On August 22, 2004, under the expectations of the Chinese people, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the last opponent of the group stage, the United States men's basketball team with the title of "dream team", for some political reasons, the Chinese men's basketball team set a step further than the Sydney Olympics before the goal, and the results of the Chinese men's basketball team in the group stage did make countless Chinese people have a little reverie, the group stage won all four games, which is the best record achieved by the Chinese men's basketball team since participating in the Olympic Games.

In the first few group games, the United States men's basketball team lost Puerto Rico, then Lithuania, and narrowly defeated Greece, completely without a trace of hegemonic demeanor, so countless Chinese people who support the Chinese men's basketball team hope that the Chinese men's basketball team can take this opportunity to overturn the American men's basketball team in one fell swoop, like Lithuania and Puerto Rico, and also end the historical dilemma of the Chinese men's basketball team being invincible in the United States.

In this game between the Chinese men's basketball team and the United States men's basketball team, in addition to the Chinese fans, there are countless neutral melon-eating people, and even those teams who want to win the Olympic gold medal, all of them support the Chinese men's basketball team to kill the American team today, and it seems that killing the American team and strangling them in the group stage is now a general trend and a matter that everyone expects.

After the four rounds of the group stage, the current qualifying situation in Group B is still very delicate, except for the first Chinese men's basketball team in the group, and the second place in the group, Lithuania, the remaining two qualifying places will not be finalized until the final round is over. And the U.S. team, which has dominated the Olympics for many years, even has the possibility of being killed by a few remaining opponents.

The U.S. men's basketball team currently ranks third in the group after the Chinese men's basketball team and the Lithuanian men's basketball team with a record of two wins and two losses, but due to the win-loss relationship between the U.S. team and fifth-ranked Puerto Rico, the U.S. team must defeat the Chinese men's basketball team in the final round to ensure qualification, and once the U.S. men's basketball team fails to win the game with the Chinese men's basketball team, then the U.S. men's basketball team has a great chance of going home after the group stage.

"Hey, Coach!" After the end of the ceremony, Meng Xu walked directly to the bench of the American men's basketball team and greeted these old acquaintances, the first one was naturally the head coach of the Spurs, the current assistant coach of the American men's basketball team, Popovich, although Meng Xu had long since left the Spurs, but the name of Popovich, Meng Xu has never changed, he still calls him coach, in Meng Xu's heart, Popovich has always been one of the people he respects the most.

"Boy, you've been doing great this year!" Popovich didn't have the slightest scruples and had a bear hug with Meng Xu, and then whispered a few words of praise to Meng Xu in Meng Xu's ear, like Meng Xu, in Popovich's heart, Meng Xu is also one of the very special people.

"Thank you, Coach." After separating from Popovich, Meng Xu greeted Larry Brown and the coaching staff of the U.S. team one by one, and then walked in front of the U.S. men's basketball players led by Tim Duncan.

"Meng, don't show mercy to your subordinates today, otherwise you will regret it." Like Popovich, Duncan also hugged Meng Xu, and at the same time muttered in Meng Xu's ear for a while, the performance of the American men's basketball team in the group stage is very unsatisfactory, and there is a danger of rolling up and going home at any time, but Duncan, as the leader of this team, does not want Meng Xu to look at face and store the idea of the American team!

"Of course not, Tim, I'd love to send you home now, and let you go fishing before the NBA even begins." After smiling and patting Duncan's back, Meng Xu separated from Duncan, and at the same time raised one hand vigilantly upward, ready to block Duncan's claws at any time.

"I must beat you today, you call Mom!" When the two were separating, Duncan, who took the opportunity to ravage Meng Xu's head, happened to be blocked by Meng Xu's outstretched hand in advance, and Duncan, who failed to succeed in the trick, had to take advantage of his tongue after the two separated.

"That's what I want to say!" After running away with a smile, Meng Xu greeted the other players of the U.S. men's basketball team one by one, and then returned to the bench of the Huaguo men's basketball team.

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"Da Yao, you are clear about Tim's strength, so your task today is very heavy." Under the advice of the head coach, the starters of the Huaguo men's basketball team appeared one by one, but when they were on the court, Meng Xu still pulled Yao Ming's arm and whispered to him: "But this is not the NBA, there is no defense for three seconds, so you just need to get stuck under the basket, and leave the rest to me." “

"Well, I understand." After tilting his head and nodding heavily at Meng Xu, Yao Ming walked towards the middle circle. In the group stage, Yao Ming is the best player in the Chinese men's basketball team except for Meng Xu, and he can score an average of 18+10+2 data per game in four games, but the opponent Yao Ming faces today is not the rookie inside line of the Lithuanian and Greek men's basketball team, but Tim Duncan, one of the strongest inside lines in the NBA. Therefore, Yao Ming is very clear about Tim Duncan's strength, and even Yao Ming is very familiar with Duncan's technical characteristics and playing habits, but even so, every time the Rockets play the Spurs, Yao Ming will be very embarrassed by Duncan, so in today's game, after learning that Tim Duncan is going to play center, Yao Ming is cautious, from walking into the locker room to now, there has never been a smile.

After the referee on duty threw the basketball in his hand into the air, the focus of the Chinese men's basketball team against the American men's basketball team officially kicked off.

After sighing softly, Yao Ming quickly retreated, although he had been prepared for a long time, but in this jump ball, Yao Ming still lost to Duncan, whether it was physical talent or game experience, there was an obvious gap between Yao Ming and Duncan.

The starting lineup of the U.S. men's basketball team today is center Tim Duncan, power forward Carlos Boozer, small forward Richard Jefferson, two guards Allen Iverson and Steve Marbury, as the head coach of the U.S. men's basketball team, Larry Brown does not like to use young players, so although this U.S. team has brought talented young people such as LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Amaris Stoudemire, etc., Larry Brown did not give them too many opportunities, Larry Brown still trusts experienced players like Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson more than youngsters who have been in ups and downs in form.

The Huaguo men's basketball team also released a very rare lineup this year, with center Yao Ming, big forward Battle, small forward Wang Zhizhi, scoring guard Li Nan, and organization guard Meng Xu, such a three-inside lineup. Due to the large number of problems exposed by the U.S. men's basketball team in the first few games of the group stage, Jiang Quan's tactics today are very clear, that is, to shrink the inside, contain Duncan, and strengthen the defense of the U.S. team's breakthrough.