101 to 85, relying on Liu Mang's 29 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals, Yao Ming's 35 points and 6 rebounds, and Yi Jianlian's 11 points and 14 rebounds, the Chinese team defeated the Argentina team by 16 points!

The Argentine team stopped in the quarterfinals, which represents the end of an era. Likewise, it represents the beginning of a new era.

Will the Chinese team continue to move forward and dominate the world basketball world? Or will the Spanish team, which reached its peak with the Chinese team two years ago, take another step forward? Or will the former hegemonic American team regain the glory of the Dream Team?

No matter which of the three strongest basketball powers wins the gold medal in the end, it will open a new chapter in the world of basketball!

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After playing in the quarter-finals, Liu Mang and his national team teammates got a day of rest. In another day, the Olympic men's basketball semi-final match day is coming.

There is not much preparation time, and the Olympic schedule is comparable to the closeness of the NBA regular season.

After the quarter-finals, the first game of the ranking matches between Argentina VS Iran and Russia VS Croatia has been played. The Argentina team defeated the Iranian team, the Croatian team defeated the Russian team, and Argentina and Croatia advanced to the fifth and sixth ranking matches.

It will be held together with the semi-finals on the 23rd, and the seventh and eighth-place qualifying matches between the Russian team and the Iranian team will also be held together with the semi-finals.

Of course, at this time, the focus of fans and media is all on the two semifinal matches!

China VS Spain, United States VS Greece!

Except for the Chinese team, the four teams in the semi-finals are all three countries in Group A. The Chinese team and the American team are both first in the group. If they advance all the way, the two teams will not meet before the final. The Chinese team’s opponents

They defeated the Spanish team, which was third in the same group as the Chinese team.

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On the morning of the 23rd, the Iranian team defeated the Russian team and won the seventh place in the Olympic Games. In the game from 1 to 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Argentine team defeated the Croatian team and won the fifth place in the Olympic Games.

Then at 3:30 in the afternoon, the game between the American team and the Greek team started.

"It's easier to play against Spain than against Greece!"

This is the consensus of the Chinese men's basketball team from players to coaching staff.

In terms of strength, Spain is definitely better than the Greek team, but for the Chinese team, it is better to beat Spain.

The Greek team loves physical contact too much. On the contrary, it is relatively easier for the Spanish team and the Chinese team to rely on technology to defeat the opponent.

While they were warming up for the game at 7 p.m., there was a TV set in the Chinese team's training ground, which was playing the game between the U.S. team and the Greek team at the Olympic Sports Center.

Seeing that little shark's bulk of flesh blocked all of poor Howard's offensive space, forcing the US team to use Bosh and Anthony to form an inside combination, and then Bosh was bullied by the little shark on the defensive end...

"Dayao, when we play against Spain, you are responsible for opening up the space. Lian Mei and I will mainly attack." Liu Mang said to Yao Ming who was sitting next to him.

"Okay." Yao Ming didn't refuse either.

Seeing the astonishing effect of Little Shark's 150 kilograms of meat in the international arena, Yao Ming thought of Gasol's weirdo...

Among current NBA insiders, there are three centers that can handle Yao Ming very well. One is O'Neal, one is Perkins, and the other is Gasol.

The Olympics is not about data. When playing against Argentina and other countries without super insiders in the group stage, Yao Ming averaged 25.7 points per game, ranking first in this Olympics. That is what the Chinese team needs.

For example, Liu Mang scored 44 points in a single game, and he also scored 5 points and 14 assists on 2-for-6 shooting.

Everything is team first.

The grudges or interests of the club have now been put aside. After confirming that the opponent in the semi-finals was Spain, Liu Mang shared all his knowledge about Gasol and Calderon and assigned tactics to the coaching staff.

Yao Ming did not hide his direction, and shared everything he knew about his teammate Gasol...

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91 to 67, the U.S. team relied on its tyrannical outside firepower to defeat the Greek team in one fell swoop after exhausting several of the Greek team’s internal muscles.

Through the live TV broadcast, Liu Mang and Gasol intuitively felt the strength of the American team!

The United States team, known as the returning dream team, except for being upset once by Argentina in the group stage, showed super dominance in the other four group stages and two knockout games, taking the lead in advancing to the finals!

Liu Mang felt a lot of pressure, but it also made him full of desire to play against the American team again after defeating Spain.

Only such opponents are more challenging!

Having already won 4 MVPs, five Finals MVPs, and four championships in the NBA, he is now pursuing the ultimate challenge!

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The pressure is rolling in!

The Gasol brothers looked at their teammates in the club and were full of pressure.

Yao Ming, the most dominant center in the league assisted by Gasol; Liu Mang, the team boss and even the strongest player in the world who led Gasol to show off and fly.

However, Liu Mang and Yao Ming also have Alexander.

"Pau Gasol, his ability evaluation is 100; Marc Gasol, his ability evaluation is 86; Jose Calderon, his ability evaluation is 90; Rudy Fernandez, his ability evaluation is 83..."

Looking at the ability evaluations of these four major NBA players, Liu Mang knew that the two brothers, Calderon and Fernandez, two NBA players, and a team composed of top European players, the lineup was no worse than theirs!

After a brief exchange, the core leaders of both sides returned to their own half. The game will start in a while, and the two teams are making final preparations.

For the Spanish team, Calderon just lost to Liu Mang in the finals two months ago. Gasol just defeated Calderon, his team's best defender. And Calderon

, defeated Spain's strongest basketball player Gasol in early June...

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This does not mean that there are conflicts within the Spanish team, but it proves their strength! It proves that they have a pivotal position in the NBA, the highest palace of basketball!

