After the match between China and Greece ended, the match between Spain and Angola began.
Angola was beaten again, defeated by 48 points.
I thought this would be the worst tragedy of the Olympics, but then the United States beat Germany by 49 points, 106-57.
The last game of the group stage was Argentina versus Russia, and Argentina defeated Russia easily.
At this point, all eight qualifying teams have been announced.
Argentina is first in Group A, Croatia is second, Lithuania is third, and Australia is fourth.
The United States is first in Group B, China is second, Spain is third, and Greece is fourth.
In the quarter-finals, Argentina played Greece, Croatia played Spain, China played Lithuania, and the United States played Australia.
After the opponent was determined, the Lithuanian media cheered, saying that they had found a good opponent.
Even though the Chinese team defeated Spain and Greece, the Lithuanian media completely ignored it as if they were blind, and firmly believed that the Chinese team was lucky and that their side had an advantage.
It may be difficult for Chinese fans to understand Lithuania's thoughts, but this is just a basic operation for Lithuania.
They, a country with a population of three million, will still clamor to break off diplomatic relations with China in the future and cause China to suffer "heavy losses."
God knows why they think this way.
On the 20th, the knockout rounds begin.
The first match was between Spain and Croatia. Spain once again showed its momentum as a strong team, defeating its opponent 72-59 and advancing to the semi-finals.
Spain won and the Chinese audience was very happy.
This shows that the Chinese team defeated Spain not because Spain was weak, but because they were strong.
What follows is the match between the Chinese team and Lithuania.
The starting lineup of the Chinese team is Sun Yue, Zhang Zhiyuan, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian, and Yao Ming.
The point guard of the Greek team is Gaskevicius. He was in the NBA from 2005 to 2007. He was with the Warriors when the Warriors went eight.
However, the Warriors' completion of eight games has nothing to do with him. He only played 1.5 minutes per game and scored a total of 1 point in 4 games.
The shooting guard is Kauknas, the information is unknown.
Small forward Sisikauskas, 2001 Lithuanian League MVP.
But what makes people curious is, how many teams can there be in a league with a population of 3 million?
Power forward Lavlinovic, a little-known player.
Center Yaftokas, a guy who used to sit on the bench for a long time in the NCAA, chose to return to Europe because he couldn't play.
Generally speaking, except for Gaskevicius, Lithuania has some strength, and everyone else is relatively average.
The reason why they played well before was mainly because they were very familiar with each other, spent a lot of time playing together, had good coordination, and also had some luck.
In terms of strength, they are one level behind Spain and Argentina.
"Teach them a lesson and advance to the semi-finals with a big win."
The Lithuanian commentator shouted excitedly.
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Zhang Lili said: "This Lithuanian team is still very good and has defeated Argentina and Croatia. We cannot be careless, we must take it seriously and perform steadily..."
At the beginning of the game, Yaftokas gave the ball to his side, and Lithuania attacked first.
Suddenly the Lithuanian commentator shouted, acting as if they had already won.
Gascovicius dribbled the ball past half-court, and then suddenly started to take advantage of Sun Yue's unpreparedness, completing the pass and reaching the Chinese team's basket.
Yao Ming made a cover and Gascovicius made a throw.
The ball goes in.
The Chinese team attacked, Sun Yue dribbled the ball across half court, Zhang Zhiyuan ran without the ball, and Kauknas failed to keep up.
Zhang Zhiyuan caught the ball and scored.
3 to 2.
Gascovicius advanced with the ball, then singled out Sun Yue, faked a real shot, and also threw a three-pointer.
Sun Yue was careless, but Gascovicius also had a good touch.
During the transition between offense and defense, Zhang Zhiyuan only had Kauknas in front of him, and Lithuania seemed to have no intention of double-teaming.
This strategy is somewhat disrespectful to Zhang Zhiyuan. Zhang Zhiyuan naturally cannot let them coddle him and directly fight against Kaukners alone.
Originally, his speed, strength, reaction and other physical attributes were far superior to his opponent's. With the addition and subtraction of the attribute chain, his fight against Cockners was just like playing in a CBA jersey, a dimensionality reduction attack.
After passing someone in one step, Kauknus stood still in a daze, not knowing how he was passed.
But this is no longer important, Zhang Zhiyuan has already completed the dunk.
5 to 5.
Lithuania counterattacked, Gaskevicius missed the shot, and Yao Ming grabbed the rebound.
In the transition between offense and defense, Lithuania still did not get double-teamed.
