Chapter 832 Nash's Request
The men's basketball game will start at 2:15 pm local time the next day.
The first opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team is the Brazilian team, and the time is at 7 o'clock in the evening.
The Brazil team is playing at home, and the game time as the host is also prime time.
The time difference between China and Brazil is 11 hours. It is 7:00 p.m. here, and it is 6:00 a.m. domestically.
Because of the opening game, this game has attracted the attention of fans of the two countries, and the attention in China is unprecedented.
Aside from the warm-up match fights between the two teams, four years ago Tang Tian led the Chinese men's basketball team to kill the Brazilian team in a life-and-death battle, which was enough for Brazilian fans to hate.
Of course, there was also Barbosa's cruel words to Tang Tianfang.
"I'll beat you guys in Rio."
This is what Barbosa said to Tang Tian when he shook hands after losing the game.
Now is the time for him to make good on his words.
Although the strength of the Brazilian team has declined now, it is not a weak team.
Both Nene and Varejao are still able to play, and this inside configuration is already a block away from most national teams.
On the Chinese side, Yi Jianlian can match up with the superior.
In addition to Barbosa on the outside, there are also Huertas and Neto who started playing in the NBA last season.
Even on the front line, there is also veteran Barcia.
These inside and outside players are all NBA-level players. Although the Brazilian team is old, it is by no means weak.
In fact, apart from the Asian and African teams, none of the underdogs can make it to the Olympics.
The game will start at night, and the Chinese team is actively preparing for the game.
The players adjust their state and mentality during training.
No matter how stable their mentality was before, young players will inevitably be nervous before the game.
Tang Tian is now sitting on the sidelines to rest.
Just then, he received a message.
And the person who sent this message made him a little unexpected.
nash.
The person who posted it made him unexpected, and the content of the post made him even more unexpected.
"Hit Brazil hard, especially Barbosa."
Barbosa has been teammates with Nash in the Suns for 6 years, and they are both rotation players. The relationship on and off the court should be good.
In particular, Nash's character is very approachable.
So this looks really weird.
But Tang Tian is a time traveler, he knows a lot about some gossip news.
He also knows a little about Nash and Barbosa.
Nash's current wife is not his original wife, his original wife, that is, his ex-wife named Alexander.
The two had two daughters and one son before their divorce, and the two daughters were loved because they attended the press conference with Nash.
But the problem was the son, who was born black!
Nash and Alexander are both white, and two white people cannot give birth to black people!
After Nash had a paternity test, he divorced Alexander Lightning.
It was later revealed that the father of the child was Barbosa, who had previously been exposed to have an affair with Alexandre.
The top of his head was green. This was probably the darkest experience in Nash's life.
No wonder Nash would send such a message.
"I will."
Tang Tian's answer was also very concise.
When Barbosa said such provocative words four years ago, he was ready to teach Brazil a lesson.
Now that Nash is looking for him privately, he'll make the lesson a little more memorable.
That night, the match between the Chinese team and the Brazilian team started in Hall 1 of the Carioca Stadium, and the arena, which can accommodate 16,000 people, was full of seats.
On the one hand, it was because this was the host Brazil team, and on the other hand, it was Tang Tian.
Because of Tang Tian, the Chinese team, who hadn't paid attention to it before, has become the most watched team in the local area besides the Brazilian team and the US team.
When warming up before the game, Tang Tian turned his head to look at the Brazilian team's half.
Coincidentally, Barbosa is also turning his head to look at the half of the Chinese team.
The two looked at each other.
Barbossa turned away quickly.
Four years ago, Tang Tian was just an ordinary role player in the NBA. He had the confidence to argue with Tang Tian.
But now that Tang Tian has just won the championship, he is the number one player in the league in a serious manner, and his confidence has long since disappeared.
But four years ago, he pretended to be forceful, and had to continue with tears in his eyes.
After the warm-up, the players of the two teams were introduced one after another.
Unlike the NBA, FIBA's games introduce a whole team, and they are also based on jersey numbers from small to large.
When Tang Tian was introduced on the field wearing the No. 13 jersey, the cheers were overwhelming, no less than that of the Brazil team playing at home.
The fans in China even climaxed in place. They knew about Tang Tian changing his jersey, and they also knew what this jersey meant to the Chinese national team!
After the player introduction, the starting players of the two teams appeared one after another.
For the Chinese team, Zhao Jiwei and Tang Tian are on the outside, Zhai Xiaochuan and Yi Jianlian are on the front line, and Zhou Qi is the center.
On the Brazilian side, Barbosa and Huertas are on the outside, Garcia and Nene are on the front line, and Varejao is the center.
Amidst the cheers of the home fans, Varejao beat Yi Jianlian by jumping and gave Brazil the chance to take the lead in attacking.
After Barbosa took the ball to the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Varejao to play Zhou Qi under the basket.
Zhou Qi was thin and thin, Varejao made two hard chisels, then turned around and put the ball into the basket.
In the attack of the Chinese team, Zhao Jiwei dribbled the ball to Tang Tian after halftime, and Tang Tian broke through with the ball.
The entire defensive line of the Brazilian team was retracted, and the four double-teamed Tang Tian.
Tang Tian gave the ball to Zhai Xiaochuan in the bottom corner, and Zhai Xiaochuan made a three-pointer.
"Boom!"
The shot was a bit off, and it went straight out of the frame.
Varejao caught Zhou Qi and received a defensive rebound.
The Brazilian team attacked the frontcourt again, and it was still Varejao's inside singles.
Yi Jianlian quickly assisted in the defense, and Varejao's reaction speed was very fast. When he turned around, he hit the ball to Nene.
Nene dribbled the ball in three steps, knocked Zhou Qi away and smashed the ball directly into the basket.
In the NBA, Varejao is a defensive player with basically no offensive ability, but in the international arena, he has everything in defense, scoring and passing, and he is an all-around insider.
4 to 0, the Brazilian team, as the host, played like a rainbow at the beginning.
The cheers of the fans at the scene erupted instantly.
Four years ago, the Chinese team was eliminated in the life-and-death battle. Not only the Brazilian players were depressed, but the fans were even more depressed.
Now at their home court, they can finally complete their revenge!
The Olympic Games are held every four years, which is much longer than the NBA season, and there are more emotions in their hearts!
In the attack of the Chinese team, Tang Tian broke through and continued to be double-teamed. This time he distributed the ball to Zhao Jiwei at the top of the arc.
Zhao Jiwei's top-of-the-arc three-point shot has a positive trajectory, but the ball is a bit heavy, and it still hits the frame!
The Chinese team fell into a scoring shortage at the beginning!
After all, this team is dominated by young people, and the mentality fluctuated a lot in the opening game, and mentality is the thing that most affects the stability of shooting.
When Barbossa saw this, his originally depressed mood suddenly became high.
He would definitely not be able to fight Tang Tianqiang, but the rest of the Chinese team is too weak, so weak that they can't make a three-pointer with such a wide open.
What he said at the beginning was to win the Chinese team in Rio. According to the strength gap between the two sides, the hope of success in this pretense is great!