I'm not really a role player

Chapter 237 Canon's Olympic Finals
Wukesong, the Olympic men's basketball final is already over half.

The Dream Team played a very different game from the group stage opener, and the score was opened early.

At halftime, they led the men's basketball team by 49 points with a score of 36 to 13.

Coach K was ruthless at the beginning of the game. He learned the "lessons" of the group stage and set up a lineup that is very suitable for men's basketball at the beginning——

Point guard Chris Cannon, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, small forward LeBon, power forward Boozer, and center Sparks.

Then relying on Lebron, defending one against Li Ke, relying on Boozer to defend against one big Yao, supplemented by a certain amount of help defense, basically strangled the two strengths of the men's basketball team.

The dream team's offense is even simpler, just focus on the outside military training of the men's basketball team except Li Ke. One-on-one, Dasheng, Wei Ge, and Wang Qi Zhu Ba, who came off the bench, cannot make effective defense.

In short, in a group match, Coach K found the weakness of the men's basketball team.

In the finals, what he needs to do is to magnify these weaknesses.

Not too difficult, very easy.

The dream team did this, and the score was drawn.

As far as the men's basketball team is concerned, the weak beat the strong, and it is that breath.

But in this game, the Dream Team wiped out the breath of the men's basketball team at the beginning.

In the third quarter of the game, the men's basketball team could only linger.

Li Ke hasn't given up yet, his style of play has become more and more extreme.

Kobe's existence made him hang up Peak Du once again.

Against Lebron's defense, Li Kebiao scored a three-pointer.

Bang-dang-!
The sound of striking iron was very clear, because the Wukesong had fallen silent.

But at the basket, the moment Dayao jumped up and grabbed the backboard, the cheers still rushed like a tide.

"Dayao grabbed the rebound and made a tip-up? No, Howard has already got stuck in his turning position, so he can only pass back..."

Outside the three-point line, Li Ke received the ball again, and it was Lebron who was watching him closely.

Under the watchful eyes of the audience, Li Ke aimed at the basket with one crotch and two crotches, and then scored another three-pointer.

Bang-dang-!
This time, the audience sighed.

On TNT TV, Barkley shook his head: "Obviously, Sheldon is in a hurry. He knows that conventional play can no longer turn the Chinese team into victory. He can only bet three points..."

"However, his hand feeling is not outstanding."

The magician shook his head: "No, it's LeBron who defends too well. When LeBron turns on the full-force James mode and turns the mode button completely to the defensive end, he is the best defensive player on the planet, and Sheldon is on the same gear."

Lebron's defense has received the greatest recognition, and Li Ke actually felt the same way on the court. Lebron's defense made him feel too uncomfortable.

But very helplessly, he can only continue to play singles and continue to shoot.

Because of this game, the defensive strategy adopted by the Dream Team is to insist on one defense and one Li Ke, without assistance in defense, so that they will not let go of other men's basketball players.

Without space, other players in the men's basketball team lose the ability to attack independently.

When facing a strong enemy, Dasheng, Ah Lian, and Wang Qizhuba are daring to fight, but the attributes of daring to fight are not worth mentioning in front of strong strength.

Instead of letting your teammates hit the wall, you should put all your hopes on yourself.

This is what Li Ke is thinking at this moment.

In the round of the Dream Team, Li Ke faced Kobe, and Lebron on the other side used an unstoppable breakthrough to push away all the defenders in front of him, and made a layup near the basket to open the score again.

Immediately afterwards, the offense of the men's basketball team.

It was still Li Ke, who asked for a screen from the outside line, staggered his position on the screen, and shot another three-pointer.

This time, what Wukesong rang was——

Swish-!
With the clear sound of scraping the net, the basketball finally passed through the heart!

Wukesong's cheers erupted completely at that moment.

Although lagging behind, Wukesong fans are still cheering for the men's basketball team and still contributing their enthusiasm.

Because they know that losing this game is not surprising.

"No matter what the result of this game is, the men's basketball team has tried their best. They have made history. Now, the dream team that formed the superstar alliance is only 12 points ahead of them..."

While Director Zhang was feeling emotional, on the court, the Dream Team had already extended the lead to 14 points with another wave of unstoppable offense.

Li Ke's three-pointer didn't seem to have any effect.

Unless, now he can hit three-pointers in a row.

However, the offensive of the men's basketball team and another wave of close defense by Lebang prevented Li Ke from making a three-pointer.

"The intensity of the defense is too great, Li Ke tried his best."