Zhang Zhiyuan decided that as long as the opponent did not double-team him in this game, he would take over all the offense. He wanted to see if the opponent could really be so determined.
As a result, Zhang Zhiyuan started to break through, and Kokonas was as if he didn't exist. Without causing any interference to Zhang Zhiyuan, Zhang Zhiyuan broke into the inside and caused a foul on Lavlinovic, who was defending, and the score was 21.
"Hey, what is the Lithuanian team doing? They are not planning to defend Zhang Zhiyuan alone."
Zhang Lili complained.
In his opinion, this kind of behavior is simply incredible.
Even the dream team has to double-team. Kobe doesn't even dare to say that he can completely defend Zhang Zhiyuan in single defense. Can Kauknas?
"That's fine, it's good for us."
Sun Zhengping smiled.
The fans in front of the TV also laughed. They looked at the Lithuanian team's No. 4 with great interest, like a circus clown.
The Lithuanian team attacked. Sisikauskas received the ball from the mid-range and played from behind. He jumped close to the basket. Yao Ming slapped the opponent in the face and rewarded the opponent with a hot pot.
Zhang Zhiyuan picked up the rebound and launched a fast break.
Kauknus chased for a few steps and then stopped, unable to catch up.
Zhang Zhiyuan dunked and scored two more points.
10 to 5, Zhang Zhiyuan scored 10 points in a row at the beginning, twice as many as the entire Lithuanian team.
The Lithuanian coach realized that he seemed to be wrong, but he did not adjust immediately.
He felt that the main reason why the team was lagging behind so much was because they were not in the right state and were not feeling well.
The game had just started and he didn't want to call a timeout so soon.
This thought hurt him. After two rounds, the Chinese team was 14 to 7.
"What's this fight about?"
"Prince should die."
"Stay steady, we can win."
The fans in Lithuania were furious. The game was completely different from what they imagined.
They originally thought that their side had defeated their opponent with overwhelming force, but in the end, their side collapsed. Their outlook on things had collapsed, and some people who still had sense began to doubt the media's propaganda.
On the court, Pulis finally called a timeout, then scolded the players together, replaced him with a shooting guard, and continued one-on-one defense.
Many fans and coaches couldn't understand Pulis's behavior. Even the physical education teacher in the middle school could see that Zhang Zhiyuan must be double-teamed and defended.
However, a national team coach like Pulis did not do this.
This is a mystery that no one will know for many years.
After the substitute shooting guard came on, his performance was even worse than that of Kauknas, because his strength was not as good as Kauknas's, and now he was more afraid of Zhang Zhiyuan, so he could not perform at 80% of his strength.
After a few rounds, 21 to 10, the Chinese team led by double digits.
What's even more exaggerated is that Zhang Zhiyuan scored all 21 points alone.
"He alone is enough, I seem to be a bit redundant."
Sun Yue complained.
"No, you can at least serve the ball."
Zhu Fangyu joked, and Sun Yue suddenly wanted to cry without tears. These words were not much comfort.
Just serving the ball, what kind of contribution is that?
He was depressed, and the Lithuanian team members were even more depressed.
With their original strength, they would not have been beaten so badly by the Chinese team.
However, the coach insisted on one-on-one defense as if he had been tricked by the head-dropping technique, so Zhang Zhiyuan played alone unscrupulously.
Sisikauskas couldn't stand it at first and chose to pounce on him to help defend.
This was somewhat beyond Zhang Zhiyuan's expectation. He thought the Lithuanian team would continue to defend alone.
Due to carelessness, Zhang Zhiyuan was not prepared for a sneak attack. As a result, the basketball was taken away by Sisikauskas, and the Lithuanian team counterattacked.
Zhang Zhiyuan did not pursue him. He had taken on almost all the attacks just now, and his physical strength was very high.
In the next round, Zhang Zhiyuan did not play singles again, but let Sun Yue control the ball. He controlled the outside and waited for opportunities. At the same time, he also slowed down and regained his strength.
The offense was transferred to Yao Ming, who scored with a small hook.
This was only Yao Ming's first goal, and the Lithuanian team did not react immediately.
Immediately afterwards, Yao Ming scored the second and third goals.
Only then did the Lithuanian team realize the reality and admitted that the Chinese team was a dual-core team.
Ever since, they began to adopt the defensive strategies of other teams, focusing on guarding the Zhang Yao combination and letting the rest of the Chinese team shoot.
The situation finally stopped the collapse, but the first quarter was over.
37 to 18, the Chinese team led by 19 points.
