Pick Westbrook

Chapter 362
Post-match interview.

Australian head coach Gore was very angry and said: "The Chinese men's basketball team think they really beat us?"

"Don't be kidding, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian China's two NBA all-star players played as many as possible, and only our Australian youth team won."

"If my Australian team's main player and top center Bogut were on the court, the Zhonggu men's basketball team would never be our opponent."

"So the Chinese men's basketball team should feel lucky about that."

Of course, Gore was very smart not to mention the next Stankovic Cup final.

Because he deeply experienced the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team in this game tonight. If the Australian team can't play all the main players, there is really little hope of winning the opponent.

Therefore, in the second round final between the two teams, Australia may also have a high probability of losing.

Because they can't solve the three points of Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi at all.

"I'm lucky you are paralyzed." The scene of the Chinese men's basketball team's post-match press conference.

When Zhu Baquan, who was very irritable, heard a reporter talking about the other party's interview, he stood up very angrily and was about to rush to the back of the venue immediately to show that guy named Gore some color.

Guo Shiqiang, who also attended the post-match press conference, quickly stopped the other party and signaled Zhu Fangyu to calm down and not to cause trouble.

It is understandable that there are conflicts and even fights on the court, after all, it is on the court.

But if someone brings the conflict on the court to off the court, it will not be a simple conflict on the court, and it may even rise to an international incident.

After all, Guo Shiqiang is an experienced old man. At this time, he has predicted the seriousness of the matter in advance, so he has been calming Zhu Fangyu very rationally.

boom!
Li Lai punched the table in front of him, his eyes were bleeding.

Not to mention the reporters present, even Zhu Fangyu and Guo Shiqiang were frightened and trembled at the same time.

Li Lai said with sharp eyes, "If you lose, you lose. Why can't you afford to lose?"

"Bogut, right? The main players of the Australian team didn't come, did they?"

"I will wait for the main players of the Australian team. They can pray that they will meet us in the London Olympics. Then we will compete again to see if the Chinese men's basketball team is qualified to be your opponent."

Countless international reporters in front of them were very surprised by Li Lai's attitude at this moment, and one reporter said boldly.

"Coach Li Lai, you are not Chinese, why do you react so strongly?"

Li Lai was slightly taken aback, only to realize that he had forgotten this. Although his soul was Chinese, his body was not.

Guo Shiqiang and Zhu Fangyu on the side looked at Li Lai with some doubts at the same time.

Even if the other party has provided a lot of help to the Chinese men's basketball team, and even has very good suggestions on the construction of the men's basketball team, it is a matter of work after all.

This kind of national insult has already surpassed the responsibility of the head coach of the team. Li Lai's empathetic reaction is really hard to understand.

Li Lai came back to his senses and immediately explained: "What era is this, and there is still racial and skin color discrimination?"

"The Australian team's insulting words make me feel the same, and I don't allow anyone to insult my players at any time."

"So, the Australian team will also be my enemy from today on."

The reporters at the scene applauded at the same time, they were all moved by Li Lai's noble character.

Guo Shiqiang and Zhu Fangyu on the side couldn't help but nodded and applauded again and again. Zhu Fangyu said: "Coach Li Lai is really our friend, a friend of the Chinese men's basketball team."

Guo Shiqiang agreed and said: "From now on, he is my recognized friend."

Day two.

In the Stankovic Cup, the post-match interview between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Australian men's basketball team directly rose to the headlines of the world.

The whole world turned its attention from looking forward to the London Olympics to Yangcheng, China.

Li Lai's character has received applause from countless people. Coach Larry Brown, who is far away in Brooklyn, even gave a great support to Li Lai when he was interviewed by reporters, agreeing with the other party's values ​​and position.

At the same time, Andrew Bogut, the leader of Australia's men's basketball team who is preparing for the London Olympics, cursed China, cursed the Chinese men's basketball team, cursed the Chinese, and cursed Li Lai in domestic interviews.

Moreover, Andrew Bogut used very vulgar and disgusting language, and raised his middle finger in the interview, bluntly saying that if he really met the Chinese team in the London Olympics, he would beat them to death.

These fierce words reminded all reporters that Li Lai traded away Andrew Bogut as soon as he took over the Bucks.

It was precisely because of this transaction that the latter actively and maliciously fouled Gasol when the Thunder participated in the defense in the subsequent playoffs. Instead, he suffered a palm fracture, a torn cruciate ligament, and a brain shake.
Because of such a horrible injury, Andrew Bogut could only stay away from the NBA and return to the Australian League.

So counting the old and new grudges together, one can understand Andrew Bogut's anger towards Li Lai.

7 month 12 day.

The Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Australian team without any surprises and successfully won Stankovic's championship trophy.

Although the Chinese men's basketball team has always been in an overwhelming lead in terms of scores, the game process was not easy.

The young players of the Australian team used a lot of small moves to violate the Chinese players in defense.

They knew very well that it would be difficult for them to win tonight's game, so instead they gave up on themselves and maliciously fouled Chinese players on the court.

The thin and small Liu Wei and Wang Shipeng were the first to suffer, and they were tripped and hugged one after another and fell to the ground.

Zhu Fangyu was so angry that he almost punched someone directly. Li Lai knew what the consequences would be, so he quickly replaced Zhu Fangyu to signal him to calm down.

If Zhu Fangyu is punished by the international men's basketball team because of the incident on the court, it will not be worth the loss, and it will also have a very serious impact on the Chinese men's basketball team's trip to the London Olympics.

With this tone, Li Lai made the Chinese men's basketball team endure it.

The game ended with 98:84.

In the post-match interview, the Australian team's coach Gore and the players in the team were still there and clamored.

The locker room of the Chinese team.

