As a senior coach in the NBA, "Silver Fox" Del Harris has coached the Rockets, Bucks and Lakers in the NBA. He also won the NBA Coach of the Year in the 1995 season.
Del Harris also has a close relationship with China Men's Basketball Team. This time he coached the 2004 Olympic Men's Basketball Team. Harris coached for free in a high-spirited manner. Tianchao only needed to provide air tickets and a living allowance of US$30,000.
After the Olympics, Harris will return to the United States.
Although he was in charge on a temporary basis, Harris did not work hard, worked conscientiously, and had no reservations in tactical thinking, coaching philosophy and training system.
Yao Yao who is at his peak, Su Yi who has returned to his country, and Bater, who is a solid human shield, the three Great Walls of China are all in the golden stage of their careers.
"Little Li Flying Knife" Li Nan is the CBA three-point king. He is the first shooter in CBA history to hit 1,000 three-pointers. In the conflict with Lebanon in 2001, Li Nan became famous in one battle.
Although his body is not strong, Li Nan's military style punch is unmatched by anyone. It shows the iron-blooded spirit of a soldier. Zhu Fangyu would probably give Li Nan a three-point victory in a fight.
Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away they are!
There are also Du Feng who just won the CBA Finals MVP, the fast-growing three-point shooter Zhu Fangyu, the offensive and defensive point guard Liu Wei, the talented Ah Lian, and the experienced veterans Zhang Jinsong and Guo Shiqiang.
The most important thing is naturally Lin Fei who shined in the NBA Finals, broke multiple NBA Finals three-point records, and even almost stole the FMVP from the Wolf King.
Harris really sees the hope of breaking history in the current Olympic team of the 2004 Tianchao Men's Basketball Team.
According to statistics, among the 12 men's basketball teams participating in the Yadian Olympic Games, the average age of the Tianchao men's basketball team is less than 24 years old, and it has the youngest age structure among the 12 men's basketball teams.
Even if there is no hope of breaking history or even winning an Olympic medal this year, as long as these players grow up healthily, the World Championships in two years, especially the Imperial Olympics in four years, will
It will definitely reach the peak of the overall strength of the Tianchao men's basketball team.
After sitting on the bench for a short rest, Lin Fei also exchanged some cooperation details in the game with Hu Xuefeng beside him.
"Brother Hu, Liu Wei obviously intends to block your pass. Don't risk it if it can't be passed. If you have a chance to break through, just rush in! Don't be soft when I let you have a wide open shot!"
Hu Xuefeng nodded repeatedly and obeyed Lin Fei's advice. After all, without him, he would not have been able to squeeze Zhang Yunsong into this Olympic men's basketball team.
Of course, Lin Fei's suggestions are all reasonable. They are two Chinese defenders with high football intelligence. Naturally, they have more common topics and sympathize with each other.
"Lin Fei, how many times have I told you, don't call me Brother Hu, just call me Lao Hu. It seems cordial!"
"Okay, Lao Hu!"
Lin Fei thought that in the timeline of 2004, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" would not have started broadcasting yet, otherwise the "Brother Hu" would easily change the channel.
Yunus, who is the chief assistant coach of the Tianchao men's basketball team this time, also walked to Lin Fei and Hu Xuefeng to analyze some problems reflected in the game data.
At noon, Lin Fei and his teammates from the Tianchao men's basketball team ate the dumplings that the women's basketball girls had just made in the cafeteria of the Workers' Stadium.
Ye Li mobilized the girls from the women's basketball team to make the dumplings, which are stuffed with pork and green onions, leeks and eggs, and beef and mushrooms.
In 2004, the Tianchao women's basketball team also reached the finals of the Yadian Olympic Games. The training venue was the same as the men's basketball team at the Imperial Workers Gymnasium.
After more than a month of not seeing each other, the boys of the men's basketball team and the girls of the women's basketball team have naturally gotten to know each other a lot.
Ye Li has been in a relationship with Dayao for more than a year now. The two have known each other since they were in the Magic City Sports School. Dayao has also been pursuing Ye Li for several years. The two families are a perfect match.
Naturally, fans pay much less attention to the women's basketball team than the men's basketball team. Stars such as Yao Yao, Yu Yu and Lin Fei who compete in the NBA, the world's highest basketball palace, are admired by many women's basketball girls. .
Among them, the most popular among the women's basketball girls is naturally Lin Fei. Who is the most handsome among the parents?
