Chapter 974 Olympic Finals

After one quarter, the Chinese team only allowed Australia to score 9 points.

Li Ba sent out 7 big shots in a single quarter, 4 to Bogut and 3 to Australia's perimeter.

He also sent 4 steals, 1 to Bogut and 3 to the Australian team's perimeter.

In the second quarter, Australia completely gave up its inside attack and focused on the outside.

But the Chinese team dominated the penalty area and had no rebounds. No matter how accurate Australia's perimeter was, it was useless.

At the end of the second quarter, at 24:58, the Chinese team led by 34 points.

Li Ba didn't have so many blocks and steals in the second quarter because Australia had no inside offense and no breakthroughs. He only got 3 blocks and 2 steals, all of which were given to the Australian team's perimeter in assisting defense. .

Li Ba only played two quarters and was not interested in playing anymore.

Dayao also only played a symbolic game in the second quarter.

In the second half, Da Zhi and Arab League teamed up in the paint, attacking and defending, and they also played well.

At the end, 64:88, the Chinese team still won by 24 points.

The Chinese team has reached the semi-finals, which is exciting for the Chinese people, but the goal has not yet been achieved. The sports federation's external caliber is to strive for the top three, so it must win the semi-finals two days later.

The opponent in the semi-finals has already been announced, and it is the powerful Argentina team.

On the evening of August 22, the semi-finals began.

The Chinese team narrowly defeated Argentina in the 2004 Olympics. At that time, Li Ba had just finished his rookie season and his strength was far inferior to what he is now.

In this semi-final, Li Ba's strength was far better than before. The Chinese team still relied on its strength inside to steadily win over Argentina and reach the final.

The final will start two days later, at 12 noon on the 24th, at Wukesong Stadium, and the opponent will be the United States team.

At noon on the 23rd, the men’s basketball team received condolences from the Beijing Olympic Committee and the General Sports Association.

After the afternoon training, there was another two-hour tactical meeting in the evening.

On the morning of the 24th, the men's basketball team conducted an hour of recovery training and got on the bus at 10 o'clock sharp.

Countless fans came to greet the men's basketball team's bus at Wukesong Stadium, and five-star red flags were flying everywhere.

Today is the last day of the Olympic Games, and the closing ceremony is in the evening. This men's basketball final is the last and most important gold medal, so a large number of national team athletes came to watch this game, and world champions can be seen everywhere.

Similarly, a large number of stars from the domestic entertainment industry came to the scene, and big stars could be seen everywhere.

At around 11 o'clock, Li Ba's family and a large group of friends checked in together.

"Guoguo..."

Before she even sat down, a group of female basketball players took Guoguo away, and a large group of familiar world champions gathered around her.

At this time the starting lineup of both sides was announced.

Team USA: Howard, James, Prince, Kobe, Paul.

Chinese team: Li Ba, Dayao, Yi Jianlian, Wang Shipeng, Sun Le.

At the 11th half, the players came out and were greeted by cheers from the audience.

"dad……"

On the sidelines, Guoguo, who was sitting in her mother's arms, opened her arms to familiar people.

"Oh, we haven't seen our little baby for two days again." Li Ba ran over quickly and took the little girl over.

"Guoguo, tell dad, did you take a nap today?" Li Ba asked.

"Um!"

Guoguo opened her big black eyes and nodded her little head cutely.

"Not sleeping?" Li Ba asked.

"Um!"

Guoguo nodded her little head again, with a smile on her face, her little arms spread out, and her little mouth shouted: "Dad, woo woo woo..."

"Okay, let's watch dad give Guoguo a woo-woo show today."

Seeing his daughter's cute little appearance, Li Ba laughed from the bottom of his heart.

"Come on, Guoguo, daddy is going to play a game. Mommy will hug you." The girl took the little girl over and coaxed: "Good boy, give daddy a blowing kiss."

The little girl quickly turned her little body, greeted her face with her little hand, then threw it towards Li Ba, and blew a kiss cutely, making Li Ba laugh.

"Hammer, your teammates are calling you." Liu Xiaoli shouted.

Li Ba saw that Dayao was calling him and ran over quickly.

"how?"

"Look?" Dayao pointed at the two men in front of the US team's bench.

Li Ba saw that it was Frank and Adams, and nodded: "I know, they were invited by Mr. Colangelo to deal with me."

"I knew you wouldn't tell us." Dayao said.

"I forgot. But it's okay. They know me and I know them. The U.S. team has no inside strength. The positionless basketball they played last time has proven that tactics cannot make up for this weakness. We still have to focus on the inside today." Li dam road.

"Hey, Frank, Ron."

He then went over to say hello to Frank and the two, and saw Michael Jordan on the bench of the U.S. team.

"Michael, when did you become the coach?" Li Ba complained when he saw the assistant coach name tag on Jordan's chest.

"Oh, I don't have a ticket, so I can only come in this way." Jordan smiled helplessly.

Li Ba poked Jordan's chest with his finger and said with a smile: "Today you will personally see our Chinese team win the championship."

"That's not necessarily true. I believe they will regain the glory of the Dream Team." Jordan said seriously.

"No, I said that if the US men's basketball team can't beat me, there will never be a dream team, because I don't admit it." Li Ba said equally seriously.

"Kobe, happy birthday!"

At this time, Vanessa took her two daughters and hugged Kobe on the side.

Li Ba was startled. He didn't know that today was Kobe's birthday.

At this time, James came to his senses and sang happy birthday to Kobe.

Li Ba and others also applauded, and a large number of Kobe fans in the audience also continued to applaud and send blessings.

"Thank you!" Kobe smiled and nodded.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Yu Jia shouted: "Oh, today happens to be Kobe's 30th birthday. I wish him best wishes on his thirtieth birthday."

Zhang Lili said: "His birthday is on the 23rd, today is the 24th, but now in the United States it is the 23rd, so it is indeed his birthday."

Fifteen minutes later, the game started with both sides taking the field.

"Champion! Champion! Champion..."

Before taking the field, Li Ba's high-pitched shouts rang out in front of the Chinese team's bench.

"Champion! Champion! Champion..."

Suddenly, the entire Wukesong Gymnasium was drowned by huge shouts.

"Champion! Champion! Champion..."

Through the live broadcast of CCTV, at this moment, countless people across the country are shouting and making this voice from the bottom of their hearts.

At this time, Li Ba saw a huge five-star red flag slowly unfurling in the stands opposite, and countless people began to shout "China".

"China! China! China..."

He immediately raised his fist and joined in, becoming one of countless Chinese people.

Game start.

With its top-notch jumping ability, Warcraft was the first to touch the ball and the US team attacked.

Except for Paul who was holding the ball at the back, the other four people all accelerated towards the frontcourt. After arriving, they first opened up and at the same time opened up the Chinese team's defensive formation.