Chapter 441: New Zealand "Black Big"

Sydney has a beautiful spring in September, and the 27th Summer Olympic Games will be held in this metropolis in the southern hemisphere. It will show its international tourist destination to thousands of tourists.
On the night of the 15th, Sydney in the night became the focus of the world's attention.
"CCTV, CCTV, dear viewers, hello everyone. I am the commentator Sun Zhengping. I am now at the newly built Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Here, I will introduce you to the opening ceremony of the 27th Sydney Olympic Games. grand occasion."
The big screen at the scene suddenly shined, and the scene suddenly became lively.
Countdown,
"5,"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
"Oh!!!!!!!!"
With joy at the scene, the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games officially began.
One hundred and twenty riders entered the stadium with the Olympic flags on horseback, welcoming friends from all over the world...
A "Dream of the Deep Sea" by a little girl in a pink emerald skirt allows everyone to see all kinds of marine life.
A piece of "Awakening" that the locals can't understand, brings out the indigenous culture of Australia...
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After the welcome song assembled by the world famous symphony, the athletes began to enter the stadium.
"Okay! The next one is our Chinese Olympic delegation! At the forefront is our flag bearer, a player of the Chinese national men's basketball team, Li Nan. Li Nan is now the star of the NBA Pacers. In June this year, The Pacers he led won the first championship in NBA history. Li Nan also performed well and won the MVP of the Finals. This is Li Nan’s second championship and Li Nan’s second MVP."
At the Olympic Stadium, Li Nan dominated the entire big screen, and the audience's voice suddenly rose and became much enthusiastic. The live shots are also very powerful, giving a full 15 seconds.
"We see that this is women's volleyball player Lin Yue, this is table tennis player Wang Xu, this is male basketball player Liu Yudong, this is diving athlete Qian Liang, this is weightlifter Zhan Xu who has transformed from 70 kg to 77 kg. just......"
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"Isthisthehopeoftheworldinmyhands
The flame in my hand is the hope of this world
I\'lltakethisment, tobeallthatIcan
I will take this moment and do my best
Looktoyoutoseethefuture
Look to the future
Strongerandfree
You will be stronger and more free
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In the charming singing of Australian female singer Tina Elena, the 27th Sydney Olympic Games officially kicked off.
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After the opening ceremony, the day of the game also came immediately.
As early as January this year, the Olympic group came out.
Group A is the United States, Italy, France, Lithuania, China, New Zealand
Group B is Australia, Russia, Canada, Spain, Argentina, Algeria,
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In Group B, although the host Australia team lost to the teams in Group A in the warm-up match, they won all other opponents in this group. The Australian media also came out of the gloom of losing to the Chinese team. They threatened to challenge the Dream Four team to win an orange medal for Australia.
In Group A, the US team is the biggest favorite for men's basketball in this Olympic Games. The United States had a terrible loss at the Greece World Championships last year and only finished fifth. This year they said they were here for revenge.
The coach is NBA coach Rudy Tomjanovich, and the players are full of stars: Steve Smith, Jason Kidd, Alan Houston, Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, Vin Baker, Ray Allen, Antonio McDyess, Gary Payton, Sharif Abdul Rahim.
Originally, Li Nan and Iverson had agreed with them when they were on vacation, and they met on the court this year. But in the end only Carter came. Iverson seems to have some minor injuries and need to fix something. Slightly regretful.
The Italian team was last year's European Championship champion team.
The French team has a strong momentum this year, and the strength is between the Italian team.
The Lithuanian team has Sabonis and several players from the European champions club Zaligiris.
Although the Chinese team took fourth place in the World Championships the previous year, their strength has improved in recent years, and they have also competed with the European teams.
The weakest team in this group is the New Zealand team in Oceania.
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On September 16, the first day of the Olympic Games, the various Olympic events officially started.
The Olympic men's basketball game has also started.
In the opening game, the Australian team played against the African team Algeria.
108-67
Australia scored 41 points in the opening game of the African team and made a good start.
In the second game, the American Dream Team Four played against the European champions Italy.
The scene was not as fierce as the audience expected, because as soon as it came up, the main center of the Italian team, Faqueka, was injured and morale was severely damaged.
The American team is for revenge, to prove that they are the world's number one, so they played very fiercely, not giving the Italian team face.
110-83,
The American team defeated the European champion Italy by 27 points.
The Dream Four team also proved that the US team is indeed tough.
After a few games, the Chinese team is about to play.
The first opponent of the Chinese team is the weakest New Zealand team in this group.
As early as January 29 this year, the draw for the men's basketball team in the Sydney Olympics was announced, and the teams have come out of their training plans. The New Zealand team, which is in Group A with the Chinese team, even threatened to "defeat the Chinese team without discussing it."
After qualifying in the Asia-Pacific region, New Zealand gained a silly nickname, "Big Black".
New Zealand coach Crawhan publicly told reporters: "We also have to prove that the'big black' is not a vegetarian. Our record with the Canadian team last year was 1 win and 1 loss. We believe that our strength can at least defeat the Chinese team in the same group. ."
Crowhan also threatened, "The Chinese team has two NBA players, but we are not afraid at all, because we also have NBA players. Our captain, Sean Marcos, will definitely lead the team to victory!"
Who is the "big black" leader of the New Zealand team?
Sean Marcos, who is 213 and weighs 125 kg, is a former Raptors player who was traded to the Celtics after playing five games this year and was then laid off.
In order to achieve the goal of defeating the Chinese team ~EbookFREE.me~ Before the Olympics, New Zealand also had a very careful plan.
In June, I went to Sydney to participate in the Four Nations Tournament, with 3 teams from Australia, Russia and Canada.
After the New Zealand team lost all three games and lost averaging, in July, they played two warm-up matches with the French team in Auckland, New Zealand.
The New Zealand team lost both games, losing a total of 48 points in both games.
New Zealand is the new Olympic team after all. They seem to understand their own strength, and then they have a clearer goal, which is to win a game and win the Chinese team.
In August, in order to fully understand the Chinese team, the New Zealand team even spent money to invite the Chinese Hong Kong team, the Japanese team, and a joint team of foreign players playing in China to New Zealand for a warm-up match.
In three games, the New Zealand team achieved a record of three wins, averaging 6.5 points per game.
This also greatly increased the confidence of the New Zealand team.