This Forward is Not Serious

In mid-July, the Olympic qualifying tournament came to an end.

Germany, Greece and Croatia became the last three teams to qualify for the Olympics.

Croatia was assigned to Group A, and Germany and Greece were assigned to Group B where the Chinese team was located.

The "Group of Death" was officially born.

After all the groups were released, Fiba Secretary-General Bob said this in an interview with a Chinese reporter:

It is very difficult for the Chinese team to qualify in the group stage. If they can do it, it will be a very amazing result.

This is not to be underestimated. Needless to say, the United States and Spain are "one of the best" in the true sense. Greece, as the runner-up in the 2006 World Championship, is definitely better than the men's basketball team.

The most likely way for the Chinese team to appear is to win the "African brother" Angola, and then compete with the German team for the right to qualify.

But in addition to Nowitzki, the German team also naturalized strong inside man Chris Kaman.

Kaman played for the Clippers last season, averaging 15.7 points, 12.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.8 blocks per game.

The biggest advantage of the Chinese team is the inside line. This wave of Kamanganowitzki and the German team is already full of inside lines. It is not easy for the Chinese team to win.

Also in late July, the men's basketball team participated in the Stankovic Cup. This was the first time Yao Ming appeared in an official game after returning from a serious injury.

The men's basketball team won the final 3 games and won the championship.

Because the quality of the participating teams is not high, the outcome of the game is not the most important thing, the main thing is the running-in.

Looking through the tube, the fans have seen something.

Although Yao Ming didn't play much playing time, he looked in good shape.

The men's basketball team couldn't find anyone to feed Yao Ming before, but now there are half a dozen.

Half of them are Liu Wei and one is Lin Ying!

Therefore, after watching the Sri Lanka Cup, domestic fans’ expectations for the men’s basketball team in the Olympics continue to be raised.

However, fans in this tournament also saw Yunus struggling.

In three games, Lin Ying played three positions.

Lin Ying was the starting small forward in the first game, the starting power forward in the second game, and the starting shooting guard in the third game.

Therefore, no one really knows which position Lin Ying will play in the end, or even whether he will start.

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A week later, the world is focused on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Lin Ying went to the Olympic Village with the men's basketball team.

The National Team also visited the Bird's Nest, Water Cube, and Folding Fan (National Stadium) after entering the Olympic Games.

The biggest feeling when walking around is that there are so many people!

You know, the Olympic Games haven’t even started yet!

As the first Olympic Games in Chinese history, it can be said that the national attention to sports reached its peak at this time.

And it’s not just Chinese people who are paying attention, but foreigners as well.

China, as an oriental civilization, has always attracted the attention of people from all over the world. When there is such an opportunity to contact us, there will naturally be an influx of people.

In particular, they were originally worried about security issues, but China has invested 100,000 anti-terrorism troops and even dispatched the most mysterious "aunt" team on duty, so they have a full sense of security.

The only pity is that Wukesong is closed now and they were unable to see the competition venue.

We can only wait until after the opening ceremony.

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On August 8, the Beijing Olympic Games officially opened.

The scene was crowded with people and colorful flags were flying.

The 80,000-seat stadium was packed with seats in the center, including President Hu Jintao, Olympic Committee Chairman Rogge and some leaders from other countries.

Quite a number of spectators held small red flags in their hands, and some even put the national flag on their faces. They were all filled with happy smiles.

And many people are holding cameras that are very contemporary in their hands, ready to record the wonderful moments in front of them.

After the audience followed the countdown, fireworks were set off and the opening ceremony officially began!

Writing, martial arts, opera, ritual music...

This opening ceremony directed by Zhang Yimou has a strong atmosphere of painting, and the screen is full of cultural atmosphere.

Five thousand years of Chinese civilization, a great country!

A visual feast!

Lin Ying and the men's basketball team members were preparing to enter the stadium.

Teams from various countries are inside the Bird's Nest Stadium, waiting for the final entrance ceremony.

So they couldn't see the excitement outside and could only wait.

Lin Ying's teammates were all around, except Yao Ming.

Yao Ming went to the front of the team as the flag bearer.

He was the flag-bearer in 2004, the second consecutive year.

From this we can also see the status of the men's basketball team in the national team during this period.

