Chapter 1 The Opening

On the 16th, in Sydney, Australia, at 4 PM local time, the Chinese men's basketball team welcomed their first opponent in Group A of the Olympic men's basketball competition...

...The French men's basketball team.

Just like Su Feng remembered.

Because the host, the Australian men's basketball team, wanted to ensure they achieved good results at this Olympic Games...

...Therefore, after utilizing the advantage of being the host team in the draw, the top few favorites to win the men's basketball competition at this Olympic Games...

...Were all arranged "clearly" by Australia during the draw.

In Su Feng's original timeline, although the Chinese men's basketball team, which was placed in the group of death at this Olympic Games, failed to qualify, from the overall performance of the Chinese men's basketball team at that time, they played the best group stage performance in the eyes of Su Feng in their matches against the European and American powerhouses.

Huh?

Failing to qualify from the group stage can also be considered the best in history?

Sigh...

Why can't it be considered?

You need to know that in this Olympic basketball competition, four of the top five teams came from the same group as the Chinese men's basketball team.

And Italy, who eventually finished fifth, didn't beat the Chinese men's basketball team in the group stage.

As for the French men's basketball team, who competed for the gold medal with the American men's basketball team, they were even suppressed by the Chinese men's basketball team for a half in their group stage match due to the Chinese team's undiminished stamina.

In addition, Lithuania, who nearly upset the American men's basketball team at this Olympic Games, also exerted all their effort to successfully pass the test against the Chinese men's basketball team. Therefore, in the original historical trajectory, after watching the performance of this Chinese men's basketball team, Stern hoped that more Chinese stars would join the NBA in the future.

In terms of overall strength, the biggest characteristic of the Chinese men's basketball team during the golden generation was that each player had their own specialty at each position.

Take Guo Ailun's uncle, Guo Shiqiang, for example.

Don't look at Guo Shiqiang's coaching era with many flaws, but in his playing days, Guo Shiqiang's one-man fast break was a pleasing scenery for the Chinese men's basketball team at that time.

And most importantly...

Guo Shiqiang's one-man fast break was truly a breakthrough with brains.

At the Sydney Olympics, in the match against the original French team, Guo Shiqiang successively collaborated with Yao to create a cross-court alley-oop, and with Wang Zhizhi to create a classic fast break by the big guys.

It was a pity that young Chinese fans once naively thought they would often see such classic scenes in the future.

However, as they gradually aged, they would find that such cooperation would become a swan song along with their memories.

Back to the main topic.

Inside the arena, as the luxury battleship with the second most NBA players in this Olympic Games, compared with Su Feng's previous life, pre-match public opinion generally believed that the Chinese men's basketball team could smoothly pass this match against the French men's basketball team.

After all, the French men's basketball team was the last team from the European region to qualify.

And if Su Feng hadn't watched the Sydney Olympics in his previous life, then he would have likely believed these media's lies.

In fact, although this French men's basketball team had a certain element of luck in winning the silver medal, they were indeed a team with a distinct style and extremely strong overall combat power.

Unlike the future French team that gradually became NBA-ized, the French men's basketball team at this time mostly consisted of white players, and during matches, they were very good at using pick-and-rolls for off-ball cuts.

And like Antoine Rigaudeau, their number one outside star, who was 198 cm tall and weighed 102 kg, was an indelible shadow in the minds of older Chinese fans.

Yes...

You read that right, this guy was the point guard on the court for the French men's basketball team.

But in terms of body type, he just didn't have muscle lines as obvious as Su Feng's.

Therefore, the fact that the starting point guard position for the Chinese men's basketball team was occupied by Liu Wei for a long time was also a helpless move for the Chinese men's basketball team.

Because...

Most of the top European teams simply didn't have the concept of a small guard.

Don't look at the fact that this French men's basketball team created the biggest highlight reel moment at this Olympic Games, but to be fair, the American men's basketball team didn't play as easily as Carter dunked in their match against them at the time.

Because the players at each position had excellent physical confrontation abilities, coupled with the overall slower pace of the game under FIBA rules, the French men's basketball team, which fully utilized its characteristics at this Olympic Games, was able to laugh all the way to the end and win a valuable silver medal.

Before the match, after studying this French team with the head coach of the men's basketball team, Zhang Bin, Su Feng gave Zhang Bin the suggestion to use two centers in this match.

Because the starting center of this French team, the guy Carter dunked over, Frédéric Weis, had a height of 218 cm. In addition, his partner, Jim Bilba, was also over 210 cm tall.

