before. It must be To prepare in advance, take a look at the Spanish game videos from these days.

As for the Chinese players, they are training without distractions under the leadership of Li Kaiming. Although the current results have surpassed the best record in the history of men's basketball, Li Kaiming told everyone before coming to London, He has only one goal this time!

That is the champion!