Inside the stadium, the atmosphere was very lively, and although the game had not yet started, the crowd behaved as if they were celebrating a holiday.

They are indeed celebrating, this is the first time in the history of the national team to reach the post-Olympic semi-finals, for the fans, this result has far exceeded their expectations, and the semi-finals of the Olympics are enough for them to celebrate.

For many fans, although they also hope that the national team can go further, but the results of the Olympic semi-finals have made them very satisfied, and it is good to be able to enter the finals, and they will not feel any regrets if they do not enter the finals.

The cheers of the fans reached the ears of Coach Younas, who looked at the bench of the Lithuanian team on the other side, and there was excitement in his eyes.

On the bench in Lithuania, there are his former disciples, there are players he has led, and there are faces that he is very familiar with, and they are all his compatriots. When the camera swept past Coach Younas, he could clearly feel that tens of thousands of miles away, in distant Europe, in his native Lithuania, there were countless pairs of eyes looking at him.

Younas is a Lithuanian, and at this time, he is about to lead another team and fight against his compatriots, and at this time Younas has a special feeling in his heart, which he can't explain or explain.

But one thing Younas can be clear about is that even in the face of his motherland and his compatriots, he must not have any idea of letting go of water, he must go all out, and he even hopes that the Chinese men's basketball team can finally defeat the Lithuanian men's basketball team. This is not only because of a coach's professional ethics and work ethic, but also because Younas feels that only by going all out and trying to win is the greatest respect for the Lithuanian team.

In Younas's opinion, this game, no matter which side wins, is a victory for Lithuanian basketball. If the Lithuanian men's basketball team wins, it will naturally be a victory for Lithuanian basketball, and if the Chinese men's basketball team wins, it will also mean the success of Lithuanian basketball, because it is he Younas who brought Lithuanian basketball to China.

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This is not the first time that the Chinese team and the Lithuanian team have played each other, four years ago in the Athens Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Lithuanian men's basketball team in the quarterfinals. In the original historical process, in this Olympic Games, the Chinese team appeared fourth in the group, so it met the Lithuanian team in the first round of the knockout round, and lost to Lithuania with 68 and 94.

In that game, the Chinese team's interior played well, but the Lithuanian team's core point guard "European King" Jascovisius completely suppressed the Chinese team's outside line, plus the two Lithuanian team's two forwards also played well, and the game basically lost suspense at the end of the first half.

But this time, it will not be so easy for the Lithuanian team to win easily, because the national team has the presence of Zhang Guan.

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In the first quarter of the game, Zhang Guan was still sitting on the bench, and the Chinese team was also the main attacker. In this quarter of the game, the United Arab Emirates and Sun Yue performed very well, Da Yao did not exert much force, the Chinese team was about to tighten the score, the first quarter of the game between the two sides was 19-18, and the Lithuanian team temporarily ordered that point.

As for the Lithuanian team, their core Jascovisius did not play very well, but small forward Siskauskas played very well. Siskauskas is known as Europe's No. 1 small forward, has a full-range range, is proficient in various shooting and scoring methods, although the speed of breaking through with the ball is not fast, but he has enough strength, solid footwork, good rhythm, rich feints and changes of direction, and can complete the final shooting score under various confrontations. And Siskauskas has good dribbling skills, has a good big picture, and sometimes can even play point guard. Overall, he's like a weakened version of Paul Pearce.

On the surface, the two sides went back and forth in the first quarter of the game, and the game was very lively, but insiders knew that in this first quarter of the game, neither side did their best, and they were testing their opponents. The Lithuanian team, in particular, is obviously playing more conservatively. Perhaps because the head coach of the Chinese team is Younas, who knows the Lithuanian team best, Slalica was worried that Younas was holding back some big moves, so he spent the entire first quarter of the world on the test.

The real game began in the second quarter, when the defensive intensity of the Lithuanian team suddenly increased, or rather, they offered their best joint defensive tricks. This made the Chinese team's outside player shooting rate drop sharply, originally Liu Wei and Sun Yue in the first quarter both shot the ball, but under the Lithuanian team's strong joint defense, they began to miss repeatedly, in the first few minutes of the second quarter, the Chinese team only relied on Da Yao to score two points, while the Lithuanian team scored six points in a row, the game came to 25-20, the Lithuanian team led by five points.

Coach Younas knew that the existing lineup did not have much to do in the face of the Lithuanian team's joint defense tactics except to force the inside, so he decisively called a timeout.

"Zhang Guan, get ready to play, we need your breakthrough to tear apart Lithuania's defense." Coach Younas paused in his voice and continued: "Be adaptable, if you can't score directly through the break, just distribute the ball." I'll take a rough picture to match you. ”

The game restarted, and Zhang Guan appeared on the court.

"Zhang Guan is on the field." Jascovisius winked at his teammates and motioned for everyone to be careful of Zhang's breakthrough.

However, the Lithuanian team still underestimated Zhang Guan, who scored four points in a row with a breakthrough and caused a foul by Greek center Jaftokas.

At 2.11m, he has all the resources needed for a good defender, power, speed, bounce...... He is a power center and a player who was trained in the NCAA. He used to be a super spring man, the biggest jumper in Europe, and once dunked a 3.60m basket at the All-Star Game in Lithuania, but a car accident caused him to break his leg and affect his bounce, but even so, he is the kind of player who can dunk at will.

has height, strength, and bounce, so when Zhang Guan broke through to the inside line of the Lithuanian team, Jaftokas confidently blocked in front of him, ready to give Zhang Guan a big hot pot, but he did not take advantage of Zhang Guan's confrontation, but was sent a violent dunk by Zhang Guan, and then a blocking foul.

Jaftokas looked depressed, in fact, this time the foul can be blown or not, but Zhang Guan is fighting at home after all, and the home whistle is a must. And as a big center forward and a well-known spring man in Europe, Jaftokas showed a helpless child who was violated in the confrontation with the defender, and the referee obviously thought that Jaftokas was acting, so he was even less biased in terms of penalties.

Fortunately, Zhang Guan's free throws were relatively bad, and the free throws were not thrown, so that the Lithuanian team continued to have a one-point lead.

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"How did you do it, how did you get deducted head-on by Zhang Guan, and you also got a foul." Jaskovicius asked with some dissatisfaction.

"That guy rushed over like a cow! I've never had a defender of this strength. Jaftokas spoke.

"I have long reminded you that Zhang Guan is not afraid of physical confrontation, and the physical fitness of track and field athletes is not comparable to ordinary people, let alone the strongest track and field athletes in the world." Jasco Vitius continued: "Even if you're an inside player, don't mark him one-on-one, let's defend the team!" Don't forget that the coach has analyzed with us that Zhang Guan is a pure breakthrough player and can't pass the ball. Just compress the space for his layup, and he'll be good for nothing! (To be continued.) )