"45-28, we had a 17-point lead over Croatia in the first half, and before the game, everyone thought it was going to be a close match, and no one expected that to happen. Coach Zhang, could you please give us an analysis of what allowed us to lead Croatia by 17 points in the first half? The narrator asked with a smile on his face.

Director Zhang on the opposite side cleared his throat and said: "The reason why we can lead the Croatian team by 17 points in the first half is first of all because our offense is very smooth, especially Da Yao has a very good performance. In addition, Zhang Guan's breakthrough also continued to cause damage to the Croatian team's interior line, disrupting the overall defensive deployment of the Croatian team, which also made our offensive success rate very high. ”

"Secondly, Croatia's attack is not smooth. Especially the 12-1 score, which was too hurtful for the Croatian team, the Croatian team only scored 11 points in the first quarter, which is a very low score, and in the second quarter, after their center Balaci left, it also entered a short scoring drought, it can be said that the Croatian team did not play their offensive routine at all. ”

"Another thing I would like to say is that in terms of the style of play, we are more restrained against Croatia. Our national team is more afraid of the kind of team that plays flexibly and is good at playing fast offensive and defensive transitions, but Croatia is a team with a traditional style of play, they are not very good at playing fast attack, they are good at playing positional battles. And when it comes to positional battles, we're not afraid of any team. ”

The two commentators were talking happily, but in the Croatian dressing room, there was a sad and gloomy look.

Balachi's injury was more serious than everyone expected, and his injured foot was swollen and needed further examination to determine the extent of the injury, but one thing is for sure, Balachi was unavailable in the second half.

Coach Repsa had a hunch that he might lose the game, but he didn't sit still, and he took advantage of the half-time period to make decisive tactical adjustments. He promoted veteran Pulkasin to the center forward position, Barnich to play power forward, and the other three were Thomas, Pranić and Vukic.

This is a small lineup, consisting of three forwards and two-organization guards, the tallest Pulkasin is only 2.08 meters, and the remaining four are all below 2.05 meters.

Of course, it would be great if this small lineup could play a quick transition between offense and defence.

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"Roughly three-pointer...... didn't score, the Croatian team got the rebound, and the quick counterattack came! The commentator exclaimed, the ball had been passed to Vukic's hands, Vukic took the ball and rushed towards the Chinese team's half, while several other players of the Croatian team also quickly began to run.

"Back to the defense!" Da Yao shouted, but Zhang Guan had already quickly caught up with Wu Keic.

However, Zhang Guan's speed was not fast, he always kept a certain distance from Vukic, and Vukic rushed to the basket of the Chinese team with the ball all the way, ready to go to the basket. At this moment, Zhang Guan suddenly accelerated and chased after Vukic.

"Watch your back!" Pranić opened his mouth to warn, but by this time, Vukic was already jumping.

Zhang Guan also jumped with Vukic, but he jumped much higher than Vukic, and then he waved a big hat and directly slapped the ball out of bounds.

"Good hat! Cover beautifully! The scene suddenly resounded with continuous cheers.

Vukic looked annoyed, he thought it would be a beautiful counterattack, but he didn't expect Zhang Guan to appear at the last moment, and then the hat fell off himself.

On the bench of the national team, Chen Jianghua, who was resting, applauded Zhang Guan and said: "Zhang Guan's ball is also quite bad, he can catch up with Vukic early tomorrow, but he has to follow Vukic, and when Vukic is about to go to the basket, he sped up and gave him a big hat, which is teasing Vukic!" ”

Coach Guo next to him shook his head: "I think Zhang Guan made the best choice, just now in that situation Vukic under the fast attack at the same time, Pranich also followed, and our side only Zhang Guan's quick defense, in fact, is a frontcourt two to one, if Zhang Guan catches up with Vukic at the beginning, Vukic may pass the ball to Pranić, and Pranić will complete the attack." Zhang Guan deliberately hung behind Vukic, that is, he was forcing Vukic to attack the basket himself, so that he had this chance to block. Zhang Guan is also a master of the arts, he believes that he can cover Vukic's layup at the last moment. When you go back, you have to learn more, don't always rush into the crowd with the ball, and use your brain more. ”

Chen Jianghua nodded suddenly with realization: "I'll just say, with Zhang Guan's speed, he would have been able to catch up with Wu Jiqi a long time ago, it turned out to be like this." I really didn't expect that in such a short period of time just now, Zhang Guan would think so much. ”

On the bench of the Croatian team on the other side, Coach Repsa frowned again.

"Zhang Guan should have been able to catch up with Vukic just now, did he deliberately let Vukic go to the basket? If that's the case, it's terrible! From the time when Vukic got the ball and launched a fast attack, that is, the time of lightning, Zhang Guan could make such an accurate judgment in such a short time? And the distance to follow and the rhythm of the last jump cap are just right, which is impossible! Unless it is a veteran who has played professional basketball for more than ten years, how can such a judgment be made in such a short period of time! It must be a coincidence! ”

At this time, Repesa still had a trace of luck in his heart, but a few minutes later, Zhang Guan once again chased and blocked in the return defense, making the luck in Repesa's heart disappear without a trace.

At this time, the game had reached the end of the third quarter, and the score of the two sides was 63-48 for the Chinese team, and the difference between the two sides became 15 points, and the Croatian team was still unable to organize the Chinese team to score. In the end, the Chinese team also successfully carried the 15-point lead to the fourth quarter.

At this time of the game, the mentality of both sides has changed significantly, and the moment of the end of the game is getting closer and closer, the Croatian team is bound to be more and more urgent, and the Chinese team fighting at home is becoming more and more courageous with the support of the fans.

However, in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Chinese team's tempo slowed down significantly, mainly due to lack of physical strength, and the Croatian team also took advantage of this time to start chasing points, and they closed the score to within 10 points with three minutes left before the end of the game.

At this time, Da Yao, who was the core of the team, stood up decisively and used his back technique to score four points in a row, maintaining the score gap between the two sides at around 10 points. At the same time, the Chinese team consumed more than a minute of time through these two rounds of competition.

With a minute and a half to go and Croatia still trailing by nine points, the Chinese team clearly began to control the tempo and put on a posture that would run out of time even if they didn't score.

In fact, at this time, the players of the Croatian team also understood that it was impossible to recover the 9-point gap in such a short period of time, and the current Croatian team was also symbolically resisting.

Finally, the whistle blew at the end of the game, and the score was fixed at 81-73, and the Chinese team defeated the Croatian team and successfully advanced to the semifinals of the Olympic Games. (To be continued.) )