"Are you sure you can win the final?"
After playing in the semi-finals and advancing to the finals, the basketball management center and even larger leaders came to Du En to inquire about the situation.
Everyone is undoubtedly paying close attention to the outcome of the next men's basketball final.
Besides Du En, there is probably no one else who can predict the outcome of the final.
After all, experts only pay lip service, and in sports, it is still up to the players themselves to truly "predict the future."
“If you ask me if I have any confidence in winning, of course I do.
Before the game started, we were tied 50-50 with the Mengba Team, and at least in the first three quarters there would definitely not be much difference.
But if you really want me to predict the outcome of the game, I'm afraid I'll only have a 10% or 20% winning rate.
It also depends on my performance and the shooting of other teammates, whether they can perform beyond normal performance. "
Du En answered honestly and did not make any big talk.
But at this time, Du En had already guessed the purpose of the leaders coming here.
The Olympics at home is just this one. Fans and the people hope to win championships in the three major sports, and this is just this one.
It can only be said that this Olympic Games is very critical now, and the whole world is focusing on the imperial capital.
This is an opportunity to soar into the sky, and leaders naturally hope to take advantage of this opportunity to give the best answer at this time.
Instead of regaining the qualification to host the Olympic Games in another twenty or thirty years and becoming the world's number one sports power.
"To be honest, five against five, our chance of winning is very small, but eight against five, it is not necessarily the case.
In fact, there is no need to whistle too much at home, just keep an eye on the stars of the Dream Team.
NBA stars often develop bad habits because of the preferential treatment they receive.
Many stars have walking problems. If the referee stares at Kobe, he can also find some situations that trigger walking.
If you keep an eye on the forward players of the Mengba Team and watch them switch attacks or break through with the ball, you can also catch some walking shots.
And as long as they blow a few more such balls at the beginning, their mentality will definitely be affected.
This way, there is no need to wait until the fourth quarter to play the role of the home whistle, making the game look ugly. "
Du En said this, giving advice to the leaders.
Du En has long seen that if they don't want the men's basketball gold medal, there is no need for the leaders to go to Du En here.
Then, in order to help the men's basketball team increase the chance of winning the finals, there is only one last way left, and that is the host advantage.
I have to say that everyone has the same idea.
Du En also wants this gold medal. After all, this is Du En's only chance in this life. If he doesn't grasp it, he will never get the chance.
Even if you take advantage of the home field advantage, so what? Controversial honor is also honor.
Some people have many shrinking champions, and they still advocate for the first person all day long. The media and fans continued to follow the nonsense.
Hey, just entertain yourself and that’s it! After winning the gold medal, as long as there is enough publicity, the people who don't know the truth can always be mobilized to praise the performance of the men's basketball team in this Olympics.
By the way, in fact, the men's basketball team has been able to reach the finals smoothly because of the help of referees in several games.
It's just that Chinese people are more shameless. If it were another Asian country hosting the Olympics, the black whistle would have been blatant.
How can it be like this Olympics, where you want a gold medal and take advantage of the host country, but try to be as secretive as possible. The real results come from the outstanding performance of the players.
As for a major event like men's basketball that attracts more attention, whether the host country can take advantage of it still needs to consider international public opinion.
In particular, the men's basketball team's opponent is the dream team from the world's most powerful country.
"This opportunity must never come again. I can only tell you that referees have a huge impact on basketball games."
Du En gave one last piece of advice, and then he could only return to his role as a player.
The next afternoon, the men's basketball team started training again and was about to prepare for tomorrow's finals. Du En gathered everyone together again and said something similar to what he told everyone to hold their breath before.
Fortunately, Du En was a little too worried.
Everyone is really upset about losing to the Dream Team in the group stage.
After all, Duan played very well and the men's basketball team gained the advantage in the first three quarters.
If we can maintain our form and continue to tie with the Dream Team in the fourth quarter, we can already dream of the gold medal.
It was precisely because they lost badly in the group stage that they lost face, and everyone wanted to win the next finals.
As Du En said before, if you can win the final and win the gold medal, it will be a matter of honor and go down in history.
Especially, our opponent is the dream team!
Once they can defeat the Dream Team, everyone in the men's basketball team will be proud of it for the rest of their lives.
Even if Duane, who has become the number one player in the NBA, can lead the team to defeat the Dream Team in the World Championship, it is worthy of a lot of hype and bragging.
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On August 24, at 12 noon, the Olympic men’s basketball game will continue to start at Wukesong Gymnasium.
The first thing to be played today is the bronze medal match, between the Spanish team and the Lithuanian team.
After a fierce battle, the Spanish team won the bronze medal with an 8-point advantage.
In a way, the Spanish team won, which also reduced the controversy in the outside media about the men's basketball team advancing to the finals.
After the men's basketball team defeated the Lithuanian team, many media around the world questioned that the men's basketball team was lucky enough to advance to the finals because of the host country's advantage.
