There are surprises every year, especially this year!

The Chinese team was originally only ranked at the bottom of the rankings for this Olympics. Based on the performance of the last World Championships and the performance of the previous Olympic Games, it almost matched the ranking of the bottom.

Of course, because Yao Ming entered the NBA in 2002 and was selected to the NBA All-NBA third team as a second-year player last season, Wang Zhizhi has also established himself in the NBA. The most important thing is the addition of Liu Mang, which allows people to understand the grouping situation.

Before coming out, I was still very optimistic about the Chinese team. I felt that there would be no problem for them to enter the quarterfinals. They might even be lucky and have a better record in the group stage. When they entered the finals, they would meet the bottom two of the other group and enter the semifinals.

It's not impossible.

But the Chinese team entered the group of death...

The Chinese team played Spain in their first game, and almost no one was optimistic about the Chinese team. In other words, except for playing New Zealand, the Chinese team was not optimistic about the other four teams.

Spain's strong and young lineup, coupled with Spain's excellent youth team, has made them regarded by the world's mainstream basketball media as one of the candidates to defeat the US team in the next ten years, especially after Puerto Rico defeated the US team yesterday.

Spain is already considered the favorite to win the title.

Just when people became extremely unfavorable to the Chinese team, the Chinese team came up and became an upset!

Spain, ranked fourth in the world, was defeated by the Chinese team!

Mainly in the first quarter, after Liu Mang came on the court and scored 5 points in a row, the Spanish team panicked a little, especially Calderon, who was extremely poor at guarding against Liu Mang. When Liu Mang made 2 of 3 three-pointers, Calderon

Deron began to be afraid. He was more afraid of Liu Mang than anyone else. He just sat in the most gorgeous auditorium on the sidelines to watch Liu Mang win the double MVP. He replaced Navarro to guard against Liu Mang.

It would be even worse if it were Navarro. Navarro didn't have much impression of Liu Mang except that he was the MVP of the NBA, and MVP...Iverson was also an MVP, and his performance in international competitions was average. Navarro initially felt that the NBA

All the stars are over-the-top, and the Grizzlies were blind in choosing him and not letting him join.

Then, taking over from Calderon, he missed another three-pointer.

When Liu Mang made 4 of 6 three-pointers and scored 14 points and 2 assists in the first quarter, helping the Chinese team lead Spain by 6 points 21-15, the Spanish team began to panic. In the second quarter, the Spanish team lost the ball after Liu Mang

When they move outside the three-point line, they start double-teaming. Li Nan and Zhu Fangyu are really good at open three-pointers. It's just that when they play in world games, they don't have many open shooting opportunities. The Chinese team only has one Yao Ming, and the teams from European and American countries can definitely do it.

Use the whole team to fight against Yao Ming alone.

And this time, the Chinese team has both internal and external cores! The key is that the Spanish team is a little confused. Even the American team has never seen Liu Mang play like this. He is so popular!

How can anyone throw three-pointers like Liu Mang without hesitation? He hit Spain with one three-pointer! He forced the Spanish team to double-team in advance. Early double-teaming is completely different from double-teaming in zone defense. Liu Mang stood at the three-point line.

The one-meter-out play opened up the space so much that the other three Spanish players were forced to defend 3 to 4!

Silver Fox Harris, the head coach of the Chinese team, was shocked by Liu Mang's playing style, which was completely different from the arranged tactics!

The key is that the other four main players are fully coordinated, and the fight is very easy!

The main reason is that Spain never thought from the beginning that the Chinese team would be so strong! If they knew Liu Mang would play like this, it would be better to be prepared, but they were defeated when they were completely unprepared!

Silver Lake Harris is worthy of being the head coach of the Lakers. When encountering such players who can make shots, they let Liu Mang solve the problem on his own. Since Yao Ming only needs to open up space and consume less, he has been

Stay on the field and keep pitchers in other positions as much as possible. The pitching team will throw away, which is terrible!

It was fine when the Spanish team could score points in the first quarter through positional battles, but when their accuracy in positional battles dropped, it was over.

The Spanish team's offense has two strong points. One is Calderon's offensive organization in positional battles and Gasol's singles. Calderon met Liu Mang and jumped on the street... Gasol's singles efficiency has been declining...; Spain

Another strong point of the team is their defensive counterattack. They rely on Gasol's rebound protection and long passes, and Calderon's distribution to play smooth and gorgeous team basketball. The main purpose is to counter Gasol's physical decline.

You can play more easily when.

But when the Chinese team kept making shots, the Spanish team could not counterattack. Calderon was defended by Liu Mang like a mad dog and was unable to organize an offense. Only Gasol was left, who was still young and could not take on the role.

When Gasol and Gasol were unable to share the pressure and give Gasol time to rest, the suspense was lost in the first half of the game!

At the end of the half, in 20 minutes, the Chinese team set a record in team history and scored 50 points in the half! For the first time in the Olympics, the Chinese team scored 50 points in the half! 29 points in the second quarter! Same thing.

Created the Chinese team’s single-quarter scoring record in the Olympic Games!

The Spanish team only scored 27 points and only 12 points in the second quarter.

The Spanish side did not expect this situation at all. They did not even think about falling behind the Chinese team by so many points. They were completely unprepared.

As for the coaching staff of the Chinese team, Del. Harris was ecstatic. This is a real MVP! At the beginning of the game, when Liu Mang made a few blind shots, the coach wanted to call a timeout in the other three quarters, but Del. Harris

Sri Lanka had players who were more independent and not so accurate, so he chose not to call a timeout and let Liu Mang play.

The result was lucky. Liu Mang defeated the Spanish team at halftime with a style of play that the Spanish team did not expect at all!