"This is the status quo of this game. Apart from Li Ke and Dayao, there is no third player in the men's basketball team who can stand up and score."

"In contrast to the Dream Team, each of them can tear through the defense of the men's basketball team."

"..."

At the end of the third quarter, relying on Li Ke's struggle, the men's basketball team barely let the situation collapse.

The score of 75 to 59 represented the entire third quarter, and the men's basketball team only lost by 3 points.

Then came the fourth quarter, and the Dream Team was in control of the game.

Li Ke's crazy shot just made the game look a little bit anxious.

If more than ten points are subtracted from the score of the Dream Team, this sense of anxiety will be even stronger.

However, there was always a lag behind, and there was another 10-minute quarter. Wukesong still cheered constantly, but amidst the cheers, the men's basketball team finally lost the final.

"It's over, congratulations to the US team, they are the gold medalists in the 08 Olympics."

Congratulations to the winner first, as is customary.

But in CCTV's broadcast, the protagonist has always been the men's basketball team.

"Although the men's basketball team lost this game, their performance is still worthy of praise."

"Now, they are the Olympic men's basketball silver medalists, and this is already the best record in the history of men's basketball!"

On the other hand, TNT and the commentary trio just felt that this victory was a bit dull.

The dream team's victory was too crushing. Although the men's basketball team worked very hard, their hard work failed to make this game exciting.

"The strength of the Chinese team is still far behind the dream team. Of course, Sheldon and Yao have tried their best. They need more and better teammates..."

The camera returns to the court, where the Dream Team celebrates the victory.

On the other side, the men's basketball players also high-five each other.

The feeling of losing the game is not good, but fortunately, this is a game that no one thinks the men's basketball team can win.

"We lost this game, but we did our best, so we don't need to belittle ourselves. The game is over. Now, all we need to do is to smile and thank the Wukesong fans first, and then stand on the podium and kiss your medals!"

Dayao, who has always been the official spokesperson of the men's basketball team, was silent at the moment. He stood on the side of the basketball court with his hips akimbo, watching his opponents cheer and celebrate.

So Li Ke stood up and clapped his hands.

These words also made Dayao react: "Yes, we should first thank the fans who came and supported!"

Just like that, while the Dream Team was still celebrating, the 12 men's basketball players were already standing in a row, bowing towards the four sides of the court and thanking them.

Cheers broke out again, screams rang out, and shouts followed one after another.

"come on!"

"You are not losers in this game!"

"Men's basketball team, rise up!"

Listening to this series of shouts, Li Ke squeezed his fist and waved it around.

What he thought in his heart was: Four years later, we will come again!
Waving his fists, Li Ke couldn't help shouting: "Four years later, we will make a real impact towards the Olympic gold medal!"

But, does the men's basketball team really have the strength to hit that gold medal?

Li Ke turned his head sideways and glanced at Dayao who was also punching and shouting "Yes, we will come back in four years!"

Thinking about it, after four years, he might be the only one left in the men's basketball team.

"No matter what, after four years, no matter what, we have to try!"

The celebration of the dream team did not last long. Soon, the staff of the Olympic Organizing Committee came out and presented the gold medal to the US team, the silver medal to the Chinese team, and the bronze medal to the Argentine team in a grand awards ceremony.

Holding the silver medal, the "losers" of the men's basketball team still smiled. No matter what, this is the best record in the history of the men's basketball team.

On the sidelines after the awards ceremony, Kobe held the gold medal, looked at Li Ke's silver medal, and joked: "Well, this medal in my hand is more attractive in color."

Li Ke showed a helpless smile. In this battle, Kobe could barely win back.

But they both knew it was an unfair contest.

And what they need is a fair contest.

Where is there a fair contest?It can only be the NBA...

"Don't be complacent, Kobe, you have the Olympic gold medal, but I also have the NBA Finals MVP trophy that you don't have..."

"NBA Finals MVP trophy? I will have it!"

Kobe interrupted Li Ke, very direct and sure.

Li Ke shook his head: "No, you won't have it."

"You mean, you want to stop me?"

"That's right!"

"It's not a good habit to talk big, let's see the truth on the field!"

"See you in the NBA!"

At the end of August, the Olympic men's basketball competition ended.

A silver medal is not Li Ke's only harvest in this Olympics.

What's more, he received a warm hug from Australian women's basketball captain Lauren Jackson at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.

And, successively upgrade to S-level back attack, and B-level breakthrough.

A brand new NBA season is already in front of Li Ke.

(End of this chapter)