After the thrilling reversal victory over the Senegal team, the Chinese men's basketball team also successfully ushered in two consecutive wins in the group stage, it can be said that the qualifying situation is very good, and even, in the case of the last round of the group stage, the Chinese team has won the qualifying place, and the next thing to compete for is the first place in the group, because the other opponent in the group, the Slovenian men's basketball team, also maintained two consecutive wins in the group stage.

Therefore, for the Chinese men's basketball team, the short-term goal is to prepare well, so as to defeat the Slovenia men's basketball team and advance as the group leader, so that it can also occupy a certain advantage in the round of 16 knockout rounds.

Two days later, the Chinese team ushered in the last opponent of the group stage, and it is also the strongest team that the Chinese men's basketball team has encountered in this World Cup so far, the Slovenia men's basketball team.

The Slovenian men's national basketball team, a powerhouse in European basketball, won the 2017 European Basketball Championship and the semifinals of the 2009 European Championship. In the world basketball world, Slovenia is also a force that cannot be underestimated, in the 2010 World Championships in Turkey and the 2014 World Cup in Spain both reached the quarterfinals.

Slovenia have not missed the European Championships since '93 and were ranked outside the top 10 until 2003, but since 2005 they have reached the quarter-finals four times in a row. In particular, in 2009, Slovenia defeated Serbia and England in the group stage and narrowly lost to Spain. In the second stage of the round-robin, it defeated strong teams such as Turkey, Poland and Lithuania one after another; In the quarter-finals, they defeated Croatia and finally lost to Serbia by four points in the semi-finals, and in the third-place match, Nakba failed to defeat Greece by one point. Despite this, fourth place was already their best record in a European Championship. In 2013, Slovenia finished fifth at home.

In the final final battle of the 2017 Men's European Basketball Championship, Slovenia defeated Serbia 93-85 to win the championship, Slovenia achieved a historic breakthrough, and they reached the top of European basketball for the first time in history with a perfect record of 9 wins in 9 games, becoming the new king of European basketball. Slovenia became the first team since Lithuania in 2003 to win the European Championship with a clean sheet.

For such a strong team, it is inevitable that it will prosper for a long time, but in the case of the Slovenia men's basketball team, a different situation has happened.

After successfully reaching the top in Europe in 2017, many people thought that the Slovenian men's basketball team would still be the top team in international basketball in the next few years.

But in fact, this is not the case, after winning the 2017 European Championships, the main point guard of the Slovenia men's basketball team did not retire with a serious injury, and the main point guard of the NBA Heat team of the team's star this time missed the opportunity to travel with the team because of the recurrence of old injuries.

In the latest edition of the rankings, the Slovenian men's basketball team is ranked 14th, only four places higher than the Chinese team ranked 18th.

Of course, for the Chinese men's basketball team, even if Slovenia is only four places higher than them, it will be a tough battle.

After all, in today's Slovenia men's basketball team, there is Doncic, the fourth pick in the NBA2018 draft.

Luka Doncic (born February 28, 1999 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian basketball player who plays as a point guard/shooting guard for Real Madrid.

On 18 September 2017, Luka Doncic won Euro 2017 with the Slovenian national team, and he was also named in the European Championship Team of the Year.

In 2018, Doncic announced his participation in the NBA Draft, and in the end, Doncic was selected by the Orlando Magic with the fourth pick in the first round.

After entering the NBA, Doncic quickly showed a terrifying talent, and last season, he was selected to the All-Rookie team, and the future is very bright.

In the NBA Orlando Magic, Doncic plays the position of scoring guard, so to a certain extent, this game is a contest between Doncic and Jin Feng, two star scoring guards.

At eight o'clock in the evening on August 17, Beijing time, the stands of the Cadillac Center had already erupted, and the home fans were excitedly waiting for the start of the game.

Soon, the two sides completed their appearances one after another, and the game officially began, and the starting lineup of the Chinese team did not change much compared with the last two games.

At the beginning of the game, Jin Feng of the Chinese team and Doncic of the Slovenian team directly came to a strong point duel.

