Apart from Petrović and Toni Kukoc, there's also Raja, Stojko Frančović, and Vilimir Perasovic, all of whom are very strong players.
As for Brazil Team, aside from Schmidt, the other players are noticeably inferior, otherwise, Schmidt wouldn't need to score so many points on his own.
The situation of Brazil Team is very similar to China Team, but Schmidt doesn't have the terrifying ability of Gan Guoyang, and by halftime, Croatia was already leading Brazil Team by 15 points, removing much of the suspense from the game.
In the second half, Brazil Team didn't have the strength to turn the tide, and Croatia merely maintained a stalemate with Brazil Team, ultimately easing to victory.
Petrović scored the team-high 22 points, while Schmidt scored the game-high 26 points.
Thus ended the first day of the men's basketball competition at the Barcelona Olympics, with three games in each group.
