super heavy artillery

Chapter 726 Strong and Weak

I thought that the disparity in the scores of the first few games was enough, but the second day's game once again refreshed people's perception.

On September 9, two teams from Group H, Lithuania and Senegal, competed in Dongguan Basketball Center.There was no game for the men's basketball team this day. After receiving the ball in training in the afternoon, Li Nan led players such as Yi Jianlian and An Luo to watch the game.Li Nan has strict requirements for these players, but he also understands the principle of combining work and rest.

In fact, before this game, everyone is still looking forward to it.After all, the other four games at the end of the day were quite exciting, and there was no one-sided situation like the previous day.Although there is a gap in the strength of the two teams, Senegal was once a very strong team, and everyone still has expectations for them.

In Africa, Senegal is also considered a strong team and has become the African champion many times.In their inaugural World Cup five years ago, they beat Puerto Rico and Croatia to advance to the round of 16.However, in recent years, Senegal's strength has declined seriously, and it has gradually been surpassed by other teams.The lineup for this expedition does not have too strong players.Ndayye, who once played in the Wizards, is the current captain. Apart from that, only Mohamed Faye, who once played in the NBA Summer League, is still somewhat well-known.

This ability of Senegal is indeed dwarfed by Lithuania.

The captain of Lithuania, who regards basketball as the national sport, has been in the first-class rank for a long time. He has won three European championships and three Olympic runners-up. In the first Basketball World Cup held in Spain in 2014, the Lithuanian team won the third place, and the 2016 Rio Olympics ranked seventh.He has sent many talents to the NBA.There are Sabonis Jr. and Valanciunas in active service, and the veteran Carnetis is also a generation of famous players with good strength.

In this World Cup, the Lithuanian team is still one of the focuses based on the solid overall lineup.

Originally, everyone thought that Senegal would launch a violent attack on those strong teams like New Zealand, Jordan and other teams.But the process of the game made everyone very disappointed.Although the basketball court is indeed a place where miracles can easily happen, in the final analysis it still depends on strength.

After the game started, the suspense was lost.On the first offense, Grigonis rushed to the basket under the cover of his teammates, faced Muhammad for a layup, and caused a foul.

After standing on the free throw line, Grigonis made the ball steadily.The start was two plus one, and Lithuania's momentum was too strong.

Subsequently, Ndaye threw Senegal's first ball of the game from the right elbow.But Lithuania's defense is too good. In order not to be blocked by the opponent, Ndaye used a little more strength in his hands.The arc of the basketball flying out was very high, and a direct shot was made to cross the bridge.

Sabonis squeezed away the opponent's inside player and put the ball in his arms.Subsequently, Lithuania's counterattack began!Sabonis Jr. threw the ball to Kuzminskas, who quickly rushed to the free throw line, scored two points with a small lick, very easy.

In the first 3 minutes of the game, Lithuania played an 11:2 attack wave, while Senegal only scored one goal after playing for nearly 3 minutes.Lithuania's overall cooperation was excellent, passing the ball smoothly, and Valanciunas dominated the basket, completely crushing the opponent, leading 27:10 after the first quarter.

Only 10 points were scored in a quarter, which is not the first time in this year's World Cup.However, Senegal has absolutely nothing to do with such a situation.In the following quarters, the gap between the two sides is widening.

Less than half of the second quarter was played, and the point difference reached more than 20 points.In this quarter of the game, Senegal played very tenaciously, and the cooperation between the players also played out!But the problem always appeared in the last link. Their shots could not be shot into the basket. The basket in Dongguan Basketball Center seemed to be covered.

At halftime, Senegal trailed 21:48.

In the second half, the situation of the game did not change in any way.In the previous three quarters, Senegal scored 10, 11 and 12 points respectively.With Sebtis hitting a three-pointer and Sabonis Jr. making two free throws, Lithuania led by 76 points 26:47.Although in the next few minutes, Senegal recovered the score a little, but it did not have the slightest impact on the overall situation of the game.

In the last quarter, Lithuania directly replaced the lineup of pure substitutes.But even so, Senegal can't beat the opponent.The point difference between the two sides is still being further widened, once again heading towards fifty points.

In the end, Lithuania defeated Senegal with a score of 101:47.They had a huge victory!For the first time since the start of this World Cup, the point difference between the two teams is higher than that of one of the teams.

After the game, everyone has only one feeling: Senegal is really weak!So weak that he doesn't deserve to enter the top international basketball tournament like the World Cup.

Perhaps Senegal is not that weak.They just played a little worse on this night.Throughout the game, Senegal shot only 28.6% from the field, and even made 21 of 1 three-pointers.Naturally, with such a shooting touch, it is impossible to win in any case.

But no one thinks how powerful Lithuania is.The matchup between the real powerhouses is the match between Canada and Australia, which belong to the same Group H as these two teams.

That was the first match played by the Dongguan Basketball Center in the World Cup.The strength of the two sides in the war is close, and they are both very strong teams.In the previous warm-up match, Australia defeated the US team, and the results of their two games with Canada were [-] win and [-] loss.

The game between these two teams was quite exciting, and the two sides drew repeatedly in the first three quarters of the game.Fierce fighting, excellent cooperation, fierce defense, frequent confrontation... All the factors of a wonderful game can be seen in this game.Likewise, there were boos and cheers from the audience.

When there is no Tianchao men's basketball game, Tianchao fans will enjoy the pure joy brought by basketball even more.At this time, there is no difference between subject and object, only strength and weakness.Of course, out of the consistent compassion of the Chinese people, people will be more sympathetic to those teams that lost the game, hoping that they can reverse the game.It may also be because the drama of defeating the strong with the weak is more in line with the expectations of the public.But until two days after the World Cup, people did not see that happen.

(End of this chapter)