Chapter 98: Victory over the Greek men's basketball team
The players of the Chinese team walked out of the players' tunnel, and their faces were still filled with excitement.
20 points ahead of the Greek team at halftime, even the players of the Chinese team did not expect this result, for the former Chinese team players, the Greek team is an invincible strong team, and the Chinese team will be defeated every time it plays with the Greek team, the difference is only how many points will be lost.
But today's situation has been completely reversed, the Chinese team not only did not lag behind, but led Greece by 20 points at halftime, which made everyone feel like a dream, the former powerful opponent suddenly became so vulnerable, many old players felt difficult to adapt for a while.
However, when everyone calmed down, they found that it was not the Greek team that became weaker, but the Chinese team that became stronger, and the current Chinese team has the capital to compete with the Greek team, so the Chinese team will lead at halftime.
More importantly, the 20-point difference made the players of the Chinese team feel confident, and made them realize that it is possible to beat the Greek team, which is even more important than winning, self-confidence can make the players' psychology stronger, and I believe that after this game, the Chinese team dares to challenge any of the world's top teams.
After the half-time break, players from both sides returned to the pitch again, but this time Greece sent five substitutes on.
"Pelekanos, Blopes, Chatsaris, Printezis, Zkis, Greece didn't start the second half without a starter, even Diamantidis, who was a substitute. What the hell is Greece going to do? We all know that at the beginning of the second half, both sides will change their starters, and even if there are substitutes, there are probably only one or two, but now the Greek team has five substitutes, which is equivalent to five substitutions, is it that Coach Iannakis has come up with some new tactics? The narrator on the TV said puzzled.
The commentator next to him continued: "In addition to the American team, there is no team in the world that has the strength of five up and five down, the American team is basically NBA All-Star level players, and even superstars like Kobe, such as the American team, replacing a Kobe, and Wade; Replace Kidd, with Paul and Delon waiting behind. Therefore, no matter who the U.S. team replaces, it is the main lineup. But other teams, including the Greek team, can't be like the American team, and I think the Greek team's arrangement must have a special purpose.
However, Coach Younas, who was watching the game from the sidelines, breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Giannakis was not using any new tactics and was about to give up the game.
For the Chinese team, entering the quarterfinals is already considered to have achieved the goal of the Olympic Games, but the goal of the Greek team is to medals, the so-called barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, Younas believes that the Greek team does not dare to fight hard with the Chinese team, so he insisted on letting Zhang Guan play the first half, and this persistence also paid off, Coach Giannakis finally decided to protect his players, and he chose to give up the next game.
And Coach Younas took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to replace Zhang Guan, and Zhang Guan had already scored 23 points by this time. In the future, as long as the Greek team no longer sends the main players, Coach Younas will not let Zhang Guan play again.
Although the Greek team is a full substitute, its strength is still not to be underestimated, and after the Chinese team lacked Zhang Guan, it began to attack the inside, and the three major inside lines of the Chinese team took on the heavy responsibility of scoring points, and they scored doubles very quickly.
At the end of the third quarter, Greece trailed the score to 75-61, with Greece still trailing by 14 points. There is still one quarter before the end of the game, and 14 points are not impossible to chase, but the Greek team, which has given up the game, does not plan to chase points, and in the next fourth quarter of the game, the Greek team is still all substitutes.
At this time, the players of the Chinese team also realized that the Greek team had given up the game, and Coach Younas also replaced some substitute players one after another to let the main team rest. In the fourth quarter of the game, both sides played more easily, and the quality of defense also decreased, so the offensive play became smoother. The fourth quarter was a battle between the benches of both sides, and Greece's benches were clearly superior, chasing the score to under 10 points in the fourth quarter.
The last ball, the score at this time is 103-97 for the Chinese team to lead the Greek team by 6 points, at this time there are twenty seconds left in the game, and the Chinese team controls the ball, at this time the players on both sides are no longer playing, the Chinese team stopped after half the court, and the players on both sides also began to shake hands with each other, waiting for the last period of time to finish.
Finally, the sound of the end of the game sounded, and the audience had already collectively stood up and fell into a carnival.
"We won, we won, we won against the Greek men's basketball team!" The commentator's voice was excited, but it didn't show madness, because the Chinese team had a 10-point lead from the beginning of the game, and then maintained the lead until the end of the game. At the end of the first half, the Chinese team led by 20 points at one point, so the final victory was already expected.
In this game, the Chinese team scored four double-doubles, Zhang Guan scored 23 points, Da Yao scored the best 25 points in the game, roughly 16 points, and the United Arab Emirates scored 12 points. Greece's top scorer was Blopes who came off the bench with 19 points, followed by Spanoulis and Fortesis in double figures, and Greece's two point guards, Papalukas and Diamantidis, had even more measlorable stats.
After this match, the ranking of Group B was also determined. The U.S. team topped the group with an all-win record. China's group stage record has changed to 4 wins and 1 loss, ranking second in the group, and China will face Croatia in the knockout round. Greece, on the other hand, have a record of 2 wins and 3 losses, but due to the win-loss relationship, Greece are already fourth in the group, and they will next challenge Lithuania. Spain finished third in the group and will face Argentina.
For the Chinese men's basketball team, this game is obviously an epic victory, and the second place in the group is the best record of the men's basketball team in the group stage of the Olympic Games. Considering that the strength of this group is very strong, it is known as the group of death, and the second place in the men's basketball group is full of gold.
The opponent of the Chinese team in the knockout round is the Croatian team, and the Croatian men's basketball team is a team with a traditional European style of play, relying on a big center, which is obviously an excellent opponent for the Chinese team.
At the same time, for the Chinese team, this game also gained self-confidence. The victory over the Greek men's basketball team, the world's top team, made the players of the Chinese team become confident in an instant, and all the players at this time firmly believed that they could defeat the Croatian team and advance to the semifinals of the Olympic Games.
After winning the game, the players of the men's basketball team had a collective dinner to celebrate, but Zhang Guan was still absent, and he didn't even have time to participate in the post-game media press conference, he boarded the helicopter of CCTV and rushed to the Bird's Nest to participate in the track and field competition. (To be continued.) )