They ate and drank together to celebrate. After that, Kirilenko insisted on playing mahjong. To Feng Yu's dismay, Kirilenko really won the bet!
It was a national treasure, but three Chinese couldn't even defeat a Russian. What a shame! That He Laosan's family runs a casino, and this is all he can do?
Fu Guangzheng was mocked by Fu Guangwei. If you can't do it, let me do it. It was a good card, but you blinded me!
Feng Yu left first to give his spot to Fu Guangwei, leaving the four of them to continue playing. There will be a basketball match tomorrow, and Feng Yu wants to watch it live.
The semifinals will be Hua Xia versus the US.
Hua Xia had made some arrangements for the competition. For example, the seeded players will not be placed in the same group. That's why Hua Xia, the US, and Russia did not meet each other in the group stage.
But in the semifinals, they will inevitably meet each other. Argentina will be the last in the semifinals.
As for the European powerhouse, Spain, they were defeated by China in the quarterfinals.
Spain had been very arrogant before this year's Olympic Games and wanted to win the championship. They want to defeat the US, Russia, and Hua Xia.
Actually, Feng Yu was used to this kind of bragging before the match.
In the NBA, Wind and Rain can hear this kind of talk during every game. Every team wants to step on them, but they rarely succeed.
But Spain did something that angered the Hua Xia fans and even the Hua Xia people. They stepped on a flag with a Hua Xia dragon on it to take a photo.
Although this is not Hua Xia's national flag and has nothing to do with Hua Xia's national emblem, this Oriental dragon is Hua Xia's totem. Hua Xia had always said that he is the descendant of the dragon.
Spain did this to provoke Hua Xia.
Spain had been very strong in recent years. In his previous life, the 2006 World Championship was also won by Spain.
But in this life, everything had changed. The champion of the 2006 World Championship was Hua Xia's team, and the current Hua Xia's team had become even stronger.
Spain's momentum in the quarterfinals had been great, but as soon as the game started, they were stunned.
Yao Ming had played against Gasol many times in the NBA. The two were old rivals. Moreover, Hua Xia's men's basketball team had received training from George Karl. They basically copied the tactics of the Los Angeles Wind and Rain team, with some variations.
For example, when defending, they would adopt joint defense, when attacking, they would increase the number of attacks, and so on. Even so, both sides should have a 50-50 chance of winning. After all, FIBA's rules were different from the Olympic Games.
However, Spain had forgotten that this was Hua Xia's home ground.
At the beginning of the game, the Spanish team was booed, while Hua Xia's side was full of cheers. The neat Mandarin disrupted the rhythm of the Spanish team.
Many people did not know why the home court was more terrifying. It was not just the cheers and boos, but the suddenness of these cheers.
When you were about to shoot, and someone suddenly booed you, most people's hands would tremble, and the shot would be out of shape. How could you guarantee a hit rate then?
Moreover, the home fans could also put pressure on the referees. When the whole stadium was booing, the referees would inevitably be affected.
Although most of the referees in this Olympic Games were foreigners and not Hua Xia's people, when the fans in the stadium were shouting, the referees would still give Hua Xia's team more home court whistles.
For example, in many games, some of the more vague fouls were determined by the referees. If Team A was called for a foul, then the next controversial ball would be called for a foul to balance things out.
At this time, the referees would take care of the home team, and the visiting team would always be called for a foul. Then, the balance of victory would naturally tilt.
There was another advantage of being a home court, and that was that the basket could also be adjusted.
What did that mean?
The tightness of the basket could be adjusted. This way, when the basketball hit the basket, the distance of the rebound would be different. If you knew, then you could better judge the position of the rebound and get more opportunities to attack.
For example, if the basket was tight, then the fight for the rebound had to be outside. If the basket was loose, then the fight for the rebound had to be inside. It could even be that the tightness of the two sides of the basket was different, so the impact would be even greater.
These methods were naturally learned from the American professional basketball team. As the head coach of Hua Xia's team, when Karl discussed it with the staff in the stadium, they agreed immediately.
So, under such circumstances, the Spanish team was defeated by Hua Xia's team by 20 points, which made the fans all over the country excited.
This time, the Hua Xia team and the American team met in advance. Whoever won could fight for the gold medal, and if they lost, they could only aim for the bronze medal.
This time, the American team could be said to be the best. However, what was different from his previous life was that the captain in his previous life, Jason Kidd, did not participate. Jason Kidd had already won the Olympic gold medal in 2000. Now, he had won all the honors, so this time, he directly used injury as an excuse to refuse.
This way, the American point guards were lacking in experience. Moreover, there was a big problem with this lineup, and that was that there were no three-point shooting spots.
Reed was the best three-point shooter, and the others were not that good.
Also, they were weak inside the three-point line. Howard, Bosh, and Boozer. Only Howard might be better according to FIBA's rules.
The other two could not defend against Hua Xia's inside at all. They could not even defend against Wang Zhizhi.
As for Howard, every time he played against Yao Ming, he was basically confused by Yao Ming. He even had difficulty defending against Wang Zhizhi.
Coach Karl also made arrangements to target the weakness of the American team. The American team must be playing fast, so we'll play slow. We'll drag the field if we can, and then we'll play defensive counterattack.
Karl even came up with a few crazy three-point tactics. Even Yao Ming asked to be pulled out of the three-point line to shoot three-pointers. They basically gave up on getting rebounds.
Feng Yu also wanted to see if Hua Xia could beat the American Dream Team under these circumstances. He had spent a lot of money to train Hua Xia's basketball players. He wanted to see if they could withstand the test of the big game.
Before the game, Feng Yu also told George Karl that this game was Hua Xia's home court. Hence, Karl must be very clear about the defensive strategy to use.
It was a home court, so they could make more moves when defending. They could also break through during the offense to cheat fouls, and the referee would give the home court whistle.
Kirilenko also told Feng Yu about a method. Wasn't it just to win? It was so simple. So many tricks, and you guys don't know how to use them? Just one home court whistle was not enough.
Feng Yu thought about it. It was definitely not good to make a ruckus outside the hotel of the American professional basketball team. It would affect Hua Xia's image. However, they could not make a ruckus, and there were other ways.
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