"Hello audience friends, you are now watching the opening ceremony of the 28th Summer Olympic Games, that is, the Athens Olympic Games, and the upcoming appearance is our Chinese Olympic delegation, in this Olympic Games, our Chinese Olympic delegation has sent a total of 407 athletes, they will participate in 26 major events, 203 small events to compete for gold medals."

"The first to appear is Meng Xu of the Olympic men's basketball team, and he is also the flagbearer of the Chinese Olympic delegation of this Olympic Games, Meng Xu is an athlete that we are all very familiar with, and he can already be called a household name in China, even if he looks at the world, Meng Xu also has a high reputation, so Meng Xu is the flagbearer of the opening ceremony of this Olympic Games, or it is well deserved."

Just when Sun Zhengping and Han Qiaosheng introduced the athlete composition of the Olympic Games in the studio hall of the CCAV, and blew Meng Xu by the way, the main venue of the Athens Olympic Games, in the Athens Olympic Stadium, Meng Xu held the national flag, in the focus of the world, and in the eyes of countless people who were envious and jealous, slowly moving forward, behind Meng Xu, are more than 300 Chinese athletes participating in the Olympic Games, because some of the games have started in advance, so among the 407 athletes who came to Athens, There are still some people who can't make it to the opening ceremony of today's Olympics.

After the grand and gorgeous opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Meng Xu was pulled away by the excited Chinese men's basketball coaching staff, because in the first game of men's basketball that just ended, the United States team unexpectedly lost to the Puerto Rico team 73-92!

The U.S. men's basketball team, which has the title of Dream Team, is the top seed in this Olympic Games, and the biggest opponent of all teams with Olympic gold medal ambitions, and of course the biggest opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team, and because the Chinese men's basketball team and the United States team are in the same group, the Chinese men's basketball coaching staff pays special attention to the every move of the American team.

Due to the fiasco at the World Championships in Indiana, the United States team, known as the Dream Six team, originally recruited a large number of NBA first-line stars, but due to the fear of a terrorist attack at the Athens Olympics and the contradictions between the NBA and the United States Basketball Association, Kobe, Maddy, Carter and other first-line superstars did not come to Athens with the team, but even so, led by Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Stephen Marbury, Lamar Odom, Richard Jefferson, Amare Stoudemire, The American team composed of Sean Marion, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and others is also strong enough, plus the famous coaches Larry Brown and Popovich, so the American team is still the invincible dream team in the eyes of outsiders and their own people, but it is very embarrassing that the American team is not good, and it capsized in the gutter in the first game, and it was a heavy defeat to a team like Puerto Rico.

Originally, they were in the same group as the United States team, so other teams could only think about competing for the second place in the group or even the third place in the group, but now when the American team capsized in the gutter, then the Chinese basketball team, which is second only to the United States team in this group, has the idea of competing for the first place in the group, after all, the better the ranking in the group stage, the less resistance it will encounter in the knockout round.

In this Olympic Games, the Chinese men's national basketball team and the American champion United States, the Oceania champion Australia, the European champion Lithuania team, the American third place Puerto Rico team, and the host Greek team are in Group B, due to the outstanding performance of the last Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team has become the fourth seed team in this Olympic Games, and it is also the second seed in Group B, so after the United States team lost to Puerto Rico in the first game, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the opportunity to compete for the first place in the group, as long as it can qualify for the first place in the group, Then, according to the schedule of the Olympic basketball competition, the Chinese men's basketball team can easily avoid the strongest Serbia and Montenegro and Argentina teams in Group A.

Originally, before going to the Olympic Games, the goal set by the Chinese men's basketball team for itself was to be second or third in the group, so in the arrangement of the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team also had a choice, Greece, Puerto Rico, Australia, these three teams must be won, and the next game is with Lithuania, Lithuania can be said to be the biggest competitor of the Chinese men's basketball team in the group stage in addition to the United States team, and the game with Lithuania, the Chinese men's basketball team will be based on the game situation in Group A, As for the last opponent of the group stage, the United States team, that game is absolutely to give up, because from the perspective of strength and historical record, the Chinese men's basketball team has no chance to defeat the United States team, and at the same time, in order not to meet the United States team before the finals, the Chinese men's basketball team will also decide the strategy of the last two games according to the record of the American team in the group stage, but now, when the United States team loses the first game, the strategy formulated by the Chinese men's basketball team before is completely useless, because it is necessary to compete for the first place in the group. Then you have to make sure that you give your best in every game, whether it is Lithuania or the United States, you have to fight hard.

