344: Two old men who look like humans and dogs(1/2)
After the match between the Brazilian team and Argentina, the situation in the Olympic basketball knockout rounds became clear.
In Group A, the four teams that advanced are China, Spain, Italy and Argentina in order of ranking.
Argentina defeated the first place but advanced to the bottom. Competitive sports is so magical.
The Chinese team and Spain both had 4 wins and 1 loss, but because the Chinese team defeated Spain, the Chinese team finally ranked first in the group.
In Group B, the four teams that advanced are Lithuania, Greece, Puerto Rico and... Dream Team Six!
That’s right, Dream Team 6 has truly become the last one.
Although they qualified, the shame of Ugly fans has not diminished at all.
Once upon a time, it was so difficult for my Da Mi Li family's basketball team to qualify for the Olympics?
This kind of reluctance to qualify will not make Ugly fans happy.
Just like when you and your girlfriend are doing double sports, your girlfriend said emotionlessly while playing on her mobile phone: "I'm so satisfied."
It's so reluctant and perfunctory, it's better not to say it!
As soon as the results of the group stage came out, the whole world was in an uproar.
The rules of the Olympic group stage matches are as follows: the third place in Group A will play the second place in Group B, and the first place in Group A will play against the fourth place in Group B, and so on.
This means that in the first round of the knockout round, the Chinese team will meet the Dream Six Team!
If you lose in the first round, you can only go to the seventh or eighth ranking match.
In other words, no matter who loses in the first round between the Chinese team and the Dream Six team, they can only finish seventh in the Olympics this year.
This is a huge shame for both the world champion Chinese team and the world hegemon dream team!
If the two teams meet in the final, even if they lose, they still get a silver medal, which is not that embarrassing.
If you can't win first place, it's okay if you can have second place.
But this time, the loser can only finish seventh.
No one wants anything like the seventh one!
So in this battle, the two teams really put their honor and face on the line.
The two biggest hooligans in the Olympics actually met early in the first round, which was beyond the expectations of many people.
Mainly because I didn’t expect that the Dream Team 6 would qualify as fourth in the group.
Now, basketball fans all over the world are excited.
In the past, the ratings and attention of FIBA games were generally not as high as those of the NBA.
But this time, the first round of the Olympic men's basketball knockout round became extremely heated because of the encounter between the Chinese team and the Dream Team.
This game cannot be missed for both Mengliu and the Chinese team.
Because of this special matchup, at the post-match press conference, reporters didn’t ask any questions about Argentina or the game.
Everyone is paying attention to the first round of the knockout rounds three days later, and the battle of the century that is taking place in advance.
"Li, if you fail in three days, will you be disappointed?"
"We will not fail."
"What if?"
"Nothing goes wrong, we will work hard to make sure nothing goes wrong!"
Li Ang had no intention of being modest. At this time, the war had actually begun.
If you are humble now, others will only think that you are afraid and that you have no confidence.
And if the tone is tougher, then the opponent will be panicked.
Men need to be confident. You can't hesitantly say "I'll give it to you", but you have to confidently shout: "Change a batch!"
On the other side, Larry Brown was obviously nervous.
He knows very well that with the current state of the team, it is very difficult to beat the Chinese team.
But facing so many reporters, Larry Brown can't take off his library and hold it in his hand to salute the French military salute, right?
Although he was panicking, Larry Brown told reporters: "It is very good to meet the Chinese team in advance. Our purpose here is to defeat the strongest team!"
As soon as he said these words, Larry Brown wanted to slap himself.
Why the hell can't you change your bad habit of blowing Liu Bip!
If you can't beat this, wouldn't you be slapping yourself in the face again?
Dream Team Six is at the end of its rope.
After returning to the locker room after the press conference, Larry Brown found that the players were staring at him.
The most shameful thing about the outcome of the Olympics is not Larry Brown, but the players participating in the competition.
Take AI for example, he is very passionate about playing for his country, and for this reason he even went to the extent of settling the differences with Larry Brown and returning to play under this old psychopath.
Who would have thought that when I came to Athens, I would be thrown such a big bucket of cold water on me.
No one wants to lose, but everyone knows that there is something wrong with the way this team plays.
Marbury stood up at this time: "I have the worst stomach here. If you don't like it, I will say it. Larry, we have to play our own style in the next game! We have to shoot three-pointers, and we need Carme
People like Long come on the scene to ensure containment from the outside."
As an assistant coach, Popovich swallowed, knowing that something was wrong.
Players are beginning to challenge the authority of the head coach!
Larry Brown was so angry that his cheekbones began to hurt again: "What is your style? This is the Olympic Games, this is professional basketball, gentlemen! This is not a wild ball field on the streets of New York, nor is it a child pretending to be a kid!"
Marbury didn't give in because Larry Brown got angry. The old horse of this era had this kind of character, he was very strong-willed.
"According to your way, our group qualified at the bottom. This is your way!?"
Marbury had trouble with Larry Brown on the first day he came to the team. At that time, Larry Brown asked everyone to talk about his goal of coming to Athens.
Marbury was the last one to speak, but what he wanted to say had been said before. The uneducated old Ma could only say with a smile: "Let's not forget to enjoy the game."
As a result, Larry Brown was unhappy and thought Marbury was a jerk.
Enjoyment? I brought you to Athens for your enjoyment?
So in the subsequent training, he targeted Marbury everywhere, telling Marbury to play the ball the so-called correct way, but Marbury followed it and then denied him.
Therefore, Marbury has long been unhappy with Brown.
It has to be said that even a social butterfly like Larry Brown can cause internal strife with players at the Olympics.
"I don't want to quarrel with you, Stephen, but I will remember what you said today. Let's go, let's go! Go back to the hotel and have a good rest and prepare for the next game!"
Brown waved his hand, and everyone left unhappy.
Although not everyone has conflicts with Larry Brown, the quarrel between Marbury and Brown will still affect the overall atmosphere of the team.
Marbury returned to the hotel dissatisfied. He knew that if the media found out about this incident, he would be labeled a thorn in the side again.
But is this really his fault?
While Marbury was still angry, there was a knock on the door of his room.
When Marbury opened the door, he found assistant coach Popovich.
"Craig, what's going on so late?"
"I want to talk to you about the team."
"come in."
Marbury thought that Larry Brown and Popovich were trying to be a bad guy while the other was a bad guy.
Brown just finished singing in blackface. Is it time for Popovich to become a good old man?
As a result, Popovich opened his mouth and said:
"Hey, why don't you tell the media that your knee is injured and we'll tell the media that you're injured and then you can leave this team.
You don’t want to stay here, and Larry doesn’t want you to stay here. You really don’t fit in this team. If you don’t want to play, just go home!”
Popovich and Larry Brown actually wanted to team up to lie and drive Marbury out of the team!
Marbury couldn't believe it. This was something that two highly respected coaches in the league could do?
You are too dirty!
Laughing to death, their nastiness is beyond Marbury's imagination. If they let you pretend to be injured, then you are being treated well. If you are not really injured, you are lucky.
Marbury, who was already angry, was even more angry now: "Craig, why don't you tell Larry and let him come here like a man and tell me this in person, and stop wiping his butt!"
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"You know what Stephen? That's actually what I'm planning to do!"
Seeing that Marbury was uncompromising, Popovich slammed the door and walked out after finishing speaking.
To be continued...