Chapter 874: Fight for the first place in the group
"Is the live broadcast of the upside down shit and the Japanese 5th-speed electric fan still there? Come out quickly, it's time to fulfill your promise!"
"Has sent!№█▔▉●(Five-speed electric fan is written on the back)"
"Damn it, 666, that's OK!"
"I suspect you are driving and there is sufficient evidence!"
"This American team is really a waste. They can't even beat the Chinese team! The weakest American team in history!"
"There's no way, who said the core is Durant."
"Durant:??"
"Stop question marks, 19 points, 8 of 12 shots, don't even dare to hit against Don!"
"A showdown between a real superstar and a fake superstar."
"Michael Tang deserves his name. One fight for five is not a dream, as long as he has strong enough strength!"
"Now we can classify China as a popular gold medal team! I am extremely looking forward to seeing Tang win the gold medal now!"
"After winning the MVP and NBA championships, I won the Olympic gold medal? What is this to do? Conquering God?"
"Tsk! I dare not think about it! He led the Chinese team! I really did it, I think it was better than Jordan!"
"The first person in basketball was born!"
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After the game, the toast about Tang Tian and the Chinese team on social media reached a peak.
However, those who questioned the Chinese team at the time were still pouring cold water on them.
"It's just good luck! Look at the Chinese team's three-point shooting percentage in this game, making 11 of 21 shots! Can this be a second game?"
"It's really a joke. Who just lost to Australia on the field? If you win a game by luck, you'll have to go to heaven?"
"Look, you lose to France in the end. These people are gone again, and they still win the championship? Dream!"
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The more praise there are, the more doubts there are. For the Chinese team, this is actually a proof of their strength.
One group of six teams, five games.
After defeating the United States in an upset manner, the Chinese team's record of 3 wins and 1 loss in four games.
Before the Olympics began, qualifying was the most important goal of the Chinese team.
But until now, what they have to consider is not whether they can qualify in the group, but whether they can win the first place in the group.
Group A will play group B in the first place, and will not meet group B in the first place in the semi-finals.
This is the ranking with the least difficulty and the most likely chance of winning the championship.
And they do have this opportunity.
There are now three teams in Group A with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. Except for the Chinese team, the remaining two teams are Australia and the United States.
The Chinese team wins and the United States loses the Australian team. If Australia loses in the last game and the Chinese team wins, they will become the first in the group according to the match records.
Winning the United States and striving for the first place in the group, these words that were completely impossible to be linked to the Chinese team in the past have all appeared this time.
As Chinese fans, this is their proudest moment.
Two days later, the last round of the Group A group stage started.
The Chinese team faces France, the United States faces Serbia, and Australia and Brazil face off.
Each of these three games is full of highlights.
Can the Chinese team continue their hot form in the last game and defeat France and win the top spot in Group A.
France currently has a record of 2 wins and 2 losses. If they want to advance to the quarterfinals, they must do their best.
After losing the last game, the situation suddenly became serious. If they lose to Serbia again, they would even be squeezed to third place!
The situation in Serbia is similar to that of the French team. They have to compete with France for the last qualifying spot in Group A, and because they lost to France before, they have to win.
Australia's performance at this year's Olympics is amazing. They are the same as the Chinese team, and they also have the opportunity to compete for the first place in the group.
If the US team loses and they win the Brazil team, according to the match record, even if the Chinese team wins, they will be the first in the group.
Brazil is fighting for honor.
As hosts, they have not won a game so far, and they need to win themselves dignity in the last battle.
Each team has their own reasons to win, and these three games are destined to be extremely intense.
The stadium on this day has remained high since the afternoon.
The match between the Chinese and French teams started first.
After the opening, the Chinese team continued their outstanding form in the previous game, and hit a series of hits from the outside.
The French team's style of playing is American, and they also encountered similar choice difficulties as the American team.
The choices they made were different from those of the American team. They resolutely double-teamed Tang Tian throughout the game, and as a result, the Chinese team's outside scorers played the best Olympics game.
They made 14 of 27 shots from outside the three-point line in the whole game, and scored 42 points with three-pointers alone.
At the end of the last game, some fans questioned that the Chinese team's winning depends entirely on luck, and it is impossible to have a three-point performance in the previous game.
As a result, the Chinese team slapped the face in an instant.
The French team chased the points crazily at the last moment under Parker's leadership, but Tang Tian's stable performance in the last moment still allowed the Chinese team to retain the fruits of victory.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated France 81-76, and fixed the group stage record to 4 wins and 1 loss.
Tang Tian scored 25 points and 11 assists, and won the first double-double in the Olympics.
This is also the first time that the Chinese team defeated France in the Olympics.
However, fans are no longer surprised by this when they win the United States team before.
After all, this Chinese team is already one of the popular teams to win gold this year in the eyes of many people.
The group stage game has ended, but the Chinese team is not idle.
They watched the remaining two games in the same group tonight.
The French team who just lost in the afternoon was with them. Whether they can advance now depends on whether the Serbian team will win.
The match between the United States and Serbia was the first to start, and the game process was much more intense than imagined.
Serbia quickly got into the form at the start and quickly took a double-digit lead.
When they are eliminated without winning the game, their potential in their bodies will be completely stimulated.
Jokic also played his peak performance with the Pelicans.
However, Durant responded quickly on the US team, and the continuous scoring made the Serbian team unable to do anything.
The United States quickly tied the score under Durant's leadership, but the Serbian star Bogdan Bogdanovic responded quickly.
The scores of the two teams rose alternately, and they played until one minute before the final game, and the two teams tied at 91.
Both teams missed offense and defense once, and at the last moment, Durant staged the arrival of the god of death in the international arena.
He completed a three-pointer win against Teodosic, helping the US team win the opponent 94-91.
He scored 33 points and 5 rebounds in the whole game, and played the superstar performance.
Such performance also made fans confirm something. Durant is still Durant, the big weapon in the Fiba arena, and he is only afraid of Tang Tian.
After the game, the French team members celebrated. Serbia's loss meant that they locked in the fourth place in Group A and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
After the match between the United States and Serbia, the match between the Australian and Brazil also started.
Brazil fought for honor, but the gap in strength between them and Australia was too big. In the end, Australia easily defeated Brazil, allowing the host to end with a complete defeat.
Just after this game, there were three teams with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss in Group A, and they all won and lost.
China wins the United States, the United States wins Australia, and Australia wins China again, which is a cycle.
Chapter completed!