Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 256 [Pass through the battle and advance easily! 】

128 to 72, the Dream 8 team slaughtered the Greek team with a huge difference of 56 points, avenging the elimination of the World Championships.

In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the U.S. men's basketball team beat the New Zealand men's basketball team 102-56, with a net margin of 46 points. In the 2003 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the United States 113-55 the Virgin Islands, by a margin of 58 points.Since then, the US men's basketball team has never had a record of defeating an opponent.Now this American men's basketball team has a very good performance.For audiences who love American basketball, they really hope to see another dream team appear on the stage of world basketball.

The U.S. team never thought that this revenge would be so easy. Hayes scored 34 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and 6 steals in this campaign, almost hitting a quadruple-double.The Greek team has never taken a lead, and the United States has been completely blown by the United States on both offense and defense.Billups hit 5 three-pointers, 17 points and 5 assists. Kobe, James, and Wade who came off the bench also played well.

The members of the "Dream Eight Team" have a lot of confidence in reaching the finals.Anthony said, "We are here for the championship. We know that this game has gathered the best basketball players in the NBA, such as Kobe, Paul, and Hayes. We also mentioned it in private chats, and now This dream team is the best national team in America."

Greek coach Yannakis also said after the game that the American team was invincible.In the past, the United States still had the defect of inaccurate outside shots, but now their outside shots are very good, and the United States is no longer afraid of double-teaming.

Dream 8 team's excellent performance let them get more attention.As soon as you leave the hotel, you will encounter signs signed by Chinese fans.The players were surprised because they had never been so popular in China.The enthusiasm of the Chinese fans left a deep impression on them.

The most fans asked for Hayes' autographs, because they heard that Hayes can speak Chinese, so it is convenient for them to exchange a few words when signing autographs.At the beginning, Hayes was happy to communicate with the fans, but after a few steps, fans asked for autographs, and Hayes was going crazy.He found that he couldn't walk an inch at all, and he couldn't walk a street.I simply gave up the idea of ​​going out for a stroll and returned to the hotel.

In addition to the game, Hayes' life was a bit boring.Originally planned to come to China to watch the Olympics with two beauties, but ended up being alone.After Taylor was brought home by his parents, he had less contact with Hayes. It is estimated that their parents did not allow them to communicate in this way.And Gao Tongxuan's reason is very simple, she hopes to stay in the United States.

Although the competition and training arrangements are very tight, it is rare to participate in the Olympics, and the NBA stars of the Dream Eight team will also find time to watch other sports.Although Hayes had no interest in swimming competitions, he went to the Water Cube to watch the competition with his teammates and cheered for the American genius Phelps.

These days NBA players are staring at the games in the Water Cube. They really like Phelps. Follow the stars.

After Phelps won the championship, Howard also asked Phelps for a pair of swimming goggles, saying that he was going to wear them when he was going to play against Spain. (If he really brought this thing, it is estimated that the coach will not need him to play).Phelps also likes basketball very much. The person he admires the most is Hayes. He feels that Hayes, like him, is an athlete with a different kind of talent. Good athlete too.

Hayes and Phelps left each other on the phone and said they would keep in touch in the future.Hayes also admires this crazy man who wants to win 8 gold medals.But he doesn't think he's as strange a talent as Phelps is.Phelps has a long waist, short legs, and big feet, which is not a big deal.The strange thing is that after Phelps left the pool, he stared in a daze like a fish out of water. He would often fall down for no reason. In the physical fitness test on the ground, he was always the last one in the team.Hayes felt normal except for his reaction speed.

On the 16th, the US game against Spain was equally easy. 122 to 83 defeated the rivals in Group B.No team that meets the United States in the group stage will choose to fight hard.Because the United States is too strong and has plenty of physical strength, it is better to fight against the United States to preserve its strength and compete for victory in other games, so as to gain a more favorable position in the knockout round after the group appears.

Only the German team doesn't think so. They lost to China in the fourth game, with a record of 1 win and 3 losses. If they want to appear in the group, they can only win against the United States.

Although the German team has two NBA stars, Nowitzki of the Mavericks and Kaman of the Clippers, the overall strength is still not comparable to that of the US team.When rebounding, fast break, and shooting ability are all behind, they lost half the game.The audience lost 114 to 78 by 36 points.

The Dream 8 team won and advanced to the top 8.

In addition to Hayes scored 34 points against Greece, the remaining four games scored under 20 points.The playing time is only about 20 minutes, averaging 19 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals per game.This report card seems to be nothing compared to the data he has achieved in the NBA, but as long as you see the number of shots he used, you will be shocked. The shooting percentage is a goddamn 82%, and the three-point shooting percentage is also excellent 50%.His shooting percentage is higher than many people's free throw percentage. With such a group of super teammates to attract defense, Hayes has most of the opportunities to shoot when he is open and rebounding for a second attack, so his shooting percentage is extremely high.

Even so, there are plenty of "Dark Dreams 8" to find fault with this American team.

No matter who or which team is hacked, this group of people can always find a reason, and they think they are very justified.At times, it can be very rewarding to be nitpicking.

"Dark Dream 8" Theory [-]: This team lacks a real core, Hayes and James are both unconvinced, both of them need to attack with the ball, and there is no real strong team in the group stage.Once facing Argentina, the shortcomings of the US team will be fully exposed.

