The Serbian and Montenegrin teams met the Spanish team in the penultimate game of the group stage. In fact, from a historical perspective, the grouping situation of the 2002 World Championship champions was really difficult. They met the Spanish team in the first two games.
The Olympic champion and runner-up met the two strongest insiders in the international arena, Pau Gasol and Yao Ming, in the last two games, and each time they lost, the point difference was extremely low. Sometimes seeking luck and building character is really important.
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Serbia and Montenegro starting lineup:
Point guard: Tomasevic Shooting guard: Vjanic Small forward: Bodilloga Power forward: Radmanovic Center: Milicic
Spanish starting lineup
Point guard: Calderon Shooting guard: Navarro Small forward: Jimenez Power forward: Gasol Center: Garbajosa
On the opening jump ball, before I could fully take off, Gasol had already moved the ball to his side.
Calderon organizes the offense. Spain's dual point guard tactics have caused a lot of trouble for many teams. Calderon and Navarro are both top point guards in Europe and can control the rhythm when the team needs to
Control the game, so the Spanish team's backcourt never collapses, and the ball distribution between the two point guards is also very good. Calderon mainly controls the ball and distributes the ball, while Navarro plays more of a
As a killer, Navarro has a strong three-point ability, and breakthrough is also one of the main scoring methods. It is precisely because of his explosive scoring ability that he is called the "bomb".
After Calderon arrived in the frontcourt, he saw that he had no chance to pass the ball to the inside comfortably, so he handed it to Navarro. Navarro held the ball, Gasol came out and set a pick-and-roll, Vjanic was blocked behind him, and Navarro held the ball.
Facing Radmanovic who was changing defense, Varro accelerated and directly threw him out of sight. With no one around him, he made a sudden stop jumper and the ball went in!
Looking back here, Bodillo holds the ball, and the other four people open up the gap. Bodillo adds a cross-step dribble, relies on his strong body to squeeze Jimenez away, rushes into the inside, and rushes in before Gasso.
Before Er and Garbajosa's defense, a throw hit!
Gasol was positioned inside, Calderon hoisted the ball inside, Gasol relied on beating Radmanovic, Radmanovic's strength was very average, and he was completely lost after two hits.
Position, Gasol made a half-hook, and the ball scored again!
Milicic knew from the memory of his previous life that although the results of the Spanish team this time were not very good, but this was affected by many accidental factors, the Spanish team's offense was actually number one. Throughout the Olympics, the Spanish team's performance on the field was
Both scored the highest, and their offense was smooth and well connected.
This Spanish team does not rely on Ginobili like the Argentina team, nor does it rely on the "European King" Jaskovicius like the Lithuanian team. They are like a lubricated machine that is rotating in an orderly manner.
Don't rush or slow until you bring your opponent into their rhythm.
Coach Pesic’s tactics for Serbia and Montenegro are to score every goal as much as possible in offensive positional battles, slow down the pace of the game, and use the height advantage of Serbia and Montenegro to compete with Bodiloga and Milicic.
To defeat the Spanish team with super personal ability, the Spanish team that is unfavorable on the defensive end will definitely have imbalances on offense.
Milicic took a position inside, and Tomasevic passed the ball to Milicic in time. After receiving the ball, Milicic leaned against Garbajosa with his back and tested his movements.
Turn around and cut directly to the basket to complete a dunk.
Garbajosa is a player who focuses on defense, but his defense is mainly shown in his enthusiasm and tough style. His movement speed and jumping are average. The Serbian and Montenegrin team had studied him carefully before the game.
I think the key to the outcome of this game is whether Milicic can beat him and get more points from him.
This dunk won a lot of applause from the audience. Monica on the sidelines cheered, while Piccinini sitting in another stand was thinking: It's nothing! I didn't say you can't score, I mean you can't grab rebounds.
That's it, the spell came true immediately.
The Spanish team was still organizing the attack in an orderly manner. Calderon broke through Tomasevic's defense. When Radmanovic covered up the defense, Calderon saw the right opportunity and took advantage of Radmanovic's defense.
He hit the ball to the ground and passed it over. Gasol received the ball and finished the offense with a light layup.
The first quarter ended in a back-and-forth. The Serbian and Montenegrin teams tied with the Spanish team at 22. Milicic scored 10 points and disappointed Piccinini with 3 rebounds. The Spanish team added
Sol also scored 8 points and 4 rebounds and gave Radmanovic a big block.
In the substitute competition in the second quarter, Serbia and Montenegro's Kostic and Pavlovich continued the internal and external tactics of Milicic and Bodiloga, while Spain's main attack
The focus was placed on the outside, their super rookie Fernandez.
Although Pavlovic hit two three-pointers on Fernandez, he was beaten out of shape on the defensive end. Fernandez gave him everything he wanted. His teammates on the Serbian and Montenegrin teams all sympathized deeply with Pavlovic.
Vicky, a 2.10-meter-tall shooting guard, really doesn't know what his childhood coach thought. It's really not easy for such a tall guy to be trained into a three-point shooting guard.
After Kostic hit a mid-range shot, Serbia and Montenegro were four points behind Spain, and both sides sent out their main players.
Calderon of the Spanish team once again handed the ball to Gasol, who was supporting him at the high post. This time, he was no longer being defended by Radmanovic, who was beaten to a pulp by him, but was replaced by the inside core of the Serbian and Montenegrin team.
Milicic and Gasol couldn't help but smile. They kept the ball in their hands that they originally planned to give to Navarro. They grabbed the ball with one hand and made a gesture with the other.
I saw that the Spanish team's four players without the ball were all opening up gaps. Gasol wanted to have a one-on-one duel with Milicic. Gasol was dribbling the ball under his crotch. This guy was once a teenager.
When a point guard has been trained, his skills are different from those of a big man, and they are very delicate. I saw him speeding up the rhythm of shooting the ball and leaning forward. Milicic just moved his center of gravity back a little, and Gasol immediately made a penalty kick.
A jump shot was made near the basket line, and the ball hit the net!
When it was Serbia and Montenegro's turn to attack, Milicic had just received the ball and discovered that Garbajosa and Gasol had swapped positions. Milicic immediately handed the ball back to Bodiloga on the outside.
Diloga gave the ball back to Milicic again and made a push-out gesture, which meant that Milicic wanted to give Gasol a positive response.
Milicic faced the frame at almost the same position and prepared to take off for a shot. Gasol jumped up to block the shot. Unexpectedly, Milicic was just a fake move. He immediately shifted his center of gravity and dribbled to the inside for a two-handed dunk.
Gasol and Milicic looked at each other. Gasol smiled and said to Milicic: "This game is starting to get interesting!"
Milicic also responded with a smile: "Well! It seems that the real game has just begun."
The game was pushed to a climax for the first time, and the two best insiders in this Olympic Games began to face-to-face confrontation. This was destined to be an unusual basketball night.
