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Chapter 333 Fulfilling the Mission
Croatia has no good solution. Even if there is only Yao Ming, if there is no full-court pressing defense bonus, they may not be opponents of the national team, let alone now, this is a gap in strength.

It often requires several prerequisites for the strong to defeat the weak. In this game, Croatia did not find it, and the national team did not give the opponent such an opportunity.

After the second half, Yao Ming reappeared on the court and gave Croatia the final blow. They lost both inside and outside and suffered heavy losses. The Croatian team accepted their fate of being eliminated.

"The whole game is over, the national team's 93:76 tactics against Croatia, advanced to the final semi-finals, advanced to the semi-finals!"

"This is the first time in the history of the national team to enter the semi-finals. The boys of the national team have made history, but this is not the end. They will continue to go on and hit the first medal of the national men's basketball team in the history of the Olympic Games! "

"Rise, people who do not want to be slaves"

The national flag was flying, and the fans sang the national anthem. Everyone stood up from their chairs, and some people had crystal tears hanging from the corners of their eyes.

However, the game that is still going on did not give the fans more time to celebrate. Although they were extremely reluctant, they could only use their own cheers to watch the national team that had completed their mission leave the stadium!

The most eye-catching US team VS Australia game has begun, but they can no longer make any waves in this arena!

The arena became quieter, the game became more boring, and even the gorgeous dunks of the US team were no longer attractive, and fans began to leave the arena one after another.

The CCTV5 live broadcast is still going on, but what is shown on the screen is no longer the game, but interviews with the national team players one after another.

"It's great, the players performed very well, and the result was perfect. We did something we couldn't imagine before!" - Jonas.

"I'm very excited now, really, it's like a dream, I didn't expect that we would advance to the semi-finals like this!" - Zhu Fangyu.

"Participating in competitions at home is both pressure and motivation. Fortunately, we have successfully turned all the pressure into motivation for ourselves!" - Yi Jianlian.

"Although the process of the competition was very difficult, from the group stage to finally entering the semi-finals, we defeated some opponents that we had never defeated before. They are very good, like Zhu Fangyu, and Arab League. Generally speaking, they have brought a lot of help to the team. Of course, Shi Lei is really good. It is very easy to play with him. And defense, let us all benefit a lot!" - Yao Ming.

"I am very happy. I was able to live up to my mission and finally lived up to the expectations of the fans. Their cheering voices have helped us a lot. I am very grateful to the fans in China and hope that fans and friends can continue to support us. We Our journey is not over yet, and it is far from over, of course, we may fail, but no matter what, we will never stop our pursuit of victory!" - Shi Lei.

The interviews were lengthy and scattered, everyone had what they wanted to express, and everyone had their own views, but the same thing was that they had the same joy in their hearts.This joy that can empathize with the vast majority of fans has not caused the ratings to drop!
In the stadium not far from where the hot national team was interviewed, the match between the U.S. team and Australia was finally over. The Australian team had no power to fight back, and the U.S. team could easily kill the U.S. team. The U.S. team also became the first tonight Three teams in the Final Four.

Immediately afterwards, the last game of tonight also kicked off. In the stadium where the fans had left halfway, the Greek team started the final quarter-final match with Argentina.

The Greek team is very strong, but Argentina is also at the peak of its history. The soul of their team, Manu Ginobili, still has a ring of hair left, and the team's center Luis Scola is also firmly established in the NBA Heel, in addition, they also have the Spurs' main center Oberto, the Bulls' small forward Nocioni, and the Pistons' shooting guard Delfino.

This is the most anxious game in the game tonight.

The point difference between the two sides in the first quarter was almost negligible, and the Greek team gained a slight two-point advantage with Papalukas' buzzer.

Back in the second quarter, Argentina soon had Luis Scola to even out the difference. After that, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war again, and the scores rose alternately.

The Greek team has strong defensive capabilities and more rigorous tactics, but Argentina also has Ginobili's sharp breakthrough and Scola's near-perfect pace at the basket.

After a year of training in the NBA, Scola finally became the deciding force in this game.

Although Scola often appears as a center forward in Argentina's lineup, his real position on the court is still at the power forward position.Due to height limitations, Scola rarely ran to a deep position to ask for the ball, and more often used his footsteps to hit the basket after getting the ball in the middle distance.

However, more attention is paid to the offensive ability of the players, so that while the Greek team does not have the advantage of height inside, it is also somewhat unsatisfactory defensively.For them, they can choose to defend Yao Ming, but if they want to defend Scola, they are at a loss.

In the last few minutes of the third quarter, Scola made continuous inside breakthroughs when the two sides were feeling down due to physical problems, leading the Greek team by 5 points at the end of the third quarter.

The gap is very small, but the Greek team spent a whole quarter, and finally failed to catch up. Until the last second of the game, the Greek team was still two points behind Argentina, and they could only end in a "short defeat" Own this Olympic trip!
After this game, the schedule of the quarter-finals was all over, and the situation of the semi-finals was also announced.

The US team played against Spain, and the national team played against Argentina!
"Argentina?"

Lying sleepily on the sofa in the room, Shi Lei finally turned off the TV in peace. Argentina is not an easy opponent, but Shi Lei is more afraid that Greece will advance. This is not only a question of strength, but also the restraint of the lineup. In comparison, the restraint of the Argentine national team is not so strong!

(End of this chapter)