Zhu Fangyu looked at Li Lai very angrily and said, "Coach, why did you let us swallow this breath and not let us scold back at the post-match press conference?!"

"You know what, my fists are so hungry, I even want to rush out and stop the Australian team bus right now."

"Knock that Gore guy on the ground and give him a blast."

Guo Shiqiang persuaded: "The coach puts the overall situation first, and I don't want to be punished by FIBA ​​for your impulsiveness."

Li Nan also persuaded Zhu Fangyu: "The Chinese men's basketball team has a great responsibility in this Olympic journey, and it carries the dreams of countless generations of Chinese men's basketball pioneers and fans."

"We are not only fighting for the Olympics for ourselves, there are many people on our shoulders."

At this moment, Zhu Fangyu took a look at Dayao, General and others. All of them wanted to go to the head coach of the Australian team, but they all tried their best to restrain themselves.

Probably for this reason.

Li Lai stood up and patted Zhu Fangyu on the shoulder earnestly and said, "I assure you, the next time you meet the Australian team, you will definitely give them a chance to beat them."

The picture of the Chinese men's basketball team successfully lifting the Stankovic Cup hit the headlines of major sports.

All the commentators and commentators praised the combat effectiveness of the Chinese men's basketball team in the Stankovic Cup.

They all firmly believe that the Chinese men's basketball team will perform very well in the London Olympics.

Because of such comments and heated discussions, there was a sudden basketball craze in China.

in the room.

A 12-year-old boy raised his hands and shouted loudly. He was extremely excited when he saw Yi Jianlian holding up the Stankovic trophy on TV.

He even imagined that the opponent was himself, and he led the Chinese men's basketball team to win the Stankovic Cup.

"Haowen? What are you shouting about upstairs?"

"Didn't I ask you to do your homework!"

"Damn boy, you're watching a basketball game again, aren't you? Let's see if my old lady breaks your leg."

At the same time, the Liaoning women's basketball training ground.

A 13-year-old child looked at his mother and said seriously: "Mom, I also want to lead the Chinese men's basketball team to win the trophy like Uncle Yao Ming in the future."

As a famous Liaoning women's basketball player, Wang Fang always brings her son with her to the basketball court.

What she has been looking forward to is to be able to inherit her mother's business, so that her children can also inherit her mantle and win glory for the country in the future.

At this time, Wang Fang gently touched her child's hair, and said encouragingly: "Then you have to work very hard from now on."

"Your Uncle Yao is the number one center in the NBA."

Yangcheng, a campus field field.

A very small player was slapped on the ground by a player of the same grade when he was defending in the interior, and laughter and mocking voices immediately came from around him.

"Xu Jie, you still want to play basketball at your height? Go home and play with dolls."

"Dare to sign up for Yangcheng Sports Academy?"

"Why do you think you can be selected?"

Little Xu Jie stood up stubbornly at this moment. He had a maturity that he didn't have at his age. The moment he got up, he hit the child who insulted him fiercely with his chest in response.

Then he said in a childish voice belonging to this age: "Why can't I play basketball."

"Stockton can play basketball, Iverson can play basketball, Chris Paul can play basketball, and so can I!"

That kid was so tough by Xiao Xu Jie, but at this moment he became scared, and said in a low voice: "They are all superstars in the NBA, what are you?"

Xiao Xu Jie's face was full of determination at this time. He clenched his fists and remembered the scene of going to watch the Chinese men's basketball game outside the Tianhe Stadium in Yangcheng.

He said: "Coach Li Lai said that perfection belongs only to God, but we must pursue excellence."

"God didn't give me a perfect body, I will create excellence based on this body!"

7 month 13 day.

Li Lai announced that starting tomorrow, the Chinese men's basketball team will officially enter a three-day break.

All players can choose to go home to visit their relatives at this time, and finally gather at the training site in Beijing.

Because some players are a little far away from home, they have already applied to Li Lai to leave the team early after yesterday's game.

In this way, in fact, the players have a 4-day vacation, even if they are far away, they can come back and forth, and have a short reunion with their families.

The trip to the London Olympics is getting closer and closer.

Instead, Li Lai had nothing to do at this time, and the little girl Wang Lishen was always by Li Lai's side, no matter in the training place or the hotel where he stayed in Yangcheng, she followed silently.

Until this time, Wang Lishen finally spoke to Li Lai.

Leaning forward, clasping her hands behind her back so her chest looks huge, she said.

"Yangcheng morning tea and rice rolls are very famous. The surface is as snowy, as thin as paper, shiny with oil, smooth and delicious."

"Li Lai, shall we go eat?"

Li Lai knew that it was the little greedy cat whose stomach was itching again, so he smiled and said, "Okay."

"I also promised you that I would accompany you home to see your family."

Wang Lishen, who heard seeing her parents, blushed, lowered her head and raised her feet, and kicked the air indiscriminately.

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"My family is in Tubo. If you want to go, these three days must be too late, and you haven't prepared well."

"After your Olympic games are over, let's go together."

Li Lai nodded, and immediately prepared to go to the streets of Yangcheng with Wang Lishen.

Hammond, who heard eating, got out of nowhere, and went with his shameless colleagues.

Wang Lishen was very dissatisfied with such an annoying spirit, and she pulled Li Lai, eager to get rid of him quickly.

Li Lai knew that Hammond had come to China to see girls, but he found out that it was exactly what Wang Fei and Gong Luming said.

The law and order in China is very good, and there is no legally operated bar at all, so Hammond has been scratching his head during this period of time, and can only fill the emptiness in his heart by eating.

When the three of them were about to leave, Gong Luming rushed to Li Lai's office suddenly.

He walked in briskly, with a smile on his face.

"Coach Li Lai, I found Holloway!"

(End of this chapter)