Soon, it was almost 7 o'clock in the evening, and the second semi-final, which is also the semi-final that Chinese fans are most concerned about, was about to start!

Due to the relationship between Liu Mang and Yao Ming, the three core players of the Spanish team, Gasol, Calderon and Gasol, are very popular in the imperial capital. The popularity of the Spanish team is even higher than that of Argentina, second only to the Chinese team and

Team USA.

Chinese fans also know the Spanish team’s lineup very well.

The Spanish team sent out a luxurious lineup of Ricky Rubio, Calderon, Rudy Fernandez, Gasol, and Gasol!

Rubio has a reputation as a golden boy and has long been spotted by NBA teams. It is recognized that no matter which year he participates in the NBA draft, he has the possibility of entering the top five picks. Calderon and Fernandez have also been selected in recent years.

He has his own place in the NBA. Gasol is one of the best power forwards in the NBA. Gasol is gradually showing his talents...

With such a lineup, even Chinese fans who are very proud of their Renyi combination feel a strong sense of crisis!

The golden age of basketball in China has begun, but in addition to the ultimate big BOSS of the American team, the golden age of the Spanish team has also arrived!

The Chinese team has also made personnel adjustments, with Sun Yue, Liu Mang, Wang Shipeng, Yi Jianlian, and Yao Ming appearing in the lineup.

Every ball counts!

The power forwards of both teams, Yi Jianlian and Gasol, came to the center circle. This time, both teams did not send their own funny jumpers. Instead, they sent out the two players with the strongest jump ball.

There was more than a minute left until seven o'clock. Listening to the cheers when Liu Mang threw magnesium powder into the air, Gasol said to Yi Jianlian in front of him: "Hey, Sibes, are you ready to enter the NBA?"

"Not yet, I plan to enter the NBA after college." Yi Jianlian responded.

"Oh, that's great, team basketball is fascinating, right..."

Gasol and Yi Jianlian started chatting.

"Spess-Yi", also known as Space Yi, was a nickname Liu Mang gave to Yi Jianlian when he was so idle and wanted to cause some trouble for the future triple-double king when he was recording "Details of the UCLA Five Tigers". Yi Jianlian also

He happily accepted it. He was the first NCAA player to receive the nickname Liu Mang, and thus became famous in the United States.

As both Los Angeles players, Gasol occasionally goes to UCLA to watch Bruins games at home. Yi Jianlian often goes to Staples Center to watch games, so the two naturally know each other.

With both teams on the stage, the time reached seven o'clock sharp, the referee came to the center circle with the ball, and the chat between Yi Jianlian and Gasol also ended.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air...

Yi Jianlian won the jump ball with a clear advantage!

Gasol retreated quickly after landing. It was expected that he would lose the jump ball to Yi Jianlian. Most of the black physical centers in the NCAA are no match for Yi Jianlian in the jump ball.

After Sun Yue received the jump ball, he immediately passed it to Liu Mang to avoid dribbling under Rubio's defense.

"Ricky Rubio, ability evaluation 85, offense 73, defense 89, passing 91, three-pointers 44, 58 mid-range shots, 74 layups, 83 steals, 85 rebounds, 90 speed, 81 strength..."

Liu Mang glanced at Rubio who was following Sun Yue and slowly advanced. He felt that Rubio was simply a weirdo. He had never seen such a weird ability evaluation!

But Rubio is really strong. Although he has basically no personal offensive ability, he has an ability evaluation of 85 in the international arena, and he is only 18 years old. Two years ago, Rubio, who was only 16 years old, won the European Championship.

With a quadruple-double, he is a genius among geniuses, at least he is quite powerful in the international arena with his strong white body.

Liu Mang pushed forward, but Calderon did not rush up to put pressure on him, but kept a big step outside the three-point line.

Calderon is such a pain in the ass. It’s too difficult to defend against the Chinese and American teams, and it looks stupid. He has to start defending when he is more than one meter away from the three-point line and almost two meters away, otherwise the opponent will just throw it away! Also!

When guarding James of the US team, you can defend normally. If you play the US team and defend Kidd, Tracy McGrady, Kobe and Anthony, as long as you dare not guard the three-point line from a distance of more than one meter to two meters, you will be killed 100%.

When Liu Mang advanced to about two meters away from the three-point line, Calderon followed him, with a do-it-yourself attitude.

Liu Mang didn't force it, the three-point line was too crowded.

Sun Yue ran out from the inside. Liu Mang handed the ball to Sun Yue and cut into the inside.

Sun Ce raised the ball above his head to avoid being attacked by Rubio, the steal leader in this World Championship who averaged 2.8 steals per game. Yao Ming moved to the left top corner of the free throw line, Wang Shipeng went to the right corner, and Yi Jianlian moved to the left baseline.

, Liu Mang came to the right low post and leaned on Calderon to ask for the ball!

With this formation, the head coach of the Spanish team stood up! A week ago, they lost to the United States by 11 points. They did not lose to Kobe's strong three-pointer or James McGee's three-man connection, but to the United States.

Anthony hits low singles again and again!

In terms of body shape, Calderon, who is 191 centimeters and weighs 95 kilograms, still looks stronger than Liu Mang. The Spanish team did not attack immediately. Yao Ming's mid-range shot, Yi Jianlian's air-cutting, and Wang Shipeng's three-pointer are all threats.

, Sun Yue lobbed the ball to Liu Mang.

Without flanking, Liu Mang just took it and did it! With his 90% strength that few people can stop at the point guard position, the explosive power of the iron elbow, iron mountain and iron foot skills combined together fiercely knocked Calderon away.
Chapter completed!