I'm not really a role player

Chapter 236
After defeating Banya, the men's basketball team's qualifying situation has become very optimistic.

You know, when the Olympic men's basketball competition was first divided into groups, the domestic still believed that the host men's basketball team did not receive any preferential treatment, and drew a stinky lottery.

There are a total of 12 teams participating in the Olympic men's basketball competition, which are divided into two groups, A and B.

The group stage is a single round-robin within the group, earning two points for a win and one point for a loss, and the top four advance to the knockout round.

Advancement to the knockout round means that the men's basketball team has completed the task of keeping eight.

Therefore, the bottom line is the top eight men's basketball team. If they want to qualify in the group, they must beat at least two opponents in the same group.

However, in this group of the men's basketball team, it is too difficult to pick two opponents who can be defeated by the men's basketball team.

The first is FIBA's two giants, the Dream Team and Banya. Before the game started, no one thought that the men's basketball team could win.

Coupled with one of the strong players in European basketball, the men's basketball team has never defeated Greece since the 86-point victory in the 1 World Championships, and this directly cuts off three games.

In the end, Germany, which is as strong as the men's basketball team, and Angola, which just defeated the Wuke men's basketball team in the Stankovic Cup.

This group, not dead?
If it is the Wuke men's basketball team, this group is indeed dead enough.

In Li Ke's previous life, the qualifying of the men's basketball team relied on a 4-point victory over the German team.

But now, Li Ke has become the X factor, affecting the overall situation.

The victory against Banya made the men's basketball team the second favorite in the group.

The impact of this change is by no means the superficial group ranking, but more far-reaching, it will be the matchup in the knockout round.

In the 08 Olympic Games in the previous life, the men's basketball team only won Germany and Angola in the group stage.

Then, without any suspense, he lost the game and was out.

But this time, everything is different, and the men's basketball team has a good chance to become the second place in the group.

If it is second in the group, then the men's basketball team's knockout opponent will be replaced by the third in the same group.

It could be Croatia, it could be Australia.

No matter who it is, at least, the men's basketball team doesn't have to encounter powerful Lithuania and Argentina.

The task of keeping the eighth has been completed, and there is great hope for the fourth.

"In order to compete for the fourth place, we have to make persistent efforts to ensure that the group will qualify for the second place!"

With such a goal and belief, the men's basketball team continues to set foot on the Wukesong arena.

14th, 02:30 pm.

In Wukesong, the men's basketball team encountered Angola, which had defeated itself in the Sri Lanka Cup.

But when they fought again in different places, the men's basketball team rose to prominence.

Even without Li Ke's efforts, Dayao directly blasted Angola's inside line with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 3 big blocks.

Of course, Li Ke didn't play soy sauce either. His appearance solved the biggest problem for the men's basketball team in the Sri Lanka Cup-outside defense.

"Against the United States and Spain, Li Ke demonstrated his ability to drive offense, and in this game against Angola, he also demonstrated his ability to drive defense."

Yu Jia made such an evaluation, but Director Zhang shook his head: "To be precise, Li Ke has already demonstrated his comprehensive offensive and defensive capabilities against the United States and Spain."

"It's just that, against the United States and Spain, his too good offense concealed his equally good defense."

The men's basketball team has won two consecutive victories, but they are not guaranteed to qualify, because the theoretical possibility of multiple teams with the same score has not been ruled out.

But on the 16th, the men's basketball team won a big victory against the German team, which helped the men's basketball team secure a qualifying spot.

Although the inside twin towers of the driver and Kaman are very strong, they can even overwhelm the mobile Great Wall of the men's basketball team.

But on the outside, the men's basketball team has too much advantage.

The outside line of the German team is a bunch of players who hang out in the European league. The most famous one should be Stefan Hamann, but he is a desperate character.

In other words, a blue collar.

Such an outside line, of course, can only misfire against Li Ke's defense.

There is nothing to do about Li Ke's attack.

Speaking of which, the improvement of Li Ke's back hitting is too crucial.

In the dream team, Li Ke's backs were successful one after another, which provoked Kobe.

Playing the duck, the offense is full without opening the game, relying on post-ups and pick-and-rolls with Dayao.

This game was also a back game, allowing Li Ke to crush the German backcourt led by Harman.

After this victory, the only opponent left in the men's basketball team is Greece.