Now that the Spanish team has defeated the Lithuanian team, and the men's basketball team defeated the Spanish team early in the group stage, this is enough to explain some problems.
Of course, the next finals between the men's basketball team and the Dream Team may revive or even escalate conspiracy theories.
The time soon came to 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Both the men's basketball team and the Dream Eight team entered the court half an hour early to warm up and actively prepare for the game.
However, domestic media reporters were very active tonight. It was supposed to be the warm-up time for the players of the two final teams. The reporters kept looking for players from the Dream Team 8 for interviews.
The foreign reporters in the stadium also seemed to be more interested in Du En and Yao Ming. Reporters from different countries continued to interview Du En and Yao Ming, during which many topics were raised and exchanged.
The forces behind both sides of the competition invariably used off-the-table tactics to try to consume the warm-up time of the opponent's main players and affect the players' game status.
But today, after all, we are playing at Wukesong Stadium, and the men's basketball team still has the home court advantage.
It didn't take long for the on-site staff to intervene and end the foreign media's interviews with Du En and Yao Ming early.
On the other side, Kobe, James and others were still boasting in front of the camera.
In comparison, the two core players of the men's basketball team are naturally more adequate in terms of warm-up.
It is worth mentioning that after finishing eating at noon, the men's basketball players warmed up early in other training halls.
After more than two hours of preparation, I arrived at the arena by car.
Now this half-hour warm-up time is just to get the body moving again.
The only thing that needs attention now is to replenish energy and water during the game.
After all, I had been warming up for such a long time, and looking at the game time, by the time this final is over, it will be almost dinner time.
Men's basketball players exercise so much that they will definitely be very hungry if they don't replenish energy during the game!
So how to replenish energy during the game is very important!
And if you drink too much glucose, you will become sleepy and distracted, which will affect your performance on both offense and defense.
Duen is more experienced in this. After the warm-up, he went back to the locker room and ate two bananas. After the game, he drank an energy drink to enhance battery life.
The other players of the men's basketball team also made their own preparations, and Duen did not interfere too much.
With everyone getting ready and time running out, the men's basketball team returned to the sidelines and the starting five gradually moved to the center of the stage.
Yi Jianlian and Howard jumped the ball again, and the final result was naturally not skipped.
But the problem is not big. Kidd dribbled the ball through half court and handed the ball to Kobe. Kobe tried to play Duan in a single, but he was just exhausted and handed the ball to James again.
James was about to call a pick-and-roll after catching the ball, but was called a wrist roll because of "serving food."
With his hands spread out, he argued with the referee for a few words.
The men's basketball team won the next offensive ball, and the Dream Team returned to the backcourt collectively.
Du En knew that the men's basketball team could compete with the Mengba team without exerting too much effort in the first half.
So he attracted the defense at the top of the arc and asked Liu Wei to pass the ball to Yao Ming, and then let Yao Ming take the ball and beat Howard alone.
The Dream Team focuses on Du En and Yao Ming, and they also know that they cannot let Yao Ming produce results.
So Liu Wei lobbed the ball, and Kidd attacked inside.
Yao Ming played very smart and passed the ball back to Liu Wei. The latter did not hesitate to receive the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.
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When the hand rises and the knife falls, it is there as soon as it comes.
Other points in the men's basketball team made three-pointers at the beginning of the game. This is undoubtedly excellent news for this round of finals.
However, after the Men's Basketball Team defeated the Men's Basketball Team in the group stage, they have already determined a set of practical winning tactics.
The Men's Basketball Team quickly launched a fast break, and the men's basketball team tried their best to defend. Just as they were shrinking back to the basket, the referee took action again and called a Kobe Bryant to start walking.
In fact, it's not just Kobe, many NBA stars will make small steps to adjust their center of gravity when catching the ball, so that when they initiate a breakthrough, they will make it difficult for their opponents to guard against them.
If you really want to think about it, Jordan also has many such situations.
It can only be said that for the smoothness of the game, no one in the NBA cares about such small steps.
Especially for players who are heavier but have the ability to break through with the ball, they will not be able to play the game if they keep blowing the ball.
But in fiba, no one is spoiled.
What's more, tonight's referee has been warned in advance to pay attention to these small details.
Of course, after being called for a wrist roll and a walk, and he is also a hot star in the NBA, some domestic fans at the scene also felt that there was a problem with the penalty. Was it too harsh?
As for the fans who are watching this game on the Internet, there will be more black whistle controversies.
However, the domestic film crew was informed in advance that all penalty shots would be played back.
The audience in front of the TV will see it more clearly, so there is no problem with the penalty.
However, it will be a bit difficult to accept for the players and coaching staff of the Dream Team.
After all, the previous group stage and knockout rounds had not been done in this way. Suddenly it was so strict, and it felt like they were being targeted by the organizers.