Among the three major sports, men naturally receive more attention than women, and the only men's sport that is likely to compete for medals is men's basketball.

Lin Ying stood and felt flashes of light around him from time to time.

After turning around and taking a few glances, I saw that they were many female members of the national team.

Although everyone is in the same national team, this national team includes too many events, and it is the first time for many people to meet Lin Ying.

With that appearance and that hairstyle, he is just like a male star joining the national team.

Next to Lin Ying was Sun Yue. Sun Yue finally asked the people around him to squat down very interestingly.

Now Standing Out was no longer blocking his line of sight. The flashlight was so bright that he thought it was a press conference!

"The leader is here!"

In the end, it was Lin Ying who shouted intelligently before his teammates stood up.

Then there was a chorus of laughter and rants.

A small episode shows how popular Lin Ying is now.

It can be predicted that if Lin Ying develops smoothly in the NBA, he will be the flag bearer of the next Olympic Games.

After waiting for nearly an hour, the performance outside was finished, and it was finally the turn for the entrance ceremony.

The rules for Olympic entrance ceremonies vary, but most of the time they follow the alphabet.

However, the Beijing Olympics has Chinese characteristics, which are based on the number of strokes in Chinese characters.

The Chinese team is the host and the last one to appear.

Another hour.

Many athletes could no longer stand and squatted down.

But when the leader said they were almost there, everyone stood up and cheered up.

Fighting at home, everyone hopes to show their best side in front of the country.

Lin Ying also touched his hair unconsciously.

Wu Liuqi has been invited by him, and his hairstyle is quite well maintained.

Join the large army and enter the venue!

Yao Ming entered the stadium holding the national flag, and cheers erupted throughout the stadium.

Host treatment!

Lin Ying naturally had no chance to come to the scene before.

Even when he was in school, he couldn't watch many games. Some of them were organized by teachers and watched live on the TV in the classroom.

When I was young, I looked at a painting from a distance and saw the person in the painting again!

It feels very different.

He feels like he can get into the boxing ring and fight Tyson now!

Whether you can beat him or not is secondary, the main thing is the feeling of blood boiling.

This is what it feels like to fight on your doorstep!

These cheers are the best drum sounds before the war!

These familiar faces are why he fights!

Because the clothes were yellow at the front and red at the back, and the number of participants was exaggerated, when the team entered the square, it looked like a red dragon, and the image was too strong.

When the Chinese team also completed their entry, the entry ceremony also ended.

The live camera panned among the athletes.

Djokovic, Phelps, Parker, and then the legendary Kobe Bryant's "10-second shot" arrived as promised.

Because the camera was always on, Kobe started to put on his hat a little embarrassedly, but the camera was still there, and in the end he was obviously a little shy.

This is the only foreign athlete given that long time.

In the future, some fans will also wonder why the live broadcast footage takes so long. To put it bluntly, it is popularity.

And speaking of popularity, Lin Ying was also photographed alone.

The only person who can suppress Kobe's popularity in this Olympics is Lin Ying!

He is handsome and can play, and he is still his own player, so there is nothing wrong with this pressure.

Moreover, the director gave Lin Ying 11 seconds of footage, no more, no less, one second longer, which was quite accurate.

The place really exploded.

This hairstyle and this look, I love it!

Lin Ying didn’t have a hat, but he smiled!

This time the audience was even more excited.

Especially female viewers.

What's going on with the little brother? It feels like he's shooting arrows out randomly!

When the camera passed, Lin Ying was too busy to stop.

At this time, the formation was no longer required, and many female athletes came to take photos with him!

And there is actually a female player next door.

Lin Ying felt a little dizzy.

Moreover, Sun Yue and the others also started making noises, and he felt that he was a little exhausted.

After the opening ceremony, Duffy mentioned something to Lin Ying.

He hoped that Lin Ying could live outside the Olympic Village.

Obviously, although he was mentally prepared, Lin Ying's popularity exceeded his expectations.

This may pose a safety risk to him.

This is one of the reasons why both the American men's and women's basketball teams live outside the country.

"Bill, this is China."

Lin Ying said with a smile.

Chinese people rarely make mistakes when doing big things, especially ones of the size of the Olympics.

Duffy said nothing more and finally compromised and prepared to assign him two bodyguards.

Lin Ying also went with him.

