Champions Creed

Chapter 365 Chapter 364: I'm waiting for Roger, what are you waiting for? (Seeking monthly votes!)
LeBron James' hatred for Roger deepened.

In the regular season, when Roger ruthlessly defeated him and the Cavaliers and forced him to fight to the death with Michael Jordan, he hated the No. 14.

Tonight, James once again refreshed his understanding of Roger. He didn't expect that a person could curse so dirty on the basketball court!

Yes, Roger didn't use a single swear word, but that sentence was really swearing!

Roger's disdain and humiliation made LeBron James feel like a salesgirl in a luxury store - they often fawn on male customers, even calling them dad in private, just to get close to them. However, most male customers don't take them seriously at all.

James felt that this was the attitude Roger used towards him.

Michael Jordan and Roger James are tired of their condescending attitude.

Even though LeBron has the thick skin that is among the top three in the history of professional basketball, he still felt a little embarrassed after being scolded by Roger, so he consciously retreated to his own half.

LeBron James clenched his fists, determined to fight a comeback battle!

First of all, I will never settle in Greece.

Secondly, I am absolutely qualified to take a bath!

At the scene, the fans' cheers never stopped when the players entered the field.

Today's game has special historical significance because it may very well be the end of the Dream Team's Olympic myth.

In 1989, FIBA ​​made a decision that changed the history of international basketball. They abolished the rule prohibiting professional players from participating in the Olympics.

So in Barcelona in 1992, the whole world saw what the most beautiful basketball looked like and what the most oppressive basketball looked like.

That most legendary team in history swept the entire international basketball arena in an invincible manner. It was simply the basketball version of the Gulf War, and it once again established the insurmountable position of American basketball with an insurmountable gap.

By the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the Dream Team III, in addition to the five members of the Dream Team I, also had new faces such as Reggie Miller, Shaquille O'Neal, Grant Hill, Gary Payton, and Hakeem Olajuwon who had just changed his nationality. They easily won the Olympic gold medal again with an average difference of 30 points per game.

Facts have proved that as long as they are NBA players, even if they are not the best in history, they are good enough to make a big splash in the international basketball arena.

In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Vince Carter's death dunk has been passed down through the ages. However, in that Olympics, the dominance of the Dream Team had clearly begun to waver. The most thrilling match was undoubtedly the semi-finals, where they defeated Lithuania by only a two-point margin and were almost defeated by the opponent.

But no matter what, this dream team still won the Olympic gold medal with a perfect record and continued to dominate the international basketball world.

In fact, since basketball became an official Olympic event in 1936, the U.S. team has regarded gold medals as a sure thing. In the 15 Olympic basketball games that have been held, the U.S. team has participated in 14 and won 12 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal. In total, they played 111 games, won 109 games and lost 2 games, with a winning rate of 98.2%.

In front of Roger is such a team that has inherited this brilliant legacy.

This is also the source of Americans' confidence.

Their past achievements were so brilliant that they have become accustomed to their own strength.

Even after experiencing pain in 2002, many Americans still believed that the Dream Team would not lose in the Olympics.

We were indeed careless in the 2002 World Championships, but this is the Olympics, and Americans will not easily lose the Olympic championship and glory.

Apart from Americans, fans all over the world are looking forward to the Chinese team making history.

The Dream Team has been defeated in the World Championships, it’s time for them to taste the iron fist of the international order in the Olympics!

NBC broadcast the game live, and the familiar voices of 90s basketball fans returned.

Bob Costa was particularly excited: "Although this is just a group match, I can guarantee that the atmosphere on site is even more exciting than the NBA Finals. We are simply at the center of the basketball world!"

Beside him, Doug Collins was sweating profusely: "I think there may be more than 10 billion people watching this game around the world, and it seems like there are more than million people cheering at the scene. This is the most important game in FIBA ​​history, and it is the most brilliant show this summer!"

