Chapter 192: An Unexpected Confrontation (Third Update!) )
The victory over Spain was a sensation in the post-match news.
The headlines of all sports sectors in the country are dominated by the men's basketball team.
Regardless of whether you won the gold medal or not, basketball, as one of the three major balls, has set such a record, which means more than winning the gold medal.
A victory that went down in history, after the team members celebrated, Tang Tian also took a timely vaccination.
After all, this is only a group game, and the opening lineup of the Spanish team did not give full play to its strength.
And even if it wins Spain, it doesn't mean that it will lock up the second place in the group, you must know that Spain won Greece, if the Chinese team loses Greece, it is likely to fall directly to the fourth place in the group.
After a burst of analysis, the team members were also enlightened after listening to it.
Excitement is excitement, and the attitude should be correct.
Two days later, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the third game of the group stage of the Olympic Games.
The opponent was Angola, an African team known as the "Olympic Sending Team" at that time.
In the face of the weak team, the Chinese team did not relent, and the score was stretched to more than 20 points in the third quarter, and in the fourth quarter, the players who had played less time before were found to find their state, and finally won the game 81-66, ushering in two consecutive victories in the Olympic Games.
After winning Angola, China ranked second in the group and had a good situation to qualify.
The opponent of the Chinese team in the fourth game was the German team.
Germany's situation is very similar to that of the Chinese team before, with Nowitzki being a pillar on the inside, and this season has planned an increase in the strength of NBA player Karman.
But it's really the same as the previous Chinese team, the inside line is strong, but the outside line is weak.
In this game, the Chinese team was like traveling to the past and fighting with themselves in the mirror.
In the end, the Chinese team also successfully won the game 71-61 and won the third victory of the Olympic Games.
The German team has lost to the United States, Spain, Greece, and China in a row, and has been eliminated from the competition.
The hug between Yao Ming and Nowitzki after the game was also quite emotional.
Wrapped in a winning streak, the Chinese team ushered in a clash with the Greek team in the last leg of the group stage.
Fans are also looking forward to this game.
The Greek team lost to Spain 66-81 in the group stage, and as long as they win the opponent, the Chinese team will be second in the group.
The game started with cheers from the fans, but the Greek team showed the Chinese fans typical European team basketball, not as many stars as the Spanish team, but the non-stop passing of the ball made the Chinese team take care of each other on the defensive end.
The Chinese team also had problems on the offensive end of this game, and the infinite change of defense made it difficult for the Chinese team to have too many empty opportunities.
Although Yao Ming was dominant on the inside, the Chinese team still lost the game 70-80.
After losing this game, the three teams in Group B, Spain, China, and Greece all have the same record of 3 wins and 2 losses, and they have won and lost each other, so they fall into a dead loop.
In this case, the percentage of points scored and conceded between the three teams is calculated according to the rules.
Greece: (66+80)/(81+70)=0.96
Spain: (81+78)/(90+66)=1.019
China: (90+70)/(78+80)=1.012
According to the rules, the teams with the highest percentage of points scored and conceded are ranked higher, so the final ranking of Group B is the United States, Spain, China, and Greece.
At the same time, the final ranking of Group A was also released, and the rankings according to the results were: Lithuania, Argentina, Croatia, and Australia.
An unexpected defeat changed the Chinese team's group ranking from second to third, and the opponent also changed from the relatively weak Croatia to the strong Argentina team.
The "golden generation" of the Argentine team won the gold medal in the last Olympic Games, when the core of the team was still in the team, the men's basketball team led by the "demon knife" Ginobili was not much worse than the Spanish team, and it was also one of the three favorites to win the championship in this tournament.
And if they finish third in the group, even if they win against Argentina, they will meet the United States in the semifinals.
From heaven to hell, you can clearly feel the emotional changes of the players, from excitement to depression.
This confrontation was also unexpected by Tang Tian, but it seemed to be reasonable.
The offensive system that Tang Tian created for the national team has a high ceiling, but the lower limit is also very low, because the defensive ability of the Chinese team is there, and once the offensive end cannot be opened, it is likely to fall into a stalemate or lose.
However, Tang Tian is not the kind of person who is easily frustrated, on the contrary, just like he decided to stay in the rocket in the first place, he is not afraid of challenges.
Now that the facts have been decided, it's just a matter of rolling up your sleeves and rushing forward.
At the end of the day's training, Tang Tian saw that the morale of the team members was not good, so he directly called everyone together.
"Guess what I'm feeling right now?" Tang Tian looked at the team members with a smile.
The team members looked at each other, even Yao Ming couldn't figure out Tang Tian's mood at this time.
Depression doesn't look like it at all, but happy, the current situation, it doesn't seem like the time to be happy.
"Happy?" Seeing that Tang Tian had been smiling, Sun Yue said uncertainly.
"Yes, just happy." Tang Tian's answer surprised everyone.
"Do you know why you're happy? Because our opponent is Argentina. ”
Tang Tian's words made the players even more confused, and they were happy about Argentina, this is ...... Find the silver lining?
"The last game against Greece exposed a lot of problems in our defense, against this kind of traditional European team, we suffered at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, do you know which of the traditional European teams in this Olympic Games?" Tang Tian continued to ask.
"Lithuania, Greece, Croatia." This time, Yao Ming quickly gave an answer.
European traditional teams do not refer to the strong teams in Europe, but teams that rely on teamwork and traditional European play, in addition to what Yao Ming said, there are also the former Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Serbia, Lithuania and so on.
Spain and Russia are also very strong, but they do not fall into this category.
It's not about strength, it's about play.
"Yes, Croatia also plays this way, although the strength is weaker than Greece, but I don't want to play them, but Argentina is different, Argentina is a typical American style of play, their style of play is very similar to the American team, but the strength is a lot weaker, at least, I personally think it is weaker than Spain."
The team members nodded one after another, which was true.
"So since we can carry the American team and win the Spanish team, what reason is there to be afraid of the Argentine team?" Tang Tian continued.
"What's more, the main players of the Argentine team are all old men over 30 years old."
The team members looked at each other after hearing this, and they always felt that something was wrong with this, but it seemed to ...... And nothing wrong with it.