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339 The Big Picture

33 Set the overall situation

Lithuanian head coach Butaotas is different from ordinary European head coaches. He is very courageous and has a tough wrist. When he saw that this lineup was not effective against the Chinese team, he waved his hand and made a big rotation and changed four people directly.

The inside double Lavrinovic and Jaftokas were substituted together, and the Ravrinovic brothers were replaced.

Like the Lopez brothers who appeared in the NH draft, the Lavrinovic brothers are also twins, but unlike the complementary mode of the Lopez twin brothers' offensive and defense, the Lithuanian twins Lavrinovic brothers' playing style is almost carved from the same mold just like their figure.

Among the twins, Dalius is the older brother, 2.2 meters tall and 106 kilograms; his younger brother, Ksistov, is 2.09 meters tall and 10B kilograms. There is a slight difference in height and weight between the two. Although the difference is not big, it seems that the younger brother is more powerful, but the two look exactly the same, which is also a wonder in the basketball world.

People who are more familiar with Lithuania team think of the Lafrinovic brothers as the first thing they think of is a three-pointer. This is a very accurate shooting at mid- and long distances for brothers who serve as the team's center or power forward. This year, his younger brother, Ksistev, played with the Italian Siena team in the European League. He made 33 of 57 three-pointers in two games, and his shooting percentage is 57.0.

Brother Dalius' basketball talent is still above his younger brother, but he is affected by injury. He only represents that Kazan HNIKB of Russia played B games and his shooting feel has always been bad. However, he started killing in two games in 6-B. He averaged 2 points, 2 rebounds and 26 blocks per game in two games, and made 6 three-pointers. Unfortunately, he was on the verge of injury again in the quarterfinals.

As they grow older and their strength increases, the performance of the brothers in the inside is also improving, especially the younger brother, Ksistov, is already a reliable weapon for the inside line in Siena. The two have always had good foundations in the offense and defense of the inside line, but they lacked enough confrontation in their early years and prefer outside attacks.

The two brothers are not very outstanding in defense. Their good movement speed and bounce can play a big role in the inside repair defense, but they suffer a slight loss in power confrontation, and their movement speed is not particularly outstanding, so they are still a little embarrassed far away from the basket.

Relatively speaking, the older brother Dalius, who looks thinner, has a slightly stronger strength, and the effect of the basket is better in the fight and defense; while the younger brother Ksistev is faster, his defensive ability is slightly inferior. In this way, Dalius is used to defend Yao Ming, and the younger brother Ksistev is here to deal with Chamberlain.

The Lafrinovic brothers are not the dominant insiders in European basketball. The main reason is that although their physical fitness is good, they are not at the top. In addition, basketball IQ can only be considered ordinary compared to Lithuanian traditional smart centers.

However, the two brothers have the same temper. Although they like to float outside, they both attacked fiercely and viciously. Butautas sent them to the field to supplement calcium for the Lithuanian team.

Because of the Lopez brothers, Chamberlain has never had a good impression of the twins, especially when the two of them were on the court, they angrily at him as soon as they came on the court. A guy who didn't know whether it was his brother or younger brother walked up to him and said viciously: "Boy, be careful of your life, don't fucking into the penalty area, do you understand?"

Chamberlain smiled coldly, and then said in an indifferent tone: "Oh, fuck, I'm so scared, are you going to kill me? But I don't believe you dare to kill people, but I'm worried that my anus will always be under pressure to face the rapist."

Just like the opponents will understand them, Chamberlain also knows the opponents. The most legendary among Lithuanian players are the Lafrinovic brothers. These two brothers were sentenced to two years in prison for suspected rape when they were under 2 years old. Before, they were not very good at taking you to the professional league. As a result, they practiced one-on-one every day in prison. When they were released from prison, the two originally young potential men became a pair of finished players with very skilled skills.

After hearing Chamberlain's words, the expressions of the Lavrinovitch brothers were ugly, and no one wanted to let others mention their scandals.

Dalius squinted his eyes and wanted to trouble Chamberlain. A thin and energetic young man grabbed him and frowned: "Save your energy to the game."

This is another Lithuanian shooting guard named Mindaugas-Lukoskis. He has good physical fitness, good speed and bounce, and his outside shooting is also very accurate, similar to Spanish team's outside sport Fernandez.

With half of the time left in the second quarter, after the opening, Lithuanian team firmly attacked the outside, while the Chinese team attacked the inside, Yao Ming caused the opponent's fouls twice and made four free throws and overtook the score in one fell swoop. Lukowskis then made a mid-range shot, and both sides tied the score.

Facing the aggressiveness of Lithuania, Chamberlain responded, and he made a jump shot from the left wing. However, Lukowskis used Dalius' cover to run out of the open position, received a pass from the European King Jascovicius and scored two points again, so that the scores began to replace in the overlap.

Then there was a loophole in the outside defense of the Chinese team. Chen Jianghua, who came on the bench, made a mistake in passing and passed the ball to Ksisteff. Jaskovius scored a fast break layup. Yao Ming encountered double-teams from the Ravrinovic brothers in a singles, and made a mistake and lost the ball.

Jascovius organized a fast break again. This time he passed the ball to the small forward Siskoskas, who is the number one small forward in Europe. Now the number one point guard and the number one small forward in Europe cooperate, Lithuanian fans are in high spirits and are waiting for their lessons | opponents.

Siscoscas lived up to expectations and started taking off after receiving the ball. He was going to dunk, but Chamberlain came up from behind and slapped the ball on the rebound. Then he took off the rebound for the second time and threw it to Li Nan in the frontcourt.

