The famous head coach of the Greek men's basketball team, Panagiotis Yannakis, was once the greatest player in the Greek men's basketball team when he was young and the second leading scorer in Greek history. When he coached the Greek men's basketball team , also led the Greek team to win the 2005 European Championship and the 2006 World Championship runner-up; he is the only European basketball player to win the European Championship as a player and coach, winning the championship as a player in 1987; in 2005 Won a championship as a coach. It is worth mentioning that Yannakis also served as the coach of the Chinese men's basketball team in the future.
Yannakis' coaching philosophy is to build an iron-clad defense. Although the Greek team's players are very accurate in shooting, Greece's offense is not outstanding. What they rely on is high-intensity defense. Yannakis trained the Greek team into a strong defensive team. In the 2005 European Championship, the Greek team did not allow an opponent to score more than 70 points. This style of play was even more powerful in the 2006 Men's Basketball World Championships, helping the Greek team defeat the powerful American Basketball Dream Team.
At this time, facing the upcoming game, Janarski seemed very relaxed.
"Boys, I know some of you may think that the next game doesn't matter. We have already qualified, but don't forget, we still have to play in the knockout rounds. If we lose the game against the Chinese team, we will be ranked in the group Fourth, we will face the Lithuanian team in the first round of the knockout round. No one here should be willing to play the knockout round with the Lithuanian team!" Janarski glanced at everyone as he spoke, and then said: "Currently, in terms of points difference, we We have an advantage over the Spanish team, so if we can win this game with a big score, we will have a chance to compete for second place in the group. When we face Croatia, our path to promotion will be much easier. "
"Some of you may look down upon the Chinese team, but don't forget that the Chinese team is playing at home, so we will inevitably encounter a lot of pressure during the game. Moreover, the Chinese team also has Dayao, and our inside line is in front of the Chinese team. It can be said that he is completely at a disadvantage. Therefore, don't take any chances and take this game seriously!" As Yang Naski said, he stretched out a finger and continued: "I want to emphasize that There is only one thing, and that is defense! I need you to show the strong defensive level of our Greek team. I want to give you a goal in this battle, which is to limit the score of the Chinese team to less than 30 points at halftime! We must let The Chinese team couldn’t even score 30 points in the first half!”
Hearing what Yannarsky said, many players in the Greek team frowned. After all, the Chinese team has the world's top center like Dayao, and they want to limit the Chinese team's score to Within 30 minutes is not an easy task.
"What? Are you worried that you can't do it? Let me tell you, the German team has done this, so I believe that you will be able to do it too." Janarski continued: "And my request is more than that. Just defense is not enough. I want you to lead by more than 15 points in the first three quarters. I just said that if we want to be ranked second in the group, we must win this game by a big score. In the first three quarters, we are leading. 15 points, the whole game, we have to beat the Chinese team by 25 or 30 points, so that we can hope to lead the Spanish team in the winning-loss ratio and rank second in the group!"
After Yannarsky finished speaking, he turned to look at Papalukas, and then said: "The Chinese team is very strong inside, but very weak on the outside, especially at the point guard position, so during the game, you have to Put as much pressure on their point guard as possible.”
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At 2:30 p.m., the match between the Chinese men’s basketball team and the Greek men’s basketball team officially started.
After a short opening ceremony and player preparation, the starting five players of the two teams took to the field.
The five starting players of the Greek team are Vaslopoulos, Papalukas, Fortis, Spanoulis and Gilidaniaski.
As for the Chinese team, the starting five are Dayao, Ah Lian, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and Zhang Guan.
After the starting players of both sides came on the field, the audience immediately burst into noisy discussions.
"Am I right? That's Zhang Guan. Will Zhang Guan make his debut?"
"It's really Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan starts! Yunus didn't let Liu Wei start, but chose Zhang Guan."
"Zhang Guan started the game! I really didn't expect that Zhang Guan started the game in this game. We can see Zhang Guan's sharp breakthrough again, and this time it's not at the last moment of the game, but at the beginning of the game. .”
After a brief discussion, the audience immediately burst into continuous cheers. Of course, this cheer is for Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan has unparalleled popularity in China. Wherever he appears, the audience will cheer without hesitation.
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Papalukas, the top general of the Greek team, organized his equipment and prepared to go on the field. At the same time, he was thinking about how to organize the offense after the game started.
"The point guard of the Chinese team is No. 5. I have an impression of this player. Let me think about it. I remember that we played against each other in the World Championships two years ago. He is a point guard with a strong desire to attack. But his His physical fitness is relatively average, but I can use the full-court press to challenge him after a while!"
At this moment, the audience suddenly burst into commotion, followed by endless cheers.
Papalukas frowned slightly: "Chinese fans are really enthusiastic, but this is normal, after all, it is the home court of the Chinese team..."
But after a few seconds, the cheers had not dissipated, which made Papalukas a little confused.
"Even if it's home, it can't be like this. Why are the fans still cheering? This is not normal, no, something is wrong!" Papalukas finally realized something was wrong, and he subconsciously turned to China, who had already stepped onto the field. The team's starters looked away.
"No. 13, No. 12, No. 11, No. 9, No. 8... Where is No. 5? The Chinese team's No. 5 did not play? Wait? No. 12? Why don't I remember this number? Who is he?" Papalu Cass looked at the Chinese team's No. 12. Although this number was unfamiliar to him, the athlete was not unfamiliar at all. When Papalukas saw the face of No. 12, he recognized it. he.
"Zhang Guan! The number 12 of the Chinese team is actually Zhang Guan! Zhang Guan is on the field! Has the Chinese team changed its formation?"
Papalukas suddenly felt a little unprepared. Although this "strongest point guard outside the NBA" has extremely rich game experience and high basketball IQ, he didn't understand what the Chinese team was going to do for a while. .
"It's better to proceed according to the original plan first, and wait until the competition to show off the tricks!" Papalukas thought silently.
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