On August 14, 2004, the day after the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the first opponent of the group stage, the host Greek team, because the strength of the Greek team is not very strong, so the first game of the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympic Games was mainly based on the run-in lineup, because Meng Xu changed to play organizational guard in the NBA and achieved great success, so in the game with the Greek team, Meng Xu was also arranged by Jiang Quan to the position of organizational guard.

Organizing guards has always been the shortcomings of the Chinese men's basketball team, first-class forwards, second-rate insiders, and unpopular guards, which is the portrayal of the Chinese men's basketball team all along, especially in the face of the fierce European and American teams that are pressing and defending, and it is difficult for the guards of the Chinese men's basketball team to even dribble the basketball to the frontcourt.

After Meng Xu changed to organizational guard, the last shortcoming of the Huaguo men's basketball team was filled, organizing guard Meng Xu, scoring guard Li Nan, small forward Zhu Fangyu, big forward Wang Zhizhi, center Yao Ming, three NBA players among the five starters, among which Meng Xu is the first person in the NBA at present, and Yao Ming was also selected for the NBA best team three times this season, compared with Meng Xu and Yao Ming, although Wang Zhizhi's strength is a lot worse, but Wang Zhizhi is also a very good rotation player in the NBA. Last season, he averaged 11.5 points and 5 rebounds in 30 minutes per game, and just reached a six-year, $35 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Clippers after his contract expired this summer.

Although for the Chinese men's basketball team, the game with the host Greek team is just a run-in lineup game, but for Greek fans, it has another meaning, because the biggest star of the Greek team this year, is also an organizational guard, known as "European Kobe" and "European Magic", Vasilis Spanoulis, Spanollis was selected by the Mavericks in the second round of today's draft, but because of the poor draft pick, Spanoulis refused to report to the Mavericks.

Perhaps for this talented player who led the team to win the bronze medal in the European Youth Championship at the age of 16, led the team to win the European Youth Championship at the age of 18, and was elected MVP, becoming the main point guard of the Greek national team, the 21st pick in the second round is simply an insult to himself, so Spanoulis refused to report to the Mavericks after learning that he was drafted by the Mavericks. Because after Spanoulis participated in the draft, his psychological targets were Pau Gasol and Dirk Nowitzki, but Spanoulis's draft pick was far from his two predecessors, even a world apart, so he wanted to prove himself in this Olympics and prove that the 21st pick in the second round was far from worthy of him.

The first game with the Chinese men's basketball team gave Spanoulis the opportunity to prove himself, after learning that Meng Xu was going to play organizational guard today, Spanolis was extremely excited, Meng Xu, this is the strongest star in the NBA, and it is also the best organizational guard in the NBA, so Spannollis is going to prove his strength to everyone today, and at the same time test the gap between himself and the first person in the NBA.

Spannollis is 1.93 meters tall and weighs more than 85 kilograms, he is a very strong guard, and Spanollis is not slow at all, sharp in his breakthroughs, accurate in shooting, and also has a very good overall view, known as the most promising playmaker in Europe, but what makes Spanolis famous, as well as his particularly good pressing defense and strong steals, it can be said that Spanolis is an extremely balanced offensive and defensive defender, and at the same time extremely good defender, at the age of 18, can compete with those first-class defenders in Europe, not falling behind, and even occupying a certain advantage, which is why Spanoulis is extremely proud.

However, in today's game, Spanollis experienced a feeling of being fully surrounded, whether it is offense or defense, or even refinement to breakthroughs, shooting, supplemental defense, movement, rebounding, steals Every detail, Spanoulis was comprehensively suppressed by Meng Xu, and the offensive end has never been able to get rid of Meng Xu's tight defense, and there were as many as 8 mistakes in 28 minutes, and on the defensive end, Meng Xu's advantage is even more overwhelming, at the beginning of the game, Meng Xu was still using his physical advantages, used speed and power to constantly crush Spanolys, and in the second quarter, Meng Xu only made a dry pull-up jumper, which made Spanollis desperate.

