The Men's Basketball World Cup has entered its seventh match day, and the second stage of qualifying and group matches has officially begun. Facing the huge pressure of being eliminated from the group and competing for the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team went to the competition again to face its old rival in Asia, South Korea. The process of this game has always been suspenseful. The Chinese team failed to establish a real advantage throughout the game, and even fell behind in the fourth quarter. At the critical moment, Guo Ailun stepped forward and scored 5 points in a row, which ensured that the team finally won 77-73. Center Zhou Qi, who has been criticized before, also completed his redemption in this game, scoring a double-double of 13 points and 14 rebounds. It's just that during the game, I saw Basketball Association Chairman Yao Ming's brows furrowed all the time, and he had to give pointers on tactics from time to time... Even if he was playing like this against South Korea, it still made people a little worried.
After winning this game, the Chinese team has achieved 2 wins in Group M. The last opponent of this year's World Cup will face Nigeria , which unexpectedly dropped from the group. In yesterday's game, Nigeria defeated its African brothers Cote d'Ivoire 83-66. Aminu contributed 13 points, Udu 13 points, Vincent 15 points, and Okogie 10 points. Like the Chinese team, Nigeria also has to fight for a spot in the Olympics. In addition, their performance in this competition is disappointing and they urgently need to prove themselves, so they will definitely go all out in the final battle.
So what if China loses to Nigeria? I'm afraid we really have to compete with and Iran for points.
Iran defeated Angola 71-62 in yesterday's qualifying match and won its first victory in this World Cup. In this way, after the same four games, the Chinese team's net winning score is temporarily 16 more than Iran, and the gap is not obvious. Therefore, in the battle against Nigeria, the Chinese team still has to strive for victory with all its strength and firmly hold the initiative to advance in its own hands. If you can't win, you should try to avoid losing by a big score. The goal is quite clear. Of course, the premise of all this is that Iran must defeat Philippines in the final battle. The latter lost to Tunisia 67-86 in another qualifying match yesterday.
Well, because China is our home team, the qualifying matches will attract so much attention, but in fact, the second phase of the group stage officially started yesterday, which is the real highlight of the World Cup. Among the top 16 teams, Poland and Russia were the first to appear. In the first half, Russia once established a 10-point lead, but Poland caught up in the second half and eventually reversed and won 79-74. Wachski scored 18 points, Ponika had 14 points and 9 rebounds. The Eastern European Legion surprisingly won all 4 games and took the lead in qualifying.
Similarly, the three traditional strong teams , Serbia, , Argentina and Spain also achieved 4 consecutive victories yesterday. Among them, Serbia, the favorite to win the championship, almost defeated Puerto Rico 90-47 without losing a fight. Belicahtml had 218 points and 6 rebounds, Marjanovic had 16 points, and Jokic had 214 points and 10 rebounds. Probably not too sweaty yet. On the other side, in a South American civil war, Argentina defeated Venezuela 87-67. In this campaign, Scola performed well again, contributing 15 points and 6 rebounds. Although Venezuela lost, the unyielding and fighting spirit they showed in the game once again made the world know them.
Finally, letβs look at Spain. The Matador Corps encountered a major challenge yesterday because they ran into Italy, which is very powerful. Both teams had active NBA players, but Spain was still superior and won 67-60 after a hard-fought battle. Juan Hernangomez scored 16 points, Rubio14 points, Luer scored 11 points, which made the opponent's 15-point effort by Gallinari go in vain. Fortunately, this year's World Cup knockout stage is restructured. The second stage is in the form of groups, and the promotion places are determined by playing two more games. Therefore, although the teams that lost first yesterday, including Italy, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Russia, have all missed the top 8 in advance, the second-placed teams in the first stage of the group that played today will have a greater chance of advancing as long as they can win one game first. increase. After all, the basketball court is the place where miracles are born, not only for the NBA, but also for the FIBA arena.
(Wutong)