After Jin Feng advanced from the backcourt with the ball to the frontcourt, Doncic took the initiative to run over to Jin Feng, obviously, he wanted to defend Jin Feng.

"Unexpectedly, Jin Feng and Doncic, the two focal points of this game, met in the first round of the contest between the two sides in this game, let's see what Jin Feng will do next"

In the face of Doncic's defense, Jin Feng did not dare to slack off in the slightest, after all, Jin Feng also had a certain concern about Doncic before the game.

Of course, not slacking off does not mean that Jin Fengfeng will give up this opportunity, he just wants to single Doncic.

Jin Feng, who was holding the ball in his right hand, made a vague gesture to Zhou Qi on the left, after all, they had been training together for more than a month, and they had a tacit understanding, Zhou Qi immediately understood what Jin Feng meant, and then quickly pulled it out and blocked it in front of Doncic.

At this moment, Jin Feng moved directly to the right and immediately threw a shot.

"Huh"

Basketball hits steadily!

"Beautiful, Jin Feng used Zhou Qi's cover to hit a two-point shot steadily"

When it was Slovenia's turn to attack, Doncic took advantage of the repeated mistakes in the defensive position between Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi to break through and hit a layup, helping Slovenia also score 2 points.

In general, in the opening stage, the shooting rates of both sides were very good, and at the end of the first quarter, at 28:27, the Chinese team temporarily led by 1 point.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Slovenia suddenly launched a wave of offensive climax and quickly expanded the difference to 12 points, which made the Chinese team very passive on the field.

Everyone knows that for the Chinese team, someone must step up at this time.

Zhou Qi on the inside stood up, he first took advantage of his height advantage to receive Guo Allen's pass at the top of the arc and hit a three-pointer, and then gave Slovenia two hot pots in a row on the inside, and then completed the empty connection with Jin Feng.

Zhou Qi, who scored 5 points in a row for a while, made the entire stadium jubilant again, after all, this is what fans want to see the most.

"This is the role of Zhou Qi, there is no doubt that he is the strongest barrier in the Chinese team, Zhou Qi, who has experienced two seasons in the NBA, has no doubt about the improvement of his personal ability."

For the Chinese team, Zhou Qi's 5 points in a row not only helped the team narrow the point gap, but also provided the team with an effective offensive idea, that is, to play more inside.

That's right, except for Jin Feng, the Chinese team does not have an advantage at all compared with Slovenia on the outside, but on the inside, we have height, defense, and offense, and the inside line is our advantage.

In the next few attacks, the Chinese team used the point of the inside line to play more and more smoothly and frequently succeeded.

At the end of the first half, 56:58! The Chinese team is only 2 points behind.

At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Jin Feng completely took over the game and directly turned on his personal mode, whether it was on the offensive end or the defensive end, Jin Feng was almost everywhere in the third quarter.

delivered 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals in a single quarter, and directly led the Chinese team to expand the point difference to 10 points with a wave of 19:7 offensive climax in the third quarter.

When the game entered the fourth quarter, in the face of Slovenia's crazy counterattack, it was Jin Feng who repeatedly stepped forward at critical moments to help the team stabilize the situation.

Eventually, 89:83!

The Chinese team went to the next level to finish the group stage with three consecutive wins, thus advancing to the round of 16 as the top of Group B.

This achievement is undoubtedly a great victory for the Chinese men's basketball team, which has fallen into a trough in recent years.

Of course, through the three games of the group stage, some problems existing in the current stage of this new Chinese men's basketball team have also been exposed.

First of all, on the whole, the team relies too much on Jin Feng, whether it is in the game against Senegal or in the game against Slovenia, if it is not for Jin Feng, the Chinese team is likely to lose the game in the end.

Secondly, most of the players are still very inexperienced in the competition, and there are still too few players who can step up at critical moments.

Finally, this new Chinese team is still lacking in teamwork and tacit understanding.

Of course, the shortcomings are obvious, but there are also many advantages, the most prominent of which is the fighting spirit of this group of lads who do not give up when they fall behind.

