super heavy artillery

Chapter 741 New opponent
When the French men's basketball team defeated Dominica with a score of 90:56, the first stage of the men's basketball World Cup was all over.After a total of 32 teams competed for six days, the sixteen teams that performed better advanced to the second stage of the group stage.

In this World Cup, there were no major "accidents".Among the top 16 teams, there are 8 from Europe, 6 from the Americas, and 2 from the Asia-Pacific region.In fact, since the FIBA ​​Men's Basketball World Championships (predecessor of the World Cup) was held in 1950, it has always been the situation that "Europe and the United States play the leading roles, and Asia and Africa are the companions".In the first 17 tournaments, European and American teams have won the championship and runner-up.Judging from the current situation, the final strong-strong dialogue of this World Cup will still be held among European and American teams.

What's interesting is that in the first stage of the group stage, the final points of the eight groups from A to H are the same.All No. 1 teams get 6 points for all three wins, No. 2 gets 5 points for two wins and one loss, No. 3 gets 4 points for one win and two losses, and No. 4 gets 3 points for all three losses.There is no team with the same points in the same group, and the situation of qualifying is very clear.

According to the rules, the Chinese men's basketball team and the Polish men's basketball team that qualified in Group A together with the Argentine men's basketball team and the Russian men's basketball team that qualified in Group B form a new Group I.These four teams will play against each other, and the top two teams in the final points will advance to the quarter-finals of this World Cup, and the remaining eight teams will play in the 9-16 qualifying match.However, the Chinese men's basketball team and the Argentine men's basketball team had already led the Polish men's basketball team and the Russian men's basketball team by 1 point at the beginning of the second round of the group stage.Their results in the first round of the group stage were retained until the second round.

The other three groups, Group J is composed of the Spanish men's basketball team, Puerto Rico men's basketball team in Group C, Serbia men's basketball team and Italy men's basketball team in Group D. Group K is composed of the US men's basketball team and Czech men's basketball team in Group E. It is composed of the Brazilian men's basketball team and the Greek men's basketball team in Group F. The L group is composed of the French men's basketball team and the Dominican men's basketball team in Group G, and the Australian men's basketball team and Lithuanian men's basketball team in Group H.

Looking at the performance of each team in the group stage, they are still relatively satisfactory.Of course, there are still some teams that exceeded people's expectations, for example, the Dominican men's basketball team.Although they lost a big score to the French men's basketball team in the last group match, they still advanced to the top [-] of the World Cup as the second place in the group.Their game against Germany was the most surprising match in the entire World Cup.

In the German starting lineup, there are 4 active or former NBA players Schroeder, Zipser, Kleber and Theis. There is a very good big man Johann Vogtman on the bench. It can be said that he is full of talent. But it was disappointing to be out of the group stage.On the other hand, Dominica, a small country in the Caribbean, is no match for the German men's basketball team.But it turned out that Dominica beat Germany.The former has a system, the latter does not.Dominica is a small country in the Caribbean, adjacent to the United States. It should have advocated individual heroism like the United States, but this team is a different kind. They play overall basketball, attack as a whole, and defend as a whole.

The match between Germany and Dominica was a surprise, but not the best game in this group stage.The most exciting game came from the US men's basketball team and the Turkish men's basketball team.This was a game that seemed to have no suspense before the game, but it became the most exciting game played since the start of this World Cup.The two sides faced each other in the competition: if you die as a fifth child, I will immediately join a fifth child; if you run fast, I will run faster than you; if you have many people, I will also have many people...

The scores of the two sides played to the end, criss-crossing, and frequent exchanges of leads. From the stalemate from regular time to overtime, no one could crush the other. Until the last second, the game was still in suspense.Turkey still lost in the end. The loss was due to missing 1 consecutive free throws, leaving a lot of regrets.

Of course, the match between the host Chinese men's basketball team and the Polish men's basketball team was also extremely exciting.Before this game, everyone knew that the Polish team had a strong and tenacious style of play, but they did not expect this team to be so strong.Whether they are ahead or behind, they are always able to bring the game back to their rhythm and gain an advantage.But the Tianchao men's basketball team can still win the game under such circumstances, which shows the strength of the Tianchao men's basketball team.Especially in the final stage, the Tianchao men's basketball team dominated the game with their extremely strong defense.

The qualifying status of the group stage is more the object of attention of fans and various basketball media people. Everyone has different opinions on which teams perform well and which teams perform poorly.For the Tianchao men's basketball team, their attention is all focused on the Russian men's basketball team, the first opponent in the second stage of the group stage.

In the first round of the group stage, Group B of the Russian men's basketball team was not considered the most competitive group, but the difficulty of qualifying was no less than that of Group A of the Chinese men's basketball team.Of course, judging from the overall strength of each team, Group B is a bit stronger than Group A.After all, Group A is recognized as the weakest group among the eight groups.The reason why it is not easy to qualify is that the teams in the same group are relatively close in strength.However, the strength of Group B is much stronger than that of Group A.Needless to say, Argentina and Russia are strong.Even Nigeria, which ranks the lowest in the world in Group B, is outstanding. Their lineup is very strong. Aminu and Okogie are excellent players in the NBA, and Diogu, a guy who has been playing in the CBA all year round.The ability of the players is good, and the overall strength of African basketball has been greatly improved in these years. No matter which team is facing them, they must go all out.

Being able to qualify in such a group, the strength of Russia can be imagined.But for the Tianchao men's basketball team, this game with the Russian men's basketball team must be won.Take it down no matter how difficult it is!After all, compared to the Argentine men's basketball team, it is easier to beat the Russian men's basketball team.

Of course, this is not a simple matter.After the Tianchao men's basketball team defeated Venezuela, Li Nan determined that their next opponent would be Russia, because the qualifying situation of the entire Group B was already very clear at that time.The results of the following competitions did not exceed Li Nan's predictions, and their opponent was Russia, which had been studied for a long time.However, even though Li Nan and his players have made enough preparations, they still don't have much confidence in the upcoming game.

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