The German men's basketball team is recognized as the world's strongest team. They have been ranked among the top ten in the world for a long time.
The Chinese men's basketball team has played a total of 12 times with the German men's basketball team, with a record of 2 wins and 10 losses. Since the 92-90 victory over Germany in the warm-up match on August 3, 2003, the Chinese men's basketball team has defeated their opponents 5 times in four years. The coming game is the first time the two teams have met in the history of the Olympic Games.
The German men's basketball team once won the European Basketball Championship in 1993. After entering the 21st century, the German men's basketball team also won bronze medals in the 2002 Basketball World Championships and the 2005 European Basketball Championships.
However, the performance of the German men's basketball team in the Olympics has been poor, and the best result of the German men's basketball team in the Olympics was only seventh. Nowadays, although the German men's basketball team has NBA superstars like Nowitzki, its strength is not very strong. If the German team is divided into Group A during the Olympics, Germany still has a great hope to qualify, but Germany is divided into group B of the death group. In this group, apart from the weakest Angola team, the German team has no advantage against other teams, and it will be a blowout against the United States.
The German men's basketball coach Stowe has a serious face. It is obvious that the upcoming "life and death battle" has caused a lot of pressure on him.
Kaman is not Yao Ming's opponent in the NBA. Nowitzki has to face the U.S. and roughly the wheels of the game. Although the U.S. is full of rookies in the NBA, they have probably had many years in the NBA, but the two have also played in the NBA. People, compared to those second and third-rate power forwards, must be a higher level.
This is also a headache for the German coach Stowe. The inside line he relies on does not have an advantage in front of the Chinese team. Maybe it is a 50-50.
If the German team and the Chinese team are tied 50-50, then the German team must be the last loser, because the Chinese team is playing at home. Perhaps the referee will come to the home whistle at a critical time and the German team can lose the game.
"Today's game is very important to us and also very important to the Chinese team. Whoever of our two teams wins will get the right to qualify for the group. On the contrary, if whoever loses the game, I am afraid that he will be rejected by the group and be eliminated." Stowe paused, then continued, "So we have to win!"
"Before coming to China, I analyzed the Chinese team with everyone. In addition to Yao Ming, there are two outstanding big men. Our inside team is not dominant in front of the Chinese team. But after arriving in China, we encountered another unexpected situation. That is Zhang Guan!"
Stowe said here and looked at the faces of the German players. Some were calm, some were surprised, some were nervous, and some were disdainful.
"I think before the Chinese team defeated the Spanish team, we have all seen Zhang Guan's two fatal breakthroughs at the last moments are the key to defeating the Spanish team. Without the last two breakthroughs of Zhang Guan, the Chinese team may very well be dragged to overtime and eventually lose the game."
"I know some of you might think that it's just two breakthroughs. It's nothing great. We have strong inside players who can protect our basket. If they dare to break through, they will be blocked. But don't forget that the Spanish team also has the Gasol brothers. Pau Gasol is also an All-Star player in the NBA. Marc Gasol has just won the Spanish League MVP. The overall strength of the Spanish League should be something everyone understands?" Coach Stowe continued to look at everyone, this time those who had originally thought of disdain also showed a dignified look.
In the professional basketball leagues of European countries, the strongest overall strength is undoubtedly the Spanish league. Others such as the Greek League, Lithuanian League, Russian League, Italian League, and Serbian League are also very strong. The German basketball league is in Europe. The ranking is about ten. Even the Turkish basketball league may be better than the German basketball league.
The MVP of the Spanish League won by Marc Gasol is of course a great honor. As far as the inside strength is concerned, Spain is also very strong, and Spain and Germany have very similar equipment. They are both a traditional center and a shooting power forward. Perhaps Gasol is not as good as Nowitzki. Gasol is also inferior to Kaman, but one thing is certain is that Spain's inside can't prevent the crown, and the German inside may not be able to prevent the crown.
Just listen to coach Stowe then say, "At present, we only have this short video about Zhang Guan. Only these two breakthroughs. In the last game against Angola, Zhang Guan did not play, so we think Zhang Guan might be the secret weapon in the hands of the Chinese team. We still have too little information about Zhang Guan. The only thing we know is that the speed of Zhang Guan is very fast and the body is very strong. As for other aspects of Zhang Guan, we have nothing. So if Zhang Guan is on the court, we must focus on him!"
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Zhang Guan didn't know that he had been regarded as a key focus by the German team. In his memory, the Chinese team still won this game, but the final win was a bit hanged.
If Zhang Guan is on the court, of course, it can help the national team to win easier, but coach Yunas still does not want to expose too much of the ability of the crown. After all, the Chinese team will face the knockout in the future, and coach Yunas prefers Zhang Guan being the secret weapon in defeating the other teams.
So at the beginning of the game, Zhang Guan was still arranged on the bench.
Zhang Guan did not play in the last game against Angola, which instead made more fans look forward to Zhang Guan's performance. The Angola team is the bottom of the strength group, and fans can understand if Zhang Guan does not play. Today, they are facing the strong German team, it is a life and death battle for the men's basketball team. Therefore, before the game, many people believed that Zhang Guan would play.
The game began, Yao scored 4 points in a row, Nowitzki hit a jumper, 2 to 4. Yi Jianlian scored 2 points, Nowitzki hit an outside shot, 5-6, the two sides entered a short stalemate, during which Kaman was blocked for a layup. The Chinese team was roughly replaced by Chen Jianghua, and the German team Basil replaced Haman. The German team failed to attack many times. Despite requesting a timeout, the Chinese team ended the first quarter with a 13 to 4 spurt, leading 19 to 9.
The shooting rate of both sides is not very high, and many senior fans have already seen that the main reason that caused the German team to fall behind in the first quarter is that the German team's internal line was suppressed by the Chinese team, especially Kaman. Facing Yao Ming at both ends, it can be said that it is a completely beaten rhythm.
After the second quarter of the game, the German team's hand felt recovered and hit a 10 to 1 shock wave, bringing the score closer to 19 to 20. At a critical time, Yao made an outside shot and stabilized the situation. However, when Yao was replaced, the situation began to lean towards the German team. After Kaman made a steal and layup, the score became 27-25, and the German team took the lead for the first time. The Chinese team's low shooting percentage did not improve afterward, and the opponent was beaten 22 to 8 in a single quarter, ending the first half with 27 to 31, behind by 4 points.
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"27 to 31, the score is really low! It doesn't feel like a half-court game, but just one game."
"The shooting rate of both sides is not high, and when we have Yao on the field, the offense can be smoother, but when Yao is on the field, the offense will not work immediately."
"Anyway, the offense can't be opened. I think it is time to change the crown and let the crown breakthrough. Maybe it will have a good effect."
"Yes, that's right, sub the crown in to let him play!"
"At such a critical time, Zhang Guan should be allowed to break through and cause damage to the German team's inside line. It is best to cause Nowitzki to foul. If Nowitzki is punished, the German team will lose!"
Just as the fans were discussing the hope that Zhang Guan would play, Yunas grabbed Zhang Guan at the door of the men's basketball locker room.
"Zhang Guan, our situation is very passive in the second quarter, the offense can't be opened at all, and you may be sent in the second half!" Yunas said.