The Greek team replaced Papalukas and replaced Diamantidis.
Diamantidis is also a very good athlete, not inferior to Papalukas. He was elected the best defensive player in Europe for five consecutive seasons, and won the European Basketball Player of the Year in 2007. At the same time, Diamantidis was also the first person in the history of the European Basketball Champions League to win the Final Four MVP and season assists. King, first-team best point guard, best defensive player and regular season MVP player with five awards, in terms of achievements, he is no less than Papalukas.
Diamantidis is 28 years old this year, three years younger than Papalukas. At 198 centimeters tall, like Papalukas, he can also play the three positions of point guard, shooting guard and small forward. And his weight of 100 kilograms is 8 kilograms heavier than Papalukas's 92 kilograms, so he is much stronger than Papalukas in defense and physical confrontation. Even when facing strong black players in the United States, Dia Mantidis won't suffer either.
In terms of playing style, Diamantidis and Papalukas are completely different. Papalukas has a strong scoring ability, but he likes to pass the ball. He has always been known as the best organizer in Europe. ; Diamantidis has a strong assist ability, but he likes to score. Comparing the two, Papalukas is more like a traditional European point guard who focuses on passing, while Diamantidis is more like an American point guard who is good at scoring.
In the Greek team, Papaloukas and Diamantidis rarely appear on the court at the same time, because both of them are players who need to hold the ball. If two people are on the court at the same time, the ball will The distribution of power will be a big problem.
Yannakis replaced Diamantidis at this time, obviously targeting Zhang Guan, and also hoped that Diamantidis could contribute to the team's offense.
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The game restarted, and the ball had just been touched out of bounds by Zhang Guan, so the Greek team served the ball again from the sideline. However, there was not much time left for the Greek team to attack at this time. There were only eight seconds left in this attack.
After Diamantidis got the ball, he dribbled through without hesitation. As soon as he broke through to a step and a half inside the three-point line, Diamantidis made an emergency stop jumper in front of Zhang Guan. The defense throws the ball away.
"Whoosh!" The basketball crossed the arc and went directly into the frame.
"I really dared to shoot this ball! And it went in. This Diamantidis' offense is really sharp." Zhang Guan thought while dribbling the ball and starting to move forward.
However, what Zhang Guan didn't expect was that Diamantidis had already come up to him before halftime.
"This Diamantidis underestimates me too much!" Zhang Guan snorted in his heart, and then dribbled the ball with his crotch to prepare for a breakthrough, while Diamantidis still used his body to forcefully push Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan can only advance along the sideline.
It has to be said that Diamantidis's defense is tougher than that of Papalukas. Diamantidis seems to be very confident in his physical confrontation ability and dares to fight Zhang Guan physically. of confrontation.
What makes Zhang Guan even more irritated is that there are many small moves in Diamantidis' defense. Although Zhang Guan knows that such small moves are also part of basketball defense, when he encounters all kinds of small moves, Zhang Guan still gets frustrated. The crown has some discomfort.
Finally, Zhang Guan was aroused by this little move. He waved to Su Su, who was guarding the inside, and Su Su immediately understood and moved to a position outside the three-point line.
Enough positions have been cleared inside, and Zhang Guan is obviously preparing to break through Diamantidis one-on-one.
"Do you want to break through me one on one?" Diamantidis raised his lips and showed a provocative smile. Obviously Diamantidis is very knowledgeable about his defense.
Suddenly, Zhang Guan started fiercely, and Diamantidis raised his arms, trying to block Zhang Guan's progress as much as possible.
Diamantidis' defense is really good, and he is strong enough. Even ordinary black players can stop his high-intensity defense, but yellow players will have a harder time breaking through. Diamantidis' defense completed the layup.
However, this time Diamantidis faced Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan did not use any tricks and relied purely on his body to complete the breakthrough.
I saw Diamantidis facing him head-on, and then he was pushed away by Zhang Guan. Then Zhang Guan's figure shook and appeared under the Greek team's basket. He directly faced the defender under the Greek team's basket. A reverse basket.
"Zhang Guan, broke through, laid up, and the ball went in! This ball was played beautifully. Neither of the Greek team's two defensive players could stop Zhang Guan from scoring this goal!"
Following the commentator's voice, Diamantidis looked surprised. He never expected that he would actually suffer a loss in the physical confrontation. Diamantidis decided to fight back with the next goal, but Zhang Guan sent in the same tough defense. Diamantidis had no choice but to pass the ball out. In the end, other players of the Greek team completed the attack, but the ball was not scored. The Chinese team took off the defensive rebound.
The ball was passed to Zhang Guan's hands immediately. Zhang Guan made a quick transition between offense and defense with the ball. It was still a sharp breakthrough. He withstood Diamantidis' defense and scored two more points.
The Greek team returned a three-pointer, and in the next attack, Zhang Guan broke through with the ball alone. A difficult layup made it a two-plus-one. In the subsequent extra penalty, Zhang Guan's I was also very lucky. Although the ball was slightly shorter, it finally bounced into the basket after two bounces.
Coach Yannakis frowned again. He had already announced that even Diamantidis would find it difficult to prevent Zhang Guan.
"The key is speed. Zhang Guan is so fast that Diamantidis can't keep up with him!"
At this time, Dayao had already taken a break. The height of the Chinese team had dropped, but the speed had increased. In particular, the outside players' touch had always been very good and they had been able to maintain a relatively stable scoring state.
On the other hand, the Greek team has not been playing very smoothly, and their best cooperation has not been achieved. Although the Greek team continued to score, the opening 10-point advantage did not shrink.
The strongest point of the Greek team is their point guard. Papalukas and Diamantidis are both the strongest in Europe. In the past, the weakest point of the Chinese team was the point guard, so When the Greek team faced the Chinese team before, they always seemed to be at ease. But in today's game, Zhang Guan successfully restricted the Greek team's point guard, and the Greek team's offensive level was greatly reduced as a result.
As Diamantidis made a super long-distance three-pointer from the backcourt and flew to the audience without touching it, the sound of the end of the first quarter sounded, and the Chinese team temporarily led by eight points 26 to 18.
Looking at this score, Coach Yannakis sighed helplessly. Before the game, he even boasted that the Chinese team would not be able to score 30 points at halftime and would lead the Chinese team by 15 to 20 points. Now it seems that these two The goal is impossible to accomplish. The Chinese team scored 26 points in the first quarter and was one step away from 30 points. However, instead of leading the Chinese team, the Greek team was led by the Chinese team by 8 points.
"Damn it, how could this happen! When did the Chinese team become so strong! The Chinese team two years ago was so vulnerable, but the current Chinese team makes me unable to find a way to deal with it." Yannaki Si looked at the Chinese team's rest area and happened to see Zhang Guanzheng taking the water bottle handed by the coach with a smile on his face.
"By the way, it's Zhang Guan! It's all because of Zhang Guan that we are so passive! If you, a track and field athlete, can't run well, why are you playing basketball!" Yannakis thought angrily.
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