Some people will definitely feel strange when they see this. Why, as the two strongest teams in the Olympics, will encounter it in the group stage?

This has to start with Sun Hao’s retirement.

Because Sun Hao retired and was uncertain about his return date, he was not on the earliest list of Chinese teams.

Therefore, the Chinese team's strength evaluation was not as good as that of the Spanish team, and was the same as that of Greece and Lithuania.

The rules for drawing lots at that time required balanced strength, and at the same time, various continents tried to avoid fighting with states.

So when grouping, this is naturally possible.

Well, at this time, I have to talk about the grouping situation and competition system of this year's Olympic Games.

There are 12 teams in total, divided into two groups, with a round-robin tournament in the group, and the top four teams in the group reached the quarterfinals.

Then, according to the rules of A1VSB4, the semi-finals will be decided, and the final champion will be decided by similar rules.

Then look at the grouping situation:

Group A: Spain, Argentina, Lithuania, Russia, Croatia, Iran

Group B: United States, Greece, China, Australia, Germany, Angora

This group and schedule were announced one month before the Olympics began.

This is also the reason why Sun Hao returned to China so early before.

Because at the beginning... it was the hardest tough battle to fight!

Although the group stage is not a knockout match, even if the Chinese team loses, it will not affect the final promotion.

But if you want to win the Olympics this year, it is impossible to avoid the United States team.

Therefore, this game is the process of both sides testing and surveying each other; the party who wins will definitely establish a psychological advantage.

Or to put it another way, the outcome of this game does not determine too many things, but it will determine many things.

Not only does the men's basketball team pay attention to it, but fans also call on various organizations before the game.

As a result, on the night of the game, almost all the Wukesong Arena were domestic fans.

Many of the tickets from foreign fans were almost acquired by domestic fans at high prices through various channels.

When you look at the leopard from the perspective of the leopard, you will have already seen the wealth and strong purchasing power of the Chinese people.

Moreover, the regular 18,000 seats on the site were not enough, and in the end, the venue added 2,000 seats.

The stadium with 20,000 people is the same as most NBA-level stadiums.

Moreover, Wukesong Arena is a basketball court specially built for the Olympics, and its funnel-shaped four-sided screen is exactly the same as the NBA.

In addition to the NBA's scoring system, advanced lighting and audio, and even live lenses.

This is an NBA-level game venue.

At this time, I would like to mention the impact of the competition venues on live broadcasts.

Many people will say that the sensory gap between the CBA and NBA live broadcasts gives people a lot, but when they arrive, the CBA is also exciting.

The root cause is in these hardware facilities.

If you look at basketball games during the Beijing Olympics, or even the Beijing team games, it feels different.

To be more extreme, even if you watch a variety show "This is Slam Dunk", the visual effect is better than that of the CBA, and this is the reason.

But you have to know that the investment in such a venue is huge. Wukesong spent 700 million yuan, which is still the price in 2008.

Not to mention national construction, if this is enterprise construction, the cost will be greater or less.

Speaking of the game, when the two teams of China and the United States entered the stadium to warm up, the cheers were already rising one after another.

These are some of the differences between Olympic and NBA games.

Once in four years, and it is a match between national teams, the enthusiasm of fans is completely different.

Not to mention because of Sun Hao and Yao Ming, basketball has an unprecedented influence in China.

You can use that song to describe it intuitively: your enthusiasm is like a fire...

Before the game, close-ups of the players were frequently given to the scene.

Needless to say, Sun Hao, Yao Ming, and Yi Jianlian will give it a try. Kobe, James, and Howard are also cheering.

Because of Sun Hao, Chinese people also have a much better understanding of these basketball superstars than in the same period in history.

Especially Kobe and James, Sun Ke's playoff match in 2007 was the most classic, and James and Sun Hao had a special relationship, and he just won the championship.

The popularity of these two people is also very popular in China.

Of course, there are exceptions.

For example, Garnett, the live photographer did not deliberately give the camera, but when it flashed by, there were booing on the scene.

Fortunately, Garnett's experience in the United States over the past year has already given him good psychological qualities, otherwise he would definitely be autistic immediately.

During the warm-up before the game, James, Kobe, Anthony and other stars also came to the Chinese team to say hello to Sun Hao.

Most of them haven't seen Sun Hao for a year.

James hugged Sun Hao for a long time, and finally got the nickname "Little Emperor" as he wished, and he was very grateful to Sun Hao.

“We will do our best.”

Before they parted, James also woke up to Sun Hao.

Sun Hao nodded.

Although it is not a good thing to go directly to the highest intensity from the beginning, there is no choice, so come!

Head-on struggle!

After the warm-up technique, an introduction to the players of both sides was given on the spot, and the starting lineup of both sides was also released.

On the other side of the United States, Kidd, Kobe, James, Garnett, Howard.

On the Chinese team, Sun Hao, Sun Yue, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian, and Yao Ming.

The game has not started yet, but just looking at the starting lists played by both sides is already exciting.

The game begins soon, and players from both sides appear one after another.

At this moment, James walked to the technical station, and like him in the NBA, he grabbed a handful of magnesium powder and threw it into the air.

On the live broadcast seat, the commentary partners of Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping are already ready.

Once the two introduced the starters of both sides, all their feelings were matched.

Yi Jianlian and Howard's jump ball in the midfield!

What’s more interesting is that both of them have the jersey numbers 11.

With a whistle, Howard suppressed Yi Jianlian and pushed the ball back to the half. Before he could react, James, who got the ball, directly passed the ball in a quarterback style with a long pass!

Kobe in the frontcourt immediately made a layup and scored 2 points after receiving the ball!

There was a turmoil at the scene, and the scoring speed was no one else!

"Keep focus every round!"

At this time, Harris stood up and shouted on the sidelines.

What is different from history is that because of his outstanding coaching, "Silver Fox" Harris and Sun Hao's former assistant coach have always served as the head coach of the men's basketball team.

His reminder was also timely.

This American team is here for revenge and has the strongest lineup, and every detail on the field is very important.

Especially the fiba game only has ten minutes per quarter. Once the score is widened, it is much more difficult to catch up points than the NBA.

A high lob, Kobe jumped up and caught the ball, and the others pulled their respective defenders away.

The biggest difference between this "Avengers" and those dream teams in the past is that they joined Kobe.

When there was no chance on the spot, Kobe was the last way to solve the problem.

It is Sun Yue who defends Kobe.

Although the two are in the NBA, they have few opportunities to play due to their different team status and roles.

Sun Yue may remember the few times, but Kobe may not even know who Sun Yue is.

Three threats, test steps, acceleration, emergency stop, turn around and lean back.

Kobe's skills are completely unspeakable.

Moreover, after two years in the Clippers, his body is still at its peak and his skills are becoming more mature. The Olympics are his strongest state!

However, he obviously underestimated Sun Yue a little.

Sun Yue's defense, especially his wingspan and speed, has an advantage even in the NBA.

Kobe was interrupted by Sun Yue when he took action.

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To be continued...