As a result, James showed his hands, Kobe also began to shrug, and the players of the Dream Team were dissatisfied with the referee.
The male basketball players naturally had no objections to this and continued to play normally.
Even with the help of the free ball rights given to Mengba Team, they quickly widened the point difference.
However, the Mengba team also adjusted relatively quickly, and their mistakes in walking and wrist turning were controllable.
As the Mengba Team players on the field adjusted themselves, the referee could not catch their pigtails, and the game also entered a formal confrontation with real swords and guns.
Fortunately, the men's basketball team in the first half was not weaker than any other team in the world.
After the first quarter, the score came to 22-18.
The referees kept an eye on the pace and little moves of the Mengba team's players, making Kobe and others uncomfortable.
Coupled with taking advantage of the Mengba team's mistakes to gain more possession of the ball, the men's basketball team took a 4-point lead in the first quarter.
To a certain extent, the referees helped. The men's basketball team did not widen the point difference, and the men's basketball team did not play well enough.
However, Duan did not contribute much in the first quarter and only scored 4 points.
In order to give Yao Ming more rest time, Du En's playing time was adjusted, and he only played more than 6 minutes in the first quarter.
In the next second quarter, prepare to play as full as possible.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Duen continued to use high pick-and-rolls to get inside, either attacking himself or feeding his teammates inside.
Under the leadership of Du En, the men's basketball team hit two consecutive spurts of 7-2 and 8-3, and the point difference suddenly approached 15 points.
Because of Duen's outstanding performance, even Old K had to call a timeout to adjust the lineup and defensive strategy against Duen.
However, there are too many offensive methods in Doon's arsenal.
After the timeout, Duan noticed that Prince came on the court and the Dream Eight team started a zone defense, so he decisively ran without the ball.
Although the men's basketball teammates were a little uncomfortable with Duen playing without the ball, the Mengba team also missed some balls from others because their attention was always on Duen.
To be honest, the IQ of male basketball players is not bad.
Liu Wei relied on the ability of both Du En and Yao Ming to attract defenses. With the ball in his hands, he played a two-man game with Yao Ming and stole several goals with the help of Yao Ming's passes.
In addition, Li Nan and Wang Shipeng, who came on the bench, also performed to a certain extent.
After the second quarter, the men's basketball team had opened the point difference to 17 points, and the score on the court reached 57-40.
It is worth mentioning that the number of free throws between the men's basketball team and the Dream Team was 8 to 13.
Although the on-site referees are helping the men's basketball team, there are really no black whistles.
After the intermission, the third quarter came quickly.
Because the Dream Team was under pressure to chase points, they constantly played pick-and-rolls and penetrated the paint to ensure their shooting percentage.
However, in order to create better scoring opportunities for teammates, players who are covering can easily move their feet or use their hips or arms to block the pursuer.
The on-field referee was worried about not finding an opportunity, and now he had something to do.
The Mengba Team became even more dissatisfied because they fell behind and were whistled again.
The men's basketball team took the opportunity to widen the point difference to more than 20 points. However, due to the decline in physical strength and scoring ability, the Men's Basketball Team narrowed the point difference again.
However, starting from the third quarter, the men's basketball team has consciously lowered the pace of the game.
"Three-pointer at the buzzer!"
"Dunn's shot was so crucial!"
"After this shot was hit, the score difference reached 17 points again. Duan's performance was great!"
With 3 seconds left in the third quarter, Duan hit a priceless three-pointer at the buzzer, helping the men's basketball team consolidate its 17-point lead.
The fans at the scene also roared like a tsunami because of Du En's explosive three-pointer, and continued to put pressure on the Mengba team.
Because Old K didn't call a timeout and there were only 3 seconds left in the game, Paul didn't want to waste the opportunity, so while the men's basketball team was still celebrating, he immediately picked up the ball and passed it long to Wei who ran towards the frontcourt. Virtue.
However, this little move was not hidden from the male basketball players, nor from the fans at the scene.
"Back to defense, back to defense, back to defense!"
“Having a dog is better than trying to steal a chicken!”
"Wade is running back, chase him quickly!"
Seeing Paul go to pick up the ball, fans at the scene reminded the men's basketball team to be careful.
In fact, the male basketball players on the court did not relax. They noticed this scene and immediately returned to defense. As soon as Wade got the ball, he was flanked.
Due to time constraints and Wade's lack of strong three-point ability, Wade, who was still three or four steps away from the three-point line at this time, could only pass the ball to other teammates.
James played very actively in transition, but when James received the ball, Duan defended him.
This made James, who was about to go to the basket to score two points, suddenly stunned. Then he hesitantly looked for other teammates with the ball, and did not pass the ball until the game time ran out.
In response, Paul, who ran to the frontcourt, was speechless: "Why don't you shoot?"
James was still holding the ball, but he hesitated to speak, and in the end he didn't explain anything. (End of chapter)
