Updated: 2013-05-16

After Stephen left the court, Croatia immediately launched a fierce attack on the Chinese national team, intending to take this opportunity to completely open the score, but the Chinese team had long been mentally prepared, especially Stephen played a while in the third quarter, and ended the game while the momentum was right, which also played a significant and effective role.

However, regardless of the situation, the Croatian team has always adhered to its own technical style of play, mainly shooting from outside. Although the feel has declined, it has always been able to maintain a normal level with the promotion of tactics, which is also the reason why the Chinese national team has been unable to catch up with the score.

Such a team does not require the head coach to strictly require it, and can consciously execute tactics, because they have received such basketball education since childhood, and the basketball philosophy that comes from the streets of the United States is completely incompatible.

As a representative of system basketball, the Chinese team does not have the high tactical qualities of European basketball and the excellent personal abilities of American basketball. They are just between the two, and have shortcomings that both sides have advantages that both sides have. However, in the game, this is actually a disadvantage.

Because you play European teams, you do not have the high tactical qualities. You do not have the talent of other players in the United States, Brazil, Puerto Rio, and Australia. For a long time, you have been the main reason that has troubled Chinese basketball's advance towards a higher ranking.

Just like the development of Chinese professional basketball, it is also full of Chinese characteristics, a bit inappropriate and the taste of selling dog meat with the title of sheep. However, many times, many things are like this. It is definitely not feasible to copy it as it is. How to develop a unique path that suits you needs to explore and evolve continuously. There is no shortage of things. This process requires patience.

For the Chinese national team, Stephen's joining the Chinese national team is like taking a super tonic suddenly. Fortunately, his foundation is strong, his players have a solid basic skills, and he is willing to abide by discipline and follow the command to change himself. Otherwise, the Chinese national team will not achieve the current results.

Fortunately, the Chinese national team adopted the same strategy as the Seattle Supersonics, that is, Stephen does not need to integrate into the players, but let the team cooperate with him, so that the players can find out how to cooperate with Stephen. Fortunately, Stephen simply told them a truth: run more and take action if you have the chance to shoot, and don’t hesitate.

Simple and clear, this is the fastest way to take effect. Of course, if Stephen encounters a blockade or is in poor condition, it will be a devastating blow to the Chinese national team. However, from the beginning of this season to now, Stephen has basically no time in bad condition, just like a machine that has been operating more and more well, and will never make mistakes.

Moreover, in the international arena, although real joint defense is allowed here, joint defense cannot completely limit Stephen, especially when Stephen is not only able to score, and other players of the Chinese national team have completed the shooting task, which is quite satisfactory.

So this tonic did not hurt the fundamentals, but actually made the national team full of energy. Although limited by talent and strength, they could only exert such abilities at most, in international competitions, this ability is basically enough.

So seeing that the Chinese national team could still withstand the fierce offensive of Croatia without Stephen, and not be able to widen the gap by Croatia, this scene made the other national team members sitting in the stands a little unexpected.

Especially Lithuania and Greece, which are likely to become the next opponent of the Chinese team, have paid more attention to this situation. According to the rules, their winners will face the winners of the Chinese team and the Croatian team, and then the winners will compete with the winners of another group of confrontations, deciding the gold medalist and silver medalist, while the loser will compete with the loser, deciding the bronze medalist and fourth place.

If Stephen is on the court, it is not surprising that this situation occurs, but Stephen has already come off the court, and it is indeed surprising that the Chinese team can still withstand such a fierce attack by Croatia. This situation suddenly improved until the end of the third quarter.

Croatia made two consecutive three-pointers, and then widened the gap to more than five points. At this time, Stephen returned to the court again and replaced Yao Ming. The inside player only left one Yi Arrow League, followed by Stephen, Wang Shipeng, Sun Yue, and Chen Jianghua.

This is an unconventional lineup. It is necessary to use such a flexible lineup of "one big and four small" to strengthen the offense. Yunas believes that simply defending against a team like Croatia is not a good way. The Chinese team has been in a tough defense just now, and it is time to play an offense now.

Defense is a chore. No one is willing to defend except for those players who can make fun of their hardships, but sometimes they need to defend, which depends on the players' discipline and consciousness.

