Chapter 441 The Meeting Final!

In the Dragon Kingdom alone, more than 200 million people watched the live match. It was such an unprecedented event.

Those who didn’t know thought this was the finals of the Olympic Games, or the finals of the Football World Cup.

However, the process seems a bit unworthy of this gorgeous number of viewers.

102:76, Yao Ming only played two and a half quarters, and Lin Dong only played 32 minutes. The Dragon Country team obviously stopped playing, and turned this game that broke the history of the Dragon Country men's basketball team into a coaching game...

Arroyo, the magical boy in another world, only handed over embarrassing statistics of 4 points and 1 assist in the face of Lin Dong's single defense.

Without his organization, Puerto Rico's offense was no longer good, and Yao Ming was completely overwhelmed on the defensive end and at the basket. The liberated perimeter shot was 11 of 16. From the moment the game started, there was no Show any suspense.

Everyone can see that the Dragon Kingdom only won by 26 points. This is entirely due to the Dragon Kingdom's consistent sports tradition and does not embarrass the opponent too much. Otherwise, if the Dragon Kingdom is willing, they can even win by 50 points!

Strong strength coupled with humility has earned the Dragon Kingdom men's basketball team unanimous praise.

On the other end, the United States played against Italy, with the same style as the Dragon Country, a luxurious team composed of Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Ben Wallace, and Carmelo Anthony. The starting five also only played 20 minutes to seal the victory with 69:31, and then the five starters chose to leave the game at the same time.

But what is different from the Dragon Kingdom is that the American team lost five super giants, and replaced them with five super giants.

Gary Payton, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer.

The five full-blooded super giants who were already a little impatient sitting on the sidelines gave Italy a 12:0 score as soon as they came up. With the physical strength of Italy's main players already exhausted, the five full-blooded super giants were enough to win the third quarter. He scored 21 points against the opponent.

Then in the fourth quarter, five super giants were replaced...

Frankly speaking, Old K actually wanted to hide his strength. He had been studying Lin Dong and Long Guo during this period.

It was a formidable opponent with the possibility of defeating the American Dream Six, which made Old K unwilling to expose any other trump cards of the American team before the finals.

It's a pity that his old K wanted to let it go and win by a few points, giving the Dragon Kingdom men's basketball team some illusions.

But I can't let it go... The super giants on the sidelines are holding it back too hard. No one wants to come to the Olympics just for fun. They all want to show off as soon as they come on the court. They can't suppress the score even if they want to.

136:62, the United States beat Italy by 74 points, unparalleled momentum!

The semi-finals on August 28 basically continued the momentum of the quarter-finals.

The Dragon Kingdom faced Lithuania, which had just defeated Argentina.

This European champion team was once known as the nemesis team of the Dragon Country men's basketball team because of its excellent team system. After the game started, the integrity shown by Lithuania once again brought great success to the Dragon Country. Trouble.

Under the high-pressure zone defense, the outside shooting percentage of Dragon Kingdom players plummeted. In the first half, they made 4 of 13 outside shots, and Lithuania once led by 12 points.

But compared to the panic of the Dragon Country fans when they fell behind in the first half in the previous games against Spain and Serbia and Montenegro, in this game, all the Dragon Country fans calmed down, even when they fell behind by 12 points in the first half. The various online discussions during the halftime break, Sun's guidance in the live broadcast room, etc. did not show the slightest concern.

It’s only 12 points, is that a big deal? What are you worried about?

There is a belief that we have Lin Dong.

There is a blind belief that we still have Lin Dong!

As long as the game enters Lin Dong's rhythm, as long as Lin Dong starts attacking, the 12-point difference will be nothing to the strongest scoring champion in basketball history!

Sure enough, at the beginning of the third quarter, Lin Dong took over the game as everyone expected.

Gorgeous personal performance, exactly the same as when playing against Spain and Serbia and Montenegro.

No one on this planet can defend him alone, and for European basketball, even two people can't defend him!

Various inside and outside shots flourished, and combined with Yao Ming's dominance of the inside, it only took 7 minutes of the third quarter to reverse the 12-point deficit. By the time the fourth quarter entered, they had already overtaken Lithuania by 7 points. point.

