The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 885 Group B upset

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On March 11, 1990, Lithuania broke away from the Soviet Union and declared its independence.

However, persistently high inflation and unemployment have left the young country precarious. Eventually, divisions emerged within the country. In January 1991, Soviet troops suddenly appeared in the Lithuanian capital.

Nominally, they came to mediate civil strife in Lithuania. But in fact, they wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in Lithuania to regain control of this land.

In Vilnius, Lithuania's capital, the locals were equally excited. People even took to the streets with homemade weapons and confronted Soviet tanks. On January 13, 1991, the conflict between the two sides escalated: 13 Lithuanians were shot and killed. People called this disaster "Blood Sunday".

At this time, the Lithuanian basketball star Sarunas Matthew Leonis had become famous in the NBA and became one of the most well-known figures in Lithuania. He and another basketball star Sabonis hoped to form a team The basketball team competed in the Olympic qualifiers.

This suggestion was quickly adopted, but problems followed. The country was bankrupt and there was no funds to support the team to play in other countries.

This is the opportunity the Portland Trail Blazers have been waiting for.

Sabonis got a call from Blazers owner Paul Allen a few months ago.

Allen said on the phone that he was moved by the actions of Sabonis and others and wanted to contribute money to support them.

Sabonis was moved by Allen's sincerity.

From then on, he began to think seriously about landing in the NBA.

On the night that the Dream Team made their Olympic debut—as they crushed Angola by 80 points—there was a breakthrough.

As long as the Blazers can provide Sabonis with a 50% buyout fee, he can cancel the existing contract and land in the NBA.

This certainly won't be a problem for the talent-hungry Blazers.

The news that Sabonis is about to land in the NBA has naturally attracted the attention of many parties.

Americans first recognized his strength when he represented the Soviet Union in defeating David Robinson's U.S. team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Although he is no longer in his heyday, with his addition, coupled with Thomas, Jordan, Barkley, Nance and the Blazers' wolves like tigers, Louis seems to see an 82-win team in front of his eyes established.

Although Sabonis was under 28 years old in 1992, due to long-term unscientific training, his knees and Achilles tendons were injured to varying degrees.

His athletic ability is much worse than what Louie saw on TV (1988 Olympics), but he is still a very influential giant.

Louis does not know what kind of impact such a person joining the Trail Blazers will have on them, but he knows that the Trail Blazers in the new season will become like the Lakers in 1969, the Celtics in 1981, and the Lakers in 1985. That way, a team that doesn't win or loses.

As you know, in Louie's world, only the 1981 Celtics managed to win the title.

There is basically no suspense in the Dream Team game.

Louie is known for not calling timeouts during games.

Every time the dream team makes a substitution, it's up and down.

Every game, they start different people.

The superstars who were not expected to cooperate well before the game let go of their pride and became part of the team.

The only opponents in the group stage that cheered the Dream Team up were Croatia, led by current and future NBA players like Petrovic and Toni Kukoc, along with Dino Raja.

Speaking of which, Louis inadvertently changed Kukoc's fate.

In Louis's previous life, the story of Jordan and Pippen teaming up to kill Jerry Krause's beloved Kukoc is a "good story".

Kukoc and the two future Bulls teammates do not know each other, but he should not have the slightest enjoyment of the game.

Jordan hated everything Krause liked, Pippen was driven by self-interest—Klaus wanted to use some of Pippen's salary-cap space to sign Kukoc—so Kukoc was crushed on the spot.

But today, Kukoc didn't have that experience.

Jordan and Pippen were not interested in him, but Wilson heard that the Knicks selected Kukoc in the draft a few years ago, so he tested him many times in the game.

After the game, Wilson and Kukoc kindly exchanged jerseys.

Ewing was impressed by Kukoc's several passes, and he didn't forget to ask Louie after the game: "When will you sign him?"

"It depends on him." Louis was also satisfied with Kukoc's performance tonight, "New York has his place anytime."

Ewing does not agree with Louie's so-called position at any time.

He questioned with reason: "What if the quota is full by then?"

"I'm going to cut Kevin," Louie quipped, "so we have a roster to sign him."

Ewing could hear Louie joking, and pretended to say, "I'm really sorry for Kevin."