As early as a few days before Lin Fei returned to China to join the team for training, the women's basketball girls came to Lin Fei to ask for autographs and photos after training, which made Lin Fei a little embarrassed.
Among them, Sun Xiaoyu, Miao Lijie and Sui Feifei are the most enthusiastic group of women's basketball girls.
The men’s basketball team has the “goddess” Lin Fei, and the women’s basketball team also has the “goddess”.
If you want to say who is the most beautiful among the Chinese women's basketball team in 2004, there is no controversy. It has to be Sui Feifei.
Sui Feifei, who is 1.84 meters tall, is not only tall, but also has first-class looks. She can kill many entertainment stars without makeup alone.
Now 25 years old, Sui Feifei is still single and has reached the peak of her career. In the past WCBA03-04 season, she won the regular season Most Valuable Player Award.
Earlier, when Lin Fei was not dating a girlfriend, Ye Li had discussed with Dayao and arranged a matchmaking between Lin Fei and Sui Feifei.
At that time, Dayao felt that Sui Feifei was 5 years older than Lin Fei and was still a bit inappropriate, so he left it alone.
Lin Fei has naturally known about Sui Feifei for a long time. In the original world, Sui Feifei even appeared on the stage of the American WNBA in 2005.
"Lin Fei, why do I feel that Sister Feifei is interested in you? This is my goddess!"
When everyone gathered around to eat dumplings, Zhu Fangyu ate a clove of garlic dipped in vinegar, which was the most delicious. At the same time, he also made jokes about Lin Fei.
In this Chinese men's basketball team, apart from Arab League and Lin Fei, Zhu Fangyu is the youngest player.
Li Nan also smiled and said: "That's right, Lin Fei, why don't you give our men's basketball team a boost? This Feifei is really pretty, and she's also good at playing, and she's very capable!"
Hu Xuefeng glanced at Liu Wei, who was silent beside him, and said with a smile: "I heard that Liu Wei chased Feifei before, right?"
Liu Wei suddenly became a little anxious and quickly covered it up: "Nonsense, when did I chase her? I already have a girlfriend, right?"
Du Feng laughed and said, "Sui Feifei must look down on Liu Wei, he is too short!"
Liu Wei's face turned red with anger and he glared at Du Feng and argued: "I'm 189 and she's 184. How can you say I'm short?"
He smiled roughly and said: "You are 5 centimeters taller than the woman, so you are proud of it, right?"
Suddenly there was a burst of laughter in the cafeteria.
Dayao also joined the battle, smiling like he was crying: "If you ask me, he must be roughly the most powerful. The height difference between this and my wife must be at least 50 centimeters or more!"
Lin Fei finally smiled and said: "Sister Feifei just took a photo with me and gave me a box of their Qingdao specialties. How can she be attracted to me?"
"Besides, if she really fell in love with me, wouldn't she chase her by herself? How could there be any reason for a younger brother of mine to chase her?"
After hearing what Lin Fei said, everyone laughed even more. Liu Wei gave Lin Fei a thumbs up:
"Lin Fei, you're a pretense, you must give me full marks!"
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Time soon came to August 13, and the 2004 Yadian Olympic Games officially opened in the anticipation of more than one billion people around the world.
As one of the three major sports events in the world, the Olympic Games can be said to be second only to the World Cup in terms of attention.
In addition, since 1992, the men's football competition in the Olympic Games has had an age limit of 23 years old. Therefore, as a comprehensive team event, coupled with a huge fan base,
The attention of the men's basketball team can be said to be the most popular team event in the entire Olympic Games.
Of course, the 2004 American Dream Six did not field the strongest lineup. Kobe Bryant, O'Neal, Garnett, Jason Kidd, Tracy McGrady and Ray Allen were all absent due to various reasons.
This also makes the men's basketball competition in this Olympic Games somewhat dim in starlight.
To be honest, this year's American Dream Six lineup is not even considered the second team of the United States, but can only be regarded as the third echelon.
At first glance, it seems that James, Wade and Anthony are all here, but the third brother, who has just finished his rookie season, is not even as strong as Marion, Jefferson and others.
Although the starlight of the Dream Team has dimmed, the gold medal competition in the 2004 Men's Basketball Olympics has become more suspenseful.
The United States no longer seems to be the only one. Spain with Pau Gasol, Argentina with Ginobili and Scola, powerful Lithuania and Italy also have the opportunity to win the championship.
