Amid the cheers of 15,000 fans, the two teams walked onto the court, and on August 16, the U.S. men's basketball team and the Lithuanian men's basketball team met.

In the history of basketball, Lithuania has always been a strong team, producing a large number of basketball celebrities, such as Sabonis, who is known as the first foreign aid in NBA history (selected by Sports Illustrated, he beat Nash, Nowitzki and others to be named first), such as the current coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Younas.

Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, a considerable number of people in its men's basketball team were famous Lithuanian players, and then it collapsed, and in 1990, Lithuania began to make a name for itself in the world. Domestic fans should be no stranger to this team, in fact, in 2004, it was this team that gave the dream team from undefeated to the first defeat, breaking the myth of the American men's basketball team, which led to the 08 NBA all-star competition in the Yenching Olympics.

After the national anthem was played, the second match of Group B officially began. In yesterday's game, the Chinese men's basketball team finally lost to the Spanish men's basketball team, the score gap is not big, only 74:78, if it weren't for Yao Ming's five offenses at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the peak Wang Zhizhi + Yao Ming + the fledgling Yi Jianlian, maybe he can get off to a good start.

The Lithuanian lineup is: center Saulus, power forward Jaftokas, small forward Jasikovius, playmaking guard R-Siskauskas, and scoring guard Lavrinovic.

The U.S. team changed its lineup: center Ben. Wallace, power forward Stoudemire, small forward Anthony, playmaking guard Iverson, and shooting guard Marbury.

In fact, the lineup of the American team this time is very problematic, there is no small forward and scoring guard in the strict sense, Iverson and Marbury cannot play at the same time, both need to have the ball in hand to attack. However, with the four defenders of the Dream Six team, who doesn't have the ball in their hands and has offensive power?

Iverson and Marbury looked at the Lithuanian lineup and began to be depressed: "Do Europeans understand basketball?" Why are defenders so tall? Nima, but the dribbling skills are quite good, and I can't steal! It's good to be able to play the Chinese team, and the defender is simply on the court to brush up on the opponent for steals. "Yesterday they watched the game in China and were impressed by the few people who couldn't even carry the ball well in the back line.

Stoudemire and Saullius jumped the ball, and Duncan sat on the bench stupidly to watch, only then did he react: "No, coach, why didn't I start?" How can you put me on the bench? Since I've not been a rookie, I haven't sat on the bench. ”

Brown sent Smalls to start because he liked his athleticism, he easily won the ball on the jumper, and Iverson got the ball and started the fast break again. Lithuania studied the game of the U.S. men's basketball team, and they weren't ready to ask for the ball at all, so the referee just threw the ball up, and the other four people except the center Ulala rushed into the three-point line, and the joint defense was turned on!

In this way, Iverson rushed to the front court at a gallop and saw four European big men smiling at him, the most recent of which was also inside the three-point line: if you kind of shoot a three.

didn't say it, Hua Ben wanted to pass the ball, one step away from the three-point line, and it was a long shot when he pulled it up.

Three-point hit!

"Aren't you afraid to shoot? Damn, last night I raised my three-point skills to the master level! Wabben sneered, and after the Eastern Conference Finals, he and Reggie. Miller cherishes heroes, and his favorability is more than 50%.

The U.S. and Lithuania's defensive strategy was the opposite, as soon as the opponent served, they began to press, Iverson and Marbury chased after their defenders, and pulled the ball hard, although they failed to make a tackle, but they kept them scrambling for a while.

The inside line of international basketball is too narrow, and the Lithuanian player is tall and big, and as soon as he enters the inside, the penalty area is full. In this way, Wahben had a hard time defending, because sometimes he would even face the attacks of two people - and the eye defense of Stoudemire Jr. left him speechless.

Saulus turned over for a jumper, and Wajben and Smalls misplaced defended, and the latter could only watch as the ball flew over his head and into the hoop.

As soon as the ball went in, Huaben picked up the ball and threw it to Iverson, who had already run to the front, who did not use dazzling attack skills, purely used speed to enter the blank penalty area of Lithuania, played the board and threw to score, and the head coach of Lithuania waved his hand anxiously: "Return to defense quickly, return to defense quickly!" ”

After the switch between offense and defense, Lithuania quickly transferred the ball, and it was the center Saulus who took the ball, Huaben was stuck behind him, and the opponent wanted to turn around and jump, but as soon as he turned around, Huaben's huge body pressed up, and Saullius was directly knocked away, and there was no room for confrontation.

"Toot toot!" The referee blows the whistle and walks!

Brown smiled, worthy of being the number one general under his command, this internal combat effectiveness, didn't say anything!

On defense, Hua instinctively took advantage, but not on offense, the opponent used 2-3 joint defense, and as soon as he held the ball, he faced two or three people in the bag. The opponent's inside line is higher than him, and when he encloses it, it's like building a wall around him, and he can't even pass the ball.

The dream dance moves that Huaben is good at have become chicken ribs, and even Iverson's breakthrough is useless, let alone him?

As soon as the game started, the U.S. team encountered a crisis, Huaben was blocked, whistled for a ball-holding violation, and handed over the hard-won ball to others.

