I’m Really Playing Basketball

The final match of the group stage between China and Spain was played very easily. Spain basically showed no resistance. It should be said that Spain has given up on this game.

Because before the match between China and Spain, Spain had already lost to the United States 82-119 in its last game. After this game, it can basically be said that Spain must be third in the group.

Because according to the ranking rules of the Olympic group stage, even if Spain defeats the Chinese team, if it cannot beat the Chinese team by more than 50 points, it will be of no use.

In this game with the US team, Spain lost too much, which really made Gasol angry.

Everyone knows that Gasol is actually a quite gentle player, but after the last game against the US team, Gasol was still angry.

However, there is nothing that can be done about it. The game between Spain and the United States was indeed miserable. In this game, Spain was overwhelmed by the United States team for the entire game. They could not even find the basket. They made 28 turnovers in the game. Giving the United States 16 steals, who can tell that this is the strongest team in FIBA ​​besides the Chinese team in the past few years?

Originally, the Gasol brothers were an advantage for the US team, but in this game, the two did not have the opportunity to use their advantages.

It will indeed be difficult for the inside line who lacks outside support.

Without Chen Xiao, Dayao would also be in pain, and he would never be as happy as he is now.

Of course, the U.S. team beat Spain so hard in this game. Apart from the fact that the Spanish players underestimated the opponent and were dazzled by the U.S. team that has always been able to win in the past few years, the U.S. team really worked hard in this game.

Because the American team wants to control its own destiny, he does not want to be defeated by the Chinese team and Spain in the last round of the group stage, and then fall to third place in the group.

According to the Olympic promotion rules, if the U.S. team is third in the group, it will have to play the Chinese team again in the semifinals in advance. This is definitely not good news for the U.S. team.

It’s not that the U.S. team is afraid of the Chinese team, but that the current U.S. team needs time to adjust. If you can play the Chinese team one game late, try to play the Chinese team as late as possible. The later the U.S. team plays the Chinese team, the more beneficial it will be to the U.S. team.

In this case, if the American team wants to hold on to its own destiny and not be destroyed by the joint efforts of the Chinese team and Spain, it can only beat Spain more fiercely.

It has to be said that Spain does not have a superstar like Chen Xiao on the outside. Facing the group of outside superstars and superstars on the US team, they are indeed very passive. Even if they have the advantage of inside attack, they cannot take advantage of it.

Under such circumstances, it is of course impossible for Spain to go all out in the match between Spain and China.

Since there is no need, just save your energy for the knockout rounds.

After all, the opponent for third place in the group is Argentina, which is second in the opponent's group, and Argentina is also a strong opponent.

The quarterfinals will be against Argentina, which is also a tough battle for Spain.

Of course, the same is true for Argentina.

In short, after the last game of the group stage where everyone had their own thoughts, the top eight matches of the Olympic men's basketball team were also announced.

The two quarterfinals matches in the top half are Lithuania, first in Group A, playing Greece, fourth in Group B, and the United States, second in Group B, playing Croatia, third in Group A.

The two quarterfinals matches in the second half are between China, the first team in Group B, and Australia, the fourth team in Group A, and Argentina, the second team in Group A, playing Spain, the third team in Group B.

Therefore, the players of the Chinese team have no regrets at all about Spain's surrender in the group stage.

In this Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team has aspirations, hoping to defeat the strongest opponents with absolute strength in every game.

Spain is one of the strongest opponents in the eyes of the Chinese team.

The unfinished business in the group stage can be brought back in the semi-finals.

It's not that Chen Xiao despises Argentina led by his good friend Manu Ginobili. For now, Spain is indeed better than Argentina.

It's embarrassing for Spain to beat the United States, that's true, but Spain in this game is not Spain's true strength.

Past victories have blinded the eyes of many Spanish players and made them lose their vigilance. Spain, which is now in desperate situation, will definitely not see such a thing happen again.

However, to be able to make Spain careless, of course it cannot be said that Spain's battlefield veterans are really distracted, but a large part of the reason is that the strength of the US team is growing rapidly.