Doug Collins' statement is not an exaggeration at all, because Roger had already entered the NBA as early as the 90s. In addition, Chinese players entered the NBA one after another in the early 21st century. At this time, the influence of the NBA in China reached an unprecedented height, so most Chinese people are paying attention to this game between Chinese players and NBA players.

In the United States, many people watched the game because it was full of suspense and a matter of face.

Add to that the huge number of neutral fans, and the number of people watching this game may have really made history.

The starting lineups of both teams were in place, with the five tigers of the Chinese team being Roger, Zhu Fangyu, Du Feng, Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming.

Except for Roger, the starting players are all over 2 meters tall. Del Harris's goal is to fill the penalty area with height and confrontation. This is also the secret of the Chinese team's victory in the warm-up match.

The Dream Team's starting lineup was AI, Marbury, Richard Jefferson, Shawn Marion and Duncan. Compared to the mainstream of this era, the Dream Team's starting lineup was relatively short.

Larry Brown really doesn't know who to use at the power forward position.

Lamar Odom is a very talented forward on offense, but Larry Brown really doesn't like his defense.

Larry Brown doesn't trust Carlos Boozer very much. He thinks Boozer doesn't have the strength to start.

Brad Miller is Duncan's substitute, and Emeka Okafor can be automatically ignored.

LeBron James? The guy who specifically said he could play the 4? Ha.

After looking around, only Marion met Larry Brown's requirements. After all, he had proven his defensive ability at the power forward position in the championship team, so Larry Brown let him start.

The two sides moved closer in the center circle, and in the stands, countless American flags and five-star red flags were fluttering.

This atmosphere is completely different from that of the NBA. Roger, who continues to wear No. 14, has started his winning engine.

On the bench, LeBron James chewed his fingernails. He thought he could get a chance to start, but it didn't work out that way.

But it doesn’t matter. It’s impossible that I can’t get even a minute.

As long as he's on the field, he can prove his worth.

He was going to tell Roger that he could take a shower!

This is the first time that bathing has played such an important role in a basketball game.

At the start of the game, Yao Ming, who had the height advantage, fought for the ball.

As soon as Yao Ming got into position, Duncan tried his best to fight against him and prevent Yao Ming from receiving the ball in a deeper position.

Of course Duncan wanted to win very much, he didn't want to be screwed by Roger twice in one summer.

The most important player of this dream team is undoubtedly Duncan, he is the only MVP player in the team.

If the team wins, he gets most of the credit.

But at the same time, if the team loses, he will definitely be the player who is scolded the most.

Therefore, Duncan was quite excited, and he also planned to let Yao Ming know his attitude in the first round.

However, Yao Ming did not put in much effort and he did not seem to be very active on the offensive end.

This is not the Yao Ming that Tim Duncan knows. Although he and Yao Ming have not played against each other many times in the NBA, they have only met four times, but all four times left a deep impression on him.

He and Shaq are the few players for whom receiving the ball in the paint means defensive failure.

Therefore, both Shark and Yao Ming will spare no effort to get into position.

But now Yao Ming just leaned against Duncan ceremoniously without showing any aggression.

At the same time, Roger held the ball outside the three-point line and Richard Jefferson was responsible for defense.

However, the Chinese team did not play any complicated tactics. Zhu Fangyu, Du Feng and Wang Zhizhi each moved outside the three-point line to provide Roger with one-on-one space.

In the first round, Roger will start with a singles match.

Roger didn't hesitate and broke through quickly after the space was opened. Richard Jefferson's defense can only be said to be good, but never top-notch.

And Roger is the kind of player that can only be slightly contained by a DPOY-level perimeter player.

Roger's breakthrough did not involve too many confusing dribbles. It was just a hesitation step followed by a sprint. Richard Jefferson reacted immediately.

But in the confrontation, Richard Jefferson was not dominant. Roger passed him and went straight to the inside, and this breakthrough was so easy that Marbury and AI had no time to help defend.

Duncan had to fill in the gap and raised his arms to block Roger.

Roger jumped up to meet Duncan, and the two sides fought fiercely in the air.