Lithuania, which had gone crazy, started to use three people to block Lin Dong, but the three people could not stop Lin Dong's pass. Yao Ming killed him inside, and the point difference continued to widen.

Lithuania immediately began to shrink the overall defensive area, trying to use the advantage of the crowd to regain control of the inside. Those who defend Lin Dong alone only need to limit his three-pointers and let him rush in to face Lithuania's crowd of insiders.

To put it bluntly, it is to choose to control the basket and inside, while letting the other outsiders of the Dragon Kingdom shoot, and bet on the touch of other players in the Dragon Kingdom men's basketball team.

But with such big vacancies, how could the other outsiders of the Dragon Kingdom really miss these opportunities?

In the fourth quarter, the rotation players Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Wang Shipeng and even Yi Jianlianheyi all took shots from the outside. They collectively made 7 of 11 shots and quickly made the game close with 5 minutes left before the end. The suspense was already lost.

119:92, Dragon Kingdom once again defeated Lithuania and advanced to the Olympic finals!

During the entire Olympic Games, they won 7 out of 7 games without losing any of them, and all the wins were without any suspense and well-deserved. The strength of the Dragon Kingdom men's basketball team has finally changed from 'analysis and speculation' to a real reality.

FIBA has updated the international rankings of Dragon Kingdom overnight, rising directly from the original fourth place to second place.

On the same day, the United States also defeated Spain 127:88, winning the same 7 games with ease. It is the well-deserved No. 1 in the world and will compete with Long Guo in the finals.

Although we have already guessed who the two sides of this Olympic finals will be, when the game time and the two sides were confirmed at 9:30 am on August 30, basketball fans all over the world were still very excited. He was very excited.

Guaranteed to be a runner-up, achieving an absolute historical breakthrough, facing the Dream Six with an unprecedentedly luxurious lineup in the finals, all of this is like a dream to Dragon Kingdom fans.

A newly emerging super team faces the luxury battleship of the basketball empire.

On the one hand, they have an unprecedentedly powerful historical scoring champion, and on the other hand, they have a huge bench depth in the water dispenser. It really feels like facing the Western Gods.

The remarks of the head coach of the US team, Old K, also brought all the media's attention and fans' expectations to the peak.

"This is the strongest challenger that the US men's basketball team will face since its creation, but please don't forget that challengers are always just challengers, and we are the real kings!"

——Look, even the United States recognizes the strength of this Dragon Country team!

——I am more optimistic about Long Guo. After all, the entire US team was defeated by Yao Ming and Lin Dong.

——Haha, don’t say it, it’s true! One of these two is in the East and the other is in the West. One has won two consecutive championships, and the other has won two Eastern Conference championships. They beat everyone in the finals and really defeated everyone in the NBA.

——The US team cannot limit Lin Dong. If they could, they would have already done so in the NBA. Not to mention Lin Dong, Duncan and Dayao would only attack each other at most.

——But you still have to be careful about the physical exhaustion tactics of the US team. After all, it is a dream six with five super giants going down and five super giants coming up.

——Indeed, if the US team starts marking people from the beginning, defending without physical strength, and immediately substitutes when they are tired, then no matter how strong Lin Dong and Yao Ming are, they will not be able to withstand such consumption...

——You know what the hell, Michael hasn’t done this before? Or did the red-haired kid from the Sonics never block Yao Ming like this? You underestimate the will of Yao Ming and Lin Dong.

--right! This is the final of the Olympic Games. I believe that no matter how tired the two of them are, they will definitely be able to hold on and persevere until the end!

——Stop beeping so much, they are all very strong, okay? There are so many coaches in the United States but no one dares to say that they understand Lin Dong. Lin Dong is so strong but he doesn’t dare to say that he can definitely beat the United States. Are you just laymen like you? Just shut up!

——That is, facts speak louder than words. See you in the arena on August 30th!

——Brother, wake up quickly. Your IP shows that you are in Magic City, but you are not in Athens.

——I’ll fly there tonight! Then sit next to the girlfriends of the Dragon Kingdom men’s basketball team and show them to you! I have plenty of money!

——Everyone, give way! My urine is yellow, I'm going to wake him up!

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On the evening of August 29th, Plato Hotel...