In the last game of the group stage, the U.S. team played the German team led by King Notre Dame. In the end, it won 115 to 57, beating the German team by 58 points. In history, the U.S. team won this game by "only" 49 points.

Obviously, the American team could not only beat Germany by 58 points in this game. They could win more. However, because of Xiaopao's own bad taste, Xiaopao's second lineup of the US team only beat the driver's Germany by 58 points.

Humiliating such a strong FIBA ​​team, coupled with a 30-point victory over Spain, the US team now really feels like it is about to take off.

Or rather they have taken off.

Therefore, after the game against the German team, one of the leaders of the American team, Xiao Zhan, said: "The failure against China made us become a whole. We are better now than we were when we played against the Chinese team ten days ago. 50 times!"

"Now we know how to play a FIBA ​​game. We cannot be lax or arrogant. We must strive to do our best in every game. We do not want to retreat, we want to continue to move forward. We know that the Chinese team is our final challenge, and we are full of confidence at this time!"

In fact, not only the players of the US team themselves felt the changes in the US team after losing to the Chinese team, but of course the media nearby also felt it.

So after the group stage ended and before the knockout rounds began, the world's three major clubs all noticed signs of the U.S. team's re-emergence.

Agence France-Presse started from the fact that the United States team made the Spanish and German teams vulnerable, and analyzed the changes in the current tactical play of the American team. The American team used their strong defense and efficient counterattack to defeat the Spanish and German teams. They used one The fast-break dunks and high-quality outside shots made the game lose suspense before halftime.

In front of such a powerful American team, the previously unstoppable Chinese team seemed dwarfed.

I have to say that the current playing style of the American team is indeed strong. In football terms, it is simply total attack and total defense. Regardless of whether it is effective or not, it presses the opponent from the beginning to the end.

This style of play is simply disappointing. If you don't have excellent ball control skills and physical strength, you will be completely helpless against such a style of play.

Reuters and Agence France-Presse also focused on reporting on the changes in the U.S. team's current tactics. But in addition, Reuters also highlighted Anthony. In the previous game, the U.S. team made 19 of 65 three-pointers. Ranked last among all Olympic teams, but in the game against Spain, he made 7 of 11 three-pointers in the first half, especially Anthony, who made 6 of 8 three-pointers in the game. This performance aroused endless imagination.

If Anthony can perform like this against the Chinese team, the Chinese team's defensive advantage will not be so great, and the U.S. team's offense will not be so difficult. In addition, the U.S. team's physical strength and personnel Advantages, it is difficult for the Chinese team to compete with the American team.

Therefore, Reuters stated that the US team now has a new weapon of its own.

The Associated Press is definitely more "arrogant" at this time. After the United States team swept the two powerful teams of Spain and Germany, the title of the Associated Press is: The American Dream Team Returns to the Peak of World Basketball!

In the report, the Associated Press was full of praise for Coach K's change of formation after losing to the Chinese team. Howard was reused on both offense and defense to bring out the team's speed and defense, with Howard as the fulcrum. The shooting of outside players such as Anthony was also stimulated. Under the leadership of Coach K, the American team showed a completely new state.

At the same time, while the Associated Press praised Coach K for his mastery and boldness, it also did not forget to insinuate that Spurs head coach Popovich did not dare to use Howard like this, and did not have the courage or guts to make good use of Howard.

To be fair, after the American team defeated the Chinese team, it was indeed quite useful to have Howard as the core in the positional battle, surrounded by Anthony, James, Kobe, and Ron Howard.

It's not that this one-star shooter is really that amazing and useful, but as James said, the US team is no longer scattered and each plays its own game. At the very least, the US team has a tactical system.

The U.S. team also tried to build its own tactical system before, such as James' breakout system, but when James arrived in the international arena, he was not so easy to break out, and it was full of people.

Another example is Ko's triangle offensive singles system, but similarly, the Fiba court is small, the three-point line, and the area inside the three-point line are overcrowded compared to the NBA. Ko's is not as ignorant as Chen Xiao. Due to his defensive height, his efficiency in mid- and short-range singles is not very advantageous, at least it cannot become a regular tactic.