"How do you break it?" Xiao Si asked stunned, he has never been a person with brains.

In fact, the five on the court don't have any brains, Iverson and Marbury all rely on singles to score, and Anthony is even more stunned. What about Huaben? In his previous life, he was indeed a basketball coach, but that was just a number, he didn't understand any tactics at all, according to NBA standards, he was an assistant coach, and he would only practice players' physical fitness and basic coaching skills.

Lithuania's advantage shows that European basketball is not so clear about the division of position, everyone can shoot from a distance, everyone can grab rebounds, and if it weren't for the difference in height, there is no difference between their center and guard. This is also the reason why so many big man guards in European basketball and their interior line like to float outside.

In addition to the advantage of the U.S. team at the beginning, in the second half of the game, Lithuania took the initiative, and Xiao Si's violent dunk was not up to the standard - can he dunk between two people?

Huaben's projection ability is good, he can shoot three-pointers, and he can shoot when he catches the ball in the open position, but the space is too small for him to run any open positions. Also, he can't run, he's a center forward and has to play with his teammates on the inside.

The opening game was 14:7, Lithuania actually led by double the score, Brown looked ugly, if it was in the Pistons, he would have started scolding. But now it's the American team, everyone is a big name he can't offend, and he is angry with these people to boycott the game directly, and it is he who is ashamed.

After calling a timeout, Brown brought Duncan on the court, Smalls returned to the power forward position, Wabben played small forward, Anthony and Marbury went off, and AI and Billups were in charge of the perimeter.

Lithuania also made a change, replaced by a defender wearing the number 6 shirt, and Huaben looked at his name, which was Masigauskas.

There was no game in Serbia and Montenegro today, and Mirisic and others came to watch the game without training at night, which was regarded as a cheer. Seeing the Lithuanian substitution, Bodiloga quickly whispered a few words to Mirisic, who stood up and yelled at Huaben: "Captain, be careful of this No. 6 who just came on the field, he is an attack maniac!" ”

Waben waved his hand to show that he knew, and he had not heard the name Massiga Uskas.

It didn't take long for the U.S. to pay for their carelessness, and the guard named Massiegaskas, who was born to play for international basketball, made the best use of those rules, and once on the court he played with center Saullius, hitting two balls on both wings of the free-throw line in quick succession, but fortunately, Warburn assisted Billups to shoot a three-pointer that didn't let them pull the score away.

Brown replaced Duncan and Billups on the court, both to free up Waben, the former can stand on the inside and let Waburn go to the No. 3 position, and the latter can pass the ball to him and play his attacking power.

But it was useless, the American team had no long-range shots, the inside line could not be opened, and Lithuania beat them in a hurry with a bag clip. Iverson's stormy footsteps were a street trick in the eyes of international coaches, blowing him twice in a row for violations, and the angry answer almost hit someone with a fist.

Taking advantage of the mistakes of the American team, Lithuania launched a fierce attack under the command of Masigauskas, and played an incredible 13:2 horror**, and at the end of the first quarter, the American team actually fell behind by double digits at 12:27!

The incredulous screams of the fans in the stadium, Brown couldn't sit still, the first quarter almost used up the first half of the timeout, the lineup rotated several times, even Huaben was replaced on the court, but it was useless, Lithuania restrained the American team to death, almost directly stabilized the victory.

The reporters at the scene were crazy, the Lithuanian side became the focus of the media, the Lithuanian fans who came to cheer for them waved their flags all over the sky, and the fans of the American team were weak, there were 15,000 spectators at the scene, and the fans of the American team exceeded 10,000, but the voices were not as loud as the Lithuanian fans, which shows how low their mood is.

Hua Ben is in a hurry, is history unchangeable? In the previous life, it was Lithuania that put an end to the myth that the Dream Team was undefeated. According to the analysis of experts after the game, the main reason is that the Dream Six team underestimated the enemy, so he didn't even play in the first two warm-up games, which made Iverson pay attention to the opponent. Now that they have paid enough attention to the enemy, why is the record even worse?

"We are short of shooters, we are short of shooters, we are short of shooters!" The irascible Marbury complained loudly, "Damn, these Europeans are very cooperative, they must have been practicing together for a year!" It's useless for us to play like this, their defense has become a system"

Iverson shoved Marbury and scolded him harshly, "Stephen, shut up!" The competition has just begun, we can't fail, we will continue the glory of the dream team, and we will definitely be able to win the gold medal with a winning record! ”

Huaben frowned and looked at Brown's scribbled tactical board, the old coach is best at iron-blooded defense, but these people can't play at all, defense needs tacit understanding, especially for joint defense and changing defenses, a bunch of All-Stars can't do it. Marbury's words reminded him, and he gritted his teeth one last time and whispered to Brown: "Larry, we can't restrain these damn Europeans with conventional methods, have you ever thought about a chaotic war?" Let's scramble! Aren't their defenses very organized? We leave them unorganized! Aren't they very tacit? We disrupt their rhythm and make them lose their tacit understanding! ”

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(To be continued)