The opening ceremony was over, and he was now concerned about the opening game.

The opponent in the opening game has already been mentioned before, it is the US Men’s Basketball Team!

He and Yao Ming had mentioned the strategy for the group stage before, and Yao Ming agreed.

I just don’t know if Yao Ming finally convinced Yunus.

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is over, and the competition has officially begun the next day.

However, the men's basketball game does not start until the 10th.

These two days are the last training time for the men's basketball team.

Because it is a two-day match, with 6 games a day, all 12 teams will get about an hour to get familiar with the venue.

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Familiarization time for the men's basketball team is 10 a.m. before Team USA.

After walking into the field, I was surrounded by the exclamations of my teammates.

Most of the men's basketball players still play in the CBA, and they have never had the opportunity to see a venue of this level before.

Wukesong is the first NBA-level arena.

As the main venue for the Olympic Games, it has a four-sided LED screen hanging in the center, which can accommodate up to 17,000 people watching the game at the same time.

Besides being amazed, there is also excitement.

Including Lin Ying and Yao Ming.

Although there are many NBA game venues, how can other people’s venues be the same as your own?

And even if there are no spectators around, standing on the field can already feel the blood flowing.

This is probably the charm of fighting at home!

"Brother Zhu, do you think we can get a medal?"

At this time, Chen Jianghua, the youngest member of the team, asked. They were all from the Guangdong team.

Zhu Fangyu smiled and then looked at Yao Ming.

It's useless to ask him about this matter, you have to ask Yao Ming!

"Don't think too much and play every game with all your strength."

Yao Ming replied.

After finishing speaking, he looked at a specific empty space in the arena.

The final award ceremony of the men's basketball team was also held at Wukesong, which should be the place where the final national flag was raised!

Although he knows that the first goal of the men's basketball team is to qualify from the group and reach the quarterfinals, he still has expectations after all.

Lin Ying also looked there.

Like Yao Ming, he also has expectations.

Yunus just arranged for the team members to do some basic training.

At this time, there are reporters all around, so there will definitely be no tactical training or anything like that.

At the end of the training, Yao Ming and Lin Ying talked about the group stage strategy issues mentioned before.

Yunus, I don’t agree.

Lin Ying was surprised.

What Yao Ming can understand, why can't Yunus understand it?

And judging from Yunus's starting arrangements for himself, he shouldn't be that stubborn person.

However, the reasons given by Yao Ming also show that Yunus has different considerations.

"He said a big defeat would cause the team to lose morale and the fans to lose their enthusiasm and confidence."

Yao Ming said Yunus's exact words, but Lin Ying was speechless.

It cannot be said that this idea is wrong.

After all, no one can assume that if the Chinese men's basketball team loses to the Dream Team, it will be able to play as exciting games as Spain and Germany.

It is even possible that Spain will be defeated directly in the second game.

And if Yao Ming can't explain it, it won't be effective if he tries to explain it.

Then, we can only fight one game and watch the other.

As long as they can win one more game than in history and rank third or even second in the group, they may have a greater chance of advancing to the semi-finals.

After getting familiar with the venue, the men's basketball players packed up and left the court.

As we walked out of the door, the U.S. team bus arrived.

Familiar figures got out of the car one by one.

Kobe, James, Wade, Howard, Anthony, Bosh, Paul, Deron, Kidd, Reid, Boozer, Prince...

12 people, 11 All-Stars, plus an All-Defensive team.

This Dream Team is composed of the 2003 generation as the main force, plus the "strongest player" Kobe, veteran Kidd, newcomer Paul, and a reasonable combination of the old, middle and young generations.

From a functional perspective, there are Howard and Bosh on the inside, Reed is the shooter, and Prince is the defensive player.

It can be said that this is the strongest lineup the US men's basketball team can have!

This wave started when the Dream Five team lost in 2002. They had not reached the top of the World Series in 6 years!

Even because of this, many people feel that the Dream Team has ceased to exist in name only, so this group of people is here for revenge!

So Kobe is here in the end?

Lin Ying looked confused. He was more curious about the reason why Kobe changed his mind.

But soon his eyes moved away from Kobe.

Hey, who is that person?

In the middle, surrounded by James, Anthony and Wade, six or seven bags were hung around his neck, and he was being chased away by the three of them like a duck.