"Black Dream 8" Theory 8: This team's offense relies too much on outside shooting, and the number of breakthroughs is not many, so once the outside shooter is inaccurate, there will be problems.When they said this, they obviously forgot that people still said that the US team had no outside shooters at the World Championships. Now Dream 2006 has joined Ray Allen and Billups, two players who are good at shooting three-pointers , to make up for the problem in [-], and it became a mistake again.

"Dark Dream 8" Theory Three: Billups is too bad at organizing the offense, but the head coach doesn't give Paul a chance.Kobe should take more shots.James often walks for layups, and the referee doesn't blow... (Is the Olympic referee brought by LeBron?)
In fact, in the Olympics, James no longer used the crab step, which shows that he also knew that it was a foul.But Kobe did not adapt to the international rules, he played the ball slowly, and was blown many times when he moved.

In the Olympic men's basketball group stage, the U.S. team faced the Australian men's basketball team in the quarter-finals. The latter successfully broke through Group A with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses.This is another one-sided game, and the strongest player in Australia is Bogut, the top pick of the Bucks.Although the Australians cut off the breakthrough route of the American team with fierce physical contact and fierce scrambling, and never let NBA stars attack the basket at will even if they fouled, the players of the Dream 8 team have too strong personal abilities. Hayes, Wade , James and the three frequently hit singles, and once again won a big victory 122 to 85.

The host Chinese team lost to Lithuania 68 to 94 and missed the semi-finals.

The Australian team locked the No.7 position because they won one more game than the Chinese team in the group stage.

8月22日，2006年世锦赛冠军西班牙队以95比90战胜了极为强悍的立陶宛队，率先进入决赛。NBA的全明星球员保罗-加索尔表现出色，砍下全场最高的21分。

The United States met Argentina, which is regarded as the number one rival in the competition.

Before the start of the Olympic Games, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced the latest national team strength rankings. The US team unexpectedly ranked second, Spain ranked third, China tenth, and the Argentine team unexpectedly occupied the top spot.This ranking has caused great controversy in the United States.

Not to mention basketball experts, even fans have doubts about FIBA's ranking.Argentina is indeed strong, but judging from their performance in recent years, it seems a bit too outrageous to occupy the number one in the world.Lost to Spain in the World Championships and missed the final, and also fell behind in the No.3 contest with the United States.

The Argentine national team starts with five active NBA players: Spurs guard Ginobili, Rockets power forward Luis Scola, Spurs center Fabricio Oberto, Raptors guard Carlos Delfino, Bulls forward Andis Nocioni.

However, it cannot be compared with the luxurious lineup of the Dream 8 team.Dream 8 team starting: Billups, Kobe, James, Hayes, Howard.

At the beginning of the game, the United States firmly occupied the initiative on the court.Hayes pulls up high to cover for James, who breaks through for a layup.

When Argentine leader Manu Ginobili was about to use his spirit snake to break through and fight back, he was closely defended by the Dream 8 team.Before the game, the Dream 8 team formulated special tactics to contain Ginobili.Bryant's main defense, after the Argentine screened, Hayes switched defenses.The weak side is always ready to double-team.

Manu Ginobili is the only super player in Argentina, and as long as there is a little space, he is very dangerous.What the US team has to do is try its best to set a trap on the court to lure him into making mistakes.After Hayes blocked Ginobili's breakthrough route, Kobe also came forward to double-team.Manu Ginobili was about to throw the ball back to Scola, but was intercepted by James.

The United States launched a quick counterattack, and Kobe made a jumper.

As the Dream 8 team stars said before the game, they treated the Argentine with full dedication at the beginning of the game.Defensively harder than against any other country, and already in the semi-finals, they have nothing to lose.

In the first quarter, the Dream 8 team led by 31 points 20 to 11.

The second quarter begins.The sluggish Argentine finally entered the rhythm and launched a vicious counterattack in the melee battle.The foul was extremely strong, and the goal was to hit the players of the Dream 8 team who couldn't find the touch.

However, Argentina's offense could not be opened, Manu Ginobili was strictly guarded, and Argentina's scoring champion Luis Scola was targeted by Hayes.During the regular season, he was blown up by Hayes twice.Now that I meet him, I feel excited. He is also a player who relies on his skills to make a living.After catching the ball in the low post, he performed the "dream top step" while flicking his long hair in an attempt to interfere with Hayes' sight.But using this method to deal with Hayes is undoubtedly "playing big swords in front of Guan Gong". Hayes will not be able to defend against tall and big insiders when he encounters a mid-range shot, but he is the nemesis against Scola's skill.Because he is good at using fake moves to attack, he is particularly accurate in judging opponents' fake moves.

At the end of the second quarter, Argentina fell behind more and more, Ginobili couldn't hold his breath anymore.He felt that to deal with this group of superhuman beings, one cannot do it hard, but only outsmart them.Ginobili began to display his foul-making stunts, fake shots, trying to falsely point the opponent to take off, and then flew into the opponent's arms.Or more neatly, break through quickly and fall down as soon as there is physical contact.After falling down, he began to shout: "Referee, you saw it, he hit me!"

The referee didn't even look him in the eye.Only then did Ginobili realize that this is an international arena, not the NBA.That set of flopping skills is not very easy to use.

The final score was 114 to 80, and the United States beat Argentina by 34 points, justifying the dominance of American basketball. They will compete with Spain for the Olympic gold medal!

(End of this chapter)