Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 229 China Team

Anthony looked at that photo in a daze for a long time. He was even dazed because it was a hallucination, but he finally decided that the person in the photo was Su Xi. It was like a big joke made by God. Fate made Anthony I met Su Xi again in the beautiful city of Athens, but this time I passed by so unexpectedly.

And Anthony also noticed that something was wrong. Su Xi came alone, and there was no one around her. At that time, because it was next to the city of Athens, there were many people there, but she could still feel that there was no one else around Su Xi. Indeed, he came alone.

When Anthony saw this, doubts flashed in his heart. Su Xi had just given birth to a child. At this time, it is impossible for the child to be too far away from the mother. Could it be that the child did not belong to Su Xi? He misunderstood Su Xi. Xi?

At this moment, Anthony remembered the scene at the Great Wall. He tried to figure out Su Xi with his own thoughts, and thought that Su Xi was married and had children. At that time, he didn't even ask thousands of people because of his anger and sadness. Could it be that all this was a misunderstanding?
Anthony is full of urges to find Su Xi at this moment, but reason still prevents him from getting out of the urges. At this time, the team is already in the Olympic Village, and the team will train tomorrow, and the Olympics will follow It's almost time for the match, and his leaving alone will definitely have a very big impact, and even if he rushes out, he may not be able to find Su Xi. After calming down, he has figured it out. If Su Xi came here, it is likely to come to see China. The Chinese team played, and based on what she knew before, she would definitely go to the Chinese team's basketball game. At that time, she only needed to find a way to find the stands, so he was not in a hurry right now.

After figuring this out, Anthony relaxed, but before that, he had to do something else.

Anthony greeted Iverson, and then ran to Duncan's room.

When he ran to Duncan's room, Anthony called him out directly.

Because he was blocked by the Nuggets in the "tie-break" game in the playoffs, Duncan also had great affirmation of Anthony. Although his expression was dull, he ran out very quickly. It can be seen from his actions Show his affection for Anthony.

As soon as he came out, Anthony said, "Tim, I need you to do me a favor..."

Duncan froze for a moment, then looked at Anthony with his wide eyes open.

In the team coach's room, Brown was sitting and analyzing tactics. Just as he was engrossed, there was a knock on his door. He looked up at his watch. It was already past 11 o'clock in the evening. Who will come to him tonight?

A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, then stood up and walked out, walked to the door, looked out through the crack of the door, and then saw Anthony and Duncan, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and then opened the door.

As soon as he entered the door, Anthony walked in and said with a smile: "Coach, you haven't slept so late?"

"Well, not yet." Brown looked at Anthony suspiciously and said, "Melo, Tim, it's so late, what can you do?"

Anthony smiled and said, "Coach, it's like this."

Anthony said and glanced at Duncan, and Duncan then said: "Coach, I hope that when I enter the stadium the day after tomorrow, Melo can replace me as the Olympic standard bearer."

"What?!" Brown looked at Duncan in surprise. He didn't expect Duncan to make such a request at this time. In the U.S. team, the flag bearers are usually the U.S. basketball team, and they are usually tall and big inside players. , this term naturally fell on Duncan. Duncan also agreed at the beginning, but he didn't expect that Duncan would change his mind temporarily. It is irrelevant to say that this kind of thing itself is not important, but at this time it has to be reported to the team leader of the US team. , it is also more troublesome to deal with.

"Why?" Brown looked at Duncan suspiciously.

"Coach, you know I'm not suitable for that kind of occasion." Duncan suddenly became eloquent at this moment, "If Melo is allowed to be the standard bearer, it can represent the new force of our team this time, and he is relatively The right candidate, in terms of his global influence."

Brown looked at Duncan in astonishment. He never thought that Duncan would say such a thing. He turned his head and looked at Anthony in surprise. Then, as if he remembered something, his face suddenly sank, and he said, "Is it Michael? What instruction did you give to promote his brand?"

Brown's words made Duncan's eyes widen, and it also caught Anthony off guard.

Seeing the change in the eyes of the two, Brown thought he had guessed right, and then said: "I know Michael has a place in your hearts, but this is a basketball game, and this kind of thing is not allowed to happen. ..."

