Coach Yunus was very satisfied with Zhang Guan's performance. He originally thought that Zhang Guan could pass the ball to Dayao's hands and occasionally show off his breakthrough ability once or twice, which would be very good. However, he did not expect that Zhang Guan would be very good. He was able to restrain the two ace point guards of the Greek team. It can be said that Zhang Guan's performance has exceeded Yunus' expectations.
In fact, this Chinese team does not lack people who are good at attacking. Not to mention the world's first-class offensive combination inside, several players on the outside also have good shooting abilities. However, several outside players are basically good at offense but not good at defense, otherwise Sun Yue would not get a lot of playing time.
But now, Yunus finally found someone who can defend on the outside, and can also restrict Greece's two ace point guards so well. At this time, Yunus couldn't help but feel a little lucky. He had seen the DV video of Zhang Guan playing. If Yunus didn't have so much curiosity at that time, maybe Zhang Guan wouldn't be here today.
I saw Yunus briefly emphasizing the precautions for the second quarter, and then announced the list of players to play after the start of the second quarter. In addition to Dayao returning to the court, Liu Wei also temporarily replaced Sun Yue, Li Nan temporarily replaced Zhu Fangyu, and Zhang Guan was still on the playing list.
Hearing Yunus's arrangement, the two assistant coaches of the Chinese team frowned at the same time.
Coach Guo hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said to Yunus: "Coach, Zhang Guan has just played a whole quarter of the game. If he is to play next, the physical exertion for Zhang Guan will be It’s very big. Should we let him take a break at the beginning of the second quarter? Wait three to five minutes before letting Zhang Guan come on the court?”
Yunus shook his head: "I'm referring to your idea. I also want Zhang Guan to take a rest first. It's not that I don't want to replace Zhang Guan now, but I don't dare to replace him. The two point guards of the Greek team They are all very powerful. Once Zhang Guan is replaced, who of us can resist Papalukas or Diamantidis? As long as Papalukas and Diamantidis are on the court, I will I dare not change my position."
"Zhang Guan's physical strength seems to be pretty good now, but after all, it's only the first quarter, and there are three more quarters. What I'm most worried about is that in the fourth quarter, Zhang Guan's physical strength will be too much." Guo Guo The coach spoke.
Coach Yunus thought for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "I'm also betting. I'm betting that Yannakis will give up the game first."
Coach Guo looked confused, and Coach Yunus continued to explain: "I know Yannakis very well. He is a person who likes to seek stability, so his team is also a team that has always been good at defense. At present, we Both the Greek team and the Greek team have already qualified for the group stage. For us, breaking out of the death group and advancing to the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games has already accomplished the goal. But the Greek team is different. Their goal is to medal. I guess the Greek team I will definitely leave enough energy in this match to cope with the next knockout matches.”
Coach Yunus paused for a moment, waiting for the translator to finish, and then continued: "Based on my understanding of Yannakis, if Yannakis thinks it is easy to defeat us, he will certainly not give up; and if Yannakis thinks it is easy to defeat us, he will certainly not give up; If Yannakis feels that we are a tough guy, he may choose to give up the game in the second half. Let the main players conserve their strength and face the knockout match the day after tomorrow. So we must show a tough side, and we must make Yannakis feel that we will win the game. We are in trouble!"
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The second quarter started, and when the players walked onto the court, Yannakis found that Zhang Guan was still on the court.
"Zhang Guan is still on the court!" Yannakis frowned immediately. He originally planned that when Zhang Guan was not on the court, the Greek team could take advantage of the point guard to catch up or even overtake the score, but now it seems , Yunus had no intention of substituting Zhang Guan.
"Maybe I should change the formation and let Papalukas and Diamantis play at the same time, so that Zhang Guan can only defend one of them." Coach Yannakis thought of this and called Diamantis over. Around him, tactics began to be laid out.
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Perhaps because of the lead, the Chinese team had already boosted their morale at this time. Insider Dayao hit two consecutive goals, and outside players Li Nan and Liu Wei also hit three-pointers. The Chinese team actually closed the gap at the beginning of the second quarter. Stretched to 15 points.
On the other hand, the Greek team has not improved on both offense and defense. First, Fordsis missed the mid-range shot, and then the missed shot seemed to be contagious. Vaslopoulos and Gilidanakis also missed two shots. Out of the basket.
Immediately afterwards, Spanoulis was pulled by Li Nan when he broke through. Naturally, he did not score a goal, but the referee did not call Li Nan a foul. Spanoulis was very unhappy and wanted to protest to the referee. But was directly ignored by the referee.
The Greek team players on the sidelines immediately realized that the Chinese team's home whistle was coming.
When the Chinese team plays at home, in addition to the support of the enthusiastic audience, the referees are also biased in making penalties. Especially in the Olympic games, even if they favor the home team in penalties, they will at most attract some complaints after the game. That’s all. The International Basketball Association and the Olympic Games Fairness Committee will not look for trouble with the home team.
Moreover, people sympathize with the weak. The Chinese team is obviously in a weak position in front of the Greek team, so the referee's whistle blows have always been biased in favor of the Chinese team.
With a 15-point difference, coach Yannakis had to call a timeout, and after the timeout, he sent Papalukas and Diamantis onto the court at the same time.
"The Greek team actually put Papalokas and Diamantis on the court at the same time! I wonder who of the two will organize the attack?" the commentator said.
"I think it should still be Papalukas's organization, and Diamantis plays shooting guard, and both parties can play to their own strengths." The commentator paused, and then said: "I just don't know what will happen in terms of distribution of ball rights. There won’t be any problems.”
Before Diamantis came on the field, he had already received instructions from coach Yannakis. Papalukas was responsible for organizing the offense, while Diamantis was only responsible for scoring; while in defense, Diamantis Tisi is still responsible for guarding Zhang Guan.
This change of formation by Yannakis indeed achieved some results. In the following rounds, the Greek team recovered the six-point difference and narrowed the game gap to 9 points.
Just when coach Yunus was about to call a timeout, Zhang Guan once again used a quick counterattack to stabilize the situation. Then he made another steal, which once again extended the score between the two sides to 13 points.
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In front of the TV, Scola couldn't help but sigh: "Why do I think the Greek team might lose today!"
"I feel the same way. Just now the Greek team had the momentum to chase points, but they were immediately beaten back by Zhang Guan's two fast breaks." Ginobili continued: "Do you feel that Zhang Guan's fast breaks The choice is very much like a person?”
"Are you going to say Wade again?" Scola said.
Ginobili shook his head: "At first, I thought Zhang Guan's breakthrough speed was very fast, so I thought of Wade, but now it seems that he is more like Kobe!"
"Kobe?" Scola's eyes widened in surprise.
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