"Meng, can you give me your jersey for this game?" After the game, Spanoulis walked to the bench of the Chinese men's basketball team, found Meng Xu, hoping that Meng Xu could give him the jersey he wore in this game, through this game, Spanoulis also clearly understood the gap between himself and the NBA, and at the same time more determined to postpone his intention to enter the NBA, Spanollis told himself to go to the NBA to prove himself after he became stronger.

"No problem." In the face of Spanoulris's request, Meng Xu was still a little surprised, after all, in the game, Meng Xu was almost desperate to abuse the guy in front of him, originally Meng Xu thought that Spanoulis should hate himself very much, but the reality was the opposite of what Meng Xu thought, maybe this is the so-called Shake M attribute.

"Thank you, thank you." After getting Meng Xu's jersey to take off, Spanoulis ran away with a smile.

93-72, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the host Greek team, ushered in a good start in the group stage, and also took a solid step towards their goal of competing for the first place in the group.

On August 16, 2004, two days later, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in its second opponent in the group stage, the Puerto Rico team, because Puerto Rico overturned the powerful American team in the first game, and won the American team by 19 points, so the Chinese men's basketball team attached great importance to this game, but after the game started, Meng Xu couldn't help but have some doubts, how did the Puerto Rico team win the American team by 19 points, although their strength is also very good, even stronger than Greece, But in the game with the Huaguo men's basketball team, it was comprehensively suppressed by the Huaguo men's basketball team, and did not take a lead from beginning to end, and the final score between the two sides was 87-79.

After successive victories over the host Greece and Puerto Rico, the Chinese men's basketball team ranked first in Group B with a record of two wins, followed by the Lithuanian team that also won both games, followed by Puerto Rico and the United States team with 1 win and 1 loss, and the bottom of the list is the host Greece team and Australia, which have won both games.

On August 18th, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the third opponent in the group stage, and it is also the Australian champion of the Oceania team at the bottom of Group B, compared to the last Olympic Games, the Australian team is basically still those old faces, and this game did not make any waves, the Chinese men's basketball team finally defeated the Australian team with a 13-point advantage, and Australia basically missed the group after losing all 3 games.

However, the Chinese men's basketball team's victory over the Australian team is not news, the biggest news is that the United States team lost again, lost to Puerto Rico in the first game, and after defeating the host in the second game, the United States team lost again in the game with Lithuania, in the fourth quarter of this game, the Lithuanian guard Jasikoviz first used a "four-pointer", and then scored 12 points in a row with two consecutive three-pointers and two free throws, helping Lithuania reverse the United States team, 1-2 in three games, The U.S. team led by Larry Brown has fallen off the altar, and no U.S. media has been crowned the "Nightmare Team", and even some media have said in a very pessimistic tone, not to mention defending the title again, if the U.S. team doesn't make changes, then the U.S. team is likely to not even qualify for the group at this Olympics.

'It looks like we need to change some defensive strategies against Lithuania. In the Olympic Village where the Chinese men's basketball team stayed, Jiang Quanzheng and his coaching staff watched the video of Lithuania's victory over the United States team repeatedly, holding a notebook over and over again, and kept writing and drawing on it.

The rules of international basketball are very different from those of the NBA, the most obvious difference is the defense of three seconds and the reasonable collision zone, so the rules of international basketball are more biased towards the defensive side, and because there is no defense of three seconds, a group of big men are rooted in the basket, which is a very common phenomenon in international basketball games, but Lithuania used 13 three-pointers in the game with the United States team to tell everyone that it is not useful if you stay under the basket.

In Group B, the Chinese men's basketball team is now winning all three games with Lithuania, so in order to ensure that it can appear as the first in the group, the Chinese men's basketball team must win this game with Lithuania, Jiang Quan originally wanted to use the tactics in the previous three games to deal with Lithuania, but after the game between Lithuania and the United States, Jiang Quan understood that if he wants to defeat Lithuania, the Chinese men's basketball team must defend himself.