Coach Lee

Chapter 439 New Zealand "Big Black Man"

The spring in Sydney in September is beautiful, and the 9th Summer Olympic Games will be held in this metropolis in the southern hemisphere.It will show the demeanor of its international tourist destination to thousands of tourists.

On the evening of the 15th, Sydney in the dark became the focus of the world's attention.

"CCTV, CCTV, audience friends, hello everyone, I am the commentator Sun Zhengping, I am now in the newly built Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Australia, here, I will introduce the opening ceremony of the 27th Sydney Olympic Games grand occasion."

The big screen at the scene suddenly lit up, and the scene suddenly became lively.

Countdown,
"5,"

"4"

"3"

"2"

"1"

"Oh!!!!!!!!"

Amidst the jubilation at the scene, the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games officially began.

120 riders rode horses and held the five-ring flag of the Olympic Games to enter the arena, welcoming friends from all over the world
A "Dream of the Deep Sea" by a little girl in a pink emerald flower dress, let everyone see all kinds of marine life.

A song "Awakening" that the locals can't understand, which leads to the aboriginal culture of Australia
After the welcome song assembled by the world famous symphony, the athletes began to enter the arena.

"Okay! Next up is our Chinese Olympic delegation! Walking in the front is our flag bearer, a player of the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team, Li Nan. Li Nan is now the star of the NBA Pacers. In June of this year, The Pacers he led won the first championship in NBA team history. And Li Nan also performed well and won the MVP of the finals. This is Li Nan's second championship and Li Nan's second MVP."

At the Olympic Stadium, Li Nan occupied the entire big screen, and the voices of the audience suddenly rose and became much more enthusiastic.The on-site footage is also very powerful, and it took a full 15 seconds.

"We can see that this is the women's volleyball player Lin Yue, this is the table tennis player Wang Nan, this is the men's basketball player Liu Yudong, this is the diver Qian Liang, and this is the weightlifter Zhan Xu who has transformed from 70 kg to 77 kg. Just."

"Is this the hope of the world in my hands
The flame in my hand is the hope of the world

I'll take this moment, to be all that I can
I'm going to take this moment to the best of my ability

Look to you to see the future
Looking to the future
Stronger and free
you will be stronger and freer
"

In the charming singing of Australian female singer Tina Elena, the 27th Sydney Olympic Games officially kicked off.

After the opening ceremony, the game day is coming soon.

As early as January this year, the Olympic groups came out.

Group A is the United States, Italy, France, Lithuania, China and New Zealand.

Group B is Australia, Russia, Canada, Spain, Argentina, Algeria,
In Group B, although the host Australia team lost to several teams in Group A in the warm-up match, they won all the other opponents in this group.The Australian media also came out of the haze of the previous loss to the Chinese team. They threatened to challenge the Dream Team and win an orange medal for Australia.

In Group A, the US team is the biggest favorite to win the Olympic men's basketball team.The US team lost miserably at the World Championships in Greece the year before last, only taking No.5.This year they said it was for revenge.

The coach is NBA coach Rudy Tomjanovich, and the players are star-studded: Steve Smith, Jason Kidd, Alan Houston, Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, Vin Baker, Ray Allen, Antonio McDyess, Gary Payton, Sherif Abdul-Rahim.

Originally, when they were on vacation, Li Nan had agreed with Iverson, and they met on the field this year.However, in the end only Carter came.Several people in Iverson seem to have some minor injuries and need to be repaired or something.I'm a little sorry.

The Italian team was last year's European Championship team.

The French team has a strong momentum this year, and its strength is on par with the Italian team.

The Lithuanian team has Sabonis in charge, as well as several players from European champion club Zaligiris.

Although the Chinese team won No.4 in the previous year's World Championships, their strength has improved in recent years, and they can compete with the strong European teams.

The weakest team in this group is the New Zealand team in Oceania.

On September 9, which is the first competition day of the Olympic Games, the competitions of various Olympic events officially started.

The Olympic men's basketball competition has also started.

In the opening game, the Australian team played against the African team Algeria.

108-67
Australia made a good start with 41 points in the opening game of the African team.

In the second game, the American Dream Team [-] played against the European champion Italy.

The scene was not as intense as the audience expected, because as soon as it came up, Fakka, the main center of the Italian team, was injured and retired, and his morale was seriously damaged.

The U.S. team came here for revenge and to prove that they are number one in the world, so they played very fiercely and did not give the Italian team any face.

110-83,

The United States beat European champions Italy by 27 points.

The Dream Team [-] also proved that the US team is really strong.

After a few games, the Chinese team is about to play.

The first opponent of the Chinese team is New Zealand, the weakest team in this group.

As early as January [-] this year, as soon as the draw for the men's basketball team of the Sydney Olympic Games was announced, each team came out with training plans one after another.The New Zealand team, which is in the same group as the Chinese team, even threatened that "it is not negotiable to beat the Chinese team".

After qualifying in the Asia-Pacific region, New Zealand gained a silly nickname, "The Big Black".

New Zealand head coach Crawhan publicly told the reporter: "We also want to prove that the 'big black man' is not a vegetarian. We had a record of [-] win and [-] loss against the Canadian team last year. I believe that with our strength, we can at least beat the Chinese team in the same group. .”

Crohan also threatened, "The Chinese team has two NBA players, but we are not afraid at all, because we also have NBA players. Our captain Sean Marcos will definitely lead the team to victory!"

Who is the "big black man" leader of the New Zealand team?
Sean Marcos, 213cm tall, 125kg in weight, former Raptors player, was traded to the Celtics after playing five games this year, and then was waived.

In order to achieve the goal of defeating the Chinese team, New Zealand also had a very careful plan before the Olympics.

In June, I went to Sydney to participate in the four-nation competition, with three teams from Australia, Russia and Canada.

The New Zealand team lost all three games, averaging 18.3 points per game.

Then, in July, they played two warm-up matches against France in Auckland, New Zealand.

The New Zealand team lost both games, losing a total of 48 points in the two games.

After all, New Zealand is a newcomer to the Olympic Games. They seem to understand their own strength, and then they have made their goal more clear, which is to win a game and win the Chinese team.

In August, in order to fully understand the Chinese team, the New Zealand team even spent money to invite the Chinese Hong Kong team, the Japanese team, and a joint team composed of foreign players playing in China to New Zealand for a warm-up match.

In the three games, the New Zealand team achieved a record of three victories, averaging 6.5 points per game.

This also greatly increased the confidence of the New Zealand team.

(End of this chapter)