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Chapter 472: Chapter 157: A Groundbreaking Solo Dance! (5,000-word Chapter, begging for monthly tickets and subscriptions!)
Before the game between the host Chinese Team and the United States, former NBA star and now renowned commentator Charles Barkley once again issued a warning to the arrogant Dream Team:
"I don’t know where our optimism and confidence come from, as this supposedly strongest United States team in the last decade only has two players with championships (Kobe and Prince).
I admit they are young and talented, but don’t forget their opponent in the opening game is the Chinese Team, which has the best player in the world today and the strongest center in the league."
As a member of the first Dream Team, Barkley’s warning was very subtle.
In fact, if he weren’t afraid of boosting others and diminishing his own team’s spirit, Barkley would rather say that American Basketball has reached a point where it’s simply going through the motions.
It’s important to note that, for a long time, the United States team has always been seen as a team with a tradition of having supercenters.
In the past, the centers representing the United States team were Olajuwon, Ewing, Robinson, and O’Neal.
But now?
Aside from Howard, the Dream Team doesn’t have a single decent center.
Moreover, for the past three seasons, the generation that American Basketball is proud of, as well as the so-called "golden generation," have almost all been defeated by Qin Yue.
When facing the GOAT on the other side—even Barkley, who once saw the old GOAT destroy basketball dreams single-handedly, knows better than anyone that, in a basketball game where individual abilities can decide the outcome, the United States team wants to redeem itself in Beijing, and it’s far more challenging than people imagine.
August 10, 2008.
9:20 PM.
Wukesong Basketball Hall.
For the entire basketball world, this historic and globally impactful China vs. USA battle officially began.
During the player introduction ceremony, players from both the Chinese-American Teams received lots of cheers.
Thanks to Qin Yue and Yao Ming’s outstanding contributions, the current influence of the NBA in China is unprecedented.
Just as Qin Yue remembered, this generation of NBA stars has quite a few fans domestically.
Especially Kobe.
Among the Chinese-American Teams, the adoration he receives is second only to Qin Yue and Yao Ming.
However...
The overly courteous behavior of the on-site fans towards the visiting team drew dissatisfaction from countless fans on various forums.
"What are they doing? This is our home court; why are they cheering for the United States team stars?"
"It pisses me off! To hell with this ’nation of etiquette,’ this is war! Do they not understand what home-court advantage means?"
"Still cheering for Kobe! I admit I’m a Kobe fan, but tonight, the boss better miss his shots heavily!"
As someone who’s been there, Qin Yue knows very well that not all audiences who bought tickets for the Olympic basketball games are regular basketball fans.
However...
As the game progresses, Qin Yue believes that once the Chinese Team shows their championship-caliber strength, those audiences who originally cheered for the United States team will surely reveal their true faces to the Dream Team’s stars.
Player introductions ended.
During the pre-game warm-up session, Qin Yue didn’t hurry to practice shooting but instead took out a small note prepared by Gary Payton and walked with large strides towards the lead referee of the game, Finland’s Carl-Jungebrand.
He is someone who will become a bigwig and the head of FIBA referees in the future.
Although Qin Yue doesn’t know Jungebrand’s resume, Payton’s detailed information on Jungebrand included the fact that he has a very adorable grandson.
Coincidentally, his grandson is also a crazy fan of Qin Yue.
So, when Qin Yue approached Jungebrand, he said, "Carl, I heard from the staff that your grandson also participated in my sneaker promotion event?"
Jungebrand didn’t expect the famous new GOAT would care so much about such a trivial matter.
"He wasn’t too lucky; he didn’t manage to get your autograph." Looking at the friendly Qin Yue, Jungebrand replied politely.
Upon hearing this, Qin Yue smiled and said, "No worries, I prepared a pair of my new signature shoes for him. I’ll have the staff give it to you after the game."
Upon this suggestion, Jungebrand initially wanted to decline Qin Yue’s gesture.
But after Qin Yue specifically added that "it’s just a gift for a kid," Jungebrand ultimately didn’t refuse.
In the following minutes, Qin Yue and Jungebrand had a pleasant conversation.
The new GOAT humbly asked Jungebrand about the differences between FIBA and NBA in terms of refereeing scales.
Thanks to Payton’s careful research, Qin Yue knows that in the FIBA arena, a referee’s subjective judgment can indeed offer at least a twenty-point advantage to a certain team.
Even though Qin Yue doesn’t need such "subjective judgments" to have the confidence to defeat this United States team, he also doesn’t want to be treated unfairly while playing at home.
So...
Since some people, because of that damn face, refuse to let the Chinese Team have the home advantage that should belong to them.
Qin Yue naturally has to find a way himself, ensuring by leaving a good impression on the referee that he won’t face foul trouble due to "subjective judgments" under FIBA rules.
On the court, after the warm-up ended, the big screen at Wukesong Basketball Hall showed the starting line-ups for the Chinese-American Teams.
United States Team: Howard, James, Anthony, Kobe, Jason Kidd.
Chinese Team: Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Qin Yue.