Chapter 372 The five tigers in the dust? The opening of the Olympic Games!
The lineup of America's "Dream Team 8" this time is truly luxurious.
The coaching staff is led by the legendary NCAA coach, and even the assistant coaches have great backgrounds.
They are this year's NBA champion coach D'Antoni, Portland Trail Blazers coach Mike Millan and Syracuse University's legendary coach Boeheim.
Not to mention the players, they are all-stars from the East and West.
Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Jason Kidd, Tayshaun Prince, Michael -
Reid, Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer and Chris Bosh.
This lineup can be said to have excellent shooters, and just looking at the names of these stars gives me an inexplicable sense of oppression...
Unlike other Olympic athletes who stay in the Olympic Village, Mengba's hotel is the InterContinental Hotel in Beijing's Financial Street.
Not staying in the Olympic Village is also an old tradition of the Dream Team, which has continued since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
The reason is simple. The athletes of the US men's basketball team are used to luxury. In their opinion, the accommodation conditions in the Olympic Village are similar to factory dormitories and cannot meet the standards of the players.
For the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the Dream Team chose a luxury hotel located in the city center. The hotel was very comfortable, and the gorgeous terrace with a swimming pool could directly enjoy the most beautiful night view of Barcelona.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is a vacation where I can play ball and exercise.
During the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Meng San, who competed locally, continued the tradition and booked an entire local luxury hotel.
For the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Dream Team chose Pacific International Apartments, a 16-story apartment hotel costing AUD 50 million.
The most outrageous thing is that the original intention of the Australian side to build this apartment was to serve the American Dream Team.
The bed in each bedroom here reaches 2.3 meters, which is 40 centimeters longer than the luxury bed in a five-star hotel. The bed frame must be dismantled in half to transport it out of the bedroom, and the shower head in the bathroom is also raised to the highest level to avoid these problems.
The giant was knocked on the head.
During the 2004 Athens Olympics, Dream Team 6 simply stopped living on land and moved all members to the luxury cruise ship Queen Mary 2.
The hull of Queen Mary 2 reaches 345 meters, which is almost as high as the Empire State Building.
This luxury cruise ship has 17 decks, 10 restaurants, 5 swimming pools, and even a small planetarium.
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The night the U.S. men's basketball team arrived at the Intercontinental Hotel, Chen Yan received a call from James.
"Hey! Chen, this is LeBron, how are you doing lately?"
Although Chen Yan just defeated James in the finals, James did not become hostile to Chen Yan because of this.
James likes to be friends with every star, at least that's how it seems on the surface.
"Hey! LeBron, I heard that you have arrived in Beijing. How are you? Have you gone out for a walk?" Chen Yan said.
"Haha, that's why I called you tonight. I have a few brothers who want to find a massage parlor to relax. What do you recommend?" James asked.
"Massage? Is there a shortage of masseurs in the US team?" Chen Yan asked doubtfully.
"We want to experience that Chinese massage, you know." James said with a smile.
Chen Yan thought for a while and then said: "Do you want something serious or not?"
"Where is the crooked one? Don't get me wrong, I'm asking for help from my brothers."
"I'm sorry, I'm a serious person and don't know about such an unseemly place."
James was speechless. He felt that he had been played by Chen Yan.
After three seconds of silence, James spoke again: "What about the serious ones?"
"I don't know, it's my first time in Beijing too."
James: "..."
James wanted to hit someone so much now that he even began to regret making this call to Chen Yan.
At this time, Chen Yan said: "But it doesn't matter. Many of my teammates are familiar with Beijing. Let me ask you."
After hearing this, James calmed down a little: "OK! Thank you, Chen."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yan quickly inquired about a Chinese massage parlor.
In order to show his kindness to the landlord, Chen Yan decided to take James to this Chinese massage parlor himself.
After the finals, Chen Yan rushed back to China without much rest. He thought he could use this opportunity to relax his shoulders and neck.
After the meeting, Chen Yan discovered that the brothers James mentioned were Anthony, Wade and Paul...
They were all familiar faces in the league. Chen Yan greeted them one by one and then went to the massage center together.
The person who massaged Chen Yan was an old man, and his technique was very good.
After relaxing with a full-body massage, Chen Yan said goodbye to James and his entourage and returned to the Olympic Village.
