After taking the court, Tang Tian shook hands and bumped shoulders with Butler and Irving.

The game is the game, and friendship is friendship. Before it officially starts, the two are not contradictory.

Durant raised his eyebrows when he saw this.

The decision he made this past summer had put him under unprecedented pressure from public opinion.

And the person who forced him to make that choice was Tang Tian!

He went to the Warriors to beat Tang Tian, and he was confident that he could do that once he got to the Warriors!

But now, before the new season has even started, he wanted to do it at the Olympics first!

Although it was only right and proper that the American team should beat the Chinese team, it would be a good start.

He really wanted to win too much.

So much so that Irving and Butler's actions made him slightly unhappy.

Fortunately, the game was about to begin, and Yi Jianlian and Chandler came to the center of the court.

Yi Jianlian had good jumping ability and speed. He tipped the ball back to the Chinese team's half, officially opening the curtain on the China-U.S. battle.

Tang Tian had just reached the frontcourt when Butler and Irving double-teamed him.

Tang Tian was familiar with these players, and Coach K was also familiar with him.

He was different from the coaches of the Brazilian and Serbian teams before. He knew Tang Tian's strength very well and directly applied the double-team at the start.

The individual strength of the American team's players was also much stronger than that of the Brazilian and Serbian national teams.

Tang Tian… chose to break through head-on.

His style of play in the Olympics was very Kobe-esque; a double team was an opportunity.

Butler's judgment was accurate, but Tang Tian was faster and broke through from Irving's right side.

Durant on the weak side came over to help defend, and Tang Tian, while moving, made a no-look pass to Zhou Peng at the bottom corner.

Zhou Peng took a three-point shot.

"Swish!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the ball went in!

After scoring, he pounded his chest and shouted excitedly.

The American basketball national team is the strongest team in the world, known as the Dream Team, and has won most of the Olympic gold medals.

Other national teams are proud to be able to defeat them. Like the Argentine team that defeated the American team to win the championship before, they became legends in one battle.

No wonder Zhou Peng was so excited.

Moreover, his shot also showed one thing: the Chinese team was quite well-prepared for this game.

Both mentally and physically!

Just like when Yao Ming led the Chinese team against the American team in the 2008 Olympics!

In the American team's offense, Durant forced his way against Zhou Peng, and his turnaround jumper hit steadily.

Few people could defend him when he was on the Thunder, and now that he has so many powerful teammates around him, the Chinese team didn't dare to double-team, so he was quite relaxed playing against Zhou Peng.

This could also be considered as a warm-up for the new season, after all, the Warriors have the Splash Brothers, and the opponent would not dare to double-team him like now.

After scoring, Durant took a special look at Tang Tian, wanting to find some confidence.

As a result, he found that Tang Tian didn't look at him at all and had already called his teammates to advance quickly.

He snorted coldly and ran back to his half.

When he leads the American team to win the game, he'll see if Tang Tian can still be so calm.

Tang Tian continued to hold the ball in the frontcourt, and this time he broke through very decisively; Irving's help defense didn't even have time to arrive.

Anthony and Durant both shrank towards the inside.

Before the double-team formed, Tang Tian faked a shot and made a true pass, a signature behind-the-back pass to the left corner.

Zhai Xiaochuan had been waiting there, and after receiving the ball, he took a three-pointer decisively.

"Swish!"

Another crisp sound, Zhai Xiaochuan's three-pointer also went in!

The Chinese fans in attendance were completely hyped up.

In the past three games, the Chinese team's basic style of play had been to start with Tang Tian.

Tang Tian opened up the game, forcing the opponent to double-team him, and then activated the entire team.

The Chinese team did it in the first two games and won both. They lost against Australia because their teammates couldn't make shots due to the physical confrontation.

But in this game against the United States, the situation was completely reversed!

Tang Tian hadn't even started to exert his strength, but the other members of the Chinese team stood up first!

Including Zhai Xiaochuan, who didn't score in the first game!

The Chinese team had not only grown in strength, but also really adjusted their mentality to the best!

Durant continued to ask for the ball in the frontcourt to play against Zhou Peng, and his turnaround shot went in again.

Zhou Peng really couldn't defend Durant; no one in the Chinese team except Tang Tian could defend him.

In the Chinese team's offense, Tang Tian still accelerated and rushed to the basket. He knew the strength of his opponents and was quite decisive in his breakthrough.

The American team didn't dare to double-team at will this time.

It might have been luck that Zhou Peng made the first shot, but after Zhai Xiaochuan also made the second one, it was no longer just luck.

The Chinese team's outside shooting touch was really good tonight.

Without a double-team, Tang Tian broke away from Butler and rushed into the inside.

Chandler came out to help defend.

He and Butler blocked Tang Tian from the front and back, not giving Tang Tian an easy opportunity to shoot.

Coach K knew Tang Tian's ability, so he specially put Butler and Chandler in the starting lineup!

Tang Tian didn't have a good shooting opportunity, but he didn't want to shoot the ball anyway.

He directly lobbed the ball high, and the ball flew over Chandler's fingertips to the top of the basket.

Yi Jianlian had already jumped up!

After transitioning to a 3D player, his style of play had become less frequent, but his jumping ability wouldn't drop!

"Bang!"

Yi Jianlian rose from the ground in the inside and dunked successfully!

8 to 4!

If you had just turned on the TV, you would definitely think that the score was written backwards when you saw the score at the start.

But the score wasn't reversed; the Chinese team was pressing the American team at the start.

This was simply incredible!

Durant took the ball at the three-point line. This time he chose to break through Zhou Peng. Zhai Xiaochuan on the weak side came to help defend, and Durant chose a sudden stop jump shot.

His release point was too high, and Zhou Peng and Zhai Xiaochuan couldn't interfere at all.

"Swish!"

It was also a crisp sound. Durant made three consecutive shots after the start, scoring 6 points in a row!

After scoring, Durant pounded his chest excitedly and roared, then looked at Tang Tian with bloodshot eyes.

As a result… Tang Tian still didn't look at him at all.

He was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

And this wasn't the end. In the Chinese team's next possession, Butler followed Tang Tian closely.

Tang Tian broke into the restricted area and made a layup after a confrontation, also drawing a foul on Butler!

Because of the previous ball, Chandler didn't dare to let Yi Jianlian come over to help defend at will, resulting in Tang Tian getting a one-on-one opportunity to play against Butler!

After Tang Tian made the extra point, the Chinese team was already leading 11 to 6!

"Unbelievable, this is definitely not the Chinese team!"

The home Brazilian commentator was already incoherent.

After playing for more than three minutes, the Chinese team scored on all four possessions, scoring 11 points with a 100% shooting percentage!

You have to know that they were facing the basketball giant, the American team!

The commentators were excited, and the Chinese fans were even more excited.

Many people had already started posting on the hotline, "If the Chinese team wins, I'll do a live stream of me doing a handstand while shitting," "If the Chinese team wins, I'll do a live stream of me taking a five-speed electric fan up my ass," and other harsh words.

This kind of scene also proved from the side that the Chinese team was in surprisingly good condition in this game. If they continued to maintain it, they really had a chance!