The Godfather of Basketball

After the victory over Spain, the news coverage after the game was sensational.

The headlines of all domestic sports sectors are dominated by news about the men's basketball team.

Regardless of whether you won the gold medal or not, as one of the three major goals, basketball has set such a record, which is more meaningful than winning the gold medal.

A victory recorded in history, after the team members celebrated, Tang Tian also got vaccinated in time.

After all, this is just a group match, and the Spanish team's opening lineup did not show their full strength.

And even if they win Spain, it doesn't mean that they will be locked in second place in the group. You must know that Spain won against Greece. If the Chinese team loses Greece, they will probably fall directly to fourth place in the group.

After a while of analysis, the team members were enlightened after hearing it.

Excitement is excitement, and the attitude must be correct.

Two days later, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the third game of the Olympic group stage.

The opponent was Angola, an African team known as the "Olympic team" at that time.

In the face of the underdogs, the Chinese team was not relentless. They stretched the score to more than 20 points in the third quarter. Streak.

After winning Angola, China ranked second in the group, and the promotion situation is very good.

The opponent of the Chinese team in the fourth game is the German team.

The situation in Germany is very similar to that of the Chinese team before. Nowitzki is a pillar of the inside. This season, the naturalized NBA player Kaman's strength has increased.

But it is really the same as the previous Chinese team, strong inside but weak outside.

In this game, the Chinese team seemed to have traveled to the past and had a fight with themselves in the mirror.

In the end, the Chinese team also successfully won the game 71 to 61 and won the third Olympic victory.

The German team has lost consecutively to the United States, Spain, Greece, and China, and has been eliminated.

The hug between Yao Ming and Nowitzki after the game was also quite emotional.

With a winning streak, the Chinese team ushered in a confrontation with the Greek team in the last leg of the group stage.

The fans of this game are also looking forward to it.

The Greek team lost to Spain 66 to 81 in the previous group stage. As long as they win the opponent, the Chinese team will be second in the group.

The game started with the cheers of the fans, but the Greek team showed the Chinese fans a typical European team basketball. There are not as many stars as the Spanish team, but the non-stop transmission of the ball made the Chinese team care about one thing and lose another on the defensive end.

The Chinese team also had problems on the offensive end of this game. The unlimited defenses made it difficult for the Chinese team to have too many open opportunities.

Although Yao Ming was very dominant inside, the Chinese team still lost the game 70-80.

After losing this game, the three teams in Group B, Spain, China, and Greece all had the same record of 3 wins and 2 losses, and each other won and lost each other, thus falling into an endless loop.

In this case, according to the rules, it is necessary to calculate the point ratio (points scored/lost points) between the three teams.

Greek team: (66+80)/(81+70)=0.96

Spanish team: (81+78)/(90+66)=1.019

Chinese team: (90+70)/(78+80)=1.012

According to the rules, teams with a higher rate of points and losses are ranked higher. In this way, the final rankings of Group B promotion are: the US team, the Spanish team, the Chinese team, and the Greek team.

At the same time, the final ranking of Group A was also released. According to the record, the ranking is: Lithuania, Argentina, Croatia, Australia.

An unexpected defeat changed the ranking of the Chinese team from second to third, and the opponent also changed from a relatively weak Croatia to a strong Argentine team.

The "golden generation" of the Argentine team won the gold medal in the last Olympic Games. At that time, the core players of the team were still in the team. The men's basketball team led by "Demon Sword" Ginobili is not much worse than the Spanish team. , is also one of the three favorites to win the tournament.

And if they are third in the group, even if they win against Argentina, they will face the US team in the semifinals.

Falling from heaven to hell, you can clearly feel the emotional changes of the team members, from excitement to depression.

This matchup was unexpected by Tang Tian, ​​but it seemed reasonable.

The offensive system that Tang Tian created for the national team has a high upper limit, but a lower lower limit, because the Chinese team's defensive ability lies there. Once the offensive end cannot be opened, it is likely to fall into a stalemate or lose.

But Tang Tian is not the kind of person who is easily frustrated. On the contrary, just like when he decided to stay in the Rockets, he is not afraid of challenges.

Now that the facts are settled, just roll up your sleeves and rush forward.

At the end of the day's training, Tang Tian saw that the morale of the team members was not good, so he called everyone together.

"Guess what mood I am in right now?" Tang Tian looked at the team members with a smile.

The team members looked at each other, even Yao Ming couldn't understand Tang Tian's mood at this moment.

Depression doesn't look like it at all, but happiness, the current situation doesn't seem to be the time to be happy.

"Happy?" Seeing Tang Tian smiling all the time, Sun Yue said uncertainly.

"Yes, I am happy." Tang Tian's answer surprised everyone.

"Do you know why I am happy? Because our opponent is Argentina."

Tang Tian's next words made the team members even more confused. They were happy to meet Argentina.

"The last game against Greece exposed our problems on the defensive end. Against such a traditional European team, we suffered a lot both offensively and defensively. Do you know which traditional European teams are in this Olympic Games?" Tang Tian continue to ask.

"Lithuania, Greece, Croatia." Yao Ming quickly answered this time.

Traditional European teams do not refer to strong European teams, but traditional European teams that rely on teamwork. In addition to what Yao Ming said, there are former Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Serbia, Lithuania and so on.

Spain and Russia are also very strong, but they do not belong to this category.

This is not about strength, but about style of play.

"Yes, Croatia also plays this way. Although their strength is weaker than Greece, I would not want to play them. But Argentina is different. Argentina is a typical American style of play. Their style of play is very similar to that of the US team, but The strength is much weaker, at least, I personally think it is weaker than Spain."

The team members nodded one after another, this is the truth.

"Then since we can beat the US team and beat the Spanish team, why should we be afraid of the Argentine team?" Tang Tian continued.

"What's more, the main players of the Argentine team are all old men over 30 years old."

The team members looked at each other after hearing this, and they always felt that something was wrong when they heard this, but it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it.