Therefore, if the Chinese men's basketball team couldn't gain an advantage in height, they would easily fall into a passive position in this match.

Regarding Su Feng's suggestion, Zhang Bin asked in confusion, "Can't we use speed to overcome slowness?"

Su Feng: "..."

To be fair.

Su Feng felt that he hadn't misjudged Zhang Bin.

Because...

Following Davis, Zhang Bin was now also showing the potential to become a famous coach in the future.

Good idea, using speed to overcome slowness.

But unrealistic.

Because this French team wasn't slow.

And who said that the men's basketball team couldn't play fast with two centers?

What a joke, Yao at this time, his movement speed and defensive coverage area, in the words of future Su Junyang, covered basically everything inside the three-point line at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

And this time, with his suggestion, Yao's core strength was not only stronger, but his upper body strength was also better than he remembered.

In addition, he had mobility that far exceeded his height of 226 cm...

It was no exaggeration to say that Su Feng felt Barkley was setting up Smith's butt next season.

In addition, although Wang Zhizhi spent most of his time on the bench in the NBA, he was a great weapon for the Chinese men's basketball team to deal with these European and American meat shields in international competitions.

In Su Feng's previous life, the French team was tormented by Wang Zhizhi in this match against the French team.

In Su Feng's opinion, the reason why the men's basketball team failed to win this French team in his previous life had nothing to do with Jiang Xingquan's tactical arrangements at the time.

It was purely because the Chinese men's basketball team didn't play enough high-level matches, which led to the team lacking stamina.

Therefore, in terms of tactics, Su Feng didn't think the Chinese men's basketball team needed to modify Jiang's tactics.

As for stamina?

That would depend on whether the French team had as much depth as the American team.

On the court, Su Feng's appearance instantly ignited the entire arena when the two teams were making their entrance.

After the entrance ceremony, the big screen also showed the starting lineups of the Chinese and French teams tonight.

China: Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Su Feng, Hu Weidong, Guo Shiqiang.

France: Weis, Bilba, Yann Bonato, Stéphane Risacher, Rigaudeau.

Unlike playing in the NBA, Su Feng wore the number seven jersey in international competitions.

On the court, after the players of the two teams were ready, Han Qiaosheng, the famous CCTV commentator for swimming, track and field, gymnastics, soccer, table tennis, tennis, badminton, and basketball, also began his operation.

Unfortunately...

Su Feng couldn't hear Han's commentary.

Otherwise, this would be a childhood shadow.

However, Han's commentary wasn't completely useless.

For example, when giving popular science to the rabbits, he said, "Unlike soccer matches, after the American Dream Team composed of NBA players first appeared at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the men's competition at the Olympics is the event with the highest gold content in basketball."

"Everyone can see that Yao Ming, number 13, who is preparing to jump ball with French center Weis in the center of the court, is also this year's NBA champion."

"And on the court, wearing the number 7 jersey is our famous basketball player, Su Feng, who currently plays for the Toronto Raptors."

Pa—!

On the court, there was no suspense.

Although Weis was one of the tallest players in this Olympic Games, when he met Yao, who was even taller than him, he could only admit defeat in the jump ball.

And as soon as he said that...

Just when the French players were still retreating in an orderly manner, Guo Shiqiang in the Chinese men's basketball team's backcourt had already sent out a cross-court long pass!

On the court, the French players instantly petrified.

Because they didn't understand who Guo Shiqiang was passing the ball to.

Oh, you didn't understand, did you?

Then look back...

Enlarge your pupils.

Feel the speed from China!

Bang—!

This was Su Feng's response as he soared above the sky.

After Su Feng hung his entire right arm on the rim, at this moment, whether on-site or in front of the TV...

The little friends at home and abroad were stunned.

In the stands, the American men's basketball team members who came to watch couldn't help but recall the figure who soared into the sky in Orlando in the first half of the year at this moment.

Kidd couldn't help but complain to Carter, "No, Vince... Are you sure that if you compete with Su again, you can really beat Su in dunks?"

Carter: "..."

2 to 0.

In China, in countless screening rooms organized by teachers, what else could these student parties do at this moment besides shouting "Brother Feng is awesome"?

The game continued.

Although Su Feng's opening alley-oop had ignited the entire arena, it must be praised that the French were indeed born with "big hearts".

On the court, Rigaudeau was responsible for dribbling past half-court.

And just as Rigaudeau dribbled through half-court, the two wings of the French team, Risacher and Bonato, also made off-ball cuts under the pick-and-rolls of Weis and Bilba.

This was a classic pick-and-roll cut tactic.

