All-round Athlete

Chapter 502 Advance to the Final Four

"45 to 28, we led the Croatian team by 17 points in the first half. Before the game, everyone thought it would be a close contest. No one expected this result. Director Zhang, please give us an analysis, What made us lead Croatia by 17 points in the first half?" the commentator asked with a smile on his face.

Director Zhang on the opposite side cleared his throat and said: "The reason why we were able to lead Croatia by 17 points in the first half was because our offense was very smooth, especially Dayao played very well. Speaking of this, I would like to mention that the opponent's starting center Baracci left the field due to injury, which also gave Dayao more space. In addition, Zhang Guan's breakthroughs continued to cause damage to the Croatian team's inside line , Disrupting the overall defensive deployment of the Croatian team, which also makes our offense have a high success rate."

"Secondly, the Croatian team's offense was not smooth. Especially the opening score of 12 to 1, which was too hurt for the Croatian team. The Croatian team only scored 11 points in the first quarter, which is a very low score. In the second quarter, after their center Balaci left the field, they also entered a short scoring drought. It can be said that the Croatian team did not play their offensive routine at all.”

"And what I want to say is that in terms of style of play, we are more restrained against Croatia. Our national team is more afraid of teams that are flexible in style of play and good at quick offensive and defensive transitions. However, the Croatian team is A team with a traditional style of play, they are not very good at fast break, what they are good at is playing positional warfare. And when it comes to playing positional warfare, we are not afraid of any team."

The two commentators were talking happily there, but in the locker room of the Croatian team, there was a gloomy look.

Balaci's injury was more serious than everyone imagined. At this time, his injured ankle was already swollen, and further examinations were needed to confirm the injury, but one thing is certain, Balaci was in the second half. Unable to play.

Coach Repesa had a premonition that he might lose the game, but he did not sit still. He took advantage of the intermission to decisively make tactical adjustments. He mentioned the veteran Pulkasin to the center position, Banic came to play power forward, and the other three were Thomas, Planinic and Vukic.

This is a small lineup consisting of three strikers and two point guards. The tallest Pulkasin is only 2.08 meters, and the remaining four are all below 2.05 meters. Obviously Repesa gave up the inside line and strengthened The purpose of arranging two point guards is to make the basketball work better and create more offensive opportunities.

Of course, it would be great if this small lineup can make quick offensive and defensive transitions.

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"Approximately a three-pointer... didn't score, the Croatian team got the rebound and came back quickly!" The commentator exclaimed, the ball had already passed to Vukic, and Vukic took the ball and headed towards the Chinese team's half. Rushing over, at the same time several other players of the Croatian team also quickly started running.

"Back to defense!" Dayao shouted, but Zhang Guan has already quickly caught up with Wu Jiqi.

However, Zhang Guan's speed was not fast. He always kept a certain distance from Vukic, and Vukic rushed all the way to the basket of the Chinese team with the ball, ready to layup. At this time, Zhang Guan suddenly accelerated and chased behind Wu Jiqi.

"Be careful behind you!" Planinic reminded, but at this time, Vukic had already taken off.

Zhang Guan also jumped up with Vukic, but he jumped much higher than Vukic. Then he waved a big hat and shot the ball directly out of bounds.

"Good hat! It's beautiful!" There were endless cheers at the scene.

Wu Kic looked annoyed. He thought it would be a beautiful counterattack, but he didn't expect Zhang Guan to appear at the last moment, and then blocked himself.

On the bench of the national team, Chen Jianghua, who was resting, applauded Zhang Guan and said, "Zhang Guan's shot is also pretty bad. He could catch up with Vukic tomorrow, but he has to follow Vukic. Later, when Vukic was about to make a layup, he sped up and gave him a big cap, this is just to tease Vukic!"

Coach Guo next to him shook his head: "I think Zhang Guan made the best choice. In the situation just now, when Wu Kic made a fast break, Planinic also followed, and our side Only Zhang Guan's quick return to defense is actually a two-on-one frontcourt. If Zhang Guan catches up with Vukic at the beginning, Vukic might pass the ball to Planinic. Planinic completes the attack. Zhang Guan deliberately hangs behind Vukic, that is to say, he is forcing Vukic to attack the basket by himself, so that he has the opportunity to block the shot. Zhang Guan is also a bold man of skill. He believes that he can block Vukic's layup at the last moment. You have to learn more later, don't always rush into the crowd with the ball, use your brain more."

Chen Jianghua suddenly realized and nodded: "Let me just say, with Zhang Guan's speed, he could catch up with Wu Jic a long time ago. It turned out to be like this. I really didn't expect that Zhang Guan would think so in such a short time just now. many."

On the other side of the Croatian team's bench, Coach Repesa frowned again.

"Zhang Guan should have been able to catch up with Vukic just now. Did he put Vukic to the basket on purpose? If that's the case, it would be really terrible! Get the ball from Vukic to launch Fast break, that is, the time of lightning and flint, Zhang Guan can make such an accurate judgment in such a short period of time? And the distance of the follow-up and the rhythm of the final take-off block are just right, this is impossible! Unless They are veterans who have played professional basketball for more than ten years, otherwise how could they make such a judgment in such a short period of time! This must be a coincidence!"

At this time, Repesa still had a little bit of luck in his heart, but a few minutes later, Zhang Guan chased and blocked the shot again while returning to defense, which made the luck in Repesa's heart disappear without a trace.

At this time, the game has reached the end of the third quarter. The score of the two sides is that the Chinese team leads 63 to 48. The point difference between the two sides has become 15 points. The Croatian team still cannot organize the Chinese team to score. In the end, the Chinese team also successfully brought the 15-point lead to the fourth quarter.

At this point in the game, the mentality of the two sides has changed significantly. The moment the end of the game is getting closer and closer, the Croatian team must be playing more and more anxiously, while the Chinese team playing at home, with the support of the fans in the audience, will It is getting braver as you fight.

However, in the middle of the fourth quarter, the rhythm of the Chinese team slowed down significantly. This was mainly due to lack of physical strength, and the Croatian team also took advantage of this time to chase points. They had three minutes left before the end of the game At the time, the score was approached to within 10 points.

At this time, Dayao, who is the core of the team, stood up decisively and scored four consecutive points using his back-up technique, maintaining the score gap between the two sides at around 10 points. At the same time, the Chinese team spent more than a minute through these two rounds of competition.

With one and a half minutes left before the game, the Croatian team was still 9 points behind. The Chinese team obviously began to control the rhythm, posing as if they would run out of time even if they did not score.

In fact, at this time, the players of the Croatian team also understand that it is impossible to recover the 9-point gap in such a short period of time. The current Croatian team is also symbolically resisting.

Finally, the whistle sounded for the end of the game, and the score was fixed at 81 to 73. The Chinese team defeated the Croatian team and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the Olympic Games.

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