All the dream team has to do now is enjoy being part of this collective, and the game is not enjoyable because it is not competitive.

In addition to caring about the Dream Team, Louis also pays close attention to the performance of the national basketball team.

The national basketball team is in Group B. There are three tough bones in that group, namely Lithuania, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Australia with Luke Longley.

The first match against Lithuania, the strongest in Group B.

This was the first time Yu Tiancan played against Sabonis, and Louis came to watch the match in person.

If Yu Tiancan can play a good performance against Sabonis, Louie may increase his playing time in the game against the Blazers.

However, Yu Tiancan was dominated by Sabonis in this game.

And it was Lithuania's No. 2 rimaskurtinaitis, a player Louis didn't know, who scored 31 points.

Although the national basketball team included Sun Jun and three other NBA players who scored in double figures, the inside line was exploded.

Sabonis singled out the twin towers of Song Tao and Yu Tiancan, scoring 19 points, 18 rebounds, 4 steals and 5 blocks.

The national basketball team suffered a disastrous defeat.

This is the gap in hard power, and there is nothing to say about losing.

But in the next game against Puerto Rico, Louis' blood pressure was expected to be high.

Except for Yu Tiancan, Hu Weidong and Wang Mukong, who are also quasi-nba players, did not enter the starting list.

Moreover, Wang Mukong had no chance being pressed on the bench, and Hu Weidong only had 20 minutes of playing time.

In contrast, Puerto Rico, although they do not have active NBA, but most of the players are playing in Europe. Their overall level is higher than that of domestic players.

Puerto Rico has a wild game rhythm, and the national basketball team is very uncomfortable. Once the inside line cannot be opened, it will be chased.

Under such circumstances, if Hu Weidong and Wang Mukong, two players trained under the American campus system-they are very good at playing fast-paced games-are not allowed to stubbornly use players from the system, Louis cannot understand.

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The national basketball team has lost two games in a row.

The next game against the Commonwealth of Independent States is still a big defeat.

As a result, the national basketball team has been forced to the edge of a cliff.

If you want to ensure that you qualify, you must win both games.

"Xiao Yu, can you be tougher?" Louis shouted.

Louis once worried that he would pick a parallel importer with the fourth pick.

After all, Yu Tiancan is a player who stands out because of his influence.

In Lu Yi's previous life, Yu Tiancan was unknown, and now he has played out, but who can be sure that he will become a talent?

Louis didn't know if his fame would fall on this brat.

Then in the fourth game, Yu Tiancan 22+20, the Chinese team beat Venezuela to death on the inside.

In the end, they encountered another difficult bone in Group B. Facing NBA active center Langli, Yu Tiancan and Song Tao, the twin towers, played an absolute advantage.

Song Tao's monopoly on offensive rebounds, and Yu Tiancan's post-up singles.

Longley defended with all his strength, but it was difficult to prevent Yu Tiancan from scoring with a big hook.

Hu Weidong also scored five three-pointers from the outside.

The national basketball team competed with Australia to the end, and Song Tao grabbed the offensive rebound and made a tip-in.

After this campaign, the group stage ended, but unfortunately, Yu Tiancan's condition came too slowly.

Although the national basketball team and Australia both won 2 wins, Australia ranked fourth in the group with a small point advantage.

The national basketball team, which has the most active NBA players, ended its journey to the Barcelona Olympics with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses.

"If only I were their coach."

Louie dared to say that at least he would not let this team fall in the group stage.

Zhao Yuanzheng asked unexpectedly: "Have they never invited you, Lao Lu?"

"I'm not afraid of making fun of you if you say it." Louis shrugged ~www.mtlnovel.com~ They never told me about it, so they probably didn't like me. "

Don't like littlelu?

No basketball team in this world is qualified to say that.

Zhao Yuanzheng asked: "If the dream team and the Chinese team invite you at the same time, how would you choose?"

"Actually, from the fact that I tried my best to run for the head coach of the Dream Team, you can see that I am a vain person."

But at the same time, he is also patriotic, has a sense of honor and national pride, and wants to change the national basketball team.

How would you choose?

"I'll probably give up coaching the Dream Team."

Louis said abruptly.

He prefers to be the opponent of this group of people than to coach the Dream Team.

Who told him to take only the hardest way?