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Chapter 603 The Past in Seoul

In the past two Olympic Games, due to ideological problems, countries in the two camps of the Soviet Union and the United States boycotted each other, resulting in a decline in competitiveness. The two major factions in the world are in a state of behind closed doors.

Meanwhile, the 1988 Olympics were seen by many as a sign that tense Cold War relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were easing.

The United States and the Soviet Union will compete against each other at the Summer Olympics for the first time since 1976.

At the same time, this is also a grand event for Koreans to show themselves to the outside world.

As Time magazine put it: "The Olympics is an elaborate party that South Koreans have thrown for themselves, allowing the world to appreciate the economic miracle that has risen from the ashes of war."

Since Louis was in the United States, most of the news he saw were from Americans.

What American Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world record for heptathlon

American diver Greg Louganis hit his head on the springboard during a somersault during a springboard heats competition.After a few minutes of stitching on the spot, he returned to the diving board and eventually won the gold medal in that event.

Florence "Flo Joe" Griffith Joyner has become the fastest woman in the world after winning three track gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay.

But the most exciting thing is the 100-meter sprint. Canadian flying man Ben Johnson easily defeated Carl Lewis, but he was found to have used doping shortly afterwards, which became the biggest scandal in the sports world this year.

In the final of the light heavyweight boxing match that followed, the South Koreans perfectly interpreted their sportsmanship.

The opponents were American legend Roy Jones Jr., who later ruled the professional light heavyweight boxing world in the 90s, and South Korean player Park Hee Hong.Jones hit his opponent 86 times in that game, far more than the opponent hit him 32 times.With such a huge and obvious advantage, the referee still awarded the gold medal to the then host South Korea.

After the game, the two referees on duty were accused of accepting bribes from the Koreans and were banned from refereeing future Olympic events.

Of course, not all referees are so unscrupulous. In another level of boxing, South Korean athlete Do Jung-il, who is the favorite to win the championship, met a fair and honest referee.He bravely gave a fair judgment in the land of the Koreans - when the popular Korean boxer was eliminated, the starlings who were determined to show the world the spirit of the contemporary Koreans beat the referee in public in the global live broadcast.Moreover, the C position responsible for the main output is Dawdingyi's coach and assistant coach.

Louis watched the live broadcast of this game.

He was surprised to see a few fans of Bill Lambiel on the live broadcast, that is, the few Korean officials and on-site staff who made up for the output in the name of persuading the fight.

Taking advantage of the chaos and fighting like this, the scene of a group of people beating up the referee made Louis happy.

The audience also became commotion, with bottles and seats flying in the air, and the boxing ring was in a mess.

When the referee was rescued, he had been beaten beyond recognition.

After the game, the Koreans persistently asked for a replay of the game, trying to find out the referee's problem, but it turned out that the referee's decision was completely correct.

The two major scandals in the boxing match, plus Ben Johnson's doping scandal, and the own goal in which the peace dove was burned to death in full view at the opening ceremony, tied for the four memory points of the 1988 Olympic Games in Louis' mind.

Other than that, Louie's main focus is on the men's basketball game.

The Olympic men's basketball competition is divided into two groups, namely Group A and Group B.

The United States, Spain, Brazil, Canada, China, and Egypt are grouped together.

The top four in each group will enter the knockout round. For China, the opponent that prevents them from entering the knockout round is the designated pet of the United States, Canada.

During the period, the Chinese team defeated Egypt with the twin towers of Song Tao and Yu Tiancan.

After defeating Spain in a big stalemate with the United States in the third and fourth quarters, they were beaten by Oscar Schmidt at the last minute in a stalemate with the United States. In the match against Canada, Yu Tiancan sent 7 caps, plus Song Tao's dominant 28 points and 15 rebounds, defeated Canada by 4 points, ranking fourth in the group and advancing to the knockout round.

In the knockout round, they met Yugoslavia, which was in full swing, and the Chinese team lost 40 points, ending their Olympic journey.

Louis saw many acquaintances in the Yugoslav team.

Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, "Single Kobe Bryant" Divac, Dino Raja.

Petrovic was one of the players drafted by the Knicks in 1986.

Louis knows that he is different from Schmidt, he wants to challenge a higher level league, judging from the level he showed in the Olympics, he definitely has the strength to play in the NBA.

Moreover, it will be a very strong offensive machine.

