Chapter 127: Taking Australia lightly
After that, Spanoulis made a jumper, and Li Zhi made two fouls and free throws, and the Chinese team led 4-2 at the beginning.
After that, Spanoulis hit both free throws, and Fortesis made a jumper, and the Greek team completed the comeback 6-4. In the middle of the festival, the two sides come and go, and they don't let each other go. Vaslopoulos hit one of two free throws and then made a basket to give Greece a four-point lead at 11-7 to take control of the game.
Towards the end of the quarter, the Chinese team began to exert its power, Yao Ming forced the basket to score the first goal of the game, Zhu Fangyu also jumped to the shot, and the two teams were tied at 13. After Li Zhi made another jump shot, the Chinese team completed the overtake again.
Papalukas scored a goal at the end of the quarter, but China still led by four points at 20-16 to end the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Li Zhi scored a fast-break layup, Brosis made a jumper to return two points, Yi Jianlian immediately chased back and added two more points, and the Chinese team continued to control the pace of the game.
After Zkis completed the three-point shot, the Greek team once narrowed the gap to 5 points, but Yao Ming caused the opponent to foul and make two free throws, after Li Zhi broke through the strong attack to complete the three-point shot, Yi Jianlian also scored a dunk, and the Chinese team 33-22 has stretched the difference to double digits.
Towards the end of the quarter, the Chinese team once again exerted its might, Li Zhi scored three points, Yao Ming scored three points in a row under the basket, and the difference between the two sides continued to widen.
Yao Ming scored two more points at the end of the quarter, and Spanollis was blocked with a three-pointer at the buzzer, and China led Greece by 19 points at 51-32 to end the first half.
Everyone didn't expect that the Greek guard line was broken through into a sieve by Li Zhi, who was changed to point guard, and those proud guards were all listlessly listening to the coach's roar at this time.
Those MVPs in the European league, scoring champions, steal kings, and assist kings were scolded by the coach for nothing at this time.
The camera showed Li Zhi, Li Zhi high-fived his teammates on the field to celebrate, and the people of the whole country remembered this young and handsome young man.
Coming back in the second half, Yao Ming took the lead in a layup, and Satteris scored two points on a jumper.
After that, Fortes made three points, but Li Zhi also made two free throws to add two more points, and the Chinese team always maintained a lead of about 20 points.
Papalukas, who was still not dead, hit a three-pointer about two minutes into the third quarter, but Li Zhi returned the favor in the same way, and then assisted Wang Shipeng to shoot a three-pointer, and the morale of the Greek team suffered again.
Towards the end of the quarter, the Greek team made a series of free throws to slightly narrow the difference and launched a counterattack again, but Li Zhi made two free throws and hit a magical whistle to hit three points, and finally the Chinese team still led the Greek team 74-54 into the final quarter.
In the 4th quarter, the Chinese team once again presented a double point guard lineup of "Sun Yue-Liu Wei", Yao Ming took the lead in the basket and scored a strong attack, Zhu Fangyu broke through to score, and the Chinese team once led the opponent by as many as 24 points.
At this point, Spanoulis forced a three-pointer to the basket and tried to make a last-ditch attempt. However, Li Zhi broke through and scored two points again, and the Greek team's repeated strong attacks were in vain, and the general trend has gone.
In the end, the Chinese national team easily defeated the Greek team 92-69, won three consecutive wins in the group stage, and became the second in Group B.
Spanollis, who has always been known as the "European Kobe", looked at Li Zhi's chic shadow and sighed in his heart. Originally, the heart of wanting to compete with Li Zhi was already sad at this time.
……
August 20, 2008 was a great day for Chinese basketball, as the Chinese team continued its ferocious momentum in this game, defeating Australia and entering the semi-finals in a historic way. And Chinese supernova Li Zhi slaughtered the Australian defender line.
No one thought that the Chinese small forward as a point guard would be even more terrifying, as if he had a grudge against Australia, and killed Australia one by one with his three-point shot.
Even though Australia has Bogut, the former NBA champion, it still hasn't changed the fact that it was eliminated by China.
At the end of the game, Li Zhi raised his fist, his eyes were full of tears that others couldn't understand, only Li Zhi himself knew that this battle was the redemption of his previous life.
On the same day, the other three semi-finals of the Olympics were also locked. The United States beat Croatia, Spain beat Lithuania, and Argentina beat Greece.
And the next game, that is, the Olympic semifinals, China vs Argentina.
In this way, China has played against all the strong teams in the Olympics except Lithuania.
Argentina are a tough opponent to play with as Spain, as they were champions at the last Olympics, and experts believe China will win more in this match.
However, the good news is that Spain will play against the United States, and Gasol may still not be able to realize his dream this year.
For this battle, Li Zhi's mentality is more relaxed, because so far he has completed the breakthrough of the men's basketball team to the Olympic Games, and as for the championship, Li Zhi does not dare to think about it.
The reason why the Chinese team was able to win Spain, which is the same strength as Argentina, is, in a sense, that Spain did not have a swingman who could match Li Zhi.
Spain and Argentina are on par in strength, Spain has Gasol and Pau on the inside, and Argentina is overhauled inside and outside.
On August 22, the first production of the Olympic men's basketball semifinals, China VS Spain.
Thousands of empty alleys.
No men's basketball game has ever been so solemn and sacred, but it is also relaxed and exciting.
Obviously, the fans at home know the importance of this game for the Chinese men's basketball team, but everyone is equally satisfied, because China has made it to the final four as they wished. Even if this one is lost, it is not unacceptable.
Li Zhi was surprised to find that with the improvement of the men's basketball team's performance, the quality of domestic fans has also improved, and today, there is a certain level of professionalism, and it can be seen that China is not Argentina's opponent.
Before the kick-off, many fans already knew a lot about the Argentine players, which was rare before.
When it comes to Argentina, you can't avoid their leader, Ginobili "The Demon Knife".
Manuginobili is a key figure in Argentina's title defense this year, while his backcourt partner Delfino is a firepower scorer.
At the small forward position is the avid basketball player Nocioni, and the center Oberto is not tall enough, but the skill is definitely not to be said. And the big forward is Luis Scola who Chinese fans know very well, and his strength does not need to be explained.
In Argentina, Ginobili will certainly not play as the sixth man, it must be Argentina's starter, and the outside combination of Ginobili, Delfino and Nocioni is also the only outside combination in the world that does not have an orthodox point guard.
The advantage of this outside lineup is the height, the lowest Ginobili is 1.98 meters, and the average height is more than two meters.