The opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team in the third game was Venezuela, which was bloodily slaughtered by the United States team in the second round of the group stage.

This in itself is a team in the middle and lower reaches, and without Wang Xiao's intervention, Venezuela's experience at the Rio Olympics should have been slightly better, and they should have won a game in the group stage with a 1-4 record.

Of course, the only game they won was the Chinese men's basketball team.

If it weren't for Wang Xiao and several disciples he cultivated, the Chinese men's basketball team in this Olympic Games would have lost all five games and ended the Olympic journey with a total defeat, but because of the emergence of Wang Xiao's variable, everything has changed.

In the face of this Chinese men's basketball team, which has successively defeated the United States team and the French team, and has become a big boss, Venezuela has no resistance, 88:56, there is no suspense in this game, the Chinese men's basketball team won the game by a big score, although the score difference is not as exaggerated as the slaughter of Venezuela by the American team in the last round of group stage, but it is quite easy to win.

After this battle, the Chinese men's basketball team has won 3 consecutive wins in the group stage and has become the first team in Group A to qualify.

The next two opponents of the Chinese men's basketball team are Australia and Serbia.

Needless to say, Australia, as the opponent of the Chinese men's basketball warm-up game, the two sides can be said to know each other, while Serbia, as the fourth team in the group in another time and space, barely qualified, but all the way to the final of the Rio Olympics, is an out-and-out dark horse.

Many people originally thought that against these two teams, the Chinese men's basketball team, which had defeated the United States team and the French team one after another, should be able to win easily.

However, what is surprising is that in the fourth round of the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team lost the game against Australia.

At 79:76, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Australia by 2 points.

This defeat baffled many fans, after all, they even defeated the stronger United States and France, and actually lost to Australia, which they had not lost in the warm-up game.

But some people still found some of these ways, although the process of the game on the court is very intense, but the Chinese men's basketball team played significantly different from the first three games, the first three games of the team mainly revolve around Hao Peng's inside line and Jeremy Lin's outside line, offense and defense are very purposeful, in contrast, the game with Australia is played a little randomly, whoever gets the ball will attack, and the defense is not like the previous games around Hao Peng, and there are often leaks.

Could it be that the Chinese men's basketball team is deliberately releasing water? But why is that?

Why, I'm afraid only Wang Xiao himself knows.

As a traverser, Wang Xiao is well aware of the situation of the Rio Olympics, not only in Group A, but also in Group B.

If nothing else, Spain will finish second in Group B to reach the last eight, and according to the rules of the Olympic format, after the group stage, the eight teams will be divided into two divisions according to their records, and will play A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2, A4 vs. B1.

With Spain second in the group, they will face the team with the best record in Group A in the semi-finals.

In another time and space, Spain did face the United States in the semifinals, and staged a battle with the United States, losing to the United States 76-82.

If there is no current Chinese men's basketball team, then the match between Spain and the United States team is the smallest and most stubborn game in the game in which the United States team participates in this Olympic Games.

Although it is the second team in Group B, Spain is definitely the strongest team in this Olympic Games in Wang Xiao's opinion, except for the United States team and his Chinese men's basketball team.

Therefore, Wang Xiao hopes to avoid Spain, and let Spain and the United States team meet in the semifinals, and consume the strength of the American team as much as possible.

Of course, all of this is based on the fact that the development of Group B is exactly the same as history, and if the butterfly effect caused by its own appearance changes the original course, there is no way.

In any case, after losing the game against Australia, the Chinese men's basketball team has the same record as the American team, which is 3-1, but due to the extremely high net score of the American team in four games, the American team became the first in Group A.

Then in the last round of the game, facing Serbia, which has only won Venezuela so far, only won 1 victory, and has no hope of qualifying, Wang Xiao punched and directly used a score of 93:69 to fix the Chinese men's basketball team's group stage record at 4 wins and 1 loss.

When he met Wang Xiao, it was also unlucky for Serbia.

Serbia, which was supposed to rely on two victories over the Chinese men's basketball team and Venezuela, barely entered the quarterfinals, and won the silver medal in the knockout round, but because of the Chinese men's basketball team's sideshow, it couldn't even qualify for the group stage, and the silver medal it should have gotten flew away.

Sports competition is so cruel, Wang Xiao not only wants to snatch the silver medal from Serbia, but also snatches the gold medal that should belong to the American team!

The final ranking result of Group A is that the United States team is ranked first due to 4 wins and 1 loss due to high goal difference, the Chinese men's basketball team is second with 4 wins and 1 loss, Australia is third with 3 wins and 2 losses, and France is fourth with 2 wins and 4 losses.

On the other side of Group B, the situation is exactly the same as in the original history.

Croatia is in first place, Spain is in second place, Lithuania is in third place, and Argentina is in fourth place.

In this way, the list of matchups for the quarterfinals has also been produced.

USA vs Argentina, China vs Lithuania, Australia vs Spain, France vs Croatia.

At this time, people found that the Chinese men's basketball team was actually the most advantageous one in terms of matchups.

Just looking at the opponent in the 1/4 finals, the United States team played against Argentina is an old traditional strong team, and it defeated the United States team in 04 to win the gold, becoming the only team that has defeated the United States team in the past ten years, until a few days ago Wang Xiao's Chinese men's basketball team broke the monopoly.

And if the U.S. beats Argentina to reach the semi-finals, his opponent will likely be Spain, who won silver medals in '08 and '14.

In contrast, the schedule of the Chinese men's basketball team can be described simply, although Lithuania is also an old powerhouse, but that's all, in recent years, they have no record in the international arena, and there is no advantage compared with the strong Chinese men's basketball team.

If the Chinese men's basketball team defeats Lithuania to enter the semifinals, the opponent to face is only the winner of France and Croatia, the French team is the defeat of the Chinese men's basketball team in the group stage, and although Croatia is the first in Group B, in the eyes of many people, it is absolutely impossible to threaten the Chinese men's basketball team in terms of strength.