"Drazen, my Drazen, when will he come to the NBA?" Louis had already begun to think about who would be suitable for him to kick out of the lineup if Petrovic was to come.

Tomjanovich, who watched the game with Louis, said: "Unless FIBA ​​allows professional players to participate in the Olympics, these people will not come to the United States."

"It's coming soon." Lu Yi smiled, "This is coming soon."

In the knockout round, the US team easily defeated Puerto Rico and advanced to the semi-finals to join forces with the Soviet Union.

Unlike Munich 16 years ago, this time, the Americans do not have absolute confidence in their team.

In Louie's view, this incident is the same as when the Blazers selected Bowie in 1984.As time flies, many people make historical revisionist mistakes about events that were decades ago.For example, the rumors of "this year's American young people are not talented enough"/"It was normal to choose Bowie at the time, after all, everyone chose a big man".The comparison between Jordan and Bowie has been mentioned in the previous article, so I won't say much here. Just talking about the selection of this US team, there is huge controversy in terms of selection.

Who made their head coach John Thompson?Louie was friends with him, but Thompson was a jerk.

What's more, this team has two NBA draft picks.

David Robinson and Danny Manning, as far as the international game is concerned, they are perfect, modern insiders with super mobility and offensive space.There are also two trusty pitchers in Mitch Richmond and Jose Hawkins.There are also two outstanding wings-Knicks this year's rookie Dan Marley and "Rubber Man" Stacey Augmon (Stacey Augmon SF/SG).

But Thompson's picks at other positions have been completely screwed up.

At the point guard position, he came out to pick up the best and not avoid relatives, and chose his disciples from Georgetown University Charles Smith (not the one who had just been drafted) and Bimbo Coles PG.

Apart from having the same name as this year's lottery pick, the former has no merits, and it will definitely fail in future drafts.Aside from being named to Team USA's Olympic team, he next hit the headlines for his hit-and-run and two bullets at home.

Coles, while successfully entering the league in the future, is just an average guard.

The list that Thompson wiped out in order to add these two private goods is as follows:
Gary Payton, Tim Hardaway, Mookie Blaylock, Rod Strickland, Steve Kerr.

Even if he brings in the talented high school student Kenny Anderson or the future core master of Duke University Bob Hurley, it is better than superstitious belief in his own people.

He added two mediocre guards from Georgetown to Team USA, while ditching the drive-and-shoot and shooting from two diagonal corners—the winning formula in an international game with a shorter [-]-point line—while leading a vastly more talented Hoyas team, demanding high-pressure defense and letting a group of students intimidate grown-ups who had experienced battles overseas.

If this is not in the water, Louis will never believe it.

Unfortunately, their opponents, the Soviet Union, were not afraid of Georgetown's high-pressure game and were very fond of moving the ball to allow players to shoot three-pointers from the perimeter.

One team avoids all the right options, while the other embraces all the right options.

For the first time ever, before the USA Basketball team loses, the Americans are ready.

Thompson's selection is extremely controversial, and their opponents are strong and strong, so when a completely suppressed game takes place in Seoul, everyone can accept it.

The Soviets beat the Americans in the semifinals.

而且，双方的差距并不是未来的球迷印象流式的那样——大卫·罗宾逊被萨博尼斯打爆了。不，从场面和数据来看，罗宾逊25分钟内拿下19分12篮板2抢断2盖帽50%命中率，比出场36分钟拿下13分12篮板2助攻1抢断1盖帽50%命中率的萨博尼斯还是有优势的。

With Jose Hawkins injured, Team USA is down to two reliable pitchers in Richmond and Marly.In this case, Thompson also ignored the final winning password-Robinson, which was unexpected by Louie.

When Robinson was "saved" by the brain-twitching Thompson, Richmond felt nothing, and the two Lithuanian players of the Soviet team exploded, Sarūnas Mariulionis SG and Rimas Kurtinaitis SG broke out and shattered the US team's back line.

In the case that Thompson did not get any of the questions right, the failure of the US team was doomed.

Despite this, Thompson still had the courage to say: "I think many people did not expect this result, but these children should not be blamed. They have tried their best."

Louis absolutely believes that these people are doing their best. As for whether he, the head coach, is doing his best, he doesn't know.

Moreover, another accident caused by the US team being crushed by the Soviet team did not occur to Louis.

Because of Sabonis, the Portland Trail Blazers were scolded miserably!
(End of this chapter)