At the end of the group stage, the United States ranked first in the group with a record of 5-0, followed closely by the Chinese team with a record of 4-1. The third and fourth places were the Kangaroos and France.
The above are the top four teams from Group A that have advanced to the quarter-finals.
The next night, after training, Wang Zelin and his teammates went to the scene to watch the final round of Group B.
With the final round of games completed, the rankings of Group B were also released. Lithuania achieved a record of 4-1 and ranked first in the group; Spain ranked second with 3-1; Argentina and Croatia
Ranked third and fourth respectively.
After the semi-finals are Nigeria, which is ranked fifth, and Venezuela, which is at the bottom.
The 8 teams that qualified from the two groups will compete in the quarter-finals according to the following strategies: A2vsB3, B1vsA4, B2vsA3, A1vsB4.
According to the competition system, the opponent of the Chinese team in the quarter-finals is basically determined to be the 2004 Olympic gold medalist Argentina team. After winning, they will advance to the semi-finals, and the eliminated team will not play any more games.
In terms of strength distribution alone, Group A is worthy of being called the group of death and is generally stronger than Group B. Among the top four in Group B, only the Lithuanian team and the Spanish team can compete with the Chinese team.
As for the Argentina team, since they reached the finals at the 2004 Athens Olympics and defeated the Dream 6 team to win the championship, Ginobili, Scola, Delfino, Nocioni, Prigioni, Ober
Players such as Toro rose to fame and were called Argentina's golden generation.
Unfortunately, because Argentina lacks a rich reserve of basketball talents like the United States, aging has become an inevitable problem for them.
For most countries, basketball talents are hard to come by.
With Prigioni and Oberto retiring from the national team one after another, the Argentine team's strength is also a loser.
In this year's Olympic Games, the Argentine team could only finish third in Group B, which had a relatively weak competitive environment. This shows that the Argentine team has declined from its golden age.
From 2004 to 2016, the core of this team for 12 years was still Ginobili, and it was still the golden generation, both promising and pathetic!
By the way, before the Rio Olympics started, Ginobili admitted frankly that this would be the last Olympics for his national team.
After Duncan announced his retirement this summer, it was another sad thing for Spurs fans.
After the Group B group stage, when they learned that Argentina's next opponent was the Chinese team, Ginobili and many Spurs fans felt a lot.
In recent years, Wang Zelin has led the Portland Legion to sweep across the NBA. Everywhere he went, opponents were frightened. It can be said that he stole the show!
But just four years ago, when Wang Zelin was just starting out, despite the disapproval of many people and the pressure from the outside world, he led his team to the playoffs and went all the way to the Western Conference Finals.
Unfortunately, they met the San Antonio Spurs, who symbolized the pinnacle of team basketball, and were eventually swept by the Spurs 4-1.
At that time, Ginobili and Spurs fans just thought Wang Zelin was a talented young man who would have a great future.
But this so-called "future" will not arrive until five years later.
Unexpectedly, the Spurs became the only team in Wang Zelin's NBA career so far to successfully intercept him at the end to win the championship.
The rise of Wang Zelin and the Trail Blazers has exceeded everyone's imagination.
As the only player in the past four years who has personally defeated Wang Zelin in the NBA playoffs, Ginobili can't help but look forward to the game three days later.
Even if they rise to the competition level, encounter the super dark horse of China, and encounter the super giant Wang Zelin, the Argentina team's hope of advancing is slim, but Ginobili still wants to try to create a miracle.
Just like 12 years ago, no one was optimistic that Argentina could defeat the Dream Team, but Argentina's golden generation headed by Ginobili did it.
In the game three days later, Ginobili also believed that he could create another miracle.
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Time flies by so fast, August 18th is here, and the Rio Olympics is coming to an end.
This morning, the Chinese men's table tennis team won the 18th Olympic gold medal for the Chinese delegation, which greatly inspired all the athletes in the Chinese delegation.
Subsequently, the men's basketball competition also entered the quarterfinals knockout stage.
The four groups of matchups in the quarterfinals have been determined before, and the match between the Chinese team and Argentina will start first as the opening game.
This game attracted much attention from Chinese audiences.
In the previous games, the Chinese team was denied many gold medals due to refereeing factors, which made them very unhappy.
Although the men's table tennis team won a gold medal today, the process was quite shocking. They lost one point in the match against the Japanese players who had a good life.
While feeling depressed and unhappy, everyone naturally hopes to see breakthroughs in other projects.
It just so happens that the momentum of men's basketball this year is completely different from the past, so it has naturally become the most anticipated project.
Especially in the knockout stage, every win is creating new history!
At 11:00 noon local time and 22:00 domestically, the quarter-finals between the Chinese team and Argentina officially kicked off.
The venue is still in Hall 1 of the Carioca Stadium, and most of the fans sitting in every seat are Chinese.
Who knows how the powerful Chinese fans managed to get so many tickets, making the entire arena look like the home court of the Chinese team.
Argentina and Brazil both belong to South America. Theoretically speaking, Argentina will have more players present.
But the scene in front of them, from the moment the players entered the stadium, with the familiar red color, made Wang Zelin and his teammates extremely excited.
As one of the three major ball sports in the world, basketball has become the most popular sport in the country, leaving aside other countries. At least in China.
Today, the fanaticism of Chinese fans has reached an unprecedented peak because of Wang Zelin.
During the entrance ceremony, when the Tianchao team players were introduced to the field, the cheers of the Tianchao fans on site caused a burst of sideways glances from other fans.
The Argentine team players on the opposite side couldn't help but complain: "This posture is intended to turn a foreign country into the home court of your Chinese team."
"It's not a plan, it's obvious!" Another Argentinian player made a follow-up shot in time.
Looking at the scene in front of them, the Argentinian players thought that it would be a lie if they didn't think they were suffering from pantothenic acid.
But then, their desire to defeat the Chinese team became even stronger.
Although many people say that the plot of pretending is better than being slapped in the face is cliche, they cannot argue that it is practical and hot-blooded!
Now, the Argentine players really want to slap the China Men's Basketball Team in the face with their strength in front of nearly 10,000 Chinese fans.