Chapter 941 Facing Lithuania!

Argentina unfortunately stopped in the quarterfinals. The defending champion's journey to this Olympics ended here. Ginobili left the game a little lonely. He tried his best, with 30 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds. His performance made Ji Feng unhappy. No thumbs up, but their age has become their biggest obstacle. The crazy chasing teenagers in the last Olympics are really gone forever.

The Spaniard who won the game celebrated passionately, Gasol, who scored 33 points, raised his arms and roared, and Rubio, who made it to the semi-finals in his first Olympics, also ran around the court holding a towel, without any need to face the end. Feelings about Team USA.

All this is easy to understand. Although Spain has dominated Europe in recent years, it is actually different from the established European teams such as Croatia, Greece, Lithuania, etc. Its rise is very short, less than 5 years in total.

Before the 2006 World Championships in Japan, the Spanish men's basketball team had only reached the semi-finals once in the World Championships. However, in 2006, they made it all the way to the finals, and finally defeated the Greek men's basketball team and won the first place in the team's history. A world championship.

In the Olympic Games, Spain's previous record was even more average. In the last Olympic Games, Spain had to compete with China at the time for seventh place. Therefore, reaching the semi-finals of the Olympic Games this time has also created the best Olympic record in their team history.

Although many people think that Spain is likely to end here, the Spanish head coach was very confident when being interviewed. He bluntly said that Spain's goal is still to win the championship.

"The American team is very strong, but if anyone in the world has a chance to defeat them, it must be us." The Spanish head coach is really confident!

And the old K from the United States next door also responded directly in an interview: "The American team will enter the finals, no matter how many times we play Spain, we have no reason to lose. No matter what the Spaniards hide, I still say this. , we will win.”

The two coaches' battle in the air also provided the best warm-up for the Spanish-American battle two days later. Fans on both sides can't wait.

But all this has nothing to do with Ji Feng for the time being. After watching the game, Ji Feng went to find Manu outside the Argentina locker room to express his condolences, and then ran to Gasol to congratulate them on reaching the semi-finals.

"See you in the finals!" Gasol seemed very confident. Maybe what Ji Feng thought was that they did hide something. Ji Feng will be ready to study it carefully when the time comes.

Ji Feng then parted ways with Reba, and returned to the Olympic Village with Dayao, and agreed to meet Reba in the finals!

No matter who in the West reaches the finals, that is a question to consider in the finals, so he also sent text messages to Kobe and Gasol respectively, asking them not to hold back and do their best.

And what Ji Feng is most concerned about right now is naturally their opponent, Lithuania!

Compared with the devilish half of the United States and Spain, the dark horse half of the Chinese team and Lithuania seemed very calm, with no war of words. The coaches of both sides seemed very low-key when being interviewed.

When asked by reporters, Yunus said bluntly: "No one knows Lithuania better than me. They are strong enough. People say they are dark horses. In fact, we are the dark horses. We are the weak side. We have completed the Olympics." The set goal, so what we have to do next is to win this semi-final. As for the result, we will know it by then, won’t you go and watch it live?”

Well, he was very low-key and put himself in the position of the weak. By the way, he also showed his immature dry humor. It was a perfect interview. Ji Feng said, well done!

This is the way to do interviews. Times have changed. Now is the era of keeping a low profile and building up your character. How can you crazily feed your team before the game? Spain and the United States next door are just out of your mind.

Lithuania's success in reaching this point is obviously well understood. Their coach Antanas Slelica also expressed the same meaning. In general, the Chinese team is very strong, and it is at China's home court. , they will fight against the Chinese team to enter the finals!

As for the players on both sides, no one came out for interviews. They were all preparing for the game in their respective training halls, keeping a low profile.

The reporters who had nothing to do turned to analyze the fighting records between the two sides. However, in fact, Lithuania has the advantage. The two teams are old rivals in the history of the Olympic Games. From the 1992 Olympic Games to the present, including this time, China The team has played against Lithuania for five consecutive Olympic Games.

But the result was naturally no victory, and the least one game was lost by 20 points. The worst game was the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The Chinese team at its peak lost to Lithuania with a score of 55 to 116 points. This was also China's The men's basketball team has suffered the worst losses in Olympic history.

At that time, the Chinese men’s basketball coach Yunus was also the assistant coach of the Lithuanian team at the time...

This kind of record comparison is also very understandable. Lithuanian players were the main team of the Soviet team that year, and their strength has always been very strong. In the 1988 Olympics, Lithuanian basketball superstar Sabonis led the former Soviet men's basketball team to win the Olympic championship, which also directly contributed to the 1992 Olympics. The birth of the annual dream team!

Many people may not know Sabonis. He is by far the most successful foreign player in the NBA and has been named the No. 1 NBA top ten international player many times. Such a person was cultivated in Lithuania.

After they became independent, their record was still very strong. From 1992 to 2000, they won third place in three consecutive Olympic Games. In this Olympics, they reached the semi-finals with a complete victory record. Although there are no big names in the team, no one is weak. At least in terms of personal ability, except for Ji Feng and Dayao, no one else in the Chinese team is an opponent.

So based on historical results, there is nothing to analyze at all. Based on previous match records, the chance of the Chinese team winning is almost zero...

However, the media is still very optimistic. Su Qun bluntly said: "At least compared to Spain and the United States, Lithuania is a very mild opponent."

However, many media are still worried. After all, although they won the quarterfinals, there were many problems exposed.

Yunus thinks so too!

So when they returned to the hotel that day, before they could even enjoy themselves, they were dragged to the conference room. Yunus didn't talk nonsense, but he came up and sprayed them hard, making them useless.

Thinking about it carefully, although they won, the process was really not good. If it weren't for the lack of stars in the Croatian team and no one stepped up to score at the critical moment, it would be really not easy for the Chinese team to make a comeback. After all, it was 20 points. The pit is really too big.

There is no shortage of stars in the Lithuanian team. Raptors rookie Kleiza and European center Jaftokas have both been famous for a long time and have leadership qualities. They will not give the Chinese team a chance to make a comeback!