The situation in Group B is much more complex than in Group A.

Of the six teams in Group B, except for Brazil and Nigeria, one with 2 wins and 3 losses, and one with 1 win and 4 losses, the other four teams are all 3 wins and 2 losses.

Croatia, Argentina, Lithuania and Spain advanced to the quarterfinals.

Among them, Croatia has lost to Argentina, Argentina has lost to Lithuania, Lithuania has lost to Spain, and Spain has lost to Croatia......

A perfect cycle, without an absolute strong man, restraining each other, head to end.

So how to sort it becomes a complicated job.

Unlike football, which counts as goal difference, goal difference counts as goals scored.

In the basketball group stage, the winners and losers are counted among each other, and the final ranking is determined.

As a result, Croatia lost one game to Nigeria, and Nigeria was eliminated, and Croatia took advantage of it without calculating the win-loss points.

Therefore, Croatia obviously lost to the weakest opponent in the group, which is equivalent to an upset, but because of this, it is ranked first in the group.

If you look at the total points scored and the total points conceded, Croatia actually has -7 points, and there are more points conceded than scored.

Spain, on the other hand, scored 75 more points than conceded, but could only come in second place.

If Spain is ranked first, it will definitely be quite difficult for the Chinese team to play Spain.

Spain reached a peak at the 08 Olympics, when China was unfortunately reversed by Spain at home.

In the end, Spain also reached the final, and fought with the American team with Kobe Bryant and James, forcing the American team to go all out.

Now that Spain is past its heyday, Gasol Jr. is not competing, and his strength is not as good as before.

But this team is experienced, skilled, and tactically rigorous, and the Chinese team is really not easy to play.

Croatia can even lose Nigeria, and they have lost by 14 points, which shows that this team is not stable enough.

They were able to win the group purely because of the ranking rules.

However, a game that is decided by the winner is inherently very uncertain.

The bigger plus is that the Chinese team and the Australian team are divided into a half zone.

The U.S. team is in the other half.

Australia's opponent in the quarterfinals is Lithuania.

There is a high probability that Lithuania will not be able to beat Australia.

Australia, on the other hand, can't beat China, or Li Liang.

The situation became interesting.

For a while, people from all walks of life thought that this was a good opportunity for the Chinese team to go straight to the finals!

Some people also believe that the knockout round is not the same as the group stage, and the Chinese team may still be in the quarterfinals.

And the answer will be revealed on August 18, the day of the competition.

By this day, the Chinese delegation had won 19 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 20 bronze medals in the Olympic arena.

There is only one medal in basketball, but it is definitely heavy.

After a three-day break, the Chinese team and the Croatian team fought a big game.

It was a very tortuous game.

The traditional performance of the Chinese team was 14 points behind at the beginning, and it must be 0:14 behind.

I can't get a single point.

In the first quarter, after not catching up, Croatia's defense against Li Liang was quite successful.

In the second quarter, the Chinese team was still in a bad state, and the score difference was once stretched to 20 points.

A 20-point difference is very difficult in the Olympics.

Just when people thought that the Chinese team was going to stop in the quarterfinals again, Li Liang led the Chinese team to set off a frenzy of counterattacks in the third quarter.

Li Liang regained the feeling of the offensive end, using his strong body to constantly hit the inside, layups, and pull-up jump shots.

The difference is slowly narrowing.

In the fourth quarter, Li Liang assisted Yi Jianlian to hit a three-pointer, and the score was tied!

With four minutes left before the end of the game, the Chinese team erased the 20-point difference.

After that, the two sides engaged in a hard tug-of-war.

You score, I score.

You don't score, and I don't score.

The battle lasted until 81:82, and the Chinese team was still 1 point behind.

Croatia's youngster Hezonia caused a foul on Zhou Peng in the attack.

went to the free throw line, and Croatia was invincible in both free throws.

There are only 3 seconds left in the game.

As a result, Hezonia missed two free throws!

Li Liang grabbed the rebound and immediately called a timeout.

The last 2 seconds of the Chinese team.

Gong Luming's nervous hands were shaking, and he couldn't draw the tactical board clearly.

This is likely to be a historic breakthrough moment for the Chinese team.

The Chinese team's timeout ended, and Serbia also called a timeout.

The two sides battled wits for two seconds for ten minutes.

Finally, the sideline ball!

Gong Luming arranged for the first time for Zhou Qi to serve.

Serbia called a timeout and rearranged it to allow Yi Jianlian to serve.

Zhou Qi covered Li Liang, and Yi Jianlian threw a high throw to Li Liang who reached the bottom line.

Li Liang received the ball and turned around and threw it back directly!

[Dave Debusschel's lucky hand! 】

The lucky hand finally struck.

Lucky hands never miss.

Hit!

Li Liang threw this killer ball that changed the history of Chinese basketball!

The Chinese team defeated Croatia by 83:82 and scored 1 point to reach the semifinals in a historic way!

Li Liang scored 27 points in this game and threw in a golden kill.

After the game, Li Liang was overwhelmed by his teammates.

The scene was flooded by red flags.

……

Two days later, on the 20th, the Chinese team's opponent in the semifinals was indeed Australia.

They comfortably beat Lithuania in the quarter-finals and played China for the third time in a month.

The Chinese team has played Australia, or Li Liang has played with confidence in Australia!

With a thick and strong team like Australia, Li Liang is the least afraid.

Who's afraid of whom?

As a result, in this game, the Chinese team played the best performance since the Olympic Games.

The defense suppressed Australia all over the court, scoring only 67 points in one game played by Australia.

With an advantage of 80:67 and 13 points, the Chinese team defeated Australia in the semifinals and reached the Olympic finals in a record!

Li Liang has a long face now, and he can be on the news network again!

Although they know that the final is a must-lose game, the romance of the Chinese is to brave the fire of death, reach places that have not been reached in the past, and leave a monument for future generations.

In this game on August 22, although it has not been played yet, in Li Liang's heart, the Chinese team has already won!

The U.S. team is also pitiful, it took the lead at halftime before, and was said by Li Liang to have won.

This one hasn't been fought yet, and the damn has won again.

Li Liang's ability to win the game with an empty loan is really terrifying.

On August 22nd, China was in the middle of summer vacation.

Due to the time difference, the Beijing time of the game was early in the morning.

But this did not affect the huge enthusiasm of the audience at all.

Many people who don't usually watch basketball stay in front of the TV in the middle of the night without sleeping.

In the bar, a rare basketball game was played in the early hours of the morning.

The last time such a grand occasion was back in 02, when the Chinese Football World Cup qualified.

There is this kind of treatment when you qualify for the Football World Cup, and basketball can only be played until the finals of the Olympic Games.

Before the start of the game, Li Liang meditated again, but he couldn't calm down.

As for the outcome of the final, he seems to have become bearish.

To get this far, they've really won.

This time, he was serious.

"Forget it, let's just let you win the championship once, it's not easy to gather so many people."