Andrea Bargnani!

Italy's star of hope!

Although Liu Mang knows that Bargnani has done nothing, he will still average 20 per game in the NBA in the future. In terms of data, compare his data with the health-preserving prince who will sign a huge contract with the Timberwolves in the future... and found that the data of the two

From scoring to rebounding to assists, it's pretty much the same.

With the height of a center and the playing style of a small forward, a player like this is quite influential in the international arena.

In addition to being upset by Puerto Rico and losing 77-78, the Italian team was crushed in the other three games. It is the biggest opponent of the Chinese team if it wants to win the first place in the group stage.

It is also the first strong enemy that the Chinese team has encountered!

Although the Italian team has no other NBA stars except Bargnani, their lineup is terrible in the international arena.

A group of iron-blooded muscle monsters. In the last Olympic Games, the Chinese team lost four games in total, one to Spain and one to Argentina. They really couldn't beat them.

The other two games were lost to Italy and Lithuania, which have strong and muscular lineups.

The physical confrontation between Italy and Lithuania is too intense. They are not very tall, with only two players over 2.03 meters tall. One is center Andre Bargnani, who is 2.11 meters tall, and the other is a power forward.

Luca Galli is 2.07 meters tall.

Their backup center is only 2.03 meters tall, and there is no outside player who is over 2 meters tall.

But they are short, stocky but fast players with strong bodies, so they are difficult to deal with.

But there is something different this time. The last time the Chinese team played Spain and then Italy, they were very tired from the hard-fought battle with Spain. After winning, they lost the second game.

The Spanish team was also exhausted by the Chinese team, resulting in a lose-lose situation. Fortunately, in the end, the Chinese team relied on the advantage of winning and losing to win the second place in the Olympic group stage, defeating them for the first time in team history.

Team USA's feat.

Playing another national team game, Liu Mang felt that playing in the finals the next day was nothing. This was the real physical test!

Fortunately, the Chinese team has won consecutive victories this time and has no strong opponents except Italy, so it is in good shape now!

On August 24, the Chinese team came to Sendai City for the final match of the group stage.

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After the draw results came out, the Chinese team began to conduct targeted research on the Italian team because it was the strongest opponent in the group stage, but it was unexpected!

Two hours before the Italian team's 8 o'clock match, while the Chinese team was warming up, the Italian team announced that their ace Bargnani would not play today, and that the outside core of the main lineup, Marc Bodin, would not play either.

This makes the Chinese team very puzzled.

Doesn’t the other party want to be number one?

After Liu Mang learned the news, he immediately went to see the situation in Group A, and it was indeed the case!

The 24th is the last match day of the group stage. The match between the Chinese team and the Italian team will be played at the latest. Most of the games in the other three groups have been played. Only two games in Group D will start at 8 o'clock, one is Japan.

The match between the team and Senegal, the match between the Chinese team and the Italian team, and the match between the two Asian teams were held at the end. Let me mention the ratings.

In the quarter-finals, Group D is grouped with Group A, and Group B is grouped with Group C. The first place in Group D will play against the fourth in Group A, and the second and third will play against each other.

It's all like this.

The results of Group A have come out. Argentina is ranked first with 10 points after winning all five games without any doubt. Nigeria is ranked second with 8 points from 3 wins and 2 losses. France also has 3 wins and 2 losses.

8 points, but lost to Nigeria and ranked third. Serbia and Montenegro, with 2 wins and 3 losses, scored 7 points and ranked fourth.

The Italian team does not want to meet Serbia and Montenegro, so it wants to pick an opponent!

The coaching staff also discovered this problem and held an emergency team meeting.

The focus of the discussion is whether to choose an opponent. Compared with Serbia and Montenegro, France is much easier to play. Although France has many NBA players, their best player Tony Parker is not suitable for the international arena. He has no basket. The French team is relatively weak.

It is said that they are the best opponents for the top four in Group A.

but……

The final result of the discussion was just that!

No matter what he does, no matter who he meets in the quarter-finals, winning the first group stage victory in the history of the national team is all that matters!

Serbia and Montenegro are as difficult as they are to beat. We defeated them in the last Olympics. The worst thing we can do is do it again this time!

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The Italian team deliberately did not send out its core lineup. Three players did not play, and the three most important players did not play. Their strength dropped sharply. Although others still played hard, the Italian team did not attack!

The Italian team, which originally relied on point guard passing and center scoring, was missing the core organizer and Bargnani who averaged 19 points per game in the first four games. The Italian team was defeated by the Chinese team without much suspense.

82 to 59, the Chinese team easily defeated Italy and won five consecutive victories!

The Italian team deliberately did not compete for first place in the group. The Chinese team didn't say anything, but the French team was angry! In an interview, they bluntly said that the Italian team had no sportsmanship.

It's like this every year. They are the ones picked and beaten by their opponents every year. How can they not feel aggrieved?

The Chinese team lay down and won the first place in the group stage...

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The group stage is over. The Chinese team won first place in Group D, the United States won first place in Group C, Spain won first place in Group B, and Argentina won first place in Group A.

In Group A, Argentina, Nigeria, France, Serbia and Montenegro ranked first to fourth respectively.

In Group B: Spain, Germany, Angola, and New Zealand ranked first to fourth respectively.

In Group C: the United States, Greece, Turkey, and Lithuania ranked first to fourth respectively.

In Group D: China, Italy, Puerto Rico, and Slovenia ranked first to fourth respectively.

According to the schedule, the Chinese team will start a quarter-final showdown with Serbia and Montenegro on August 26.

After the group stage ended, some statistics of the group stage were released.

The most shocking thing is the Chinese team's points difference in the group stage, averaging 44 points per game!

There is no doubt that the Japanese team has contributed a lot, directly raising the Chinese team's margin of victory over other teams by more than 20 points per game to 44 points...

Yao Ming averaged 26 points per game in the five group stage games and became the group stage scoring leader.

Liu Mang averaged 9.2 assists per game and won the assists title in the group stage.

The rebounding leader is won by Spain's Pau Gasol, who averages 13.4 rebounds per game. In addition, he averages 23.2 points per game, which is a huge success.
Chapter completed!