Li Nan was outside the three-point line. After he got the ball, he wanted to wait for the return of core players such as Yao Ming and Chamberlain, but when he saw that there was no defense around, he simply made a three-pointer long shot.

After all, all the players who play are national players, and Li Nan is still very good at being a three-pointer without defense.

Jascovius used his strength to crush Chen Jianghua, who was young and energetic and had one disadvantage, but the young man had one advantage, that is, he was excited and dared to fight. Faced with Jascovius's back push, Chen Jianghua made a gambling steal and poked the ball out.

Li Nan rushed up to pick up the ball, and Chamberlain ran forward like a fierce horse. After receiving the ball, he dribbled the ball forward by himself. The younger brother of Lavrinovic brother, Ksistov, came up to stop him, but Chamberlain forced him away. The two of them were entangled all the way to the frontcourt.

Chamberlain turned his back to Ksistov or pushed him back. This time it was his turn to crush the Lithuanian team. Ksistov also wanted to steal, but Chamberlain turned around with difficulty, stomped his feet on the floor and jumped up, and bent his waist and made a backward jump shot.

The ball drew a crooked curve in the air, and finally turned two circles on the inside of the basket ring, and finally fell down.

Chamberlain did not expect his goal to score. Nelson and the fans were so happy that his face was full of fun, while Old Nelson's eyes lit up: Chamberlain's body flexibility is so good, so why do he dunk? He has more offensive methods to choose from.

The Chinese team played smoothly, while the Lithuanian team became anxious. Jaskovius broke through with the ball from behind. After entering the penalty area, he threw the ball. Chamberlain, who was entangled with Dalius, suddenly came out and once again made a strong block and sent the ball directly out of the court.

After the first half, the Chinese team changed the big score behind in the first quarter and led the opponent by 6 points 44-3.

In the second half, the Chinese team's momentum was fully up, and the players' confidence and patience were out. Yi Jianlian, who made a three-pointer from the right wing, made a long shot from Dalius, and Dalius wanted to play the ball behind the basket. Chamberlain stepped back step by step. When Dalius turned to the layup, he jumped up and slapped the ball down.

Then the two teams strengthened their defense, and no one scored in the next two minutes. Zhang Qingpeng, who came on the bench, broke the silence. He organized the offense with the ball. The Chinese team was pressed by Lithuania. There was still no good chance. As the second was about to come, Zhang Qingpeng gritted his teeth, jumped up with the ball and made a long shot with the buzzer-beating shot.

As the beeping sounded that represented the end of the second attack, the ball also fell into the basket, so the Chinese team expanded its lead to double digits with 49-3.

The Lithuanian coaching staff could only call for a timeout. The situation has not changed after returning. Siscoscas missed the shot, Chamberlain grabbed the rebound, and Zhang Qingpeng held the ball and caused Jaskovius to make both free throws. The Lithuanian team was a little anxious.

The more anxious the more problems arise, the more problems arise. Xi Sikas missed the singles Yi Jianlian, and the ball hit the ring and bounced off. Both sides fought for rebounds in the inside.

Chamberlain was pinched up like a sandwich by the Ravrinovitch brothers. He smiled sinisterly, first raised his legs and pushed his knees hard against the inner thigh of his brother Dalius, and then stepped on Ksistov's toes when he landed.

Dalius's health has always been a problem, especially his knees, which have to be treated every now and then. Although Chamberlain was pressing against the inner side of his thigh, it was involved in the nerves in his knees. Dalius screamed and hugged his right leg and fell to the ground.

Chamberlain didn't care. He jumped up and took the ball off, passed it to Zhang Qingpeng, who was a little confused and shouted: "Fast attack"

The Lavrinovic brothers have a bad temper. Although the outside fans and coaches don't know what happened, the two brothers are very clear. Kristov punches to hit Chamberlain, while the small forward Siskoskas is calm and he grabbed him.

Dalius struggled on the ground in pain, but the ball was in the hands of the Chinese team, and it was useless for Lithuanian to call a timeout. Zhang Qingpeng missed a layup for a fast break, and then Yi Jianlian, who followed up, took the rebound. At this time, the scene that made the Lithuanian's eyes split:

The ball belongs to the Chinese team, and the Chinese team's layup was not even a hit, even more annoying, Lithuanian players gave up the pursuit, but Yi Jianlian's second attack still failed to make a layup, so Lithuania could not get a timeout

Seeing his brother struggling in pain on the ground and the team doctor could not play, his younger brother, Ksistov, was in a hurry and waved his fist at the initiator Chamberlain.

Yi Jianlian was a real person there. He didn't make a layup just now but didn't make a deliberate plan. He took the rebound again and then he dunked with both hands.

After the dunk, the referee's whistle also sounded: the Lithuanian team's second technical foul came out, and Ksistev also took a technical foul.

But finally, the Lithuanian team could call a timeout. The team doctor who had been waiting for a long time rushed forward, and then Dalius was carried down: he couldn't play in this game, and of course, his younger brother Ksistev couldn't play either.

The Chinese team is getting bigger and bigger in the score, or in other words, the Lithuanian team is getting more and more chaotic.

Looking at the chaotic situation of the team, Buttaus was ashamed: It doesn't matter if he lost the game, but it would be a problem to lose to an opponent like the Chinese team, and now he can't control the team. Obviously, if this continues, this game will be his last game in the national team. After the game, he will be ready to be dismissed.
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