"Greece's schedule is similar to that of the men's basketball team. It started with Spain, followed by the U.S. team. They started with two consecutive losses, but they won consecutive victories over Germany and Angola. The current record is 2 wins and 2 losses. Even so, they still have a chance to pull down the current 3 wins and 1 loss of the men's basketball team."

The above is an analysis of the Basketball Pioneer News. How can Greece with 2 wins and 2 losses catch up with the men's basketball team with 3 wins and 1 loss?Of course it is based on the same score.

If Greece beats the men's basketball team, they will have the same 3 wins and 2 losses as the men's basketball team. In addition, they only lost to the Dream Team and the men's basketball team.

In the case of the same score, the first thing to compare is not the relationship between victory and defeat, because the relationship between victory and defeat cannot be compared. Banya, Greece and the men's basketball team have formed a perfect closed loop.

The first comparison will be the score ratio.

That is, the score is divided by the lost score, and the higher the score ratio, the higher the ranking.

Although the men's basketball team won the Banya, it was a small loss to the Dream Team, and it was a big victory against the German team and Angola, but the same is true for the Banya.

If they lose to Greece, the ranking of the group stage will enter the stage of comparing points and losses, and the second position of the men's basketball team in the group will be uncertain.

Therefore, the final battle of the group stage has become a game that the men's basketball team must win.

At this time in Greece, there is no alphabet brother and alphabet brother, and the leader is "European Kobe" Spanoulis.

Inside, they also have Sophocles Shorchanitis, a small Greek shark who can withstand Dayao.

It can be said that this opponent can be regarded as a powerful opponent second only to the Dream Team and Banya.

But the game really started, and the men's basketball team ushered in a perfect start, and then suppressed the Greek team.

Only then did they realize that the so-called difficult battle became no longer difficult after Li Ke joined.

It was Li Ke who broke the balance. On the outside, Spanoulis had no way to defend against him.

On the offensive end, Li Ke also completely suppressed Panayotis Vassilopoulos who was defending himself.

As for the inside line, Dayao's performance is also good.

Speaking of which, during the 06 World Championships, the Greek Sharks caused a lot of trouble for Dayao.

After two years, the Greek Shark was so fat that he couldn't even play in the starting lineup, so he could only come off the bench and make a little contribution.

In the face of the inside combination of Fortis and Gillian Dakis, Dayao performed efficiently.

Relying on Yao Li's performance inside and outside, the men's basketball team won again.

After this victory, the group stage also came to an end.

"The first game was lost to the Dream Team, and then the men's basketball team won four consecutive victories. With 4 wins, 1 loss and 9 points, the group qualified second!"

"In the knockout round, the men's basketball team will face the third place in Group A, the Croatian team!"

"Look at the performance of the men's basketball team sweeping Spain and Greece. Perhaps, the best record in the history of the men's basketball team is already waving to us!"

The Banya men's basketball team was the champion of the 06 World Championships, while the Greek men's basketball team was the champion of the 05 European Championships. Both European teams were defeated by the men's basketball team. Croatia, which has been ranked six or seven in the European Championships all year round, will naturally not be the opponent of the men's basketball team.

"We have completed the task of keeping eight, and the next step is to fight for four. The opponent is very strong, but we are very confident."

After the game in Greece, Dayao uttered this very official statement into the CCTV microphone.

This also made the men's basketball fans more and more looking forward to the start of the knockout round.

……

Soon, on August 8, the four knockout matches started on the same day.

The first thing to do is the battle between the men's basketball team and Croatia.

Compared with the Croatian team led by Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, and Dino Radega in history, and compared with the Croatian team led by Bojan Bogdanovic, Dario Saric, and Zizic in the future——

The current Croatian team can be regarded as at their lowest point.

The only player who can do it is Zoran Planinic, who once played for the Nets.

Of course, European basketball depends not on individuals, but on teams.

It's just that the team is nothing compared to absolute personal strength.

Just like this 8-to-4 knockout match, Li Ke fired first from the outside.

Planinic really wanted to guard Li Ke, but he was helpless because the gap in physical fitness was too great.

Hitting with his back, Li Ke scored consecutively, just like that tore a hole.

Then, the Croatian team could only switch the focus of defense and lock Li Ke with all their strength.

Li Ke was locked up, and the men's basketball team still had Dayao.

Therefore, the lock cannot be locked.

