More than halfway through the second quarter. The score on the court was 40-26 ahead of Greece.

Before the half was played, the Chinese team scored 40 points, and the half-time score may exceed 50 points, which shows that in the first half of this game, the Chinese team's offensive efficiency was very high, and the feeling was also very good.

Prior to this, the Chinese team had 46 points in the first half when playing Spain, and 44 points in the half when playing Angola, and the Chinese team played a wonderful combination of inside and outside in the first half in both games. The Chinese team scored 37 points in the first half of the game against the United States, and the American team basically relied on eye defense in that game, and the data could not be considered very convincing; In the bayonet game with the German team, in the face of the German team's strong defense, the Chinese team only scored 27 points in the first half, and even 30 points were not reached.

If the Chinese team can score 50 points in the first half, it will be equivalent to setting a new record for half-time scoring in this Olympic Games.

In the NBA game, 50 points in the half is not a difficult thing to do, but a quarter of the NBA game is 12 minutes, and each quarter of the international game is only 10 minutes, and the half is equivalent to 4 minutes less than the NBA, which is equivalent to about six fewer offenses on both sides, so it can score 50 points in the half, which is considered a very good offensive efficiency.

At present, the Greek team's 26-point score is a bit low, and when the Greek team faced the Spanish team, they only scored 29 points in the half, which is even worse than now; When playing the United States, the Greek team scored 32 points in the half, which is about the same as now. In those two games, Greece's two point guards, Papalukas and Diamantidis, were limited by their opponents, which was a big reason for Greece's low scores.

Spain's Calderón and Navarro have a lot of experience in defending the Greek team, and combined with the overall defensive system of the Spanish team, it is difficult for the Greek team to score; And the U.S. team relies solely on individual ability, Kidd, Paul and Delon are all NBA superstars, and they are all good at defense, just with Papalukas and Diamantidis, it is obviously not cheap.

The situation facing the Greek team today is somewhat similar to that of the U.S. men's basketball team. The Chinese team is certainly inferior to the Spanish team in terms of overall defensive system, but Zhang Guan's individual ability is better than that of the American superstar trio, Zhang Guan is younger than Kidd, stronger than Paul, faster and more flexible than Delon, and puts more pressure on Papalukas and Diamantidis.

After Da Yao scored seven points on the court, he was substituted again, and the center of the Greek team, Giridaniakis, did not breathe a sigh of relief, because the substitutes were generally similar to him in terms of physical height, weight and technical characteristics, and Giridaniakis still had no advantage.

Coach Giannakis chose to change the formation again, replacing Giridaniakis with Sotersenidis.

Born in Cameroon, Sotersenidis is the only black player in the Greek men's basketball team. At 2.08 meters tall, he weighs 170 kilograms, which is heavier than O'Neal, and he was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round of 2003 at No. 34, but because of his weight, he has been criticized by coaches and NBA scouts. Although this kind of big-tonnage player has certain benefits in attacking inside, it has seriously affected his athleticism.

Coach Giannakis' substitution for Sottesonidis was clearly an attempt to strengthen the interior offense, especially under the basket. And roughly faced with such a big fat man, he was not at a loss, but showed extremely sophisticated experience.

In the national team, there is also a large-tonnage center, that is, the bus, the weight of the bus at its peak is also 300 pounds, not much inferior to O'Neill, and the two have known the bus for more than ten years, and they are also relatively familiar with each other, so they have roughly summed up a set of methods to deal with the large-tonnage center. Giannakis' substitution didn't work as well as it should.

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On the sidelines, Coach Younas gradually showed joy.

So far, Zhang Guan's offense is still only a direct breakthrough score and a general sports war pass, and the tactic of breaking through the ball has not been used, which means that the Chinese team still has hole cards. But the Greek team has even sent the big fat man Sotersenidis on the field, obviously he has exhausted his hole cards, and it is difficult for the Greek team to have any new tricks in the future.

At this time, the two seem to be playing cards to fight the landlord, the cards in Yannakis have been played, and Younas is still holding a bomb in his hand.

In the eighth minute of the second quarter, Papalukas seemed to be caught by Zhang Guanhe and Li Nan in the breakthrough, and then twisted his foot, although he got up and moved a little later, and it seemed that there was no big problem, but it made Giannakis feel shocked. Then Yanakis did not hesitate to replace Papalukas with a two-way defender.

The Chinese team also took this opportunity to play a wave of counterattacks, especially a second before the whistle at the end of halftime, Wang Shipeng hit a three-pointer to turn the score into 52-32, and the Chinese team took a 20-point lead at halftime.

"Wang Shipeng! Three-pointer at the buzzer! 20 points! We had a 20-point lead over Greece at half-time! The commentator roared and shouted, and the audience stood up collectively to cheer for the players of the Chinese team.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese players walked to the locker room, enjoying the warm applause and cheers of the fans along the way, even if they had been in the players' tunnel for a long time.

However, the players of the Greek team lowered their heads and left the scene as if they were running away, and it can be seen that the Greek team does not want to stay for a minute.

In front of the television, many Greek fans have changed the channel, or simply turned off the television, and trailed by 20 points at halftime, so that these fans could not find a reason to continue watching.

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At this time, the Croatian men's basketball team, which had finished the game in the morning, had already returned to their accommodation in the Olympic Village.

The game against Iran in the morning was not intense, so even after playing a game in the morning, the Croatian men's basketball team came to the training ground in the afternoon and began to do some less intense training and tactical explanations.

Croatia finished third in Group A, and according to the group rules, they will face the second place in Group B, and at the moment, it seems likely that the second place will be Spain.

At this time, the head coach of the Croatian team, Repesa, was in front of the tactical board, explaining the tactics of the Spanish team and how to deal with it.

The leader of the team hurried over, causing Repesa to frown unhappily, obviously he didn't like to be interrupted.

I saw the team leader walk up to Repesa and say, "Coach, I'm very sorry for interrupting you. Something has changed, and our opponents in the knockout rounds may not be Spain. ”

Repesa thought for a moment and said, "Not Spain? Could it be the Greek men's basketball team? That's a tough opponent to deal with! Now it should be the match between Greece and China, who lost the first game to the West Tooth pair by 15 points, and if the Greek team can beat China for the most part, then they will finish second in Group B and become our opponents in the knockout round. Calculate the time, the game should have finished the first half, so now the Greek team must be ahead of China by a big score? How much did Greece win? 20 points? Or 30 points? ”

The team leader shook his head, and Repesa showed a sense of surprise, and he casually said, "It can't be 40 points!" The Chinese team is playing at home, and there is a world-class interior like Da Yao, so it should not be 40 points ahead of the Greek team at halftime! ”

"The Greek team did not lead, the leading Chinese team was the Chinese team!" The team leader breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "The Chinese team is 20 points ahead of the Greek team at halftime, so now it seems that the Chinese team is very likely to win, and our opponent in the knockout round may be the host Chinese team!" ”

"What? The Chinese team led the Greek team by 20 points at halftime? It can't be! Repesa screamed. (To be continued.) )