Unlike the Americans, who were good at relying on the ability of star players to play, the biggest feature of European basketball was that they liked to play this kind of local small cooperation.

Some experts believed that this was a classic two-on-one copied by the European basketball circle from the sport of soccer.

As everyone knows, in soccer matches, even the most exquisite team cooperation is composed of countless local small cooperations.

And European basketball also has this characteristic.

In this play, under the interspersing runs of his teammates, Rigaudeau immediately gained the opportunity to play one-on-one against Guo Shiqiang at the high post.

And this was also the tactic that the Americans would learn from the Europeans in the future.

That is, my cooperation doesn't necessarily have to be successful, as long as it can play a role in opening up space.

In Su Feng's previous life, the most annoying thing about many passing and cutting plays of the Warriors in the future was that once you were taken away from your original defensive area by a Warrior player, the next second, you would have to face the one-on-one of Durant, Curry, Klay, and others.

In this play, relying on his physical advantage, Rigaudeau hit a mid-range jump shot after shaking off Guo Shiqiang.

2 to 2.

There was no way, European guards like Rigaudeau were not only fundamentally solid but also very clear-headed in terms of tactical thinking.

However, such characteristics may not necessarily work after going to the NBA.

Because in the faster-paced NBA games, the reason why most European guards couldn't adapt to the NBA was that they were easily hammered to death by American guards with random punches.

In the world of martial arts, speed is the only weapon.

It was China's turn to attack.

The French team defended with a 2-3 zone defense.

At this time, Wang Zhizhi's advantage on the court was brought into play.

On the wing, under the helpless gaze of French inside player Bilba, Wang Zhizhi directly threw a Little Li Flying Dagger towards the French team's basket with his left hand after receiving Guo Shiqiang's pass.

Swish!

5 to 2.

On CCTV, Han commented with a smile, "Today on the court, four of the starting players for the Chinese team play in the NBA, and Wang Zhizhi is also the winner of the NBA Finals runner-up in the past two seasons."

Cough...

Han, are you sure you're praising Wang Zhizhi?

On the court, it was the French team's turn.

In this play, Weis got a chance to play one-on-one against Yao in the low post.

And then...

There was no then.

In Su Feng's previous life, some people always said that Yao at this time was a bamboo pole, but in reality, Yao in 2000 was no longer thin.

Compared to him, Weis was probably the real bamboo pole.

There was no way, he couldn't push him, and he wasn't taller than him.

And the most exaggerated thing was that Weis found that he wasn't as fast as Yao...

What could he do?

Pa—!

In the restricted area, a Shanghai hotpot from Yao.

Su Feng protected the second rebound and dribbled the ball to start a fast break.

The French men's basketball team quickly retreated and successfully prevented Su Feng from starting his Emperor Engine.

But...

Stupid Frenchmen, have you ever seen a Chinese Second Battalion Commander who can fire Italian cannons?

One step away from the three-point line, Hu Weidong had already prepared his shooting posture.

And without thinking, Su Feng passed the ball to Hu's hand.

Swish—!

8 to 2.

To be honest, this wasn't Su Feng bragging, but...

If Hu Weidong had aimed at the basket before shooting, Su Feng would have chewed up this ball on the spot.

Last season, as a well-known figure who won the championship with the Bulls in the 97/98 season, Hu Weidong averaged 10.4 points per game in the NBA, and half of his points came from quickly drawing his gun outside the three-point line.

In this play, the French team was obviously careless.

And on the court, after seeing his teammates' performance at the beginning of the game tonight, young Yao felt very happy.

Look, there were big shots at every position...

Wasn't he enjoying this game?

The game continued.

Because the Olympic basketball games at this time still adopted the upper and lower half system, Su Feng didn't have the slightest intention of underestimating the opponent after the Chinese men's basketball team had a dream start tonight.

Because this kind of upper and lower half system only had halftime breaks and timeouts to adjust, unlike four-quarter games, which had more opportunities for players to adjust.

Therefore, once the opponent found the feeling of the game at a certain point, it was easy to be defeated by the opponent in one wave.

In his previous life, the Chinese men's basketball team had suffered such losses in matches against France and Lithuania.

In the first half of the game, in the first 9 minutes of the game, the Chinese team had a golden start of 19 to 9.

As the first half of the game entered the second half, on the court, the French team also began to show their resilience as a top European team.

Rigaudeau repeatedly used his advantage in the matchup to make Guo Ailun's uncle miserable.

And Su Feng couldn't help Guo Shiqiang at this time.

Because not to mention that the two forwards of the French team were also not easy to deal with...

