The head coach of the Greek men's basketball team, Panagiotis Ioannakis, was the greatest player of the Greek men's basketball team when he was young, the second scoring champion in Greek history, and when he coached the Greek men's basketball team, he also led the Greek team to win the 2005 European Championship and the 2006 World Championship runner-up; He is the only player and coach in European basketball to win the European Championship as both a player and a coach, winning the title as a player in 1987; In 2005, he won the championship as a coach. It is worth mentioning that Giannakis also served as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team in the future.

Giannakis' coaching philosophy is to build an impregnable defense, and while the Greek players are shooting accurately, the Greek offense is not very good, and they rely on high-intensity defense. Giannakis trained Greece to be a defensive powerhouse, and at Euro 2005, Greece did not allow an opponent to score more than 70 points. This style of play was even more powerful at the 2006 Men's World Basketball Championships, helping the Greek team defeat the mighty American basketball dream team.

At this time, in the face of the upcoming match, Jannaski seemed very relaxed.

"Boys, I know some of you may think that the next game doesn't matter, we're already out anyway, but don't forget, we're going to play the knockout rounds. If we lose the match against the Chinese team, we will be ranked fourth in the group, and we will face the Lithuanian team in the first round of the knockout round, and no one here should want to play the knockout round against the Lithuanian team! Jannarski said, glancing at the crowd and adding: "At the moment we have an advantage over Spain on goal difference, so if we can win this game by a big score, we will have a chance to fight for second place in the group, and when the time comes, our path to qualification will be much easier against Croatia." ”

"Some of you may look down on the Chinese team, but don't forget that the Chinese team is playing at home, so we will inevitably have a lot of pressure in the game. And the Chinese team also has Da Yao, and our inner line can be said to be completely inferior in front of the Chinese team. So, don't take any chances and take this game seriously! As he spoke, he held out a finger and continued, "There's only one thing I want to emphasize, and that's defense!" I need you to show the strong defensive level of our Greek team, and I want to put forward a goal for you in this game, which is to limit the score of the Chinese team to less than 30 points at halftime! We want to let the Chinese team not even get 30 points in the first half! ”

Hearing Jannaski say this, many players of the Greek team frowned, after all, the Chinese team has the world's top center like Da Yao, and it is not easy to limit the score of the Chinese team to 30 points in the half game.

"What? Are you worried that you won't be able to do it? I'm telling you, the German team did that, so I'm sure you'll be able to do it too. Jannaski continued: "And I'm not going to ask for more, it's not just defense, I want you to lead by more than 15 points in the first three quarters." As I said earlier, if we want to be second in the group, we have to win this game by a big score, in the first three quarters of the game, we are 15 points ahead, and in the whole game, we have to win the Chinese team by 25 points or 30 points, so that we can hope to lead the Spanish team in the win-loss ratio and be second in the group! ”

After Janaski finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Papalukas, and then said: "The Chinese team is very strong inside, but the outside line, especially the point guard, is very weak, so in the game, you have to put pressure on their point guard as much as possible." ”

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At half past two in the afternoon, the game between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Greek men's basketball team officially began.

After a short opening ceremony and player preparations, five players from both teams took to the field.

The five players who started the Greek team were Vaslopoulos, Diamantidis, Fortesis, Spanoulis and Giridaniaschi.

As for the Chinese team, the starting five tigers are Da Yao, UAE Lian, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and Zhang Guan.

After the starters of both sides came on the field, the audience immediately resounded with a noisy discussion.

"I'm not mistaken, that's Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan's debut?"

"It's really Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan's starter! Younas didn't let Liu Wei start, but chose Zhang Guan. ”

"Zhang Guan's debut! I really didn't expect that in this game, Zhang Guan would make his debut. I can see Zhang Guan's sharp breakthrough again, and this time it is not at the last moment of the game, but the beginning of the game. ”

After a short discussion, the audience burst into cheers. Of course, this cheer is for Zhang Guan, who has unparalleled popularity in China, and wherever he appears, there will be cheers from the audience.

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Greece's number one man, Papalukas, packed his gear and prepared to take to the field, all the while he had in mind how to organize the attack once the game started.

"The playmaker of the Chinese team is No. 5, and I have an impression of this player, which makes me think about it, I remember that we played against each other at the World Championships two years ago, and he was a playmaker with a lot of desire to attack. However, his physical fitness is relatively average, and I can use the whole court press to greet him in a while! ”

At this moment, the audience suddenly burst into a commotion, followed by continuous cheers.

Papalukas frowned: "The Chinese fans are really enthusiastic, but this is normal, after all, it is the home of the Chinese team......

But after a few seconds, the cheers had not yet dissipated, which made Papalukas a little confused.

"Even if it's the home stadium, it's not like this, why are the fans still cheering? It's not normal, it's not right, there's something wrong with it! Papalukas finally realized that something was wrong, and he subconsciously looked at the starting players of the Chinese team who had already stepped onto the field.

"No. 13, No. 12, No. 11, No. 9, No. 8...... What about number 5? The No. 5 of the Chinese team didn't even play? Wait a minute? Number 12? How come I don't have an impression of this number, who is he? Papalukas looked at the number 12 of the Chinese team, although this number was very unfamiliar to him, but this athlete was not strange at all, and when Papalukas saw the face of number 12, it was recognized by him.

"Zhang Guan! The No. 12 of the Chinese team turned out to be Zhang Guan! Zhang Guan appeared! Has the Chinese team changed formation? ”

Papalu Caston felt a little caught off guard, although the "strongest playmaker outside the NBA" has extremely rich game experience and extremely high ball intelligence, he didn't understand what the Chinese team was going to do for a while.

"Let's go according to the original plan first, and wait until the game to see the moves!" Papalukas thought silently. (To be continued.) )