The Godfather of Basketball

"And the most important point is that we are in Beijing, in our Chinese home stadium. There are more than 20,000 Chinese fans sitting behind us, but there are more than 20 million who actually watch the game."

Tang Tian's next words made the team members raise their heads unconsciously.

"We have proven our strength, now what we have to do is to wear this national team uniform, no matter who the opponent is, no matter how difficult the game is, go all out and win the opponent, this is the only thing we have to do things."

"Fight it! Who cares!" Yao Ming shouted.

"That's right, what's so great about Argentina, we want to abuse them in the same way!" Chen Jianghua was full of blood.

"Damn it! We're going to the semi-finals!" Sun Yue also shouted.

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With Tang Tian's mobilization, he could clearly feel that the frustration of the team members was swept away, and the fighting spirit returned to their faces.

After leaving the training hall, Tang Tian immediately went back to the office to study tactics against Argentina.

The mobilization was actually just for mobilization. The Argentine team members have played together for seven or eight years, and they have a good understanding of each other. The team style of play is not inferior to that of Greece. The knockout round of the quarter-finals will be more difficult than playing Spain.

The schedule of the Olympic Games is very tight. Although it is the knockout round of the quarterfinals, the schedule is still the same as the group stage, with one match every two days.

In other words, two days later, the quarter-finals will start on the same day.

The game between China and Argentina is the last game, at 10:15 in the evening.

The advantage for the Chinese team is that because they played against the US team at this point before, they can be regarded as having experience.

In the quarter-finals, no matter how high the teams are, they attach great importance to it at this stage. Basically, they are doing some basic training on rest days.

These players of the Argentine team have old arms and legs, and they are also doing warm-up training under the leadership of coach Hernandez.

Because they are all old, the training content is mainly about recovery.

The core of the team, Manu Ginobili, is doing some basic leg stretching with the help of assistant coach Sachs.

The training is open to the outside world, because the opponent in the next game is the Chinese team. At this time, many Chinese reporters have gathered on the sidelines.

After Ginobili finished stretching, he just sat on the sidelines to rest, when several reporters rushed forward.

Facing the reporters rushing over, Ginobili smiled.

Argentina played well in the group stage, but because there are not many stars, the attention is not as high as that of the US team or the Spanish team. So many reporters after training this time, it can be regarded as the honor of the host.

"Hey, Manu, I'm Ye Xiao, a reporter from the Basketball Pioneer News. Is it convenient for you to be interviewed now?" Ye Xiao grabbed the seat immediately, and handed over the recording pen while talking.

"No problem." Ginobili smiled.

"Argentina performed very well in the group stage. Is the team's goal this year to defend the championship?" Ye Xiao then asked.

"Championship?" Ginobili didn't expect Ye Xiao to ask such a question as soon as he came up, but he reacted quickly, and then said with a smile, "Yes, every team here is to win the championship, including ours. Tonight's opponent is the Chinese team."

Ye Xiao paused for a moment, Ginobili is indeed an old fritter, this answer is watertight.

"Yes, the Chinese team, what do you think of the knockout opponent, the Chinese team?" Ye Xiao then asked.

"The Chinese team is the host. They played very well in this Olympic Games. Yao, Sun and Yi are all NBA players. There are also Battelle and Wang. We have all played against each other in the NBA. Their strength is very good. It will be a very good match." Strong opponents, of course, and coach Don."

"Tang Tian?"

"Yes, Coach Don is one of the best coaches in the NBA. He once led the Rockets to beat my Spurs. I know his ability."

"So you think tomorrow night will be a difficult game?" Ye Xiao asked.

"Of course, the Chinese team is the favorite to win the championship. To be honest, I would rather play the Spanish team than the Chinese team. We must show 120% motivation, otherwise we will lose badly."

Ginobili's words made Ye Xiao's eyes widen. This is poisonous milk.

Like the Argentine team, the Chinese team also conducted basic training on this day, and the content of the training was mainly shooting.

After the previous mobilization, the players were in a good mental state during training, and they even had a good shooting touch, and they were accurate every shot.

Tang Tian was leaning against the wall to watch the players' training. When the training was about to end, when he turned around, he found Ye Xiao walking towards him cautiously.

The reporter from the Basketball Pioneer News left a lot of impressions on him last time, and he just smiled at this time.

Seeing that Tang Tian had a good expression, Ye Xiao walked over quickly.

"Did the Argentina coach say anything else today?" Tang Tian asked.

"No, I didn't interview Coach Hernandez this time, but I interviewed Ginobili." Seeing that Tang Tian was in a good mood, Ye Xiao immediately said with a smile.

"Ginobili? He's probably milking me, right?" Tang Tian played against Popovich and the Spurs a lot in the NBA. During the interviews, the Spurs players had one thing in common: they liked to milk their opponents.

"Yes, he said..." Ye Xiao then repeated what Ginobili said.

Tang Tian couldn't help laughing after listening.

This Ginobili is even more ruthless than Popovich, and has a lot of milk.

"Well, we all know that he is poisoning milk." Tang Tian said with a smile.

"Haha, what do you think of tomorrow night's game? Is there any hope for the Chinese team to reach the semi-finals?" Ye Xiao asked with a smile.

"There is always hope, but it will be a difficult game. Argentina was the champion of the last Olympic Games. Most of the players from that team are still there, like Manu Ginobili just mentioned, and Nuo Xi. Oni, Delfino, Oberto, Prigioni, and Luis (Scola), they are really strong, and to be honest, I feel like playing against them is similar to playing against the US team.” Don Tian finished speaking and smiled.

Ye Xiao couldn't help laughing too, Tang Tian was being anti-milk.

"So what time do you think the game will start tomorrow?" Ye Xiao asked after laughing.

"If I have to say this, it's 50-50, but no matter how difficult the game is, every member of the Chinese team will go all out to make Olympic history in their own home. This may be the only chance in their life. No one I will regret it." Nai Nai Nai, at the end of the day, Tang Tian still needs to express his opinion to the media.

"Yes, I believe in the Chinese team."

Ye Xiao also felt Tang Tian's confidence, put away her smile, and nodded vigorously.