Although known as the top eight before the game, everyone knows that the goal of China Men's Basketball Team is not limited to this. However, in the 1/4 final, they met Lithuania, the third runner-up of three Olympic Games, and lost at 68: 94, regretfully bidding farewell to the Beijing Olympic Games. This is also the third time that the men's basketball team won the eighth place in the Olympic Games.
Yao Ming expressed his feelings like this after the game: "We are sorry to lose the game. In this game, our opponents put a lot of pressure on us, both inside and outside. We work hard every time we shoot. We didn't play well today They played well. I wish them good luck in the semi-final. "
Today, China eliminated Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue and Zhu He from the starting lineup. At the beginning of the game, the two teams were neck and neck, but after tactical adjustment, Lithuania firmly prevailed and the score gradually widened. By the fourth quarter, China almost lost the will to resist, and finally lost by a big score.