Tang Shuai and the members of the national team were watching the match between Brazil and Argentina from the stands at this time.

Speaking of which, these two teams are in the same South America, and they have met in competitions before, and their strength has also been one or the other, but now, both teams have the feeling that there is no successor.

Argentina's most glorious was in 02, when they defeated the "Dream Five" in the semifinals of the World Championships, and finally won the silver medal in the World Championships, and went further in 04, and directly won the Olympic gold medal, but now, the team's strength has declined sharply, Oberto, Nocioni, the original core has long since withdrawn from the national team, and now the national team can only rely on Scola to support it, but fortunately, the veteran Ginobili who originally planned to withdraw returned to the national team, which allowed them to still retain the hope of advancing to the quarterfinals.

Compared with the Argentine team, the Brazilian team's lineup is relatively better, but it is also half a pound, Split was absent due to a hip injury, and Felicio of the Bulls also gave up the game, and the team's NBA players are only Nene , Barbossa, Vallejo, Garcia and other veterans, and Bruno Capocolo Bruno Capocolo who was inexplicably selected by the Raptors with the 20th pick, but did not play as expected.

The two teams played without concessions at the beginning, and whoever won the two teams would enter the quarterfinals, and no one wanted to give up.

Ginobili and Scola are still young, repeatedly hitting the inside line, and the Brazilian team is not compatible, Barbossa's breakthrough, Vallejo's strategy is all playing well, and Capocolo's performance is also eye-catching, although there are few opportunities to perform in the NBA, but the 95-born young man is playing well on the international stage.

After the end of the first half, Argentina only trailed the Brazilian team by two points at 47-49, but when the game reached the second half, after Ginobili and Scola were tired, the Brazilian team seized the opportunity to play a wave of offensive climax in the shouts of more than 30,000 people on the scene and won the game directly.

The moment the final whistle blew, the fans on the scene went crazy, the cheers were deafening, and some spectators couldn't help crying, the Brazilian team was absent from the 04 and 08 Olympic Games, and then carried out reforms to return to the London Olympics and won the fifth place, this home game, it can be said that it is a great opportunity to go further, and now win the Argentine team, the team is likely to win the third place in the group, and the hope of advancing to the semi-finals is also greatly increased.

The Argentines are much more lonely in comparison, and after losing this game, they can only hope that Nigeria will beat Serbia to squeeze Serbia out of the quarter-finals, but this is hardly realistic, after all, the Nigerians have already said goodbye to the Olympics early after four consecutive defeats.

Looking at the scene of Ginobili and Scola hugging each other and crying at the last moment, waving their hands and leaving the field, Tang Shuai couldn't help but sigh at this time, this is the curtain call performance of the 04 golden generation, and the regret of the two old men is extremely regretful.

After that, the first and second place battles between Spain and Lithuania were held, because the rankings had been determined, and the two teams only played symbolically, and in the end, the Spanish team relied on the overall strength to defeat the Lithuanian team and ended with a perfect record of five consecutive wins.

After the end of this game, the other teams in Group A went back, but the Chinese team stayed, and only after the last game was officially confirmed in the rankings, in fact, there were only three or four fluctuations, and the Chinese team would play the third in Group B, either Serbia or Brazil, as for the United States team, they played a quarter of the same, so naturally there was no need to continue to stay.

Nigeria's roster is actually very good, and there are also players like Aminu who are the main players in the NBA, but the opponents are so strong that they are still as hard to win as ever.

In the first half, the Nigerians were on par with the Serbian team, and even led the score in the third quarter, which shocked the audience on the sidelines, and suddenly became their fans, and even Tang Shuai sincerely applauded them.

In fact, for any participating team, it is quite rare to be able to fight so hard without reaching the quarterfinals.

The game was scorched into the second half of the fourth quarter, when Nigeria were dumb at crucial moments, and Serbia's steady scoring helped them have the last laugh.

When the final whistle sounded, the quarterfinals of the men's basketball team were officially born.

The first to fourth places in Group A are: the United States (5-0), China (4-1), France (3-2), and Canada (3-2).

The first to fourth places in Group B are: Spain (5-0), Lithuania (4-1), Brazil (3-2), Serbia (3-2).

According to the rules of the game, the quarter-final matchup was also released.

The United States will take on Serbia, China will take on hosts Brazil, France will meet Lithuania, who had knocked them out at the European Championships, and Canada will face a strong Spain.

The quarter-finals come after a day off, on August 17 local time, and the quarter-finals will face a brutal single-elimination match.