The Spanish team, which had no countermeasures, could only try to rely on the offensive end in the second half. The effect was good, but it still couldn't prevent the Chinese team. Liu Mang kept playing at the point guard position. In terms of shooting guard and small forward, Guo Shiqiang and Li Nan

, Zhu Fangyu rotates among the three, Yao Ming takes charge inside, Battelle, Wang Zhizhi, and Du Feng take turns playing to maintain defense at the basket...

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the end, the Chinese team defeated Spain 96 to 78, an advantage of 18 points! It was a big upset!

Liu Mang made 12 of 19 shots, 6 of 9 three-pointers, 5 of 7 free throws, scoring 35 points and 10 assists, especially the 20 points and 4 assists in the first half, which was the key to defeating Spain!

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No one thought that the Chinese team could beat Spain. On the Chinese team, even Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, and even Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, who had discussed the playing style with Liu Mang for a long time this morning, did not have high hopes because the playing style was a bit too outrageous.

Already.

However, it was this extraordinary style of play that made the Spanish team unable to think of any countermeasures for a while.

After Puerto Rico, the Chinese team is also popular in this Olympics!

And Liu Mang also came into limelight after this game. His style of play is that he can make sudden shots; he likes to shamelessly draw fouls but can also force dunks; he can get 10 assists in a single game, and he also likes not to pass when his teammates are open.

His contradictory style of play allowed him to dominate outside the NBA arena!

Liu Mang's performance in FIBA ​​is even better than in the NBA!

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The scene of the women's three-meter springboard diving competition.

The seats were empty, and there were relatively few people watching the small event competitions.

An unnamed man, who seemed to be an AC Milan fan, was wearing the No. 8 jersey given by AC Milan in the summer of 2000. He was sitting on the sidelines, holding a camera, and was confused: Why is the lens black? Greeks don’t.

Authentic! Selling bad things to tourists! Be sure to complain!

"Hey, your lens cap is not open."

There was a soft sound, and the man broke off the lens, and actually took off a cover!

The man raised his head in embarrassment and said, "Thank you...it's you!"

As soon as the man raised his head, he saw a face that made him want to punch him.

The man just wanted to get angry because he felt that his characteristics as a digital idiot would be ridiculed by the guy in front of him, but unexpectedly, this guy actually sat down like that, saying nothing, and just watched the diving competition.

It seems that Chinese athletes are the favorites to win the championship in today's competition. However, the basketball group stage is in full swing. How can they have free time to watch diving?

"Kobe, I'm so happy to see you!"

When Kobe heard this, he was like hell, but he was still a little moved: Is this guy feeling lonely because I didn’t participate in the Olympics and had no opponents? This guy seems to be averaging more than 30 points per game, and no one has better statistics than him. Sure enough,

Without the best shooting guard in history, this guy is bored.

However, the next words of the guy in front of Kobe made him hurt internally: "When I saw you, I thought that your American team also lost two games, and I felt much better."

This bastard actually came here to comfort himself! Kobe's emotion disappeared instantly, and he gritted his teeth and roared: "Ace Liu!"

Liu Mang's thinking was too divergent, and he suddenly changed the subject and asked: "Kobe, weren't you expelled from your national team? Why are you here?"

"You were just expelled from the national team. I didn't participate in last year's America's Cup! I didn't participate because old man Larry Brown was unhappy!" Kobe became even more angry.

"Oh, it turns out you were expelled from the national team last year, no wonder." Liu Mang saw that Kobe was about to jump, so he took advantage of the situation and made another stab.

"I just said that I don't want to participate! If you don't believe me, I'll take you to ask Colangelo!" Kobe was about to storm off, and as he said that, he took Liu Mang to find the chairman of the American Blue Association.

"Okay, okay, I understand, you haven't been expelled from the national team, okay, it's true." Liu Mang looked perfunctory.

Kobe is going to explode! I really want to hit someone! But if there is a conflict and a fight, it's okay. It's too ungraceful to talk to the other party and then fight.

Kobe, who wanted to save face and suffer, was tricked by Liu Mang again.

Sure enough! Liu Mang feels much better now. He was planning to watch diving queen Guo Jingjing’s three-meter springboard competition. By chance, he saw Kobe Bryant, and then he came up to have fun. Sure enough, it’s so easy for a little blacksmith.

Angry, but because he had a good living environment since he was a child, and he is relatively "graceful", that is to say, he is trying to save face and suffer the consequences.

"Kobe, do you want me to teach you how to use a camera?" Liu Mang finally felt kindhearted and wanted to teach Kobe. The main thing was that the two of them sat together. Kobe was tossing a camera like a mentally retarded person. It was too embarrassing for others.

You might think they came together.

"No! I will learn it myself soon. Isn't it just a camera? I can't learn anything!" Kobe refused decisively.

"Okay, okay, you're great. You can play it by yourself. If you still can't learn it later, I'll teach you." Liu Mang said helplessly. Really, even if you want to be a good person sometimes, you can't do it.

Kobe ignored Liu Mang and fiddled around with his SLR camera, trying to take pictures of beauties in swimsuits. Liu Mang stopped teasing the little blacksmith and began to think about the next question.

After defeating the Spanish team, the Chinese team met Argentina the next day and was beaten. Argentina's Ginobili, Scola, Fernandez, Prigioni, Nocioni, Oberto,

Delfino, Walter Herman...the entire lineup is almost all current or future NBA players, even better than Spain, because most of these people have entered their prime or are over 25 years old, and they are all in their prime.

, compared to a group of young Spanish teams under the age of 25, it is much better.

77 to 86, Liu Mang scored 29 points and 5 assists.

After two days of rest, on the 20th, the Chinese team beat New Zealand by 32 points 102-70. Liu Mang scored 29 points and 9 assists.
To be continued...