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This semi-final may be the most difficult game Li Kaiming has played since he had the system. While his playing time is full, the intensity of the game is also unprecedentedly high.

After the game, Li Kaiming relaxed and felt that every muscle in his body was shaking. After resting on the bench for a while, he could only stand up with the support of his teammates!

Li Kaiming didn't even need to look at the system interface to know that today's fatigue level must have reached a new high!

But he can't rest yet, because two days later, they will face the opponent in the gold medal game. If nothing else, it should be the behemoth in the world of basketball - the Dream Team!

The results of the match between America and Argentina came soon after. As expected, America beat Argentina 109-83 and met the Chinese team in the gold medal match!

This time the Dream Team [-] is also considered to be a star-studded team. In addition to the stars on hand, basically all the local big names in America are here.

Kobe, James, Durant, Paul...

Every one of them is a familiar face, and most of them even have some grievances.

For most Chinese fans, it is already worth it to compete in the Olympics. Even if they lost to America in the gold medal match, they would not be unhappy at all.

Because before the start of the Olympic Games, in most people's minds, it was difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team to advance to the semi-finals, but now it can actually stand in the gold medal game. No matter how you look at it, it is not a loss!

Furthermore, the lineup of the Dream Team is really terrifying. Basically, the best players in the NBA have all come to London. For a 5V5 fair competition game, Li Kaiming wants to defeat the five top players of America. , that is basically impossible.

But Li Kaiming doesn't think so. Ginobili can create miracles, why can't he?

Therefore, under the leadership of Li Kaiming, the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team not only did not rest on its merits and start enjoying it, but continued to train in an orderly manner. The coaching staff was also intensively preparing tactics to deal with the Dream Team. The battle between the two sides was about to begin. !

Time soon came to August 8, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the much-anticipated London Olympics gold medal battle was about to begin.

During the interview session before the game, America's head coach, Li Kaiming's old acquaintance in the NCAA, Mike Krzyzewski, and the players of the Dream Team were very consistent. Their biggest challenge was to limit Li Kaiming's performance, because As long as you are not blind, you can find out who this Chinese team relies on to get here.

Coach K is obviously still worried about losing to Li Kaiming in the 2010 NCAA championship game, "Tell Li Kaiming that I want to get back what I lost last time!"

After hearing the words of coach K from the reporter, Li Kaiming also smiled and said, "Answer for me, if you can lose something the first time, you can lose the second time!"

The verbal exchanges between the two sides before the game made the heat of this game rise again. This time the game was not held at the London Olympic Basketball Stadium as before, but was changed to the North Greenwich Stadium.

The capacity of this stadium is much larger than the previous one, and many singers hold concerts specifically in this venue.

You can easily describe how big this venue is. In addition to being used for games and performance teams, it also includes facilities such as cinemas, restaurants, and nightclubs. The entire stadium is like a small sports mall, with everything you need!

There are twice as many fans here this time than before. You can see many Chinese faces in the auditorium with just a glance. There are even more people holding homemade signs to cheer for the Chinese team.

Of course, what excited most of the Chinese men's basketball players was that the head of the Chinese sports delegation at the London Olympics, Liang Zhen, the director of the Chinese Sports Bureau, also came to the scene in person to express his gratitude to those watching the game. At the same time, cheer for the Chinese men’s basketball team.

After learning the news, Li Kaiming clearly felt that the guys on the team seemed to be having fun!

It's hard to understand. Although Li Kaiming has joined the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team, it's still hard for Li Kaiming to understand why a sports bureau director coming to watch the game can make these people excited. If the great elder comes to be so excited, it makes sense.

This can only be said that Li Kaiming laughed at others for not understanding basketball, and others laughed at Li Kaiming for not understanding China.

There are some things that you can only feel and understand when you grow up in China.

During the pre-match warm-up session between the two sides, Li Kaiming naturally saw the players from the opposite Dream Team [-]. Good guys, at a glance, they were all acquaintances.

In addition to the aforementioned Kobe James and others, there are also Love, Iguodala, Westbrook, Deron Williams and others. When I look at the coaching staff, I see some people who are very familiar to me. Coach K, D’Antoni and McMillan…

For Li Kaiming, this game is not a simple gold medal match, but an exchange match with old acquaintances.

If you look at the starting lineup of Dream Team [-], you will know that four of them have a grudge against him. Sure enough, all destined duels in this world are grudge games.

Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia were sitting in the media broadcast area, "Friends in the audience, what you are watching now is the 2012 London Olympics men's basketball gold medal, the live broadcast of the Chinese men's basketball team against the American men's basketball team. You can watch it here The starting lineups of both sides have already been announced.”

Hua Guo Team: Point guard Liu Wei, shooting guard Sun Yue, small forward Zhu Fangyu, power forward Yi Jianlian, center Li Kaiming.

