Zhang Guan himself didn't expect that this breakthrough would cause such a good effect, directly causing the opponent's main center to be injured and go off the field.

Although Balaci is not a first-class center, he also has a height of 2.17 meters, although he was comprehensively suppressed by Da Yao, but when he was present, he could play some limiting role, and now Balachi is injured and the Croatian team does not even have this limiting effect on the inside.

A more critical point is that the players in every position of the Croatian team are not very fast, that is to say, the Croatian team is a team that is not good at playing fast break, if it is other teams, without a center, you can also play a small lineup, you can rely on fast break to score, but the Croatian team does not have this ability.

Pranić was even more annoyed, he knew that it was precisely because he was so easily passed by Zhang Guan that Balach came up to make up for the defense, and at the same time caused Balaqi's injury this time.

Fortunately, the Croatian team is rich in tall and large interior lines, and they also have veterans Ničević and Krismir Loncha, both of whom are also 2.10 meters tall, and they are also traditional European center forwards, but they have the same shortcomings, that is, they are not fast and their athleticism is relatively average.

As the game continued, Pranić was clearly looking to make up for his mistakes on the offensive end, and he did have a good hand, even in the face of Zhang Guan's defense, he still threw the ball in. But in the subsequent transition between attack and defense, Pranić still couldn't stop Zhang Guan's breakthrough, and Zhang Guan was always able to score easily from Pranić's hands.

But even the most accurate shooter can't hit every ball, even in the international arena, the shooting rate of the top pitchers can't reach 50%, not to mention that Pranić is still facing Zhang Guan's defense. Pranic can't always maintain the same long-range three-point feel, and as time goes on, the physical depletion and defensive intensity increases, and Pranić's shooting percentage begins to decline.

But Zhang Guan's breakthrough is still sharp, when he is lucky, it will be a two-point or even two plus one, and when he is unlucky, even if he can't score directly, he can also cause damage to the Croatian team's inside, the Chinese team is the host after all, and it is still very easy to blow the home whistle, and some balls that can be blown or not blown will often give the Chinese team a more favorable penalty. In fact, this kind of penalty does not need to be too much, there are two or three times in a quarter, which is enough for the Croatian team to be uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Zhang Guan's free throws were not very accurate, almost two free throws and one shot, so the difference between the two teams still maintained about ten points, which was not narrowed or widened.

However, one thing is certain, and that is that the Croatian team has nothing to do about Zhang Guan's breakthrough.

The Croatian team's defense is actually not weak, after all, this is a team with height, especially in positional battles, the complement and co-defense between teams can make up for the lack of player speed and form a very complete and efficient defensive system.

It's a pity that they are facing Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan has the fastest speed in the world, Zhang Guan's speed has exceeded the limit of Croatian players' supplemental and auxiliary defense, which means that even if other players of the Croatian team come forward to make up for the defense, they will always be half a beat slower.

When he played in the NBA, Pranić couldn't deal with a fast point guard, and now he encountered the fastest Zhang Guan in the world, which made Pranić a defensive hole on the court.

Croatia had to make a tactical change, using another defender, Kus, to defend Zhang Guan. Kus is a little faster than Pranić, but he's a bit shorter and weighs less than Pranić, so he's definitely lacking in confrontation ability.

Kus's defensive effect on Zhang Guan is not like Pranic, although Pranich has no speed, he has the body and can fight against Zhang Guan physically. Although Kus's speed is faster than Pranić, he still can't keep up with Zhang Guan's speed, and at the same time, he also loses his physical confrontation, which makes it easier for Zhang Guan to break through.

Zhang Guan made three consecutive breaks, scored twice and got a free throw, and Croatia had to call a timeout after paying a 5-0 run, and then Coach Repsa reintroduced starting point guard Vukic.

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The game continued, and the Croatian team's coach Repesa's face was solemn, although the score between the two sides was not stretched again, but the game was developing in the direction that Repesa did not want to see.

"Zhang Guan's breakthrough is absolutely the top in the world, even in the NBA, there are few players who can have such a sharp breakthrough. I really didn't expect such a strong breakthrough ability to appear in an Asian player. He's a genius! Coach Repsa shook his head helplessly.

In the sport of basketball, the most feared opponents are undoubtedly talented players. Some people say that success is 99% hard work plus 100% of a day's talent, but in sports, the most important thing is hard work, any athlete, who can become a professional athlete, must be a very hard worker.

But in competitive sports, hard work doesn't always pay off, and the athletes who perform extremely well are often people with great talent, and they are all geniuses.

And now Coach Repesa has realized that his team has met a real sports talent, and this has made Coach Perez feel deeply uneasy, and Zhang Guan's excellent performance has made Coach Repesa unable to find a turnaround point at all.

"I originally planned to recover the gap in the score after Da Yao went down, but now the score is not narrowing, but getting bigger and bigger! What if Da Yao returns to the court in a while? ”

Coach Repesa's fears soon became a reality, and after sitting on the bench for more than five minutes, Da Yao was finally sent on by Coach Younas.

Balacic withdrew due to injury, and the Croatian team's center forward on the field at this time was the veteran Nicevic, who is 2.10 meters tall, and he is 16 centimeters shorter than Da Yao. In the confrontation of traditional center forwards, if the skills of the two sides are not much different, the height difference of 16 cm means that the offensive and defensive ends are absolutely superior, and Da Yao's skills are much stronger than Nichevic, and the result is that Da Yao easily crushes Nichevic.

Three consecutive attacks, Da Yao scored easily, and also caused a foul by Nicevic, Coach Repsa had to call a timeout again, and after the timeout came back, the Croatian team changed its defensive strategy, and they began to use a forward defense against Da Yao, so that Da Yao could not receive the ball very comfortably.

However, the Croatian team found another problem, after taking a defensive circumvention of Da Yao, it would lead to the emptiness of the interior defense, and Zhang Guan only needed to get past the outside defenders to enter the basket and score easily.

In the Croatian team, their main strikers Barnich and Thomas also scored one after another, but the Croatian team could not prevent the Chinese team from scoring, which is the problem of the Croatian team at present. Now the Chinese team has a 15-point lead, this kind of you get two points, I get two points, and finally consume the game time to the end, which is obviously what the Chinese team wants to see the most.

"When did the Chinese team become so strong!" Coach Repesa looked at this score, looking a little overwhelmed, in his impression, the Chinese team can only be regarded as a second-rate team in the world at best, if it is not because it is in Asia, maybe it may not even be qualified to participate in the world-class competition.

In the end, the referee's whistle blew and the first half of the game ended, the score was 45-28, and the Chinese team led the Croatian team by 17 points at halftime. (To be continued.) )