Chapter 395 The four-strong battle, the start is not smooth!
At the post-match press conference, Croatian men's basketball coach Gasmin Repesa said: "The host Chinese team is very strong. We didn't have a good chance throughout the game. Yao and Chen showed NBA star level. Although
We lost but we are not frustrated, the boys all played very hard, we also completed the quarterfinal plan we made before the game, we can leave Wukesong Stadium and the city of Beijing with our heads held high!"
Ukic said: "This Chinese team is far stronger than imagined. They have three active NBA players and two All-Star players, especially Chen. His arrival has made the Chinese men's basketball team's offense smoother and made the Chinese men's basketball team's offense smoother.
The overall strength of this team has gone up a notch."
Balachi said: "Chen is a special player who can score and make his teammates score better. He is the main factor in why we lost this game."
Compared with the previous group matches, Chen Yan's statistics were average, but his opponent was very aggressive. Only by playing against each other can you understand how strong Chen Yan is.
The Croatian players all generously expressed their congratulations to the Chinese team. No player forced Lai Lai or was stubborn. Croatia lost this game very simply. Both on paper and on the field performance, the Chinese men's basketball team was defeated.
Croatia is on the other side, so they have nothing to be dissatisfied with.
Chinese men’s basketball post-game interview.
Coach Yunus said: "Many people say that we have overfulfilled our mission by reaching the semi-finals, but what I want to say is that I have not set limits for this Chinese men's basketball team, so no matter what results they finally achieve, I will not
You'll be surprised."
Dayao on the side said in an interview: "Celebrate? Of course we will celebrate. This is a historic moment for the Chinese men's basketball team, but all this will have to wait until after the Olympics."
The reporter then asked: "Dayao, are your knees and ankles feeling better?"
Dayao smiled and replied: "It feels good. I think it will be even better if I can win the next game."
The reporters burst into laughter, and Yao also laughed out his emoticon. Winning made everyone feel good.
When Zhang Yan faced reporters, he gave credit to the entire team.
"Everyone on the team played well tonight and it was a team win!"
"Ding! Team chemistry 3!"
A victory and Chen Yan's speech improved the team's chemical reaction. The current chemical reaction between Chen Yan and the team is 51. From the club to the national team, all the chemical reactions have to be accumulated again when there are new teammates.
The reporter then asked: "Chen Yan, what's the reason why you didn't get a triple-double tonight?"
After hearing this question, Chen Yan was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Brother, this is the Olympics, not a village league or a community league. It's really not that easy to get a triple-double!"
The reporters laughed when they saw Chen Yan's helpless expression. You must know that before Chen Yan, only one person in the long history of the Olympic men's basketball team had achieved a triple-double. Former Soviet guard Alexander Belov competed for the bronze medal in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
He scored 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in the game.
However, this cannot be blamed on the reporter who asked the question. If we are to blame, we can only blame Chen Yan. His outstanding performance in consecutive games made everyone think that it was too easy for him to get a triple-double, and it was even a matter of course.
After the interview, the Chinese men's basketball team did not return to the Olympic Village immediately. They collectively watched another quarter-final match between Argentina and Greece. The winners of the two teams will meet the Chinese men's basketball team in the semi-finals.
To be honest, the Chinese men's basketball team hopes that Greece will win, after all, Argentina is the defending champion.
Greece lost to the Chinese men's basketball team in the group stage, so the Chinese men's basketball team will have a psychological advantage against them.
But after all, Argentina's strength is there. They have five active NBA players in Ginobili, Oberto, Nosinho, Delfino and Scola, and their strength is one level higher than Greece.
In the end, Argentina won the game without any suspense.
The Chinese men's basketball team will meet the defending champion in the semifinals on August 25th!
Everyone knows that the Argentine men's basketball team is a powerful and difficult opponent, but no opponent is easy to deal with in the semi-finals. All the Chinese men's basketball players can do is go all out and give everything they have.
This time it is rare that the media does not put pressure on the Chinese men's basketball team. From the outside world, reaching the semi-finals is already an impossible task. Every additional step is to create another miracle.
The time soon came to August 25, the Olympic semifinals between the Chinese men’s basketball team and the Argentina men’s basketball team started on this day!
"Use [Status Upgrade Card]!" During the warm-up phase, Chen Yan took a stat uplift card.
During the Olympics, Chen Yan used [Status Improvement Card] very frequently. For him, every Olympic game is important!
During the warm-up period, Dayao said hello to Rockets teammate Scola. Both of them have friendly personalities and got along well in the locker room.
"Hi! Chen!"
Ginobili also came over to say hello to Chen Yan, but his eyes were obviously not as kind as Scola's. The Suns had just eliminated the Spurs in the playoffs last season. Chen Yan, as the biggest contributor to the Suns' promotion, was eliminated by Ginobili.