Roger made a layup in the confrontation and at the same time the referee blew the whistle and gave Tim Duncan a foul.

At the beginning of the game, Roger got a 2+1 opportunity!
Tim Duncan once again put on his surprised expression that was enough to get a technical foul and yelled at the referee: "No!!!"

On the Dream Team bench, Wade made a joke: "Is this why Roger and Adriana Lima are on vacation together? They must have done a lot of intense physical training!" However, no one on the bench was laughing.

Everyone just saw how vulnerable this team's perimeter defense was in front of Roger, like using Wolverine's claws to scratch cardboard.

In the original timeline, the two games that the Dream Team lost the most were against Puerto Rico and Argentina.

And Puerto Rico and Argentina have one thing in common: they have extremely lethal on-ball guards.

In Puerto Rico, that role is Carlos Arroyo, and in Argentina it is Manu Ginobili.

Because the perimeter defense of this dream team was so bad, Arroyo and Manu could break through without restraint, which forced Duncan to block the eyes everywhere. And because he was not used to the FIBA ​​rule without the three-second defense, Duncan's defensive position selection was very substandard. As a result, Duncan was often troubled by being fouled.

You know, under FIBA ​​rules, a player will be disqualified if he commits five fouls, and the restrictions on the number of fouls are even more stringent.

Roger took advantage of this and decisively chose to break through instead of jump shot in the first round.

Tim Duncan is the last fig leaf of this dream team on the defensive end. If he gets into foul trouble, it will be as easy to swallow this American team as eating a piece of cake!
Amid the cheers of Chinese fans, Roger made the free throw.

In the first round of the FIBA ​​official competition, Roger perfectly demonstrated his strength!
The game continued. AI controlled the ball across half court and found that the Chinese team was in a 2-3 zone defense and was relatively deep.

Roger is responsible for defending the AI ​​and limiting his breakthroughs as much as possible.

Tim Duncan is in position in the paint. On the Spurs, he has long been accustomed to the ball passing through his hands.

However, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Du Feng were all around Duncan, which made AI give up the idea of ​​passing the ball to the inside.

He passed the ball to Marbury, who took it and drove forward without hesitation.

He didn't know where this guy in front of him, wearing number 8 and with a face like the moon, came from. He only knew that this guy would definitely not be able to compete with NBA players.

Marbury, who doesn't know enough about Chinese culture, doesn't know that the number in front of him is not No. 8, but Day.

Marbury accelerated, and Zhu Fangyu really couldn't compete with him in terms of speed. But because the Chinese team was defending a double team, Zhu Fangyu was not afraid of being broken through, he just had to find a way to make Marbury uncomfortable.

So at the moment when Marbury broke through, the Japanese player rushed into him hard and hit Marbury's waist with his elbow - this was the valuable experience that Roger brought to the national team.

Zhu Fangyu gave Marbury a very fierce confrontation, which made it impossible for Marbury to speed up.

The men's basketball players of this era are definitely so aggressive. Before 2009, although the Chinese and American men's basketball teams always lost due to the lack of strength, the Chinese players never lowered their standards in the confrontation with the American team. No matter how far behind, they would never use the old lady's strolling defense.

Seeing Marbury stumbling in, Wang Zhizhi immediately retreated, and with Yao Ming in the three-second zone, Marbury almost crashed into the crowd.

"Damn it!" Marbury stopped the ball and cursed in his heart.

He didn't expect the Chinese team's defensive intensity to be at this level.

He was looking for his teammates in the crowd, and when he saw AI, he immediately passed the ball.

But the ball was passed too quickly, and AI did not completely get rid of Roger, so Roger easily intercepted the ball.

After Roger stole the ball, he counterattacked. AI wanted to steal the ball on the spot, but Roger took the initiative to confront him, knocked AI two steps away, and finally scored with a dunk easily!
"5-0! The Chinese team is leading 5-0! Tonight, we may really witness history!" Bob Costa had goose bumps all over his body and cold sweat on his back. Shock and fear, two completely different emotions, intertwined in his body.