Brown looked at Duncan and Anthony angrily and said, "Don't you understand this? Go back to sleep."

"No, coach, this matter has nothing to do with Michael. I asked Tim for help." Anthony knew that he couldn't tax Brown with simple words, so he said straight to the point.

Brown looked at Anthony angrily, waiting to hear what he said next.

The time on August 8 was very fast. On this day, various delegations entered the arena from the track and field. Anthony entered the stadium holding the flag of the US team in his hand. Just yesterday, the US team temporarily decided to replace Duncan with Anthony. As the flag bearer for the U.S. team.

Anthony felt the national flag, and looked around from time to time. Just before that, he successfully persuaded Coach Brown, and the reason was that what he was doing now, he wanted Su Xi to feel his presence. , For all the audience, it is the most conspicuous time. At this time, a standard bearer of the representative team is at the forefront, and this is what Anthony has always thought about.

In the end, Anthony carried the flag into the arena. He didn't know if Su Xi had seen him, but he did the best he could to make Su Xi feel his presence.

After the opening ceremony, Anthony spent the next few days training with his teammates. He also waited for Su Xi to come to the field or the American team's residence to find him, but he waited until the 14th. On the day of the game, he never waited for Su Xi, as if the Su Xi he saw didn't really exist. In the end, Anthony could only hide his disappointment and wait for tomorrow's game.

This day was the first day of the U.S. team's competition. Before crossing, Anthony's impression of this competition was only that the U.S. team lost to the Argentine team in the semifinals. He was not particularly clear about the others.

In the first game, against the Puerto Rico team, Anthony didn't have a clear impression of this team. Even Coach Brown's pre-match analysis was not too much, so the team didn't care much.

But Anthony is concerned about Su Xi right now, because the Chinese team's game is at 2 pm, and the American team should have come to the stadium after 4 pm, but Anthony came 2 hours earlier just to find Su Xi. It's a pity that he didn't have Su Xi on the field. This kind of feeling made him have great doubts about his own thoughts. He had no choice but to take out the photo and look at the people in the picture to make sure that what he saw was not a hallucination.

Su Xi didn't see it, but Anthony was sitting on the court watching the Chinese team's match.

In Anthony's memory, the Chinese team at this time was the team at its peak, even much stronger than before, and it was Anthony's deliberate move that led to this change.

The history in Anthony's memory was that in 2002, he did not join the Chinese national team in order to participate in the NBA summer league and find a new contract, which led to him being permanently suspended by the national team. But now, Wang Zhizhi has played in the NBA. In this world, the bigwigs of the national team naturally know what to do when and what to do, so they took the initiative to go to the United States, apologized and issued a statement, and invited Wang Zhizhi back.

Therefore, this Chinese national team is led by Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, two NBA players in their prime years, plus Anthony's teammate Battelle in the Nuggets, plus Du Feng, who is at his peak, and young player Yi Jianlian. It can be said to be the strongest period of the Chinese men's basketball team.

Li Nan and Zhang Jinsong are leading the striker injuries, and Liu Wei and Guo Shiqiang are the defenders. This lineup has flaws in the guards, but this lineup is still very strong.

Anthony knew that in his memory, that national team won No.8 in the end, but he didn't know how far this team could go.

In this game, the Chinese team is facing the powerful Spanish team. The Spanish team is composed of Pau Gasol, Jose Calderon, "Bomb" Navarra, and the sixth man Rudy Fairlanders. It can be said to be powerful.

Soon, the game between the two sides began.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team attacked first, and their focus was naturally on Yao Ming, the insider. The Spanish team, which had already played against the Chinese team before, naturally double-teamed Yao Ming. What he did was to take the shot as soon as possible, but at this moment, Yao Ming obviously didn't need it anymore. He directly threw the ball to the outside line.

Seeing the Chinese team play such an attack, Anthony suddenly laughed inexplicably in the stands. He used to watch the Chinese team's games and often saw Yao Ming being double-teamed and struggling, but obviously, after Wang Zhizhi played, Yao Ming's treatment will definitely be much lighter. Although he does not have a strong outside line, this may at least allow the Chinese team to go further.

(End of this chapter)