Chapter 171: The Second Round of the World Youth Championships
After a day between the first round of matches, the Chinese team once again ushered in the second game of the group stage, and the other groups also started the second round of fighting!
Group A Round 2 Results:
USA vs Japan
The U.S., who were the dominant team in the first game, continued to exert their power in the second game, facing Japan, who beat the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the first round, gradually building up a lead in the second half of the second quarter, and crushing Japan in the second half to make the score 97-70. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In a direct conversation with Josh Jackson, Akira Sendo was completely blown out by his opponent, and Jackson scored 30 points in the game. The Japanese team, which even had a slight lead before, was gradually overtaken after Akira Sendo was forced off the court after three fouls in the first half, and neither Kaede Rukawa nor Jun Tsuchiya, who replaced the game, could not stop the already bloody Jackson.
The second half of the game is not over yet, Akira Sendo and Jun Tsuchiya have already received 5 fouls, and Rukawa Kaede, who has 4 fouls, finally persevered until the end of the game.
Although they lost by 27 points, there were no shortage of bright spots for the Japanese team, and the main center Shigehiro Mori had the upper hand in the confrontation with the thin center of the United States, Edries Adebayo, and beat the opponent with 12 points and 6 rebounds with 18 points and 9 rebounds.
Eiji Sawaikita was also evenly matched in a direct conversation with American starting point guard Jayson Tatum, and even staged a one-stop break after grabbing a rebound in the game, scoring a dunk from the gap between two American players!
Harry Gilles, the big forward of the United States team whose status is second only to Jackson, also broke out the Japanese team's starting power forward Masashi Kawada in this game, but he was a little at a loss after the Japanese substitute Sakuragi Hanamichi came on the court, but relying on the previous data, he also got 17 points and 11 rebounds in the whole game, and Sakuragi got 8 points, 10 rebounds and an amazing 3 blocks in just 1 and a half quarters!
The U.S. team won the first two rounds of matches against Spain and Japan, and the final game against the weakest team in the group, Congo.
Spain vs DRC
The two teams that lost in the first round met in the second round, and faced with the situation that they were going home after losing, even though they knew that their team was far inferior to the Spanish team, the DRC team still tried their best, and at the beginning of the game, caused a lot of difficulties for the Spanish team, and led the opponent by 2 points for nearly half of the first quarter!
After withstanding the impact of the first five minutes of the DRC, after adapting to the style of play of the DRC team, the Spanish team began to counterattack and overtook the score in one fell swoop.
In the face of a huge gap in strength, although the Congo players fought the court, they still lost the game by a huge margin of points.
Although they lost a crucial game, the DRC won the respectful applause of the fans!
Spain and Japan will face off in the third round, with the winner finishing second in the group and joining the United States in qualifying.
Group B Second Round Results:
Serbia vs New Zealand
There was no suspense in the game, the main players of the European championship were removed by the head coach after only playing the first quarter, the New Zealand team did not have a single lead in the whole game, and Serbia won a 50-point victory, creating the largest win-loss difference in this World Youth Championship!
Brazil vs Angola
The Brazil team, which lost the first game, could not afford to lose, and there was no carelessness in the face of the Angolan team who won the first game, and the head coach of the Brazilian team regarded the importance of this game as the final, and frequently changed players to maintain the aggressiveness and aggression on the field.
After beating New Zealand in the first game, Angola needs to win another game if they want to qualify from the group, and against the two opponents Serbia and Brazil, it is clear that the victory over Brazil is more promising, so the Angolan team also exerted all their strength to fight with the opponent in this game, even if the score was stretched to 20 points, the Angolan team still did not give up, and chased the score close several times in the game, but was pulled away by the Brazilian team.
Although they were well ahead of Angola for most of the game, Angola's never-give-up spirit gave the Brazil coach a sigh of relief after the game.
Group C Round 2 Results:
Argentina vs Nigeria
If you want to compare the previous game with the Croatian team, the game with Nigeria is much easier than the Argentine team, and at the end of the third quarter, the 'little demon knife' Mioro who dedicated a stunner in the first round of the game obviously stayed in this game, and 'only' contributed 15 points and 5 assists.
Croatia vs South Korea
South Korea, who are in the opposite direction of their other two Asian brothers, broke down after losing to Nigeria in the first game, and collapsed before the end of the first half in this match against Croatia!
Croatia won the game without any resistance, and South Korea was the only team with Lee Seung-hyun scoring in double figures, scoring 17 points and eight rebounds.
"There must be something wrong with the South Korean team this time! I've never seen a Korean team like this! "After the game, the media in South Korea finally pointed the reason for the defeat to themselves!
After meeting Yan Zihan, but the other party did not say goodbye, Lee Seung-hyun's mood did not seem to have changed very well, and he even clashed with his teammates in training, which also led to the inconsistency of the Korean team's mood in the game.
After this game, the coach of the South Korean team took the initiative to take the responsibility, apologized to all Korean fans, and promised to solve the conflict within the team!
Group D Round 2 Results:
Netherlands vs Australia
The hosts, the Netherlands, faced the challenge of Australia, who are considered to be the strongest team in the group, after an 'unexpected' defeat to China in the opening game.
In the first game of the Dutch team, in the Australian team did not dare to have any extravagant hopes, compared to the first scene against the Chinese team, the Dutch team for the victory of the game confidence is obviously insufficient, which is also reflected in the game, action deformation, insufficient tactical execution, not enough enthusiasm of the players, although there is the advantage of the host and enthusiastic fans, but the Dutch team is still beaten by the Australian team can not find the north.
In the second half, as with China, Australia managed to win the second game by a big margin, despite the fact that they were the hosts of their opponents, but still won by 52 points, breaking the huge margin created by Serbia's victory over New Zealand in the morning.
After the game, Neil said triumphantly to his teammates: "Well, I said earlier, the Chinese team defeated the Dutch team not because the Chinese team is strong, but because the Dutch team is too weak!" (To be continued.) )