In the bright room, Old K was looking at the TV screen in front of him intently.

The screen is full of Lin Dong's various games, and unlike other opponents who study Lin Dong, they are always studying Lin Dong's latest videos.

What Lao K watched was Lin Dong’s limited video from the Nippon High League, to the Nike Summit, to the World Youth Championship, to the US High School NSAA, and then to the NBA.

All the video tapes were personally selected by Lao K. They have a very obvious Lin Dong style and a very obvious change in style and technology.

There are a total of 17 video tapes and 17 games. Lao K has watched them from beginning to end at least 10 times, and every time he watches them, Lao K always has some different feelings...

Bang bang bang.

"Come in." Old K rubbed his sore eyes and shouted out the door.

"Coach." The guy who came in called politely.

Old K turned his head and glanced at the visitor.

LeBron James.

Frankly speaking, Old K really doesn’t have a good impression of this young man whom he has known since the Nike Summit.

During the Nike summit, he performed actions other than competitive sports under his nose, including the subsequent World Youth Championships, which early made Lao K label him as "impure" in his heart.

After that, although he was successfully cleared by standing up to save the girl who was robbed, and he also played a pretty good season with the Cavaliers and became a hot new basketball star in the East, but the attitude towards him at Old K remained the same.

After all, Old K is a pretty stubborn guy.

He felt that underneath this big guy's rough appearance, he was hiding ten thousand times more intentions than other players of the same age. He was too pursuing utilitarianism. His only purpose on the court was fame and fortune, no matter how well he concealed it. .

Because Lao K believes in an old saying: It’s easy to change the situation, but hard to change the nature.

Since the formation of this national team and now it has reached the finals, Old K has never spoken more than 10 words to LeBron alone.

He bets that what this guy is thinking about at this time is definitely not how to help the team defeat Long Guo, but how to use the team to help him defeat Lin Dong.

It seems that they all have the same result, but Old K never likes the latter answer.

"What's going on?" Old K pressed the pause button on the video and asked impatiently.

Faced with Old K's impatience, LeBron was obviously not angry, but smiled and said: "I have had too little communication with you since I joined the national team. I have a question that I have always wanted to ask you..."

"Just follow the team's tactics." Old K obviously didn't intend to waste too much energy on LeBron. As soon as he heard that the other party wanted to ask for advice, he roughly guessed what LeBron was thinking. He said impatiently: "Overall I have already talked about tactics. You should know your own position, cooperate well, and do what you should do. There is nothing to ask. Or, in the name of asking for advice, you want to win over the second team. The position of a leader?”

Old K turned to look at LeBron and asked coldly.

He understands this kind of guy's thoughts very well. Putting him on the bench and even only assigning him a defensive role in the bench lineup obviously does not satisfy him.

Did you come to me to change this situation? Then he really found the wrong person...

Unexpectedly, before Old K finished speaking, LeBron had already said calmly: "I know I don't have that ability, and I have never wanted to be the leader of the team, let alone try to change your attitude toward me. I really just want to ask a question.”

It's a very sincere and low-profile attitude, but Lao K obviously doesn't like this.

However, seeing that the American team needed to work together as a team, Old K frowned and asked, "What's the problem?"

LeBron turned his head and looked at the video tape that Old K was playing. It was the video of Lin Dong at the Nike Summit.

"I'm curious about how you study Lin Dong." LeBron said: "In the past two years in the NBA, I have seen too many analysts and coaches who study Lin Dong. They all only watch Lin Dong's current game videos. Study Lin Dong's current game status and technical characteristics, but you are the only one who, until the day before the finals, was still watching high school tapes from when Lin Dong's skills were not mature... You know, I am eager to defeat Lin Dong, right? I am very interested in all his research.”

"Are you trying to discover some of Lin Dong's loopholes and shortcomings hidden under his gorgeous skills from the transformation of his technical characteristics? Are you trying to find his loopholes from the period when he was still imperfect?" At this point, LeBron smiled. : "To be honest, I also tried to watch these videos of Lin Dong the way you did, but I really can't see anything. His technical characteristics in high school have been completely covered now. I don't know if you studied him before. What is the significance of those videos..."