In an international competition, scoring 37 points in a single quarter by an opponent is an exaggeration. After the first quarter, the entire Lithuanian team was in a state of confusion.
In the second quarter, Yao Ming was resting, but the Lithuanian team's situation did not improve.
Because their main players are also resting, the strength of their players on the field has also declined. On the Chinese team, Zhang Zhiyuan is still playing.
Just this one strong point gave the Lithuanian team a headache.
The gap continues to widen.
The Lithuanian team finally managed to wait until the main players of the team returned, but Yao Ming also came back on the court, looking like he would kill them all in one go.
Lithuanian fans never imagined before the game that things would turn out like this.
However, reality dealt them a cruel blow.
"This is their home court, and the referee is too biased in favor of the Chinese team."
Lithuanian fans were suddenly possessed by Ah Q and found a reason to comfort themselves.
And this reason sounds quite reasonable and logical at first glance.
Zhang Zhiyuan and the others couldn't wake up a group of people who were pretending to sleep. All they could do was brutally slaughter their opponents.
Zhang Zhiyuan didn't rest in the first quarter, and he also played the full second quarter.
People who don't know may think that Zhang Zhiyuan has some deep hatred against the Lithuanian team, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why he works so hard.
Thanks to Zhang Zhiyuan's hard work, the Chinese team led the Lithuanian team by 30 points at halftime, 70-40.
Zhang Zhiyuan scored 32 points alone, which was higher than the entire Lithuanian team.
"Isn't it good for us to do this? It will affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries."
During halftime, Yao Ming laughed and teased.
In the table tennis world, the Chinese team is so invincible that it occasionally lets the team go so as not to dampen other countries' enthusiasm for the sport.
Now, Yao Ming feels that there is no need to be so cruel to the Lithuanian team, as long as they can win.
"We have a shitty relationship with them, we just need to beat them to death."
Zhang Zhiyuan said.
Everyone laughed. They didn't really care about diplomatic relations or not. Killing their opponents was a very happy thing in itself.
"Then you go ahead. I can save some energy for the next game."
Yao Ming said that anyway, the team was leading enough, and he didn't even think about brushing up the data, so he was just lazy.
In the second half, Yao Ming really stopped playing.
However, the Lithuanian team failed to seize this opportunity. Their morale had completely collapsed and the players had no fighting spirit. They just wanted to end this damn game as soon as possible.
Ever since, Zhang Zhiyuan, Yi Jianlian and the others were also playing against the Lithuanian team, and the basketball experts who were watching the game were stunned.
They couldn't figure out why the game turned out like this. You must know that the Lithuanian team is not a weak team. If they had not lost to Australia carelessly, they would have ranked first in Group A.
On the court, the game continues, and the score difference is also widening.
At the end of the third quarter, the score difference reached 38 points.
In the last section, everyone was once again surprised to find that Zhang Zhiyuan did not take a break.
This is wrong, this is very wrong.
Finally, the game is over.
125 to 78, the Chinese team defeated Lithuania by 47 points, almost breaking the losing record of Angola and Germany.
At the moment the game ended, it was estimated that more than a dozen TV sets were scrapped in Lithuania.
In terms of statistics, except for Jaskovic and Sisikauskas, the Lithuanian team scored in double figures, while everyone else scored in single digits.
This is not the most embarrassing thing, the opponent's scoring data is even more embarrassing for them.
Zhang Zhiyuan played the full 40 minutes, making 22 of 39 shots, 9 of 18 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws. He scored 58 points, which was his highest personal score in a single game in this Olympics.
In fact, it’s not just this year, it’s the highest ever.
Yao Ming made 9 of 15 shots and scored just 20 points including free throws. The two of them combined were exactly the Lithuanian team's score.
In this game, the Chinese team had a total of 11 players on the field.
Zhu Fangyu scored 14 points, Wang Zhizhi scored 12 points, Yi Jianlian scored 10 points, and everyone else was in single digits.
After the game, Pulis refused to shake hands with Yunus and refused to congratulate the Chinese team for advancing.
If there weren't so many media watching, he would have wanted to call Yunus a traitor, because Yunus is a Lithuanian.
Faced with Pulis's lack of grace, Yunus smiled disdainfully. He didn't have any psychological burden for massacring the Lithuanian team, and he even felt a little happy.
After all, Lithuania gave the position of national team coach to someone else instead of him, which in itself was a denial of him.
Now that he had taken revenge on those ignorant fools and proved his ability, he felt very happy.