What Chen Yan didn't know was that they had been spotted by the paparazzi along the way.
There's no way around it. The goal of five NBA stars coming together is so big that it's hard not to be noticed.
After returning home, Chen Yan fell asleep.
At 8 o'clock the next day, when Chen Yan got up and saw the news, everyone was stunned!
" Massage parlor massacre! Chen Yan and NBA stars team up for great health care! "
"Become a prostitute! The last indulgence before the Olympics?"
"Taking it lightly? A late-night party between the rising stars of the men's basketball team and their first-game opponent!"
"Chen Yan, James, Paul, Wade, Anthony, the strongest starting five in the bathing center!"
"Shocked! Chen Yan actually brought four strong black men to do this!"
Looking at these exaggerated headlines, Chen Yan's forehead smacked.
md!The Four Heroes of Fengchen have become the Five Tigers of Fengchen?
Chen Yanfeng was murdered, and external reports also had some negative impact on him.
The Chinese men's basketball team also started fully closed training in the next few days. Head coach Yunus did not want the media to interfere with the men's basketball players and cause them to be distracted.
The time soon came to August 8th, 8pm.
The official opening day of the Olympic Games!
At night, the "Bird's Nest"-shaped National Stadium is illuminated with brilliant lights.
The stadium, which can accommodate more than 90,000 people, was packed with people and the crowd was excited.
A dazzling halo illuminates the ancient sundial.
In the center of the stadium, with powerful blows, 2008 ancient Chinese percussion fou made a soul-stirring sound, and the white lights on the fou flashed in sequence to form a countdown number.
Amidst the thunderous sound of the fou, the audience shouted loudly as the numbers changed: "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..."
Amidst the cheers, the moment when the opening ceremony officially started came: at 8 o'clock.
2008 actors beat the fou and sang, reciting "It's such a joy to have friends come from far away" to express their welcome to Olympic athletes and guests from all over the world!
At 21:10:19, the athletes' entrance ceremony began.
Bands reflecting the styles of the five continents in the world took turns playing classic music from different continents. The Greek delegation from the birthplace of the Olympic movement entered the venue first, and delegations from other countries and regions entered the venue one after another in the order of simplified Chinese character strokes.
When the U.S. delegation entered the field, the director gave a 10-second close-up of Kobe Bryant.
Kobe greeted the camera with a smile on his face, fiddling with the beret in his hand from time to time.
When the camera showed Kobe, the decibels in the audience suddenly rose. When the German delegation entered the stadium later, Nowitzki also enjoyed the enthusiastic cheers of the audience.
The past few years can be said to be the most popular years for the NBA in China, and the popularity of the stars is very high.
However, the audience still gave their greatest enthusiasm and cheers to the Chinese delegation!
At 23:09, the host Chinese delegation entered the venue for the last time.
The Chinese sports delegation has a total of 1,099 people, including 639 athletes, which is the largest number of participants in China's previous Olympic Games and is also the delegation with the largest number of athletes participating in this Olympics.
When the on-site announcer shouted the word "China", a phalanx of Chinese athletes headed by Dayao slowly walked out of the aisle.
Chen Yan was wearing a red suit and a yellow shirt, walking in the center of the sports square with his head held high.
He was in a very excited mood at the moment!
Being able to represent the motherland in the Olympics at home is simply a dream scenario!
Seeing the majestic back of Yao Yao, the big brother of the men's basketball team, waving the national flag, Chen Yan couldn't help but be excited!
He hopes that one day he can become a standard-bearer like Dayao!
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In the two days after the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Chen Yan could clearly feel that the atmosphere of the competition was getting stronger!
This pressure can be seen on the faces of every men's basketball player.
The opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team in the first game is the American Dream Team 8. Almost no one outside thinks that the Chinese men's basketball team can win.
Although the Chinese men's basketball team has two top NBA players, basketball is always a team sport, and the gap between the Chinese men's basketball team and the American men's basketball team in other positions is too big.
Despite this, the Chinese men's basketball team did not show any fear of war before the game.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s Team America or Team Cosmos, this is China, its own territory! Just do it in one sentence and that’s it!
Playing at home and enthusiastic fans are the greatest confidence for the Chinese men’s basketball boys!