The head coach can let the players do a good job of defense as he told him, but also consider whether the players are willing and able to withstand. During that time just now, the team's defense was very successful, which made Yunas very satisfied. He also knew that with the ability of these players under him, how much pressure it would take to defend the Croatian team's attack.

So at this time, he chose to attack, which is also a way to relax the players. It is also out of tactical needs. He believes that under Stephen's guidance, the Chinese national team's transition from defense to offense will definitely make it difficult for Croatia to adapt.

Sure enough, the Chinese national team suddenly changed from defense to offense, which made Croatia team not expect at all. It was a fast-paced offensive method, especially Chen Jianghua's rapid advancement, which made them not expect at all. Their height at the point guard position became a disadvantage at this time.

Watching Chen Jianghua drilling around in a crowd of tall players, to put it in an exaggeration, it was like a rabbit drilling into a flock of sheep, flexible and agile, and scored two consecutive layups at the basket. In addition, Stephen assisted Yi Jianlian to shoot a three-pointer, the Chinese team tied the score with less than a minute and a half left in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, as the Chinese team replaced Yao Ming again, they returned to their normal playing style, but in this time, people saw the Chinese team's tactical adjustment ability.

You can play fast and slow, you can defend as fast as a mountain, and you can attack as fire as a team. Such a team will not know how to deal with it. Of course, the Chinese team cannot do it now, and you can defend and attack as well as a team, but so what? If you see all the teams that have entered a quarter of the teams, there are those who can do this.

The scores of both sides have been rising alternately, and no one has the ability to widen the score difference in one fell swoop, but in this process, Stephen basically did not score, but defended, connected, assisted, and occasionally attacked one to attract the opponent's attention.

The Croatian team has been increasing their offensive firepower and trying to widen the gap, but has not been able to do it. Nearly half of the time passed in the fourth quarter, and suddenly exerted force, causing the opponent's defensive fouls twice in a row, and then completed the steal from Ukic, and after coming over, he made a quick three-pointer.

The score gap was widened to more than five points in one fell swoop. The Croatian team immediately called a timeout, but after the timeout, Stephen once again successfully stole from Praninic and assisted Sun Yue to score a dunk.

Marco**vic missed the shot from the Croatian team, and after coming back, Stephen also missed the shot. Although Yao Ming grabbed the rebound, his layup also missed the rebound and the opponent grabbed the rebound.

Praninic failed to succeed in a foolproof dunk, and the basket seemed to have covered both sides. Stephen scored his own layup after coming back, which was considered to be considered a breaking of the deadlock, but it also helped the Croatian team. After coming back, Marco**vic immediately made a three-pointer.

This is not a good thing. Yunas was afraid that the players would be excited to play, so he quickly called a timeout, re-arranged the tactics, and let the players play according to the tactics. However, when he returned to the court, Stephen made a pick-and-roll with Yao Ming, threw the ball back, and Yao Ming dunked it and scored.

This has nothing to do with tactics, especially Yao Ming has learned bad things with Stephen, and he doesn't even care about tactics. He was not like this before. Yunas smiled bitterly and didn't care much. Anyway, no matter what, he has already confirmed that he is leaving, so much is there.

As long as the game is good, Yunas said nothing, just watching there, seeing that the head coach had no intention of pursuing it, Liu Wei also broke through and scored a layup. This was entirely based on his personal ability and had nothing to do with tactics.

Seeing another honest player being led by Stephen, Yunas still said nothing, but Stephen and the others did not go too far. The next attack entered a tactical state, and they beat very steadily at the same time. This was the effect Junas wanted.

Seeing that the game was getting less and less, the Croatian team couldn't help but start to get anxious. After the players got the ball, they would make simple and rough. Although they were originally a team that was good at three-pointers, in the final stage, they also made too many three-pointers.

The more this happens, the less they can't guarantee their shooting percentage. Seeing that the score difference has not narrowed, it has become bigger and bigger. In the end, the players of the Croatian team didn't care about any more tactics and wanted to take action after getting the ball. However, the more this happens, the less they can't make a shot. In this way, the Chinese national team won the victory of the game without any danger and advanced to the semi-finals.
Chapter completed!