On the morning of August 26th, the semifinals of the Chinese men's basketball team and the Italian men's basketball team took the lead in kicking off the curtain, the Italian men's basketball team can be said to be a dark horse in this Olympic Games. The Italian men's basketball team was basically abused by the Lithuanian men's basketball team every time, but in the key Olympic arena, the Italian men's basketball team was humiliated and sent the Lithuanian men's basketball team back to their hometown.

Although the Italian men's basketball team defeated Argentina in the group stage and eliminated Lithuania in the quarterfinals, in terms of comprehensive strength, the Italian men's basketball team is still the weakest of the top four, plus the shadow left by Meng Xu on the Italian men's basketball team in the last Olympic Games, so at the beginning of the game, the Italian men's basketball team strengthened its defense against Meng Xu.

The Huaguo men's basketball team may feel that it is enough to use Liu Wei to control the ball, so from the beginning of entering the knockout round, Jiang Quan rearranged Meng Xu to the position of small forward, firstly, he wanted Meng Xu to release his scoring ability, and secondly, Jiang Quan also hoped to strengthen the team's defense after entering the knockout round, especially the outside defense, and Meng Xu's leading defense and assistance defense are undoubtedly Jiang Quan's biggest reliance, in the quarterfinals with Angola, it is precisely because of Meng Xu's excellent defense of Angola's top scorer on the outside, As a result, the Angolan men's basketball team did not even hold on to half the game, and it was already more than 20 points behind the Chinese men's basketball team.

The Italian men's basketball team is a team that relies heavily on the outside and three-pointers, and Italy's three-point shooting ability is also very strong, in the two games against Argentina and Serbia and Montenegro, Italy shot more than 10 three-pointers, which is in a game with a total score of less than 70 points, a single game can hit 10 + 3 points, which is already very terrifying, so the key to the game with Italy is the defense of the outside line and three-pointers, especially against the Italian scoring guard Gianluca. Basile's defense.

Gianluca. Basile is a "new star" of the Italian men's basketball team in this Olympic Games, this veteran who is close to 30 years old, was originally just a substitute player for the Italian men's basketball team, but in this Olympic Games, Gianluca. Basile's performance was very high, in the first game of the group stage against New Zealand, substitute Gianluca. Basile, who had 21 points and five assists, helped Italy win 71-69 over New Zealand. Basile became the starting point guard of the Italian men's basketball team, and in the subsequent games, he averaged 15 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists per game, and became the top scorer of the Italian men's basketball team. Basile scored a new Olympic high of 23 points to help Italy knock out European champions Lithuania and now Gianluca. Basile has become the number one star of the Italian men's basketball team.

Perhaps it was the outstanding performance in the previous games, or perhaps the opportunity to make history was in front of him, which made Gianluca. Basile seemed very excited after the game began, constantly trying to attack the basket of the Chinese men's basketball team, but under Meng Xu's targeted "care", Gianluca. Basile hit just 2 of 7 shots in the first quarter, and in the first quarter, he hit just 2 of his 7 shots. Under the infection of Basilla, the entire Italian men's basketball team did not feel bad in the first quarter, and the team's three-point shot was 0 of 5.

The inside line is originally Italy's short board, plus Italy's main inside line Garanda, and a big man who can't stand under the basket and likes to float on the outside, so on the offensive end, Italy's inside line was blown up by Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, although Meng Xu didn't have many opportunities on the offensive end because of Italy's targeted defense, but Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi were like no one under Italy's basket.

Italy, like Angola, who was out of ground and insisted on three quarters of the game, completely gave up the struggle, and finally relied on Yao Ming's 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Wang Zhizhi's 18 points and 8 rebounds, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Italy 82-69 and took the lead in advancing to the Olympic men's basketball finals.

DUE TO SOME ZHEGNZHI FACTORS, BEFORE GOING TO ATHENS, THE HUAGUO BASKETBALL MANAGEMENT CENTER SET THE GOAL OF REACHING THE FINALS FOR THE HUAGUO MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM, AND NOW WITH THE HUAGUO MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM EASILY ADVANCING TO THE FINALS, PLUS THE FIRST 7 GAMES TO MAINTAIN A FULL VICTORY, AND DEFEATED THE DREAM TEAM, THE HUAGUO MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IS NOW FROM THE HEAD COACH JIANG QUAN, TO EVERY PLAYER IN THE TEAM, IS HIGH-SPIRITED AND MORALE, SINCE THE AMERICAN MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS BEEN ELIMINATED BY ITSELF, IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN THE FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

After the Chinese men's basketball team and Italy separated the winners and losers, another semi-final also kicked off in the afternoon, the Spanish men's basketball team and the Argentine men's basketball team have already played each other once in the group stage, in that group stage, the Spanish men's basketball team, which was behind by 5 points at halftime, staged a big reversal in the third quarter, and finally won Argentina by 11 points. Spain and Argentina have both targeted each other.

The overall strength of the Spanish men's basketball team and the Argentine men's basketball team is still about the same, and both sides also have their own advantages, Spain's advantage is the inside, although Pau Gasol can only barely be regarded as a quasi-first-class inside line in the NBA, but in the international arena, the current Pau Gasol is a well-deserved big killer, in addition to the American men's basketball team and the Chinese men's basketball team, Pau Gasol is enough to sweep all the interior lines of the remaining 9 teams participating in the Olympic Games.

The advantage of Argentina is their outside line, Manu Ginobili, who is known as the "poor version of Meng Xu" in the NBA, is also quite sharp in the international arena, before Ginobili entered the NBA, he has led the Argentine men's basketball team to overturn the dream team in the World Championships, and in this Olympic Games, Ginobili can contribute an average of nearly 20+5+5 all-round data per game.

Contrary to the one-sided game between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Italian men's basketball team, the semifinals between the Argentine men's basketball team and the Spanish men's basketball team can be described as a spark, two players from the NBA, Pau Gasol and Manu Ginobili dominated the court, Pau Gasol continued to ravage Argentina's interior line, and Manu Ginobili kept attacking in the middle and long distances, 40 minutes of the game ended, the two sides tied at 75, through a hard-fought overtime, and finally relied on Manu Ginobili's quasi-lore, Argentina defeated Spain 84-83 to reach the Olympic men's basketball final.

As the gold medal with the highest gold content in the Olympic Games, the finals of the Olympic Games are often put on the day of the closing ceremony, and it is precisely because of such special treatment that the Chinese men's basketball team and the Argentine men's basketball team can rest for a few more days after the semifinals.