Greece replaced Papalukas with Diamantidis.

Diamantidis is also a very good athlete, and he is not inferior to Papalukas. He has been named Europe's Defensive Player of the Year for five consecutive seasons and was named European Basketball of the Year in 2007, while Diamantildis is the first player in UEFA Champions League history to win five awards in the Final Four tournament MVP, Assists of the Season, First Team Point Guard, Defensive Player of the Year and Regular Season MVP.

At 28 years old, Diamantidis is three years younger than Papalukas, and at 198 centimeters, he can play the same position as Papalukas, as well as point guard, shooting guard and small forward. And his 100-kilogram weight is 8 kilograms heavier than Papalukas's 92-kilogram, so he is much stronger than Papalukas in defense and physical confrontation, even against strong black players in the United States, Diamantidis will not suffer.

In terms of style of play, Diamantildis is completely different from Papalukas, Papalukas has a strong scoring ability, but he loves to pass the ball, and he has always been known as the best playmaker in Europe; Diamantidis, on the other hand, has a lot of assists, but he loves to score. Compared to the two, Papalukas is more like a traditional European point guard, who focuses on passing, while Diamantidis is more like an American point guard who is good at scoring.

In the Greek team, Papalukas and Diamantidis are rarely on the pitch at the same time, because both are the kind of players who need to carry the ball, and if both people are on the field at the same time, the distribution of the ball will be a big problem.

Ioannakis' substitution of Diamantidis at this time is obviously aimed at Zhang Guan, and at the same time, he also hopes that Diamantidis can contribute to the team's attack.

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The game restarted, and the ball had just been touched out of bounds by Zhang Guan, so the Greek team returned to serve on the sideline, but at this time there was not much time left for the Greek team to attack, and there were eight seconds left in this attack.

I saw that after Diamantidis got the ball, he did not hesitate to dribble and break through, and as soon as he broke through to the position of one and a half steps within the three-point line, Diamantidis made a stop-and-go jump shot and threw the ball against Zhang Guan's defense.

"Whoosh!" The basketball crosses the arc and goes straight into the frame.

"How dare you shoot this ball! And it went in. This Diamantidis's attack was really sharp. Zhang Guan thought as he dribbled and began to move forward

However, what Zhang Guan didn't expect was that he didn't pass half the game, and Diamantidis had already met him with his face.

"This Diamantidis is underestimating me too much!" Zhang Guan snorted coldly in his heart, and then dribbled under his crotch to break through, but Diamantidis still used his body to force Zhang Guan, so that Zhang Guan could only move forward along the sideline.

I have to say that Diamantidis's defense is tougher than Papalukas, and Diamantidis seems to be very confident in his physical confrontation ability, and he dares to fight Zhang Guan physically.

What made Zhang Guan a little annoyed was that Diaman Tidis's defense had a lot of small actions, although Zhang Guan knew that this kind of small action was also part of the basketball defense, but the real encounter with various small actions still made Zhang Guan a little uncomfortable.

Finally, Zhang Guan was aroused by this small action, and he waved his hand to roughly defend the inside line, and roughly immediately understood, and moved to the position outside the three-point line.

The inside line has freed up more than enough space, and Zhang Guan is clearly preparing to break through Diamantidis one-on-one.

"Do you want to break me one-on-one?" Diamantidis's lips turned up, and he smiled defiantly. Apparently Diamantidis is very informative about his defence.

Suddenly, Zhang Guan started violently, and Diamantildis raised his arms high, blocking Zhang Guan's progress as much as possible.

Diamantidis's defense is really good, he is strong enough, his high-intensity defense can be stopped even by ordinary black players, and yellow players are even more difficult to break through Diamantidis's defense to complete the layup.

However, this time Diamantildis faced Zhang Guan, who did not use any tricks, but purely relied on his body to complete the breakthrough.

I saw Diamantildis meet him head-on, and then he was pushed away by Zhang Guan, and then Zhang Guan's figure shook, and he had already appeared under the basket of the Greek team, and he directly went to a rebound in the face of the defender under the basket of the Greek team.

"Zhang Guan, break, layup, the ball is in! The ball was played beautifully, and neither of the Greek defenders was able to prevent Zhang Guan from scoring this goal! ”

Accompanied by the narrator's voice, Diamantidis was surprised, he never expected that he would suffer in the physical confrontation. The next goal Diamantildis decided to return the color, but Zhang Guan sent the same tough defense. Diamantidis had no choice but to pass the ball out, and in the end it was the rest of the Greek team who completed the attack, but the ball did not score, and the Chinese team picked up the defensive rebound.

The ball was passed to Zhang Guan's hands for the first time, and Zhang Guan played a quick offensive and defensive transition with the ball, which was still a sharp breakthrough, and he stood up to Diamantidis's defense and scored two more points.

The Greek team also returned a three-pointer, and the next offense, Zhang Guan's single ball breakthrough, a difficult layup, played a two-plus-one, in the subsequent penalty, Zhang Guan's luck was also very good, although the ball was slightly shorter, but after two bounces, it finally bounced into the basket.

Coach Giannakis frowned again, he has been released, and even Diamantidis will have a hard time guarding against Zhang Guan.

"The key is speed, Zhang Guan's speed is too fast, Diamantidis can't keep up with him at all!"

At this time, Da Yao had already rested, the height of the Chinese team had dropped, but the speed had increased, especially the outside players' feel had been maintained very well, and they had been able to maintain a relatively stable scoring state.

On the other hand, the Greek team has not been playing very smoothly, and their best coordination has not been played. Although the Greek team also kept scoring, the advantage of the opening 10 points did not shrink.

The strongest point of the Greek team is their point guard, Papalukas and Diamantidis are the strongest in Europe, and the weakest link of the Chinese team in the past is the point guard, so when the Greek team faced the Chinese team before, it always seemed to be at ease. But in today's game, Zhang Guan successfully limited the Greek team's point guard, and the Greek team's offensive level was greatly reduced.

As Diamantidis's ultra-long-distance three-pointer flew to the audience without sticking, the sound of the end of the first quarter of the game sounded, and the Chinese team temporarily led by eight points 26-18.

Looking at this score, Coach Giannakis sighed helplessly, before the game, he was ashamed to let the Chinese team not score 30 points in the half, to lead the Chinese team by 15 to 20 points, and now it seems that these two goals are impossible to achieve. The Chinese team scored 26 points in the first quarter and was one step away from 30 points, while the Greek team was not ahead of the Chinese team, but was led by the Chinese team by 8 points.

"Damn, how can this be! When did the Chinese team become so strong! Two years ago, the Chinese team was so vulnerable, but now the Chinese team can't find a way to deal with it. Giannakis looked at the rest area of the Chinese team and happened to see Zhang Guanzheng taking the water bottle handed by the coach with a smile on his face.

"That's right, it's Zhang Guan! It's all because of Zhang Guan that we are so passive! You're a track and field athlete who doesn't run well, what kind of basketball to play! Yannakis thought angrily. (To be continued.) )