Appreciation of American-Greek Basketball Match in 2006 World Championships
On September, 2006 1 day, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the 5th1World Basketball Championships started. The first game was played by the United States and Greece. Greece finally beat the United States with 10 1-95 and advanced to the final. The picture shows the US team Wade making a layup and pressing a small shark. Spang scored 22 points, Cacchio Keith 15 points, Little Shark Sentis 14 points and Diamintis 12 points. Anthony scored 27 points for the United States, Wade 19 and James 17, but the "03 Golden Generation" failed to save the United States. Hinrich 12, Howard 10. After the opening, the American team kept a close eye on the press and relied on outside attacks. With 7 minutes and 45 seconds left in the first quarter, Hinrich hit a three-pointer and Dream Seven started 5-2. Greece did not show weakness, and even scored 4 points to overtake the score. Both sides pay attention to defense, and it is difficult to open the score. There are 5 minutes and 08 seconds left in this section, the United States steals successfully, and Anthony leads 9-6 after dunking successfully. The U.S. team won the basket in a row and ended the first quarter with a lead of 20- 14. The United States performed well after the second quarter, but after gaining a double-digit lead, it was attacked by Greece. After the start of the second quarter, James turned around and hit a shot, extending the advantage to 8 points. After Greece narrowed the gap, James opened the record again. With 8 minutes and 06 seconds left in this section, the United States launched a fast break and joe johnson fell to the ground and made a cross. James jumped up and dunked with one hand after receiving the ball, which widened the gap to 7 points. With 6 minutes and 27 seconds left in this section, Johnson hit a three-pointer and the United States led by 33-2 1 12. The backward Greek team began to fight back crazily, and their defense made the American team insurmountable. In the following time, the United States kept making mistakes, and Greece played a wave of 22-5 attacks and 43-38 overtook. Sentis, the "Little Shark" who came off the bench, made four consecutive layups, which became the key to this wave of attack. At the end of half-time, the American team fell behind by 4 1-45. Greece expanded its advantage after the beginning of the third quarter. With 8 minutes and 57 seconds left in this section, Foces hit a three-pointer and the Greek led 50-43. After Hinrich scored three points, Foces scored again. Since then, "Little Shark" scored twice in a row, and Greece led by 8 points with 56-48. "Little Shark" rested after three fouls, and Greece shifted its attack point to the outside line. Span, Diamintis and others hit three points one after another, leading by 65-5 1 with 5: 35 left in this section. The American team finally found a little feeling on the outside, and after hitting two three-pointers in a row, it narrowed the gap to 10. With 55 seconds left in this section, Wade broke through and caused a foul. After two free throws, he tied the score at 65-75. Spanoulis grabbed the rebound with 5 seconds left in this section, and running all the way went to the basket. After the layup, Greece ended the first three quarters with 77-65. Wade scored three points with a penalty from the fourth quarter. However, Greece immediately responded by widening the gap to double digits. With 7 minutes and 44 seconds left in the game, Anthony hit a three-pointer, and the US team was still 74-83 behind. Although the United States hit several three-pointers, it was unable to defend. Greece continues to maintain its advantage. With 5 minutes and 39 seconds left in the game, Greece scored 88-77. James led the team in hot pursuit. With 3: 13 seconds left in the game, he scored a layup and the United States tied the score at 83-89. A minute later, Hinrich hit a three-pointer, narrowing the gap to five points. However, Spanoulis hit a three-pointer with two minutes left in the game, and Greece led by eight points. Hinrich hit a three-pointer with 36 seconds left in the game, making the score 9 1-95. With 27 seconds left in the game, Greece fouled for 5 seconds at kick-off. Unfortunately, the American team missed three points and had to foul, but there was nothing they could do.