Lee regarded him as the target of revenge.
"Hey! Manu." Chen Yanhe greeted Ginobili calmly.
For Chen Yan, the club is the club and the national team is the national team. He will never mix them up, let alone translate the success of the club into the national team.
Chinese men's basketball starting lineup: Sun Dasheng, Chen Yan, Zhu Ba, Ah Lian, Dayao.
Entering the knockout stage, Sun Dasheng basically replaced Liu Wei's starting position. In the past, Liu Wei was allowed to start because of his ability to control the field and pass the ball to Dayao, but Chen Yan can do these things, and he can do them better than him.
Sun Dasheng's defensive ability is something Liu Wei does not have, so after weighing it, Yunus decided to change his original starting lineup.
In the first attack of the game, the Arab League tried unsuccessfully from mid-range and the ball was won by Oberto.
Argentina quickly launched a counterattack, and the Chinese men's basketball team retreated quickly. Sun Dasheng, Chen Yan, Zhu Ba and A Lian are all very mobile players. Ginobili did not force himself and stabilized the rhythm after halftime and waited for his teammates to fall.
Bit.
In positional warfare and attack, Argentina showed their rich tactics.
After several passes, Scola saw the right moment and made a reverse run to cut in and score easily 2 points.
Scola is a very smart player. He has average physical fitness but is good at using his football IQ and footwork to score points.
After the ball was scored, Scola pointed at Ginobili, who was delivering the bullets to him, and Ginobili pointed back at him. This was a connection between the two NBA players.
Chinese men's basketball team offensive round.
Just after Chen Yan took possession of the ball, Nocioni's defense came up after halftime. Four of Argentina's starting five players had played against Chen Yan in the NBA and knew his shooting ability and range.
Chen Yan glanced left and right and quickly released the ball. He passed the ball to Sun Yue and quickly ran to the left corner.
Sun Dasheng lobbed the ball to Dayao.
Before Dayao could turn around, he was double-teamed by Argentina. Fortunately, Dayao had already observed the position of his teammates before catching the ball.
With a flick of his hands, Dayao found Chen Yan in the bottom corner.
Pregioni swooped up to cover the defense, but Chen Yan flicked the ball and quickly transferred it to Sun Dasheng at the top of the arc.
Absolutely vacant!
"Clang!"
It's a pity that Sun Dasheng's touch was not online, and the top of the arc was too flat and hit the front edge directly.
After Ginobili protected the rebound, he didn't rush forward and still played in position.
Ginobili sent the ball after Skokla got into a good position.
Facing the defense of the United Arab Emirates, Scola showed fantastic steps. The United Arab Emirates was still too young at this period. After Scola made several consecutive turns, he directly lost his defensive position.
Scola scored two points with a lowhand layup.
4 to 0.
Scola can only be regarded as a role player in the NBA, but once he reaches the international arena, he becomes a real killer!
The Chinese men's basketball team started quickly, and Chen Yan quickly advanced after receiving the ball.
Two steps outside the three-point line, Chen Yan suddenly stopped the ball and wanted to retaliate with a three-pointer.
The moment Chen Yan raised his hand, Nocioni pounced on him.
This was a fake move. Chen Yan did not take action, but quietly waited for Nocioni to fly past him.
Just as he passed Nocioni and was about to take action, Ginobili rushed forward alertly.
Obviously, Chen Yan was given special care tonight.
The Argentine men's basketball team went one after another just to prevent him from taking an easy shot.
But this comes at a cost. Taking turns to replace Chen Yan will inevitably leave a player on the Chinese men's basketball team empty.
Chen Yan made a cross pass and found Zhu 8 at a 45-degree angle to the left of the three-point line.
Zhu 8 took an open shot.
"Clang!"
This is the area he is most familiar with, but he missed the shot.
The Chinese men's basketball team had a bad start and missed all its first four shots. The Argentine men's basketball team took the opportunity to go on an 8-0 spurt and immediately stopped the game.
Rather than saying it is a slow recovery, it is better to say that it is the sequelae of excessive physical exertion after many games. Not only are CBA players unable to adapt to this rhythm, but even Dayao feels a little overdrawn. After all, he has not been able to play for more than half a year since the surgery.
Now that the official match is underway, only Chen Yan and Ah Lian are physically capable in the starting lineup.
After the timeout, Chen Yan helped the Chinese team stop the bleeding with a layup behind the screen, but the Argentine men's basketball team quickly responded with tacit teamwork.
The Chinese men's basketball team did not play well throughout the first quarter. Except for Chen Yan, no one else could find the offensive feeling. Including Dayao, he only hit 1 goal in 3 shots in the first quarter.
After the first quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team was 8 points behind 18-26.