The Tianchao Men's Basketball Team, which also has Dayao, Lin Fei, Shou and Daba, has also received continued attention from fans from all over the world.
After all, from the perspective of the number of NBA players, the China Men's Basketball Team, which has four active NBA players, has even surpassed Spain and Argentina.
8pm local time,
Yadian Olympic Stadium.
Sixty thousand spectators witnessed the lighting of the Olympic flame. A total of 11,099 athletes from 202 countries around the world will compete for a total of 301 Olympic gold medals in 28 sports.
When the 407-member Chinese delegation appeared, Lin Fei was among them, looking at the slowly rising national flag and listening to the passionate national anthem, and was ready to win glory for the country.
As the flag bearer of the Chinese Olympic delegation, Dayao held the national flag high and walked at the front of the team.
The Chinese athletes walking side by side with Lin Fei were all very familiar figures, and each of them carried his or her own mission.
Liu Xiang, Tian Liang, Guo Jingjing, Zhang Yining, Wang Nan, Ma Lin, Du Li, Wang Yifu, Li Ting...
Especially when he saw Liu Xiang, Lin Fei recalled that classic winning moment in his mind. This was a victory for Asians.
12 seconds 91. I hope Liu Xiang can also create this record-breaking historical result in the Yadian Olympics in this parallel world.
What Lin Fei can change is the final record of the Tianchao men's basketball team.
August 15th.
The Chinese men's basketball team will face the first opponent in Group A at the Yadian Capital Gymnasium: Spain's Team A, led by Pau Gasol.
The beginning was hell mode. Today, Spain's national men's basketball team has reached its peak level in Europe and even the world, ranking among the top five in the world all year round.
As athletes competing for the Olympics, it is crucial to have a comfortable rest environment.
For the 2004 Yadian Olympic Games, the Greek government invested more than 15 billion US dollars. In addition to building and renovating competition venues, it also completed the construction of the Olympic Village.
Most of the athletes can live in standard rooms for two people to a room. The environment is pretty good and the sanitary conditions are relatively clean.
In the timeline of 2004, the standard room configuration of Yadian Olympic Village was basically equivalent to a guest house in the Imperial Capital for 80 yuan a night...
This condition is naturally very different from the luxury hotel where Lin Fei stayed at when playing away games in the NBA.
But for athletes who compete in other sports in international competitions all year round, the accommodation conditions in the Yadian Olympic Village are already quite good.
As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.
Lin Fei and Su were in the same room, because the standard beds in the room were all 1.9 meters long, and there was no extended version. Lin Fei was able to make do, so Su could only sleep with his legs curled up.
Tian Liang, who came to visit from next door, had a sunny face. He smiled and comforted Lin Fei and said:
"That's enough for me. When I participated in the Sydney Olympics four years ago, that guy lived directly in a container and was about to be sunbathed to death at noon!"
Lin Fei immediately understood that being able to play in the NBA was such a blessing.
He also sighed: "You're right. After spending several years in the NBA, I can't forget the days of hard work. When I participated in the Atlanta Olympics at the age of 18, the Olympic Village in the United States was also very dilapidated. For It’s really crazy to save money!”
However, what makes Lin Fei happy is that the food in Yadian Olympic Village is quite complete.
Lin Fei could eat steak and nutritious meals suitable for athletes every day, but the taste was far different from the steak fried by Sizebiak's wife.
Thinking of going to Miami in the new season, Lin Fei didn't know when he would be able to eat the fragrant Ward's fried filet mignon again, and he suddenly felt a little disappointed.
Although Minneapolis is a small city, Lin Fei has lived there for a year after all, and he has a good friend like Szebiak.
Humans are all emotional creatures, and they will eventually feel reluctant to leave a place where they have lived for a long time.
The second day of the opening of the Olympic Games, that is, August 14,
Du Li, a beautiful shooting athlete from the Chinese delegation, took the lead in winning the women's 10-meter air rifle championship, winning China's first gold medal in the Yadian Olympic Games.
Lin Fei also sent a blessing text message to Du Li immediately.
On this passenger plane to Yadian, Lin Fei and many Chinese athletes left each other's phone numbers.
Time soon came to August 15th, and the Olympic men’s basketball competition also officially kicked off on this day.
In the match between the United States and Puerto Rico that ended earlier, the United States had an upset start and lost to Puerto Rico 73:92 by 19 points.
The defeat in this game caused extreme dissatisfaction among the entire American fan base.
