Defeating Croatia to enter the semifinals was so exciting that Younas and Chang Wei were shocked during the training session the next day: all the players of the Chinese men's basketball team appeared in the training hall with black circles under their eyes, and some of them yawned for a long time.

Younas's face was so gloomy that it seemed like it was going to rain, and instead of rushing to arrange the project like he had done in the previous training session, he gathered everyone together and asked with a dark face, "The person who didn't sleep well last night put his hand up!" ”

Almost everyone raised their hands, including Yao Ming, Younas's face was even more ugly, the Chinese team still wants to break through the semifinals and reach the finals in such a state? Dream on! Younas paced slowly at the front of the queue and began to curse: "Do you think you are satisfied to reach the semi-finals?" Or do you think the Final Four is easier than the Final Eight? Maybe you didn't think that way before, but your current state tells me that that's what you think! The whole team didn't sleep well because of the win over Croatia? In my opinion, this is a very unprofessional and disrespectful to yourself! ”

Chang Wei looked at the players who lowered their heads and were ashamed, and felt very helpless in his heart, this kind of thing is excited, just be excited after the game. If it's the last game, it's normal to stay up all night with excitement, but they still have a game against Lithuania to play, and if they keep that mentality, it's not fun at all.

Over there, Younas was already ordering with a black face: "Everyone, now go out and run me 20 laps around the standard track, and if you don't perform well, you will increase it, and the tactical training and recovery training will be carried out again this afternoon, and it will start immediately!" Go！ Go！ Go！ ”

The team leader was a little unbearable, he walked up to Younas and whispered, "This is not appropriate, is it?" It's going to be a race tomorrow night, do you need to let them run 20 laps today? Will this have a huge impact on their physical strength? ”

Before Younas could speak, Chang Wei took out a few bottles of magic drinks and said to the team leader: "It's okay, I still have enough magic drinks here, if the physical exertion is too great, this may be able to help them, and it shouldn't delay tomorrow night's game." Although Chang Wei used words like "maybe" and "should", his tone was still full of confidence.

The team leader naturally knew the effect of the magic drink, and Chang Wei was relieved that he could take out so much at once, nodded and said, "Then please, don't let this punishment affect tomorrow night's game!" ”

After appeasing the team leader, Chang Wei went to persuade Younas: "Coach, there is a reason why they are excited, after all, this is the best result achieved by the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympic Games, didn't you see that the fans were crazy after the game yesterday?" ”

Younas shook his head and said: "I know, but that's not a reason for them to stay up all night and burn their energy, they still have a big game to play. As a professional player, if you are complacent because of a win in a game, you don't deserve to be called professional. And even without that, I don't have much confidence in beating Lithuania. ”

"It's okay, just do your best," Chang Wei said, "and now we're making new history." Even if you lose, it's okay, you can do it again in London in four years' time, and maybe there will be a good result in the last fight! ”

After the national players dragged their tired bodies back to the training hall like dead dogs, Younas directly announced the disbandment and asked to gather at the training hall at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At the same time, he also left a task for the players, that is, to get a good night's sleep, replenish the physical strength overdrawn because of last night's insomnia, if anyone is still listless in the afternoon, I'm sorry, 30 laps.

The threat of 30 laps made everyone go back at noon and lie on their beds for two hours, whether they wanted to or not, and by the time they showed up on the training ground in the afternoon, they were finally back to normal. However, Younas still didn't have a good face, and after setting up the training program, he let the players train separately, and he stood aside and watched coldly.

Of course, Younas did not stand on the sidelines in a daze, but thought about the strategy against Lithuania. As a powerhouse in Eastern Europe, Lithuania has two current NBA players in the team, Kreiza and Jascovisius, and their team is not below Croatia. What's more, Lithuania is the second-highest shooting percentage at this Olympics, behind the United States.

In the previous matches, the combination of Kreiza and Jascovisius performed well inside and outside, and contributed to Lithuania's success as Group A winners. In the last game against Greece, Kreiza recorded a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds, while Jasco Vysius contributed a game-high 27 points, beating European king Spanolis.

In fact, up to now, each team has no hole cards, it depends on whose overall strength is stronger, or the upper limit of the ability to play is higher, and China is still inferior to Lithuania in this regard. But Younas has no surprises now, and can only expect everyone to explode in the game, especially Yao Ming, as long as he can play an advantage under the basket, there is still a possibility of winning.

After training, Younas called Yao Ming aside and told him what he thought. Yao Ming wasn't surprised, it wasn't the first time he had done something like this, but he still raised his own question: "Jascovisius is excellent on the outside, if I'm the only one to score on the inside, we don't seem to have much chance of winning, right?" ”

"So the outside line is basically defense-oriented," Younas shrugged, "as long as we can limit him, we can still win." If we beat Lithuania, we will have at least one medal. ”

Chang Wei didn't listen to it when Younas and Yao Ming were communicating, but he could more or less guess what Younas was talking about. However, Chang Wei is not optimistic about Younas's idea, Jascovy Hughes can even suppress Spanoluris, and the Chinese team's outside defense may not be of much use to him. And Kreza is the kind of interior player with strong physical fitness and three-point shooting, Yao Ming may not be able to beat him on the inside, and it will still be a bit tricky if Krezza shoots outside the three-point line.

However, Chang Wei will not pour cold water now, for this new Chinese men's basketball team, any game result is possible, except for the almost impossible to beat the American Dream Eight team, there is a fight against any opponent.