The biggest highlight of the match between the United States and New Zealand teams was actually the chaotic dance of the demons for about 20 minutes before the game...

The scene of Liu Mang being surrounded by professional players from other countries and signing autographs also stole the spotlight.

As for the game itself…

In a game with a huge disparity of double the score of 122 to 61, apart from shouting "666" for the American team, there is really nothing interesting to watch.

There are only two strong teams in Group D, China and Italy. New Zealand is in Group B, which is the weakest. It includes Spain, Panama, Germany, New Zealand, Angola, and Qatar. Apart from Spain, the theoretically strongest team is actually Germany. The German basketball team

Not counting the first-tier international teams, even without Liu Mang, the Chinese team can still compete with the German team. Just like Yao Ming went berserk every time he went to Dallas, the national team went berserk when they met Nowitzki.

The U.S. team's lineup this year is Hinrich, Paul, Wade, Joe Johnson, James, Anthony, Battier, Boozer, Jamison, Howard, Bosh, and Kwame Brown.

Originally they would not be so serious about playing New Zealand and just play casually, but the Chinese team came to watch the game and gave them a lot of motivation. They scored 122 points, second only to the Chinese team when they played against Japan.

The highest score in this world championship.

Maybe they felt that allowing the New Zealand team to score only 20 points in the first half was a bit excessive, and the American team gave up defense in the second half.

The Chinese team felt very heavy when they saw the performance of the American team on the sidelines.

Although the US team's lineup...except for Hinrich's three-pointer, Wade's mid-range shot, Anthony and Jamison's singles, Bosh and Battier's open three-pointers, everyone else is a bit miserable, and Paul can't even get one.

In terms of playing opportunities, Larry Brown chose him but did not give him playing time. He only played for a while in garbage time. Larry Brown did not use Joe Johnson, a good mid-to-long-range singles player, but preferred to use famous players.

experienced……

But the U.S. team defends so well!

The New Zealand team is much better than the Japanese team. In the Asia-Australia division, their strength may not be worse than Australia. They can rank among the top ten in the world all year round. The American team defended the New Zealand team and only scored 20 points in 20 minutes in the half!

Liu Mang met with the club's new teammate Battier today. The relationship was originally because Gasol was pretty good. Battier was very happy to play with Liu Mang. They are all role players anyway. Battier played in his rookie season.

He averaged 14.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.6 steals and 1 block. He looked like a future star. He started playing as a substitute in his second year and averaged 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game. It was acceptable. I would be happier to go to the Eagles.

There is a chance to compete for the championship and play in the playoffs.

For Battier, an iconic player from Duke University, team honor is more important than anything else!

With Hinrich, Wade, Battier, and James on the outside, and Howard and Kwame Brown on the inside, the U.S. team's defense is a bit explosive!

Although the lineup still has many problems, the U.S. team has become stronger defensively than at the Athens Olympics!

Mainly due to the improvement of Wade, James, Anthony and others, as well as the addition of Battier and Hinrich, as well as the outstanding help defense of Howard and Kwame Brown, the individual defense has also improved a lot.

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After watching the game of the US team, Liu Mang felt that when playing against the US team, the focus of his national team was not on him, but on Yao Ming!

You have to plan carefully, if you meet the US team, how to make good use of Yao Ming's advantage that may become more obvious!

As for the U.S. team's perimeter...except for Anthony, Joe Johnson's defense was good. Liu Mang felt like he was being targeted by the U.S. team!

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After watching the game of the American team, the Chinese team returned to the hotel. I didn’t go to watch the game between Nigeria and Puerto Rico. It would be too troublesome to go to Sendai. I have to rush back in the evening. The Chinese team and the American team are the two favorites.

The team's next games will definitely be scheduled to be played at the Saitama Super Arena, their largest venue in this World Championship.

The large influx of Chinese fans has troubled the Japanese side, and they definitely want to earn back by selling more tickets.

It is difficult to sell out tickets for the World Series. Even in Japan and South Korea, which have a strong football atmosphere, there were cases where tickets for the underdog showdowns in the 2002 Football World Cup could not be sold out.

Anything is fine, but you can’t have trouble with money.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, I watched the match between Puerto Rico and Nigeria through live broadcast. Puerto Rico defeated Nigeria 89 to 81 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

This surprised the Chinese team. I thought Puerto Rico couldn't beat Nigeria, but I didn't expect them to win!

They just played Puerto Rico in the group stage. The Chinese team has experience in dealing with them and has an advantage. Although the Chinese team has an advantage in Nigeria based on the team's history, it is always better to play against someone they are familiar with.

However, the match between the Italian team and the French team started at five o'clock in the afternoon... and the fighting started...

The French team was very unhappy about being picked on by the Italian team. They really couldn't compare with the Italian team and were much weaker than Italy. But being picked on by the other team made them feel very unhappy.

The game was full of confrontation and conflict from the beginning. In the second quarter, the little sports car Parker attacked the opponent's crotch when the opponent grabbed an offensive rebound and then stole the ball, triggering a group fight. This was the first time at this World Championships.

This was Sai's first fight. Although there had been conflicts before, they never turned into a fight.

If you don't fight, it's a gang fight...

Every World Series has to have something to keep FIBA ​​busy.

The final result was that most of the players from both teams were sent out. The Italian team, a group of iron-blooded muscular men with muscles in their heads, only had 4 players left, and the French team had 6 players left. It was 5 on 4 on the court, and the French team came back.

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The Italian team had the last laugh in the World Cup and lost in the top 16 of the World Championships.

Liu Mang saw that Parker's nose was crooked, but he seemed to have been punched back and ran away. He did not participate in the game later, and the referee ignored him when he sent the player off...

This little sports car routine is really awesome!

In a normal matchup, it is basically impossible for the French team to win against Italy. Italy is one of the favorites in the semi-finals and is regarded as having a chance to challenge the top teams in the four groups. The little sports car leads the French team into the eighth round despite a crooked nose.

powerful!

Eight teams including China, the United States, Spain, Argentina, Greece, Puerto Rico, France, and Turkey reached the quarterfinals!

The matchups for the quarter-finals have been determined. Since the three teams in Group C of the Devil Group have advanced to the quarter-finals, according to the rules of the World Championships, Argentina will play Greece, Spain will play Turkey, and the United States will play France.
Chapter completed!