For those of us who like basketball, the dream team represents the world's top basketball level, but with the failure of the Dream Six team in the 2004 Athens Olympics, it also lets the outside world know that the dream team can be challenged.
At the 2004 Athens Olympics, the Dream Team lineup is equally luxurious, consisting of the peak Iverson, Duncan, and the 2003 platinum generation James, Wade, Anthony, plus the Pistons championship coach Larry Brown and others, it stands to reason that such a lineup seems to be enough to defeat any national team, but who would have expected that such a lineup only won the bronze medal in this Olympics. While surprised by the outside world, it was also ridiculed.
So, why is the luxurious Dream Six team so vulnerable? Long before the establishment of Dream Six , Athens was threatened by terrorism, considering its own safety reasons, partly The star chose not to participate in this Olympics. In desperation, the American men's basketball team pieced together to form the Dream Six team, so that in the end only Iverson and Duncan led the team.
In the warm-up match, the Dream Six team was defeated by Italy by 17 points. Then in the first game of the group stage, they lost 73-92 to Puerto Rico , and then lost 90-94 to Lithuania . Fortunately, In the quarter-finals, Marbury played exceptionally well, otherwise the Dream Six team would have been eliminated early. At this time, the dream team has begun to be questioned by the outside world. Unsurprisingly, it lost to the Argentina team led by Ginobili in the semifinals. This also completely lost the dream six team's hope of gold medal. Finally defeated Lithuania in the battle for the bronze medal. The dream team of this session finally ended the Olympic journey with the honor of the bronze medal.
From the lineup of this year,Only Duncan can crush the inside lines of other national teams. Players like Stoudemire and Martin can only crush teams with poor levels in the international arena. In the guard position, Iverson and Marbury are not traditional. Although the organizers on the game have masters such as and Kidd, they all need a lot of possession of the ball. In particular, Iverson and Marbury are singles players. It also appeared that Anthony complained that there was not enough time to play, but at this time James Wade was still a little immature. He had just started his basketball career. For coach Larry Brown, the first thing he thought of was an experienced veteran. Players.
Later Iverson mentioned this dream team in an interview. He said: In a short period of time, it is difficult for Larry Brown to create an excellent offensive and defensive system, and the players We didn't have much running together, and the Basketball Association didn't give us enough time to challenge. Yes, Iverson also has some truth. But the facts have already happened. In this lineup, all of them are very capable scorers. But on the other hand, no matter what, this year's Argentina team definitely defeated the dream team with real strength, and it is well deserved to win the Olympic gold medal.
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