A good competitive spirit will always inspire greater fighting spirit.

Two days later, the group stage of all 8 groups was over, and some statistics about the group stage were also released in time.

Jin Feng won the group stage scoring champion with an average of 25.6 points per game, Zhou Qi won the group stage block king with an average of 2.32 blocks per game, and Ding Yanyuhang ranked third among all players with an average of 1.89 steals per game.

It can be said that in terms of the data of the group stage, the Chinese team can be described as a good winner.

Although these statistics do not have much to do with the upcoming knockout rounds, they are also an incentive.

Two days later, the draw for the 16-quarterfinals was released, and the Chinese team was against the European powerhouse German men's basketball team.

Encountering the German men's basketball team, for the Chinese men's basketball team, the mixed blessings, the good news is that the strength of the German team is not very strong, and the Chinese men's basketball team is at least half sure of defeating them, after all, the "king" Nowitzki is no longer in the team.

Sadly, even though the German team is not too strong now, they still have NBA players like Dennis Schroder in the team.

For the Chinese men's basketball team and Chinese fans, the German men's basketball team is no stranger, after all, the 2008 Beijing Olympics The match between the Chinese men's basketball team and the German men's basketball team is still fresh in people's memories.

For most Chinese fans, that game was even one of the most iconic performances of the golden generation of the Chinese men's basketball team led by Yao Ming in their memory.

Nowitzki was at his peak in 2008, averaging 23 points and eight rebounds per game in the NBA. Not only that, but at that time, Germany also had the NBA's main center Carman.

But as a result, the entire German team was left with these two who could play. Germany made 40 shots in the game, with Kaman 11 and Nowitzki 13. Embarrassingly, the German team's 3-pointers from the perimeter were very unreliable, with the exception of Pascal and Nowitzki, who shot 0 of 9. In that game, the Chinese team got off to a very golden start, 19-9. Yao Ming scored 8 points in the first quarter, completely bullying Kaman, and Sun Yue at that time also gave a big hat in the return defense.

But the old and spicy German team quickly gained the upper hand in the second quarter, and they continued to attack successfully to overtake the Chinese team, and the Chinese team only scored 27 points in the first half, and has been grinding with the German team in the positional battle. But in the third quarter, with Liu Wei's three-point shot and the German team's inaccuracy on the outside, the Chinese team led by 8 points all the way to 47-39!

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Chinese team once led by 13 points at 54-41, but at the last moment, Nowitzki made consecutive free throws to chase it to 55-56. At the critical moment, Nowitzki broke through to hit a layup, but Sun Yue fell to the ground at the same time, and the referee blew an offensive foul, and then in the next round, Nowitzki was blown for walking, these two penalties are also the most controversial part of the game, but it is undeniable that the last 28.5 seconds of the UAE are very critical, killing the game in the real sense, the Chinese men's basketball team also narrowly defeated the German team 59-55, and won the most critical victory in the Beijing Olympics.

Many fans were discussing the two blows at the last moment afterwards, but it is undeniable that the Chinese team did a great job in the whole game! And the German team is inaccurate on the outside.

In contrast, the German coach recalled the game in a recent interview: "Many fans now feel that we lost to China and feel incredible, but in fact, we did not lose unjustly, and it can even be said that we have played extraordinarily. Objectively speaking, the Chinese men's basketball team in 2008 was indeed powerful, and the first game even dragged the Spanish team into overtime, and the first half of the United States team also maintained a close match. Someone commented: The peak Yao Ming led the team, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Bawang Qi, it can be said that it is the NBA playoff level, and even the quasi-division champion level team, the Chinese team in those years was indeed terrifying.

The historical record may not be of much significance, but at least psychologically, it is a great incentive for the Chinese men's basketball team.

For Chinese fans, the upcoming Chinese men's basketball team vs German men's basketball team game is what they are looking forward to.

After all, the best result of the Chinese Men's Basketball World Cup (formerly the World Championships) is the top 8, so when the Chinese men's basketball team can defeat the German men's basketball team this time, it is undoubtedly a sure thing to tie the best record in history.