Croatia's head coach Repesa did not believe that China would lead Greece by 20 points in the first half, and it would be normal to say that Greece was 20 points ahead of China at halftime. Repesa even thought the team leader was joking with him. But seeing the serious expression of the team leader, Repesa knew that it was all true.

"What you say is true? The Chinese team led the Greek team by 20 points at halftime? Repesa asked cautiously.

The team leader nodded and said, "The score in the first half was 52-32, with shooting percentage, rebounding, turnovers, and fast-break scores...... In short, in all statistics, the Greek team is behind in all aspects. ”

"Fast break score? You just said fast break scoring? Repesa looked incredulous, and then said: "I heard me right, will the Chinese team lead the Greek team in the fast-break score?" They have a big Yao, how can they play a fast attack? It's just an occasional quick break or two, and the number of fast breaks is still ahead of the Greek team? Could it be that the Chinese team had 1 fast attack, and the Greek team did not have a fast attack? ”

"But it's true!" The team leader continued: "I suggest you pause for a moment and watch the footage of the next game. ”

"Could it be that the Greek team deliberately released the water?" Repesa immediately dismissed the idea: "If the Greek team deliberately releases the water, they will fall to the fourth place in the group, and then they will play the Lithuanian team, will the Greek team think that the Lithuanian team is easier to deal with than us?"

Coach Repesa hesitated, then motioned for the assistant coach to take his place, and then Repesa and the team leader walked to the lounge with the TV.

……

At this time, the Lithuanian men's basketball team had just had lunch.

Lithuania put on the full bench lineup, deliberately lost to Australia, and also "done" the Russian team, for Lithuania in the last game did not have much physical exertion, the players had a leisurely lunch, and were called together by the coach of the Lithuanian team, Andernas Slalica, to watch the match between the Chinese team and the Greek team.

"We finished top of Group A, which allowed us to avoid the USA before the final, and our first opponent in the knockout round will be fourth in Group B, and at the moment, it seems that the fourth place in Group B will be the host country, China. Although the strength of the Chinese team is not as good as ours, since it is an opponent, we have to get to know him, so I have gathered you together to watch the match between the Chinese team and the Greek team, so that you can deepen your understanding of the Chinese team. ”

The head coach of the Lithuanian team, Slylika, turned on the TV as he spoke, turned around and continued: "The Chinese team has a world-class interior line, and they have an advantage in the interior line, but the Chinese team's outside line, especially the point guard, is very weak, which is also our main attack. In addition, I want to emphasize that the head coach of the Chinese team is my teacher Younas, Coach Younas is certainly no stranger to everyone, he is definitely the person who knows us best, I think Coach Younas will definitely make tactical arrangements for us in the game, and we can't take it lightly. ”

Younas has coached in the Lithuanian league for many years and has also been the head coach of the Lithuanian national team. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Lithuania almost beat the American Dream Team and eventually won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games, thanks to Coach Younas. At that time, the current head coach of the Lithuanian team, Slylika, was a player under Younas, so it can be said that Younas was Slailika's teacher.

At this time, the picture was already displayed on the TV, and Slalica did not see the picture displayed on the TV because he was facing away from the TV, but the Greek team members opposite him showed surprised expressions.

"What's wrong? Why is everyone like this? Slalica was a little puzzled as he looked back at the TV and happened to see the score between the two teams.

"52 to 32? The Chinese team leads? The Chinese team is 20 points ahead of the Greek team? How is this possible? Slalica's brain was short-circuited, and it wasn't until a dozen seconds later that he recovered.

"How did the Chinese team do it? Is it because Coach Younas has some special tactical arrangement? Thinking of this, Slylica felt more and more how powerful Younas was.

……

The Chinese men's basketball team led the Greek men's basketball team by 20 points at halftime, which was a dream for the fans.

In the lounge of the Greek team, there was a gloomy look, and the players of the Greek team were full of confidence, but they were completely stunned by the Chinese team in the first half. Previously, the Chinese team had to score less than 30 points in the first half, and they had to lead the Chinese team by 15 points, but now the situation is completely reversed, and the Greek team only scored a pitiful 32 points, while being led by the Chinese team by 20 points.

This contrast is a huge blow to morale, and some young players have doubts about themselves.

Coach Giannakis, on the other hand, was thinking about something else, and he was wondering whether to give up on this game.

Judging from the current situation, even if the Greek team fought back in the second half and finally reversed to win, but after all, it was a 20-point difference, and even if the Greek team closed the gap and won, it was impossible to win too many points, and perhaps only won by a narrow margin of less than 10 points in the end.

Previously, the Greek team lost to the Spanish team by 15 points, so if the Greek team only won the Chinese team by 10 points, then the Greek team would be ranked third in the group when calculating the score ratio of points won and lost, which is obviously meaningless for the Greek team. Because the third team in the group will face Argentina, the second team in Group A, the Greek team may prefer to play Lithuania in comparison, at least the Greek team knows Lithuania better.

"If we keep going, we may win, but there's a good chance we won't. Whether we win or not, it will consume a lot of our energy, so it is better to give up this one and save some energy to deal with Lithuania. Coach Iannakis looked at the players and suddenly remembered that Papalukas had twisted his foot eight minutes into the second quarter.

"The intensity of this game was very high, especially Zhang Guan's defense was also very tough. For us, if we win, we will only be third in the group. If the main player gets injured, even if we win this game, we will suffer a big loss. Anyway, it's just a group game, and we've already qualified from the group, so let's save our energy and concentrate on preparing for the next game! ”

Thinking of this, Coach Giannakis opened his mouth to announce the list of players who played in the third quarter.

"Pelecanos, Blopes, Chatsaris, Printezis, Zkis, you guys will be on the scene! Be prepared to play the second half. Giannakis spoke.

Everyone in the Greek team was stunned, and the five people sent by Giannakis were all substitutes, and then everyone immediately understood that Giannakis had decided to give up this game. (To be continued.) )