His playstyle made it difficult for Su Feng to help Guo Shiqiang like he helped Nash in the NBA.

Because Rigaudeau was very good at mid-to-long-range shooting, so whenever he got past Guo Shiqiang, he wouldn't go inside.

In that case, Su Feng couldn't make it in time to defend the position where Rigaudeau shot.

As for Yao...

It was even more infuriating.

Because if Rigaudeau dared to come in, wouldn't that be clearly giving him a chance to block?

Under FIBA rules, don't look at the fact that the fame of these European players was far less than that of NBA stars, but in actual games, the effect they produced was no worse than that of NBA stars.

Even some NBA stars with very long names who came out of the European league...

Um...

Never mind!

In the second half of the first half, after the French team gradually stabilized, the Chinese men's basketball team also made personnel adjustments.

Bateer, Liu Yudong, Sun Jun, and Li Xiaoyong began to engage in close hand-to-hand combat with the French team under Su Feng's leadership.

At this time, Su Feng also left a stereotype for the American men's basketball players who came to watch the game.

That is...

Because Su Feng's performance under FIBA rules didn't seem to be much different from his performance under NBA rules, including Kidd and others, they all felt that their performance in the upcoming Olympic Games would be as easy as Su Feng's.

However, how beautiful this idea was at this moment...

Reality would then let them know what cruelty was in the next moment.

Su Feng's style was of course compatible with FIBA.

And under FIBA rules, Su Feng didn't think like an idiot that he could easily defeat his opponents.

In fact, in this game, if you observed carefully, you would find that Su Feng only had one straight-line breakthrough in the first half of the game.

For the rest, he tried to solve the battle with pull-up jumpers and fadeaways as much as possible.

Because the more skillful use of zone defense under FIBA rules would make the attacking side lack the same kind of game environment as in the NBA, so even LeBron James was not as effective as Durant when playing under FIBA rules.

To put it bluntly, playing shoulder-carrying explosives under FIBA rules was to make trouble for yourself.

Different rules, different versions, different opponents.

You should know that weakness and ignorance are never the reasons why you are abused in basketball.

Arrogance is.

In the first half of the game, under Su Feng's steady pull-up jumper attacks, the Chinese men's basketball team led 40 to 33 into the second half.

At this time, looking at the crazy rising "National War Iron Score" in the system interface...

Su Feng always felt that he had lost another 100 million.

Look, not to mention anything else, just the bonus of the National War Iron Score, do you think Su Feng dared to be careless?

Pah!

He was obviously bleeding and sweating for the motherland. What did the National War Iron Score have to do with it?

After the halftime break, the second half of the game continued.

Because Su Feng had already received two fouls in the first half, Zhang Bin let Zhang Jingsong and him start together in the second half.

Under FIBA rules, another big impact on players was that you had to return to the bench after five fouls.

Therefore, in terms of defensive intensity, Su Feng couldn't be as crazy as he was in the NBA.

After all, in this kind of international competition...

Especially since the referees tonight were all from Europe...

Su Feng didn't dare to bet whether they would be as "fair, open, and just" as the NBA referees.

After Zhang Jingsong came on the court, Su Feng began to focus his attention on how to steadily score points for the men's basketball team.

At this time, young Yao also further left a deep impression on the stars of the American men's basketball team tonight.

Hey, there were still ten minutes left in the game, and Yao had already sent out four big blocks.

"Hey, I say, guys, why don't we bet on which unlucky guy will be blocked by Yao when we meet the Chinese team?" Mourning suggested to his teammates in the stands.

Carter said at the first time, "Anyway, the fool who gets blocked will definitely not be me."

Garnett raised his hand in agreement, "How much to bet? One thousand dollars?"

Mourning shook his head, "Everyone is a millionaire, one thousand dollars? Michael would laugh to death if we said that.

Let's bet two thousand dollars."

Others: "..."

Hey...

Mourning, is 2000 dollars a lot?

On the court, Su Feng was busy fighting wits and courage with the French men's basketball team's forward and guard lines, otherwise, he would have had to tell Mourning and others what betting was.

Because back then, he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to Jordan in one afternoon.

Two thousand dollars?

Heh...

Bang—!

On the court, with 9 minutes and 25 seconds left in the second half, Yao successfully achieved his first double-double in the Olympic Games.

After receiving Guo Shiqiang's behind-the-back pass, he easily scored a single-handed dunk and got his 10th point tonight.

Yao at this time was not yet the main offensive point of this Chinese men's basketball team, so tonight, he was more focused on the defensive end.

