The confident Chinese players suffered a head-on attack at the start of the second half, as Jasco Waisius and Jasetis combined to score seven points to take the lead, but their offense was deflated one after another, and all three shots were iron-shot, and they couldn't even grab a rebound. Obviously, after halftime, Lithuania has learned to behave, they did not rely on two inside to rush for rebounds, but at the cost of giving up the transition offense, all five players shrank to the basket to protect the rebound, such a situation even Yao Ming can do.

Under the cover of Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi finally received the ball from Chen Jianghua from the outside in the elbow area, and hit a jumper after a false shake to help the Chinese team open the scoring in the second half. But it is clear that he alone will not be able to score, Lithuania have shown a lot of attacking firepower, and others must step up as well.

However, in the second quarter, Zhu Fangyu, who was in a brave state, seemed to have lost his shooting bag, except for one throw, the other shots could not be scored, and the result of frequent wasted opportunities was that Lithuania regained the advantage on the court.

Younas was anxious in his eyes, and he waved his arms frantically on the sidelines, signaling the players to attack with all their might, and don't let Wang Zhizhi struggle alone on the inside. Originally, Younas could have played Yao Ming, but the latter played almost the entire first half, so at the beginning of the third quarter, he still hoped that Yao Ming could rest more, so the starting inside combination in the second half was Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian, the effect was obviously not as good as Yao Ming on the court, and the Chinese men's basketball team also played very passively.

Seeing that Lithuania was about to expand the score difference to double digits, Younas hurriedly replaced Yao Ming. Yao Ming also knew that he had a heavy responsibility, and immediately after he got on the court, he went deep into the basket, hoping to stop the bleeding for the team by playing low singles. The person responsible for defending Yao Ming is still a muscular Kreza, he is also out of the way, the whole person looks like he is hanging on Yao Ming, but he can't let him continue to get close to the basket, even if Yao Ming uses a turnaround jumper to score Kreza admits it.

I have to say that Kreza's stubborn defensive effect is still good, Yao Ming is basically difficult to move in the low post, and can only continue to use shots to score. On the contrary, it was the Lithuanian players who took turns shooting and scoring from the outside, always holding the initiative in the game.

Moreover, the outstanding performance on the offensive end gave them more confidence on the defensive end, and everyone ran desperately without sparing their physical strength, blocking every possible opportunity for Chinese players to make a shot. The only good news is that their shooting percentage is not high, and the Chinese men's basketball team barely controls the point difference in single digits with Yao Ming's mid-range shooting, and it is absolutely impossible to recover it.

Chang Wei shook his head lightly on the sidelines, it seems that the so-called strong team temperament still exists. The performance of the Chinese men's basketball team in this Olympics is indeed amazing, but they are like nouveau riche, without much background. But Lithuania are different, they have always been a strong team in European basketball, which also allows them to maintain their fighting spirit in the face of any difficult situation, and they can also find a way to break the game as quickly as possible, and the quality of the players can support their actions.

The Chinese men's basketball team can obviously only rely on Yao Ming, and maybe other players can provide some help, but basically it is a drop in the bucket, unless it can still use an unreasonable three-point shot like Zhu Fangyu did in the second quarter. Younas did not dare to replace Yao Ming, with Lithuania's current state, once he replaced Yao Ming, then the Chinese team may collapse in a short time.

Of course, Yao Ming did not disappoint everyone, and it was thanks to his accurate shooting that the Chinese team still retained the hope of winning. But Jascovy Hughes showed his strength as a leading star in Lithuania at this time, breaking through in two consecutive rounds to cause damage, so that Yi Jianlian had to rest and replace Wang Zhizhi, who had not recovered well.

If Yao Ming is the head coach, he may choose to replace Du Feng to play the No. 4 position, first of all, Du Feng also plays a big forward in the Guangdong team, and secondly, he can also help his teammates open up space on the court. No matter how bad it is, you can play one big and four small around Yao Ming, or directly play an all-small lineup, maybe there will be a miraculous effect. But now it is Younas who is at the helm, and it will be difficult for him to make such a decision.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of Lithuania, the Chinese men's basketball team has been struggling to support it with Yao Ming's score, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that they can't hold on for too long. It can be said that the current Chinese men's basketball team is playing like they did before this Olympic Games, the whole team relies on Yao Ming to score alone, and the others are mostly spectators except for occasionally scoring a few goals.

However, everyone must admit that Yao Ming is already a top interior player on the international stage, relying on his one-man play at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, the Chinese team was only 11 points behind at the end of the third quarter, which is unbelievable. To a certain extent, these 10 minutes were Yao Ming alone against the entire Lithuanian team, and he can already be proud of playing such a score.

The 11-point gap rekindled the flame of the Chinese men's basketball team, and as soon as the final quarter came up, they played a wave of 8-0 small climax. However, Lithuania didn't want to leave suspense on the outcome of the game anymore, and this time it was Kreza who killed the Chinese team, and it was really hard for him to have such good physical strength at this time, and he could run outside the three-point line and hit three-pointers accurately.

Kreiza hit two three-pointers and directly inquired about the offensive momentum of the Chinese team, and since then, the Chinese team has not narrowed the gap to less than 5 points. Whenever they were about to get on the rise, the Lithuanian players would always hit a three-pointer from the outside to extinguish the fire in them. The final difference between the two sides was 5 points, and the Chinese team lost to Lithuania 75-80 in the crucial semifinals, unfortunately being blocked in front of the men's basketball final.

When the number on the timer went to zero, every player in the Chinese men's basketball team cried, originally they thought they could go further, but they didn't expect to stop in this place. Although there is still hope to win a bronze medal, but they lost the opportunity to stand on the highest stage, which is difficult for everyone to accept, but when they are ready to leave, the fans in the stands still applaud them, which is an affirmation of them, no matter how the Chinese men's basketball team has also created its own history in the Olympic Games. Yao Ming stopped and took the rest of his teammates to bow to the fans and thank them for their support of the team.

Seeing that their eyes were red one by one, Chang Wei smiled helplessly, it seems that he still failed to help the team to the end!