Chapter 44: Zhang Guan Enters the Field (Four Watches)

Spanish men's basketball team

Head coach Renethes had a serious look on his face.

Although the Spanish team defeated the old rival Greek team in the first round, it also exposed a lot of problems, the biggest of which was the run-in of tactics.

Although Reneses is a well-known coach in Europe, it is impossible for him to let the Spanish team complete the tactical run-in in a month, but fortunately, there are five games in the group stage, and the Spanish team can also play while playing and carry out tactical run-in.

"Our next opponent is the host Chinese team, they have Da Yao, which is also the strongest point of the Chinese team, the tactics of the Chinese team are basically around Yao, so we must block Yao, as long as he can be restricted, the other players of the Chinese team do not have to worry." Reneses looked at the materials in his hand and continued: "Only the UAE and roughly, they can only be regarded as good interior players, and we can deal with them according to the normal defensive system." ”

"There are a few people on the outside of the Chinese team who are more on the basketball, but physical confrontation is not their strong point, and the point guard is the weakness of the Chinese team, and we can strengthen the oppressiveness at this point, especially when it comes to the critical moment, we have to force their mistakes through this oppression." Reneses went on to comment on several outside players of the national team, such as Liu Wei, Sun Yue, and Chen Jianghua, but did not mention Zhang Guan.

In the end, it was Pau Gasol who asked: "Coach, there is another Zhang Guan in the Chinese team, that track and field flyer Zhang Guan." ”

"Oh, Paul, I almost forgot about him if you didn't say it." Reneses opened his mouth and said: "You don't have to worry too much about this Zhang Guan, he won't be able to play at all." ”

"Can't play? Injured? Gasol asked, puzzled.

"It's not an injury, Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete after all, do you think a track and field athlete can play basketball in the Olympics?" Reneses shook his head to himself, and then said: "In the last game between the Chinese team and the United States, you have all watched the video, and the other eleven members of the Chinese team have all played, but Zhang Guan did not play, and he did not even get a chance to play in garbage time, and the only explanation is that his strength is not enough to play." In addition to talent, basketball requires long-term training, Zhang Guan may be very talented, but he must not have participated in too much formal training, because time does not allow. Zhang Guan also has to participate in track and field competitions, and he also has to play tennis, and athletes need a lot of time to train, so Zhang Guan is absolutely impossible to take care of a basketball again! ”

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At 16:45 on August 12, in the Wukesong Basketball Hall, the second round of the men's basketball group stage, China vs. Spain officially began.

In the first quarter of the game, both teams missed their first offense. Liu Wei hit a shot, but the Spanish team scored 5 points in a row to overtake the score. The UAE broke through the baseline and hit a layup, 4-5. Liu Wei was one of the three points, 7 draws. The Chinese team made a steal, and Da Yao dunked inside, 9-7. Fernandez also scored a three-pointer to make it 10-11. The Chinese team failed to attack continuously, the Spanish team scored 7 points in a row, and the Chinese team asked for a timeout and replaced four generals successively. The substitution was also fruitful, as the Chinese team played an 8-3 shockwave to close the score to 18-20. This was also the final score of the first quarter of the game, and the Chinese team was only 2 points behind.

In the second quarter of the game, Li Nan's three-point shot helped the Chinese team overtake the score, and then the Chinese team's three major inside lines took turns to put pressure on the other side, and the outside line also fired a series of shots, on the other hand, the Spanish team, the outside shot repeatedly missed, and the free throws were missed several times, and the Chinese team was stealing and counterattacking several times, and with the two-handed dunk score of the United Arab Emirates, the Chinese team led by 11 points at 44-33. Although the Chinese team conceded several balls in the face of Spain's pressing afterwards, Liu Wei scored a beautiful fast-break layup before halftime, and the Chinese team ended the first half with a nine-point lead at 46-37.

In the second half, the Chinese team once again sent a starting lineup. The Spanish team failed to attack continuously, and the Chinese team hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside, 52-37, and the Chinese team led by 15 points. After a few substitutions, the Spanish team regained their touch and hit a 5-1 shockwave to chase the score to 42-53, and Younas hurriedly called a timeout. At this time, Da Yao's physical strength dropped and he went to rest, but he was generally full of firepower, scoring 5 points in a row and then playing 2+1, the Spanish team launched a crazy counterattack at the end of the third quarter, but a technical foul, repeated misses and successive mistakes made the Spanish team still 47-61 behind.

At this time in the game, everyone could see that Spain's tactics were a little chaotic, the number of mistakes was a bit large, and the scoring basically relied on the individual ability of the players, rather than tactical coordination.

Spanish coach Reneses obviously wanted to try some new tactics in the game with the Chinese team, but the team's run-in problem was that the new tactics could not play at all, so the Spanish team trailed the Chinese team by more than ten points in the third quarter.

In the final quarter, the Spanish team gave it a go, and under the leadership of Gasol, they played a wave of 14-3 small surge, closing the score to 61-64 and only trailing by three points. However, the national team has encountered physical problems, and scoring has become extremely difficult. Da Yao even committed four fouls.

The rules of international basketball games are different from those of the NBA, which is six fouls and five fouls, so as long as Da Yao fouls again, he will leave the court.

At the critical moment, Liu Wei's three-point shot hit the whistle shot, and the score came to 70-67, and then the Spanish team Navarro hit a three-point shot, and finally equalized the score, and the Spanish team also filled the 15-point hole.

With less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter, the game has entered the white heat, and every offense and defense has become extremely critical at this time.

On the sidelines, Zhang Guan stood up and walked to Coach Younas.

"Coach, let me play!" Zhang Guan said suddenly.

Coach Younas was slightly stunned, he was hesitating to expose Zhang Guan in this game. After all, this is only a group game, and the opponent is a strong Spain, and in the national team's plan, this game should not have been won.

When Coach Younas hesitated, he roughly scored two more points to make the score 72-70, with 1:08 left in the game.

The crucial two points gave Younas a sigh of relief, and on the next offense, Navarro missed the shot and the UAE grabbed the rebound. At this time, the Chinese team not only has a 2-point lead, but also has the right to attack, as long as this goal can score a 2-point, the national team will get a 4-point advantage, while the Spanish team needs at least two attacks to be able to overtake the score.

"Pause!" Coach Younas called a timeout at this moment, with 42 seconds left before the end of the game.

Coach Younas turned his head and said to Zhang Guan, "Are you ready to play?" ”

Zhang Guan nodded: "It's been prepared for a long time." ”

"Go, play, go and bring the victory back!" Younas said with an excited face.

PS: Chapter 4 is delivered, ask for a monthly pass. Tomorrow will continue the fourth watch. (To be continued.) )