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Review on the Olympic Course of Basketball in China
CCTV.com News (broadcast on January 14th when the Olympic Games are going on): Many China fans expect China men’s and women’s basketball teams to perform well in the 2008 Olympic Games. They hope that Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Miao Lijie and Sui Feifei can surpass themselves and write the most wonderful stroke in the history of China’s basketball campaign for the Olympic Games.
Air Jordan, the idol of countless fans, is Jordan at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. At that time, Jordan, who was only 21 years old, was selected as a college player for the United States team. Jordan, who participated in the Olympic basketball game for the first time, met the China men’s basketball team who also participated in the Olympic Games for the first time in the first game. Because of the disparity between the two sides, Jordan only played in the first half of the game. In the game, the China team was like? There are few opportunities for such wonderful three-pointers. In the end, China lost to the United States, and the China men’s basketball team only got the tenth place in this Olympic Games. The champion was won by the United States. In this Olympic Games, the United States could beat its opponent by 32 points on average, and Jordan scored the highest among American players: 17.1 points on average. Later, in this year, Jordan began to become a professional basketball player and began his legend. For the China men’s basketball team, the biggest gain from participating in the Olympic Games for the first time is probably not the ranking, but broadening their horizons, or getting to know Jordan.
China’s women’s basketball team, which also participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, won a bronze medal at the Los Angeles Olympic Games. At this time, Zheng Haixia was still a newcomer in the team. A few years later, with the growth of Zheng Haixia and other players, China’s women’s basketball team, which has become a strong team in the world, ushered in the heyday of the team. At the Barcelona Olympic Games, China team won one after another and has been in the final. Coach Li Yaguang got rid of the tactics of relying solely on Zheng Haixia in the past and blossomed more, which made China’s women’s basketball team realize a historical leap. However, in the final, it was a pity to lose to the Russian team, and the China women’s basketball team won the silver medal with the best record in history. However, in the following years, China women’s basketball team began to taste the bitter fruit of untimely alternation between the old and the new. With the retirement of some old athletes, China women’s basketball team has faded away from the aura of the world’s top teams. In 1996, Atlanta Olympic Games only won the ninth place, but in 2000, it was a pity that it failed to enter the Olympic finals. However, it was during that period that a group of young athletes, such as Miao Lijie, Sui Feifei, Chen Nan and Song Xiaoyun, began to break ground, bringing new vitality to the fate of China women’s basketball team.
Unlike the women’s basketball team, the China men’s basketball team made a breakthrough later. At the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988 and the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992, the China men’s basketball team only finished 11th and 12th respectively.
In 1996, the China men’s basketball team, known as the golden generation of China basketball, competed in the Atlanta Olympic Games. China’s men’s basketball team fell into an unfavorable situation at the beginning of its first match against Angola, and once fell behind its opponent by 12 points. Wang Zhizhi was ordered at a critical moment, and one substitute scored 7 points in a row to turn the tide, leading the China team to blow the horn of counterattack. After a thrilling battle, China men’s basketball team finally turned defeat into victory and won a good start. Wang Zhizhi contributed 17 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and sent 5 blocked shots in the whole game. All three statistics were the highest in the whole game, and he made great contributions.
In the same group, Argentina lost three main players after shopping with the United States, while China chose a passive game in the face of the United States in order to preserve its strength, and finally lost cleanly to its opponent with a disparity score of 70-133. However, it was in this negative game that Wang Zhizhi, who was in high spirits, gave David Robinson a "hot pot of youth" (blocked shot), and Hu Weidong also buckled a basket on the top of the NBA player’s head, which was the only thing worthy of praise in that game. China can advance to the quarter-finals as long as it wins the last game. Facing the Argentine team which is short of major generals, China beat its opponent 87-77, and achieved the results of the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games for the first time. China reached the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games for the first time in history as the fourth in the group. In the quarter-finals, China lost to Yugoslavia 61-128, then to Greece, and finally ranked eighth.
In this competition, China entered the quarterfinals in the Olympic basketball competition for the first time, and Wang Zhizhi also showed the world the elegant demeanor of China’s young center. It is precisely because of the wonderful performance of this game that the story of being selected by the Mavericks in the NBA draft was born.
China men’s basketball team, full of hope, was hit hard in the first game of Athens Olympic Games. They lost to the Spanish team led by Gasol with a big score. Yao Ming also got his fifth foul near the end of the game, so he could only sit on the bench angrily. And threw the towel thrown by his teammates on the ground. At the subsequent press conference, Yao Ming changed his former peace and expressed his disappointment and incomprehension with the national team fiercely.
Being scolded woke up the China team members to be ashamed and brave, and they beat New Zealand 69-62. However, due to the gap in strength, China lost to Argentine and Italian teams by big scores. In the last group match against Serbia and Montenegro, China team has stood on the edge of the cliff, and once it loses, it means that it is beyond redemption. Faced with the dilemma of no retreat, China men’s basketball team chose to break out. Yao Ming scored a game-high 27 points and 13 rebounds, and Li Nan and Du Feng jointly contributed 26 points. China was still in a backward state when the game was about to end in two minutes. At the crucial moment, Yao Ming blocked his opponent twice in a row and tied the score at 63 with a free throw. China, which was backward and tied, showed no mercy. Yao Ming and Du Feng hit four free throws at the free-throw line in succession. In the end, China narrowly beat the world champion Serbia and Montenegro 77-76 and advanced to the quarter-finals.
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Editor: Wang Xiaoya