On the morning of August 24, the defeated China and Spain played a ranking battle for third and fourth place.

The Wukesong Stadium was crowded with fans from all over the country, and of course, there were many Spanish fans, waving their national flags, and two or three people pulling various cheering slogans, and the atmosphere was extremely intense.

On the sidelines, Dong Shanshan, who was appointed to interview the Olympic men's basketball team, was dressed in professional attire, with a trademark smile on her face, and the photographer behind her carried the camera and took pictures of Li Zhi non-stop.

Li Zhi takes care of the work of old acquaintances quite well and knows everything. Does Dong Shanshan have Li Zhi's sports resources, and Li Zhi is happy that he can help him.

Li Zhi and his teammates in the men's basketball team did not disappoint the Chinese fans who came from afar and presented a wonderful game for everyone.

Li Zhi opened the game with 3 points, but Gasol immediately attacked Li Zhi inside and successfully scored "2+1", and then Gasol and Yao Ming exploded each other, and the scores of the two teams then rose alternately, Calderón did not fail in his mission, hit a 3-pointer, Navarro caused Sun Yue to foul on the 3-point line, and hit all 3 free throws, helping Spain complete a wave of 6-0 small climax to lead China 13-9, and Navarro's free throws with 4 minutes and 45 seconds left in the quarter allowed Spain to extend the lead to 5 points.

Li Zhi broke through at the critical moment and played a "2+1" again, the Chinese team strengthened its defense, Zhu Fangyu successfully stealed, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian also joined the team to get free throws in a row, and the Chinese team launched a wave of 9-0 offensive to overtake 26-22.

But Gasol Jr. made a strong attack inside, Rubio made free throws to withstand the firepower of the Chinese team, and in the last minute, Li Zhi used a 3-pointer to give China a 38-31 lead in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Sun Yue hit a 3-pointer when he came up, and Yao Ming then fouled Gasol directly when defending him, but unfortunately Gasol missed two free throws. Li Zhi then made a fast break and scored a dunk. Wang Shipeng received a 3-point assist from Li Zhi to add the icing on the cake, and with this wave of 8-2 offensive, China expanded the difference 46-33.

Fernandez's 3-pointers began to play a role, and in the final seven minutes of the quarter, he hit three 3-pointers in succession, and with the help of teammates such as Rubio and Navarro, he twice helped Spain narrow the gap to six points, although Li Zhi and Yao Ming's consecutive 3-pointers once gave China a 58-44 lead, but at halftime, Spain trailed by only eight points at 61-69.

Yibian fought again, the defensive intensity of China's side was reduced, Spain played very calmly, Sun Yue even made a walking error, Reyes scored 4 points in a row, Gasol hooked a layup, and Spain chased the score to 67-71.

Although Yi Jianlian and Li Zhi scored consecutive offensive points, Navarro and Gasol Jr. also continued to hit China's interior scores, and the 4-point difference was maintained for several rounds, and the competition on the court was already white-hot, falling to the ground to save the ball, and the tall guard Sun Yue lost his position after the magical block, until Gasol Jr. hit one of two free throws, and the Spaniards only trailed by 5 points 76-81.

However, then Spain switched to a joint defense, Yi Jianlian and Li Zhi made consecutive fouls, and the Chinese team used free throws to expand the difference to double digits, but Navarro broke through and hit the whistle, and at the end of the third quarter, Spain fell behind 82-91.

At the end of the quarter, Gasol scored twice inside after scoring on the inside, and Fernandez also hit a 3-pointer, and Spain immediately chased the score to 89-91 and was only two points behind. At the critical moment, Li Zhi scored 2 points with his personal ability to stabilize his position, Zhu Fangyu then hit a 3-pointer, and with Yao Ming's inside dunk, the score became 98-89.

Fernandez opened 3 points to narrow the gap again, but Li Zhi immediately returned the color with a long shot, and Wang Shipeng added the icing on the cake to expand the difference to 11 points.

With the last 5 minutes and 10 seconds left in the game, Fernandez broke through to the inside on the right wing and caused Yao Ming to foul to complete a beautiful "2+1", Gasol scored 4 points in a row with free throws, and chased the score to 99-104 with a wave of 7-1 counterattack and only 5 points away.

With only 3 minutes and 10 seconds left before the end of the game, Li Zhi hit a 3-point shot and let Fernandez leave the court with 5 fouls, completing the "3+1" to hold the line.

But Navarro tossed, Jeminez 3 points, Spain chased the score to 104-108, at the critical moment, the whole game was extremely hot Li Zhi 3 points also colored, Navarro caused Sun Yue to foul after 2 free throws and 1 hit, and Yao Ming then broke through to the penalty area to return 2 points steadily, 58 seconds before the end, China 113-105 basically locked the win.

Spain began to implement foul tactics, Yi Jianlian hit two free throws, the difference has reached 10 points, Gasol Jr. missed the shot, Gasol Jr. made a basket, the Spaniards tried to launch a final counterattack, but 26.1 seconds before the end, Rubio's foul was judged a technical foul, Sun Yue and Li Zhi made 3 of 4 free throws to completely destroy the Spaniards' hope of winning, and then Rubio stealed, but Gasol missed the layup, and the Chinese team finally won the game 118-107.

Yao Ming had 20 points and 14 rebounds, Li Zhi scored a game-high 27 points and 7 assists, Sun Yue scored 14 points, and Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu scored 13 points each.

Gasol also contributed 21 points and six rebounds for Spain, while Calderon, the centerpiece of the perimeter, also scored 12 points, Fernandez scored a Spain-high 22 points, Navarro 18 points, Marc Gasol 11 points, and Reyes had 10 points and seven rebounds.