After the failure to build a tactical system with the two team bosses Ko and James as the core, and they didn't know how to fight positional battles, and the messy American team suffered humiliation from Australia and China one after another, Howard's "one star in four" The tactical system became Coach K’s life-saving straw.

And after using it, the effect is really good. Howard does not have the inside singles ability in the FIBA ​​arena, but he can stir things up, stir up people inside, and create opportunities for the stars outside.

Although there are many big centers in the international arena, there is no one who can hold down Howard one-on-one and prevent him from interfering with it. At least not Gasol or Gasol, nor can Okur of the German team.

An excellent one-star four-shot tactic, as the star player can only mess with it, this is a failure.

But it doesn't matter. In the headquarter position battle, everyone can do whatever they want with the ball.

At least it has a backbone, knows how to fight positional warfare, and won't mess around.

With the strength of this American team, they are invincible in fast break and invincible in one-on-one defense. They also have routines for positional warfare, which is their biggest weakness. Such a team is indeed not comparable to other teams.

And this is also the reason why Spain was shaken. Who would have thought that the American team would actually have tactics in positional warfare.

All in all, things are looking fine for Team USA now.

But, is this really the case?

Certainly not all.

At the very least, Howard, who has become the core of the team's positional tactics, makes many people unhappy.

This kid doesn't know how to behave. There are a lot of big brothers on the team. After he took over, he showed off in front of the media like O'Neal did back then. In Howard, the boss looked like the shadow of the former O'Neal.

Good guy, I was a supporting role for O'Fatty in the Lakers.

Now that you are so strong, in the national team, you still play a supporting role as the "two fat"?

You, Howard, are in a bad mood in the NBA. Do you think someone like me is in a good mood this season?

The first person who was only a short distance away was lost like this. Boss Ke was not in a good mood, and the big kill that Boss Ke had expected in the Olympics did not happen.

It is really difficult to make a big kill in Fiba with unstable three-pointers.

The sentiment of Brother Ke was also felt by former NBA player John Amici, who was also the first NBA player to admit that he was "Guy".

According to John Amici, as the chief consultant of the BBC, when he went to interview the US team, many players were wary of him during his interview. They were unwilling to talk to the former NBA player, and even simply stay away. Amici said it was understandable and he didn't care about these strange looks.

Only when he was interviewing Kobe, he was very hurt.

Amici said that when he tried to interview Kobe, the scene immediately became "tense."

"I walked up to Kobe and he was shocked when he saw me. I wanted to give him a hug, but he pushed me away and looked at me like he was killing me. You know, that kind of The way the Black Mamba stared at his prey, I felt that Kobe wanted me to disappear, not from the Team USA station, but from this world. At that moment, I was really hurt."

If you don't say he is a poet, his words are really quite literary and artistic.

While the player and poet was injured, he also praised Howard emphatically.

"Dwight was the only player who opened his arms to me and didn't treat me like a portable AIDS player."

Good guy, after the BBC's chief interview consultant said this, Coach K was about to kill someone.

The team has been a little angry recently after he forced Howard to be the core of positional warfare offense. Now isn't this guy here to cause trouble?

Many members of the US team even expressed conspiracy theories that the British BBC was deliberately trying to disgust people.

It’s not just the first or second time that Chinese people have done this. The British “Nature” is slandering the United States, and the American “Science” is slandering the UK. They are classics among classics.

The relationship between this conjugated father and son is so complicated, and they will never let it go when it can tear you down and make you sick.

The BBC is also a big media. Why can’t we find a reporter? Do you have to find a ‘Guy’ or a poet of the Gay class to interview us? Disgusting us?

If you say you didn't mean it, who will believe it?

Well, this is what the BBC did in history, but it made the boss feel numb and frightened to the point of feeling uncomfortable all over.

In short, after the Olympic men's basketball group stage ended, because of the fierce competition between China and the United States, many, very interesting things happened in the Olympic men's basketball team.

Of course, Chen Xiao and the Chinese team are unlikely to suffer such interference because they are fighting on home soil.

Even if Korean veterans and Japanese veterans want to disgust people, they don't dare.