Team America: Point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, small forward LeBron James, power forward Kevin Durant, center Tyson Chandler.

Because most of the interior players that America could play were injured, Tyson Chandler had to take over the starting center position, which made the overall height of the Dream Team look short.

But this group of proud basketball superstars don't think so. When Kobe answered this question, he said frankly, "Grabbing rebounds does not rely solely on height. The awareness of positioning is as important as teamwork. We have done a good job in these two aspects, and There are also many rebounders on the team, including me, LeBron, and even Chris Paul can rebound..."

But when the game started, Kobe realized something was wrong. If they were in the NBA, the rebounding ability of this group of people would indeed be very good for the same position, but the data in the NBA is actually watery.

Whether it is James or Kobe, they are paired with a big center or a top insider. With top players stuck in the paint, they can take the opportunity to pick up some rebounds that do not belong to them.

But when it comes to the international arena, when the American team's inside combination is Kevin Durant and Tyson Chandler, it is difficult for you to take advantage of the rebounding advantages of James and Kobe.

In other words, when your inside line can't guarantee rebounds, no matter how good your outside rebounding ability is, is it possible that you can replace the inside line at the basket to grab rebounds?

As soon as the first quarter started, Li Kaiming began to transform into a real inside man, constantly fighting for rebounds, just like he did in the last few games of the finals.

The American team's two insiders, Tyson Chandler and Durant, together can barely match the rebounding ability of Li Kaiming alone, but the Chinese team also has Yi Jianlian.

Although Yi Jianlian performed poorly in the NBA, when he came to the international arena, his inside strength was still very strong, at least in terms of rebounding, he was not weaker than some NBA players.

With Li Kaiming charging inside, the Chinese team's outside players got a lot of opportunities, so when the first quarter ended, the Chinese team actually led the American team by 32 points, 27-5!

Li Kaiming grabbed 4 offensive rebounds in a single quarter. He was so angry that Coach K next to the court cursed loudly and criticized the NBA superstars on the court regardless of their appearance, urging them to defend and protect the rebounds seriously.

In the second quarter, the American team changed into the rotation lineup as usual, but Li Kaiming of the Chinese team still did not rest. Zhang Weiping in the broadcast area thought of the scene of the last game against Spain and said with some surprise, "Is it possible that Li Kaiming's Do we still have to play the whole game?”

Regarding this issue, Deng Dehua also discussed it specifically with Li Kaiming, but Li Kaiming silenced Deng Dehua with just one sentence.

"Even Spain was won by me playing the whole game. Will America be weaker than Spain?"

So Li Kaiming did the same jaw-dropping behavior again two days later.

In the second quarter, the American team serves. At this time, their lineup on the court is the Thunder's three young men plus Carmelo Anthony, and this year's new No. [-] pick Anthony Davis.

It is worth mentioning that the best template given by the scouts in the draft report for this thick-browed brother was actually Li Kaiming!

For the Chinese team, Li Kaiming is still partnered with Wang Zhizhi, and the outside point guard is Guo Ailun, who speaks with a Northeastern accent. He has gorgeous dribbling but can't shoot well.

Westbrook dribbled the ball past half court. The Thunder's three young men were very familiar with the cooperation on the court. Davis came up and blocked it lightly. Westbrook directly ejected and passed Guo Ailun in one step and entered the inside.

Li Kaiming stepped forward to help defend, and Westbrook jumped up in the air and passed the ball to Anthony Davis inside. The young and energetic No. [-] pick wanted to prove himself in front of Li Kaiming, the template prototype, so he wanted to dunk the ball when he got it!

Li Kaiming half-turned and jumped directly, nailing Davis' dunk directly to the basket with one hand, and then flicked the ball in the direction of Wang Zhizhi with the other hand!

Wang Zhizhi placed his height here and successfully protected the rebound. The ball was passed to Guo Ailun to dribble across half court.

Along the way, Wang Zhizhi and Li Kaiming blocked Guo Ailun, protecting this little brother all the way to the frontcourt smoothly.

Li Kaiming blocked Davis with his back at the waist, and then reached out to ask for the ball from the outside. The ball came in from 45 degrees after a transmission. After Li Kaiming got the ball, he arched his back!

The immature No. [-] pick was still a small dog at this time. Against a powerful inside player like Li Kaiming, he was forced to take a step back.

After opening up the space, Li Kaiming did not continue to go inside, but turned over and shot a jumper. Tonight's game requires him to play the entire game, so he still has to save energy as much as possible and score in the simplest and most effective way.

The basketball flew past Davis's fingertips and then fell into the basket with a swoosh!

34 is better than 27!

Anthony Davis, the new No. [-] pick, was taught by Li Kaiming without even playing an NBA game.

It's a pity that this is not the NBA, otherwise Li Kaiming would really like to imitate the tone of those veterans and say to Davis, "Welcome to the NBA, rookie!"