Reborn in the 96 golden generation

Chapter 536 Preparing for the Sydney Olympics
"Wang, you don't need to take care of our feelings any more. To tell you the truth, after this finals, we brothers admire you for everything. No matter how many honors you get, we won't be jealous. "

O'Neill hugged Kobe's neck, his tongue stiffened.

"Yeah, Wang, don't think the two of us are so short-sighted, okay?"

Kobe echoed.

"Two, are you two looking down on personal honor?"

Zhou Yu was a little surprised.

"Of course not, Wang. The two of us plan to grab the honor from you with our strength. We don't need your help. We've already made up our minds. Overtake you in all aspects as soon as possible.”

O'Neill raised his neck and took a sip of beer, and laughed.

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he said quickly:

"I also happen to have nothing to do during the offseason, so I will practice with you guys."

"Big Zhi, I'm afraid you won't be able to accompany them during the offseason."

Li Nan suddenly showed embarrassment.

"Brother Nan, what do you mean by that?"

Zhou Yu said with a puzzled look on his face.

"Yesterday, Coach Wang Fei called me from Yuanyang. In addition to congratulating us, he also hoped that we will return to the national team as soon as possible to participate in the training camp and prepare for the 2000 Sydney Olympics."

Li Nan spoke slowly.

Shocked, Zhou Yu remained silent for a few seconds before asking:
"Brother Nan, Brother Dong, Brother Song, what do you think?"

"How else can you think about it? It's not that you don't know Coach Wang's temper. Go back to the national team training obediently. It's just that you just finished playing in the NBA and feel exhausted. You can't even take a few days off if you want to rest."

Li Nan sighed.

"We are all the 'five good boys' trained by the Bayi team. No matter how hard and tired we are, we must win glory for the country."

Liu Yudong said firmly.

"Yeah, I happen to miss the teammates of the national team, and I can catch up with the old days when I go back to the training camp, and see my parents by the way."

Zhang Jinsong said.

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, and felt that what the three brothers said was reasonable. Anyway, basketball is played everywhere during the offseason, not to mention that the Olympic Games are only held once every four years, so the opportunity is really rare.

Today, the Chinese men's basketball team has won the Asian Cup and the World Championships, and it is only one Olympic champion short of the championship.

According to Zhou Yu's knowledge, the American men's basketball dream team participating in the Sydney Olympics should be regarded as relatively weak in previous Olympic Games, and it is not impossible to win the men's basketball gold medal.

"Okay, let's just make a deal and go back to China for training together."

Zhou Yu made a final decision.

"Wang, you are going back to China again, and Kobe and I are left."

O'Neill leaned on the wine bottle, a little disappointed.

"Brother Shark, stop pretending, don't you two still have Xiaoya and Qin Xue?"

Zhou Yu laughed.

"How can the relationship between a man and a woman be compared to brotherhood?"

O'Neal snorted coldly.

"O'Neill, are you saying that because you've successfully taken Wen Xiaoya down and you're starting to like the new and dislike the old?"

Kobe joked.

"Kobe, you still have the nerve to talk about me, you took down Qin Xue faster than me."

O'Neill's face was red and his ears were equatorial.

When everyone heard the words, there was a burst of laughter at the same time.

The training place for the Chinese men's basketball team to prepare for the Olympics is still in Beilun, Zhejiang. The four of Zhou Yu adjusted the time difference and soon participated in the team's joint training.

In the intra-team match, Wang Fei deliberately arranged for Zhou Yu to play a 20-minute match with another group of four.

Zhou Yu's lineup is as follows:
Point Guard: Ah Dijiang, Shooting Guard: Zhang Jinsong, Small Forward: Li Nan, Power Forward: Liu Yudong, Center: Wang Zhizhi.

It can be said that the original team of the Bayi team is all in one.

Another set of lineups is as follows:
Point guard: Li Xiaoyong, shooting guard: Wu Qinglong, small forward: Hu Weidong, power forward: Wu Naiqun, center: Yao Ming.

After a season in the NBA, Li Nan, Zhang Jinsong, and Liu Yudong improved their skills very quickly. Under the leadership of Zhou Yu, they quickly gained the upper hand, and played brilliantly in positional warfare and fast-break counterattacks.

The result of the game was as expected. Zhou Yu's group finally defeated Hu Weidong's group by 53 points at "41:12".

"Everyone has also seen that the players who have experienced in the NBA are different. The future intra-team competitions will be held in this version. You have to treat the Big Zhi group as a strong European and American team. Only in this way can you adapt to the Olympic men's basketball team as soon as possible. The rhythm of the game.

The Olympic Games are only held once every four years, so the importance is self-evident. Except for African teams, there are basically no weak teams that can participate in the Olympic men's basketball competition.The best result of our Chinese men's basketball team in the previous Olympic Games was only the quarterfinals. This time the situation has changed a lot. Not only are there four players who played in the NBA to help out, but also the halo of the World Championships. The minimum goal is to advance to the semifinals , It is not impossible to win the gold. "

Standing in front of the team members, Wang Fei cleared his throat and talked eloquently.

The content of the subsequent training camps mainly revolved around the intra-team competition. Wang Fei analyzed the gains and losses of each game and gave the players targeted opinions and suggestions, which improved the overall strength of the Chinese men's basketball team to a certain extent.

On September 2000, 9, the Sydney Olympic Games officially opened.

The Olympic men's basketball competition is divided into two groups, with 6 teams in each group, using a group single round-robin system, and the top four advance to the quarter-finals.

The Chinese team is grouped with the United States, France, Lithuania, Spain and New Zealand.

In the past, apart from the New Zealand team among these five teams, the other four European and American teams, the Chinese team has little hope of winning. Of course, this game against the American Dream Team is still a game that must be lost.

But today's Chinese men's basketball team is no longer what it used to be, and its strength has greatly improved. Except for the American Dream Team, which is not very sure, the other four teams have hopes of winning.

However, despite the strong strength of the Chinese men's basketball team and the blessing of the world championship halo, many foreign media are still somewhat pessimistic about the Chinese team. On the one hand, the strong European and American teams did not arrange the strongest lineup to participate in the World Championships.

In the first game of the group stage, the Chinese team VS the New Zealand team.

The New Zealand team should be regarded as the weakest opponent in this group. As a result, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the New Zealand men's basketball team with a huge advantage of "86:69", 17 points, and won a hearty victory.

In the second game of the group stage, the Chinese team VS the French team.

The Chinese men's basketball team defeated the French men's basketball team by "83:79" by four points and won two consecutive victories in the group stage.

With the excellent performance of the Chinese men's basketball team, some foreign media who looked down on them before the game slapped their faces.

In the third game of the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team continued to maintain a good momentum and defeated the Lithuanian men's basketball team with a three-point advantage of "76:73".

(End of this chapter)