The Paris Olympics are in full swing, basketball as one of the three major balls is undoubtedly the focus of attention from the outside world, in a focus battle in Group A, Spain ushered in a competition with Greece men's basketball, both teams lost in the first game, Greece lost to Canada, Spain failed to beat the strong rival Australia, according to the rules of the group of the top two directly qualified, the three groups of the two better records of the third place qualified, which means that for Greece and Spain, this game is crucial, if the probability of losing will not be in the top eight.
The two teams quickly got into a battle at the beginning, and the score was tight until Greece led Spain 22-21 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Greece scored only 13 points in a single quarter, while Spain rained three-pointers, with seven three-pointers in a single quarter, Spain led by 14 points at 49-35 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, the first half of the brave Spain dumb fire, Greece in the alphabet brother led by the next breath to tie the score, at the end of the third quarter Greece 56-62 chased the difference to 6 points, the final quarter even had the opportunity to tie the score, but the alphabet brother missed the tie three points, and finally Greece lost to Spain 77-84, suffered two consecutive defeats in the group stage, the latter won the first victory.
Throughout the game, there was no absolute superstar on the Spain side, but the core Aldama was stable enough, especially the outside three-point shooting was very reliable.
He shot 6 of 14 from the field, 3 of 8 from three-point range, and got a double-double of 19 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks.
In addition to him, Spain had three players in double figures: Willy Hernangomez with 11 points and seven rebounds, Fernandez with 10 points and Ruhr with 13 points.
At the same time, three others scored at least seven points, with Brown adding 10 assists along with seven points.
On the other hand, on the Greece team, the situation is still difficult for Brother Alphabet to support alone, and the whole team relies on him to support the scene at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
After scoring 34 points and 5 rebounds in the last game, Brother Alphabet continued to output efficiently in this game, playing 34 minutes, shooting 12 of 17, and scoring 27 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
also showed his terrifying talent in the game, and directly overturned the opponent with Taishan.
As a result, he slashed 61 points and 16 rebounds in two games, and he was not only hard to find a win, but also criticized by some media after the game because of his projection ability.
Among them, basketball commentator Yin Hai commented: "In the final round, no one on the outside of the Greece team could tear apart the defense, and even passed a circle for the letter to shoot three points - although the letter has the courage to take on the team, he really did not have the shooting skills to change his fate." ”
Basketball reporter Jia Lei commented: "Brother Alphabet cut 27+11 luxury data, but at the last moment Spain chose to put the letter to shoot three points in the defense, and Brother Alphabet missed the three-point shot that could tie the score." Again, in the game of Fiba, no basket is really terrible! ”
The reason why Brother Alphabet was criticized was that at the decisive moment of the game, Greece once chased the difference to only 3 points under the leadership of Brother Alphabet, and as a result, the Greece teammate passed a circle and did not throw, and Brother Alphabet had no choice but to shoot himself.
This three-point shot was the only one in the game, with teammates next to him being 3-of-5 from three-point range with Papanicolau on 3-of-5, Toliopoulos on 4-of-6 from three-point range, Karasis 2-of-6 from three-point range, and the rest were 1-of-6, 1-of-4, 0-of-2 and 0-of-1.