The Lithuanian men's basketball team is a powerhouse in Europe, participating in five Olympic Games in its history and winning bronze medals three times, at Barcelona '92, Atlanta '96 and Sydney '00.

It is the king of traditional Europe.

It's just that now, the Lithuanian men's basketball team is weak, and the national team is not enough to see in front of the rising Spain and Brazil, let alone the Chinese team that has been reborn after Tang Wenlong.

Among the team, only Valanciunas can be regarded as a strong player in the NBA.

Valanciunas, the fifth pick in '11 and drafted by the Raptors, just turned 20 this year and has unlimited potential.

Like many interior players in Europe, Valanciunas has a solid foundation and outstanding skills, not only completing low-post singles, but also completing a series of technical moves such as cut-in, pick-and-roll and fixed-point jumpers, and is very versatile.

The point is that this kid is young, but he plays very vigorously, and he has always been known for being tough on the basketball court, just like Gasol Jr. of the 76ers today.

This style of tough basketball is simply the true epitome of the Lithuanian national men's basketball team.

The Chinese team will not underestimate Lithuania because Lithuania is in the fourth place in Group A, Deng Huade and his coaching staff also did a lot of work before the game, especially the analysis of the favorite tactics of the Lithuanian national men's basketball team, especially marked the outside projection of the Lithuanian men's basketball team, you know, this is a team that everyone has the ability to shoot three-pointers.

At the same time, Turkish media produced a 60-second short video detailing the records of the Lithuanian and Chinese teams in the history of the Olympic Games.

Since the Barcelona Olympics in 92, the two teams have played each other 5 times, and the Chinese team has lost to Lithuania miserably. Especially in the Atlanta Olympics in 96, the Chinese men's basketball team was slaughtered by the opponent 55-116. In the game at the door of the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team lost 68-94 to Lithuania, and the eyes of the loss were red.

Counting up, the Chinese men's basketball team is indeed a lot stronger this year, but when it comes to playing against a European powerhouse like Lithuania, all the fans are still sweating, especially some old fans who have watched the ball for more than ten years.

On Wednesday, August 8, on a foggy day, the Olympic men's basketball team began its knockout schedule.

At this point, the Olympic Committee changed the venue for basketball games, and instead of having basketball players play in what is claimed to be the world's largest temporary basketball arena, it was moved to the Greenwich Peninsula, in the North Greenwich Centre on the right side of the Greenwich meridian.

This music, sports, and entertainment venue was used as an important venue for gymnastics, trampoline, and now basketball during the Olympic Games.

The stadium was full, with some fans from China cheering for the Chinese team, and some Chinese students studying in the UK, who spontaneously formed the Chinese men's basketball cheering group. Lithuania also has a lot of fans from their own country, and it seems that basketball still has a certain status in Lithuania.

The two teams got to know each other before the game, Tang Wenlong and Valanciunas shook hands and hugged lightly, the two had played against each other in the NBA, and it could be regarded as a nodding acquaintance.

After a series of preparatory ceremonies such as singing the national anthem and raising the national flag, the starting players of the two teams stayed on the field and prepared to start the game.

On the Chinese team's side, Deng Huade continued the old lineup, Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, Tang Wenlong, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi. Lithuania, on the other hand, lined up Sarunas Jascovisius (point guard), Younas Mathiulis (shooting guard), Linas Crezza (small forward), Darius Sangueila (power forward) and Valanciunas (center).

Power forward Darius Sanqueira is a veteran, now 36 years old, even a year older than Wang Zhizhi, he was young, he also entered the NBA, and was drafted by the Celtics in the second round, rich combat experience, is the anchor of the Lithuanian team.

Deng Huade decided before the game to use the veteran against the veteran, Wang Zhizhi defended Darius, and Yi Jianlian was against Valanciunas. The internal line has made such an arrangement preliminarily, which is also reasonable.

When the time was almost up, the referee looked at his watch and asked the two teams to jump the ball in the middle circle.

A whistle blows, and the game begins.

Yi Jianlian didn't expect the young opponent to be so good at jumping, and the height and arm span no longer seemed to be below him, and the first ball was won by the Lithuanian team. In fact, there is nothing surprising about this, in terms of priority, Valanciunas is one place higher than Yi Jian Lian.

The ball is controlled by Jasco Vysius, known as the "king" of Europe, who is 1.95 meters tall and plays the role of a playmaker.

Tang Wenlong is the same as a mirror in his heart, his height is only 1.9 meters, and Liu Wei, who is inferior to Jasco Visius in all aspects of weight and strength, wants to defend against the other party, which is very difficult, so his eyes are shining, and he is ready to help defend and flank at any time.

Sure enough, Jascovitius, who is also a veteran, was calm and wise, and after asking Valanciunas for a block, he threw off Liu Wei with a wipe of his body, and then changed his heading to the left in front of Yi Jianlian to break through, and instantly entered the hinterland of China.

After this move is blocked, how similar to Tang Wenlong's usual move is to break through in the opposite direction by covering, Tang Wenlong almost subconsciously stopped his halfway body.

At this time, Jascovitius's advance score was less than twenty centimeters away!

Tang Wenlong was overjoyed, his center of gravity changed, like an agile leopard, he jumped up in an instant, leaned forward with his long arms, and hit the tumbling basketball.

"How is that possible!" Jascovisius's face changed, and he turned around and defended himself before he had time to think about it.

But Tang Wenlong, who broke the ball like this, was too fast, like a red lightning, and half of the court passed in an instant, and then the Lithuanian players behind could only be dumbfounded, watching Tang Wenlong's helicopter equipped with propellers rise into the air, and complete a violent dunk at 360 degrees in the opposite direction.

"Wow, that's so handsome!"

"This Chinese guy is really good!"

"What's his name, why does this face seem familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere."

In the basketball hall, the audience first exclaimed, then sent thunderous applause, and then immediately exchanged heads and ears to discuss, only along the non-stop cheering to see the past Chinese phalanx, each other to celebrate each other, and applaud the Chinese team's good start this time.

"His name is Tang Wenlong, he is a top star in the NBA, he just won the NBA championship this year, and he is the pride of our China!"

When asked by a British classmate of an international student, the Chinese college student puffed up his chest and spoke loudly.

The British classmates were amazed, "It's amazing, I didn't expect that in addition to Yao Ming, there are such powerful basketball players in China." (To be continued.) )