You must know that since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics allowed NBA professional players to participate, this is the first time the American team has lost at the Olympics.
And they still lost to Puerto Rico, which is outside the top ten in the world's men's basketball rankings, by 19 points.
After this game, US men's basketball coach Flip Saunders also discovered a huge problem in the team.
As rookies, James, Wade and Anthony obviously cannot integrate with old players such as Iverson, Marbury and Duncan.
The biggest problem with this American dream team is that they don’t have a mature organizer like Jason Kidd and Stockton, which leads to them fighting independently and being scattered.
Coach Sanders personally talked to Iverson after the game. As the captain of this Dream Six team, he hopes that the answer can take on greater organizational responsibility.
Yadian Capital Gymnasium.
6pm local time.
Ninety percent of the seats in the auditorium on all sides have been occupied by fans from all over the world, including many Chinese fans.
The match between Spain and China Men's Basketball Team is about to begin.
At this time, players from both teams were shooting and doing simple warm-ups on the court.
In the front row, Lin Fei also saw many familiar Chinese athletes.
Liu Xiang, Tian Liang, Guo Jingjing, Zhang Yining, Du Li, and the girls from the women's basketball and women's volleyball teams who are not playing today: Sun Xiaoyu, Sui Feifei, Ye Li, Zhao Ruirui, Song Lina, etc.
They all sat in the front row on the sidelines, cheering for the boys of the Tianchao Men’s Basketball Team.
There is a row of billboards as a partition between the stadium and the auditorium of FIBA, an international competition. This also makes the distance between the stadium and the front row players become alienated. The atmosphere is naturally not as good as that of the NBA.
"Lin Fei, I really can't believe that the United States actually lost to Puerto Rico by 19 points. It seems that this year's Yadian Olympic men's basketball competition will probably continue to suffer upsets!"
Zhu Fangyu was always around Lin Fei like a follower, trying to figure out some secrets from every three-point shot he made.
Although he is one year older than Lin Fei (ahem, maybe three years old), he has also played in the NBA for several seasons and has made rapid progress.
But in front of Lin Fei, the "master" who broke the three-point record in the NBA Finals, Zhu Fangyu was naturally willing to be the younger brother.
At the same time, he also shouldered the task of protecting Lin Fei on the playing field and carrying a knife guard.
As a time-traveler, Lin Fei was naturally aware of the fire, and chuckled in a gloating tone:
"Lao Zhu, you are right. The upsets in the men's basketball competition at this Olympic Games have just begun!"
"Let's also pull off an upset tonight. Let's beat Spain first!"
Seeing Zhu Fangyu's wide-eyed and shocked expression, Lin Fei frowned and asked, "What, you don't have confidence?"
Zhu Ba quickly put away his shocked expression, patted his chest with his hand and said:
"How is it possible? Since Puerto Rico beat the United States by 19 points, we must at least beat Spain by 20 points!"
During the pre-match warm-up, Dayao also exchanged a few friendly words with Spanish team leader Pau Gasol on the sidelines.
One was the No. 3 pick in 2001, and the other was the No. 1 pick in 2002. Whether in the NBA or the 2002 World Championships, Yao and Gasol have played against each other more than once.
The two also cherish each other and admire each other, and their future in the NBA is limitless.
Soon, at the referee's whistle,
All starting players from both teams took to the court.
The starting five for the Tianchao Men’s Basketball Team are:
Point guard (PG): Liu Wei,
Shooting Guard (SG): Li Nan,
Small forward (SF): Zhu Fangyu,
Power Forward (PF): Approximately,
Center (C): Dayao.
"Silver Fox" Del Harris put Lin Fei, his ace, on the bench, making the overall depth of the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team even more unpredictable and enriching the tactical changes in the rotation.
The starting five for the Spanish men’s basketball team are:
Point Guard (PG): Juan Carlos Navarro,
Shooting Guard (SG): Ludy Fernandez,
Small Forward (SF): Alex Mombrough,
Power forward (PF): Felipe Reyes,
Center (C): Pau Gasol.
The core players in the Spanish team are Gasol and Navarro. The 19-year-old Fernandez is equally talented. There is also a passing master like Calderon on the bench.
Dayao came up and took the lead in flying the basketball over Gasol's head.
"Snapped!"
Liu Wei took the ball and advanced, but just after halftime, he was hard pressed by Navarro and almost made a mistake.
(End of chapter)