On the one hand, he is looking forward to the possibility of the Chinese team making history. If the Chinese team really defeats the Dream Team in the Olympics, it will undoubtedly be the most legendary page in basketball history.

But on the other hand, as an American and a sports practitioner, Bob Costa certainly does not want the Dream Team to lose.

The game continued and the Dream Team attacked for the second time.

AI continued to choose to pass the ball because Richard Jefferson in the right corner was one step behind Du Feng.

Jefferson took a jump shot immediately after receiving the ball. He had no choice but to seek death by trying to attack the Chinese team's iron defense.

However, Richard Jefferson's three-point shooting was not pure during this period. Although he shot 36% of his three-pointers last season, his output was not high, and he only made 48 three-pointers in a season.

His low production means that his three-point shooting percentage has little reference value.

Why is the output of three-pointers so low? Firstly, it is a problem of basketball concept, and secondly, it is because I am not very confident in my three-pointers.

Due to Du Feng's interference, Richard Jefferson missed the long shot.

Larry Brown was so angry that he yelled, "Damn sissy, shoot inside. Even a fool knows that the closer you are to the basket, the higher your hit rate!"

Larry Brown knew very well that the Dream Team shooting three-pointers from the outside was what that old bastard Del Harris wanted to see most.

How did Spain and Serbia die? They killed themselves!
What Larry Brown didn't know was that breakthrough was actually a scene that Del Harris was very happy to see.

Unless this dream team has a mid-range expert with the ball, it will be difficult no matter how they play.

You know what, AI is just a mid-range expert with the ball.

It’s a pity that the Chinese team has a DPOY defending him.

For the US team, they simply had no good offensive options.

The Chinese team fought back, and Yao Ming once again played in the paint. But even so, Duncan had to stay by his side at all times.

Roger broke through, and AI came up to double-team him, but Roger crushed him with one confrontation. The Dream Team's perimeter defense was too fragile and could not pose a threat to a player of Roger's level.

Duncan, who already had a foul, didn't dare to make too much of a foul this time, so Roger made an easy jump shot and the basketball hit the target accurately.

7:0.

Roger brought his absolute dominance on the offensive end from the NBA to the Olympics.

Bob Costa lamented in despair: "A lion is still a lion no matter where it is or who it works with."

In the stands, there are fewer and fewer American flags waving, and more and more five-star red flags fluttering.

Greece will become the home ground of the Chinese team.

The Dream Team continued to attack, but Duncan couldn't catch the ball at all because no one wanted to pass the ball to the inside, so there was really no chance for the inside.

At this time, Yao Ming, who had been slacking off on the offensive end, said some trash talk in front of Duncan that made him feel a little desperate.

"Aren't you going to catch the ball yet Tim? I'm waiting for Roger, what are you waiting for?"

This is a simple but heart-touching statement.

Yes, Yao Ming saves energy on the offensive end because he can rely on Roger.

What about yourself?
Who can Duncan rely on for the Dream Team's outside line?

Marbury's offense relies on breakthroughs.

Richard Jefferson has no three-pointers and no mid-range shots.

AI is a high-volume, low-efficiency scorer.

There is no top mid-range or three-point shooter on the bench.

They found it difficult to win the game against the Chinese team's iron defense.

If we allow them to attack like this, this game will become the biggest disaster in the history of the Dream Team!

"Boom!"

While Duncan was thinking about it, Allen Iverson missed a three-pointer.

Yao Ming protected the rebound and Roger raised his hand to ask for the ball.

He rushed to the frontcourt and saw that Richard Jefferson had foolishly chosen to retreat, so he chased him and shot a three-pointer.

This is a little lesson that MVP taught him.

"brush".

10:0.

"Don't wait, Tim," Yao Ming, who had just run across half the court, shook his head proudly at Duncan, "If you wait any longer, you'll die."

(End of this chapter)