In this game tonight, with a playing time second only to Su Feng, Yao Ming had contributed 10 defensive rebounds, 4 blocks, and 2 steals on the defensive end.

I have to say...

With Yao's defensive ability, Su Feng was very relieved.

Thinking back to Ben's defensive rebounds of less than 5 per game, what kind of "trash" teammates had Su Feng encountered in the NBA over the years?

(Ben: Then you tmd should give back the rebounds that I blocked for you!)

On the court, because they had been trailing China by nearly 10 points, the French men's basketball team also began to get anxious in the second half of the game.

Rigaudeau repeatedly tried to directly shoot from outside the three-point line against Guo Shiqiang.

But the result was not good.

Swish—!

On the other hand...

Su Feng was shooting more and more smoothly.

With 5 minutes and 24 seconds left in the second half, Su Feng scored his 30th point of the game.

In front of the TV, the rabbits were all impressed by Su Feng's steady performance tonight.

You know, 30 points under FIBA rules...

It was really not easy to get.

However, in the rabbits' impression, Su Feng didn't seem to have been hogging the ball all the time tonight...

In fact, unlike when he usually played in the NBA, Su Feng's playstyle tonight was more like that super loser in the future.

Yes, that's right, it was that Durant, who was worth billions but ran to watch live broadcasts and use his hands to solve battles.

In Su Feng's previous life, if you often watched Durant's games, you would find that you didn't feel like Durant had been playing like this, but when you looked at the stats, yo, good guy, how did he get 30 points again tonight?

u1s1.

Under FIBA rules, you can question everything, but please don't question Durant's unsolvability under FIBA rules.

As Durant's future lighthouse, if Su Feng didn't shine at this moment, how could he guide Durant to be his Pippen in the future?

What is a big picture?

A big picture is that while conquering James, Curry, and others, Su Feng had been thinking about Durant and others in his heart.

And on the court...

Perhaps it was because Su Feng had broken his mentality with his shooting.

After Su Feng scored his 30th point, the French team's small forward Risacher actually passed the ball directly to Guo Shiqiang when passing the baseline ball.

However, because the French team's center Weis had not yet run to the Chinese team's half, Guo Shiqiang did not have the opportunity to directly attack the basket at the first time due to Weis' interference.

After all, Guo Shiqiang still had to respect the 218 cm Eiffel Tower.

But...

Guo Ailun's uncle couldn't climb the Eiffel Tower, but that didn't mean that Su Feng, who had already cleaved Mount Everest, couldn't climb it.

Sydney, Australia...

Almost instantly, Su Feng ignited the arena again.

In the stands, what made Kevin Garnett excited to beat his chest?

In the stands, what made Kidd, the first point guard, exclaim seven consecutive OMGs?

And what made Vince Carter in the stands completely petrified?

Frédéric Weis.

In Su Feng's previous life, the famous background board for Vince Carter's dunk of the century.

And here, one point that must be clarified is that Weis did not retire after that dunk.

However, no matter what Weis encountered in Su Feng's timeline, at this moment, he couldn't believe his eyes.

Because just as he raised his arms, preparing to stop Su Feng, who was rising into the sky after receiving Guo Shiqiang's pass...

In a daze...

He felt like he saw God at this moment.

In Sydney, the American commentator George exclaimed at the first time, "Su...

He flew over the Eiffel Tower!!

He flew over Paris!!

He flew from Toronto, thousands of kilometers away, to Sydney!"

Bang————!!

Without any preparation.

Without any warning.

In fact, before jumping, Su Feng only wanted to dunk that damn ball in.

But after jumping...

Su Feng found that because he had been training with the Chinese men's basketball team recently and had been away from Britney...

He seemed to be jumping even higher tonight.

So...

The higher he jumped, the higher he jumped, and he just strode over Weis' head.

He was walking in the air.

From the top of this 218 cm French center...

He flew straight over.

On CCTV, after a long pause, Han Qiaosheng said, "Damn! This ball is too awesome!"

In front of the TV, countless rabbits had already knelt down to Su Feng in unison.

On the spot, when had the Chinese men's basketball players felt so crazy for a goal like tonight?

Young Yao ran to Su Feng at the first time.

Not knowing how to express his admiration for Su Feng...

He almost ended Su Feng's career directly.

Su Feng: "..."

Hey...

It's not that...

It's okay for you to hug me...

But can you not hug me so tightly?

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ps: The second update of the 7000-word chapter~! Because I felt that the reading effect of writing this game in one chapter would be better, so I won't split it up, after all, A Qiao is just so straightforward.