Then he paused and said sincerely: "But you are the most famous tactician in the United States. Your interpretation of basketball is always different. I believe you will not do anything meaningless. You must have seen something else." , so...can you tell me what that is? What do you want to see in that?"

Old K was slightly startled and narrowed his eyes to look at LeBron in front of him.

Frankly speaking, LeBron is not the first person to be interested in watching Lin Dong's game videos from the Nippon League to the present.

Most everyone on the team knew, but their thoughts were pretty much what LeBron said before.

If you just look at the current video tape, Lin Dong's shortcomings have almost been completely covered by his gorgeous skills. Countless analysts have studied it for two full years and have not found any flaws.

So the other guys on the team thought they were trying to find some of Lin Dong's hidden shortcomings and loopholes from the game videos when Lin Dong's skills were not yet perfect. But now that his style has matured and changed, you Even if you find his past loopholes and shortcomings, what's the use?

Frankly speaking, those guys were quite dismissive of this, not only Kobe Bryant, but even a few guys from Duke University who respected him the most.

After all, they are all players with mature styles. They have their own ideas and will not blindly trust the coach just because he is Old K and what he does is something they do not understand.

They all chose to spend the time asking questions on their own reading and research.

Therefore, LeBron is the first person to ask this question.

Is it to please yourself? Or does this guy have some unique insights?

"Why should I tell you?" Old K became interested, narrowed his eyes and asked: "Or... you can tell me first, why do you think I should do this? If your answer can have some relevance, maybe I wouldn’t mind communicating with you.”

LeBron was stunned. He hesitated slightly and gave an answer that he was not sure about.

Of course he's not sure. If he was sure, he wouldn't need to ask this question.

"What you are studying is not Lin Dong's technology, but Lin Dong's ideas?" As he said, maybe LeBron himself felt that this answer was too rough, and then added: "Or, the way of thinking?"

After speaking, LeBron looked into Old K's eyes.

Frankly speaking, he really didn't come here to "get the ball" or "earn performance" in front of old K.

This Dream 6 has such a luxurious lineup. Even if the coach is not Old K, it is not his turn as a second-year NBA rookie to serve as the leader of this Dream 6. Even the leader of the second team is impossible.

He was really curious, curious about Old K's purpose of doing this, and curious about Old K's research results.

Because he has already carved in his mind the biggest wish in his life: to defeat Lin Dong!

In order to achieve this, LeBron felt that he could put down his dignity and even everything else.

This time, the room fell into silence for half a minute.

Old K's eyes went from being deep at first, to gradually showing a hint of surprise, then to pondering, and finally showing some relief.

"If you can see this step, it seems that you are really not here to earn performance..."

Old K stared into LeBron's eyes. Although he still didn't like this young man, at least at this moment, he felt that the other person was qualified to communicate with him.

"Yes, the way of thinking." Old K said: "Only by understanding his growth process and his change process, and only by truly stepping into Lin Dong's shoes, or even becoming Lin Dong, can you understand what he is thinking."

LeBron listened carefully and his body shook slightly.

Take Lin Dong's place and become Lin Dong? Even if you can't be him technically, at least understand his thoughts?

"I have never done such research on a player, and I have never put such energy into any opponent player, but Lin Dong is an exception..."

"Don't think that the Dream Six's luxurious bench alone can defeat the Dragon Kingdom national team. That team is not weak, and under Lin Dong's stimulation, it will explode and make everyone unable to do so. The strength of prediction comes.”

"Lin Dong has potential and upper limit that both you and I can't imagine. I even think that he can go further even though he has reached the historical limit, and one day he will reach the level that everyone needs to look up to. By the way, if you think about how to surpass Lin Dong and you think that you will have a way to deal with Lin Dong after you get the answer from me, then I’m afraid you will only be disappointed in your life!”

"No one can beat that young man, but that doesn't mean that no one can beat that team in Dragon Country, and if you want to do this..." Old K said, tapping lightly with his finger. Knocking on his forehead: "You have to understand what Lin Dong is thinking here before you can strangle all his methods of comeback!"

"Wait and see." The corner of Old K's mouth curled up: "That boy made me lose once at the Nike Summit, but this time...he can't do it!"