Croatia's offense is the same, they want to rely on skilled teamwork to open the offense.

However, Li Ke became a free man on the defensive end, defending the ball one after another, and defending against the two singles cuts by Marko Popovich and Planinic, which determined Croatia's next difficult offense.

Sometimes, the game is like that.

When your initial offensive strategy fails, then you need to put in more effort to open another offensive channel.

But another offensive channel, how can it be so easy to open?
In this way, Croatia struggled for the whole game, and finally was pierced by the two sharp knives of Li Ke and Yao.

"88 to 59, a perfect victory!"

"The men's basketball team reached the semi-finals, they made history!"

At the end of the game, Director Zhang and Yu Jia shouted excitedly, calling out the voice of the hundreds of millions of men's basketball fans at the moment, and it also represented the mood of the hundreds of millions of men's basketball fans at the moment.

History has already been made!

"Yes, we have achieved the best result in the history of the men's basketball team. This is a very historic moment, but I don't think it will be the most historic moment in this Olympics."

After the game, Dayao accepted the official interview. Faced with such a suggestive answer, the beautiful CCTV reporter’s eyes lit up, and he asked, “You mean, the men’s basketball team will continue to move forward and win medals?”

"That's right!"

Dayao nodded, very determined and confident.

The other three games were also carried out one after another. Lithuania, which is still number one in Group A, met Greece. This opponent was not as easy to manipulate as the men's basketball team in the previous life.

Jascovitius vs. Spanoulis, a duel between the kings of Europe, but in the end it was the younger Spanoulis who won the duel.

Greece advanced, but Lithuania was eliminated.

In the NBA, this is the legend of the Black Four.

But is it really legendary?not at all!
At least, as the champion of the European Championship in 05, Greece's victory over Lithuania is definitely not an upset.

It can only be said that after the rise of the men's basketball team, this group B is too dead!

After Lithuania vs Greece, it's the US vs Australia.

The gap in this group of duels was even greater. The Dream Team won the game in a leisurely manner, easily reaching the 12 players of the Dream Team, and everyone got playing time.

"The dream team is still too strong, there is no suspense for the gold medal."

Finally, the more intense Argentina vs Spain.

Ban Ya was placed third in Group B by the men's basketball team, which led to them having to play against the top two in Group A. Lithuania is actually okay, with a strong team spirit, but not strong individual ability.

Switched to Argentina, the salted duck is a bit overwhelmed.

Because Argentina with Ginobili, Scola, and Andre Nocioni, like the salted duck, the team and individuals are very strong.

In this way, Argentina and Banya staged a fist-to-flesh battle.

As a result, Ginobili showed his power and scored 37 points, leading Argentina to beat Spain.

This is the end of the eight-in-four knockout round. There are no upsets, but Spain and Lithuania, the strong teams, are forced to eight-in-four and out.

The matchup in the semi-finals was also decided after the end of the eight-to-four.

The reason why Dayao is confident is because he knows that after defeating Croatia, the next thing the men's basketball team has to face is the winner between Lithuania and Greece.

So, when Greece defeated Lithuania, the men's basketball team had already begun to look forward to their trip to the finals.

……

Two days later, the semi-finals began.

Fighting against Greece again, the direction of the game has not changed.

Li Ke continued to suppress Spanoulis, and Dayao's performance became more efficient. The Greek Shark could cause some troubles for Dayao, but he couldn't make an appearance.

The rest of the insiders are Dayao's RBQ, all kinds of ravages and crushing.

team?

In the face of personal strength, it is not worth mentioning!
On the other hand, the war between Argentina and the United States also confirmed this point.

Argentina knows where their strengths lie. Their strengths are by no means individual, but the team.

Therefore, they hope that through the team, they can compete with the dream team and strive for a victory with little hope.

But the dream team didn't give them a chance at all. They formed such a lineup in order to regain the top of FIBA.

Argentina, which once defeated them, must also be defeated.

Guagua, Lebron, Kobe, Wade, and Paul took turns to take over the game. Ginobili failed in one-on-five and could only accept the result of being defeated and out.

In this way, the matchup of the final was released.

American Dream Team vs Men's Basketball!

"Fight against the Dream Team again, we will win!"

"Come on Keshen, Keshen is awesome!"

"Men's basketball team, rise up!"

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(End of this chapter)