According to the schedule, the match between the United States and Serbia will be played at 11 o'clock in the morning, and then the Chinese team and the Brazilian team will compete at 2:30 o'clock.

After the schedule came out, Tang Shuai and his teammates of the national team breathed a sigh of relief, although the Brazilian team is the host, it should be regarded as the weakest team compared to the other three teams that have advanced.

However, Gong Luming is still very cautious, after all, when it comes to the knockout stage, he will say goodbye to the Olympics if he is not careful, let alone the opponent is the host.

On the day of the offseason, Gong Luming arranged a special training session for Brazil in the morning.

The Brazilian team's attack mainly relies on Barbossa's breakthrough and Vallejo's response, although Nene is still in the national team, but his physical condition has declined greatly, and the threat on the offensive side has long been much less than before.

After a period of targeted training, the players were also tired enough.

However, the thought that if they win tomorrow and make new history, the players did not feel tired at all, but were full of excitement.

Gong Luming also knew that work and rest were combined, and only did some simple training in the afternoon, and then let the players rest in advance.

The Chinese team will face the host Brazil team, although the strength of the two teams is not the strongest, but the popularity will definitely not be less.

For the Chinese team, this match is more important than any previous Olympic competition, because as long as they win against Brazil, the Chinese team will make unprecedented history at the Olympic Games, and the final four of the Olympic Games, as many fans have hoped before the start of the Olympic Games.

The same is true for the Brazilian team, as the host, the most important thing is the fans, they meet the "dark horse" of the Chinese team, and naturally hope that the home team will do their best to win the game.

Completely different from the previous match against Australia, the fans before this game were extremely harmonious, and although they were also very concerned about the outcome of the game, the fans would obviously like to see a good matchup.

At 14 o'clock local time in Brazil, half an hour before the game, a large number of fans have poured into the stadium, of which seventy percent are Brazilian fans, and the remaining three percent, except for one percent of the Chinese who are already in Brazil, and the remaining two percent are fans who came from China, even on weekdays, they can't stop the enthusiasm of the fans at all.

At the home of Brazil, a group of Chinese held Tang Shuai's big-headed KT board high, and the momentum was really unprecedented.

In fact, because of Tang Shuai's performance in previous public welfare activities, the Brazilian team is still very friendly to the Chinese team, even the Chinese fans sitting next to them are smiling at each other, which makes this group of Chinese fans who are usually used to it feel embarrassed.

The warm-up between the two sides ended quickly, and to the cheers of the fans at the scene, players from both sides appeared at random.

The Chinese team maintained the starting lineup, with Tang Shuai and Zhao Haoyan on the guard, Zhai Xiaochuan and Yi Jianlian on the back, and Zhou Qi on the inside.

On the Brazilian side, Barbosa and Garcia on the outside, Capo Colo on the front, and Nene and Vallejo on the inside.

On paper, Brazil, with five NBA players, has a slight advantage, but from the standings of both sides in the group, and the loss of France to China with seven NBA players, it can be seen that this is not as simple as it seems on the books.

In the cheers of the fans at the scene, Yi Jianlian and Nene jumped forward, and the battle of the focus of the fans' attention immediately began.

Yi Jianlian got the first opportunity to attack for the Chinese team with his bounce, Tang Shuai advanced to the front court with the ball, and Barbossa followed up.

Barbosa didn't go too far ahead, and although he sat mostly off the court in the Western Conference semifinals, he knew a lot about Tang Shuai's attacking style.

When Tang Shuai saw Barbossa, he did not choose to let his teammates attack first as he did in the previous games, but directly stretched out his hand and signaled his teammates to pull away and prepare for singles.

In fact, Gong Luming also acquiesced to his approach, because the Brazilian team relied more on Barbosa for attack, and if Tang Shuai could consume as much of his defensive energy as possible on the offensive end, it would definitely be a great relief for the Chinese team's defensive pressure.

Barbossa couldn't help but feel a little weak when he saw Tang Shuai want to fight himself, after all, unlike others, he had witnessed Tang Shuai's crazy performance, and Iguodala and Thompson couldn't stop him, how could he do it alone.

"Team Brazil, come on!"

But at this time, in the cheers of the whole audience, the hesitation and concern in his eyes all disappeared, this is the difference at home, he is not just playing for himself, but for the more than 20,000 fans behind him, fighting for his country.

Tang Shuai saw the fighting intent in Barbossa's eyes, and he also rushed to his brain, if his opponents were afraid of him, then this game would be meaningless, only the state in front of Barbossa would make him want to fight.

He pressed his weight down, and without saying a word, he shook with a cross-step, and rushed in with a sudden acceleration.

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