Shuai Tang and the national team members were watching the match between Brazil and Argentina in the stands.

Speaking of which, these two teams are in South America, and have met many times in the game before, and their strength has also increased and decreased. However, now, both teams have the feeling of no successor.

Argentina's most glorious ended in 2002. At that time, they defeated the "Dream Five Team" in the semi-finals of the World Championships and finally won the silver medal in the World Championships. In 2004, they went further and won the Olympic gold medal directly. However, now, the team's strength has declined significantly. Obotto and Nosioni, the core cores of the time, have long withdrawn from the national team. The current national team can only rely on Scola to support it. Fortunately, veteran Ginobili, who originally planned to withdraw, returned to the national team, which has allowed them to still retain the hope of advancing to the quarterfinals.

Compared with Argentina, Brazil's lineup is relatively better, but it is also half a dozen. Split is absent due to a buttock injury, and the Bulls' Felicio also gave up participating. The only NBA players on the team are Nene, Barbosa, Valecho, Garcia and other veterans, as well as the "Brazil Durant" Bruno Capocolo who was inexplicably selected by the Raptors' 20th pick, but as people expected, they did not play.

The teams on both sides played unyieldingly from the beginning. Whoever wins the two teams will enter the quarterfinals steadily and no one wants to give up.

Ginobili and Scola are still old and have repeatedly scored inside. Brazil has not given up. Barbosa's breakthrough and Valezzo's support have all played well, and Capocolo's performance is also eye-catching. Although there are few opportunities to perform in the NBA, this 95-born young man has played well in the international arena.

After the meeting ended in the first half, Argentina only fell behind Brazil by two points 47-49. However, after the game reached the second half, Ginobili and Scola became exhausted, the Brazilian team seized the opportunity to make an offensive move amid the shouts of more than 30,000 people on the scene and won the game directly.

The moment the final whistle sounded, the fans on the scene went crazy, the cheers were deafening, and some spectators couldn't help crying. Brazil missed the Olympics in 2004 and 2008, and then carried out reforms before returning to the London Olympics and winning the fifth place. This home game can be said to be an excellent opportunity to go further. Now that we win the Argentina team, the team is likely to win the third place in the group, and the hope of advancing to the semi-finals has also increased significantly.

In contrast, the Argentines seem much more lonely. After losing this game, they can only hope that Nigeria will defeat Serwia and squeeze out Serbia to enter the quarterfinals. However, this is almost unrealistic. After all, Nigerians who lost four consecutive times have already bid farewell to the Olympics in advance.

Seeing Ginobili and Scola hugging each other and crying at the last moment, Tang Shuai couldn't help but sigh that this was the curtain call of the Golden Generation of 2004. The regretful elimination of the two old men made people feel particularly regretful.

Afterwards, the first and second place battles between Spain and Lithuania were played. Because the rankings were determined, the two teams only played symbolically. In the end, the Spanish team defeated Lithuania with their overall strength and ended with a perfect record of five consecutive victories.

After this game, the other teams in Group A went back, but the Chinese team stayed and only after the official ranking of the last game was confirmed. In fact, there were only three or four places in Group B. The Chinese team will play third in Group B, either Serbia or Brazil. As for the US team, one-quarter of them will play the same as everyone else, so there is no need to stay and see.

Nigeria's lineup is actually very good, including players like Amino, who have the main strength of the NBA, but their opponents are too strong, and they are still as hard to win as before.

Having missed early, the Nigerians showed their unyielding fighting spirit. In the first half, they played a match with the Serbian team, and even led the score in the third quarter, which shocked the audience on the sidelines and became their fans. Even Tang Shuai sincerely gave them applause.

In fact, for any participating team, it is quite rare to be able to play so hard when they miss the quarterfinals.

The game was in a state of anxiety until the second half of the fourth quarter. Nigeria was silent at a critical moment, and Serbia's stable score helped them to the end of their laughter.

When the final whistle sounded, the men's basketball quarter-finals were officially born.

The first to fourth in Group A are: Team USA (5 wins and 0 losses), Team China (4 wins and 1 losses), Team France (3 wins and 2 losses), and Team Canada (3 wins and 2 losses).

The first to fourth in Group B are: Spain (5 wins and 0 losses), Lithuania (4 wins and 1 losses), Brazil (3 wins and 2 losses), and Serbia (3 wins and 2 losses).

According to the rules of the game, a quarter of the showdown was also released.

The United States will face Serbia, the Chinese will face the host Brazil, the French will meet the Lithuanian team that eliminated them in the European Championship, and the Canadian team will meet the powerful Spanish team.

The quarterfinals are after a day off, on August 17 local time, and the quarterfinals will usher in a brutal single-game knockout match.

According to the schedule, the match between the United States and Serbia will be held at 11 a.m., and the match between the Chinese and Brazil will be held at 2:30 a.m.

After the schedule came out, Tang Shuai and his teammates of the national team breathed a sigh of relief. Although Brazil was the host, its strength should be considered the weakest compared to the other three teams that advanced.

However, Gong Luming was still very cautious. After all, when it was the knockout stage, he would say goodbye to the Olympics if he accidentally did, let alone the opponent was the host.

On the off-season day, Gong Luming arranged specialized training for Brazil in the morning.

Brazil's offense mainly relies on Barbosa's breakthrough and Valaijo's support. Although Nene is still in the national team, his physical condition is very strong, and the threat on the offensive end is long worse than before.

After a series of targeted training, the players were also very tired.

However, thinking that if you win tomorrow, you can create new history, the team members had no sign of fatigue on their faces, but they were full of excitement.

Gong Luming also knew that he had a combination of work and rest, so he only conducted some simple training in the afternoon and let the team members rest in advance.

The Chinese team will face the host Brazil team. Although the strength of the two teams is not the strongest, they will definitely not be less popular.

For the Chinese team, this game is more important than any previous Olympic Games, because as long as you win the Brazil team, the Chinese team will create an unprecedented history in the Olympic Games, as many fans expected before the start of the Olympic Games.

The same is true for the Brazilian team. As the host, the most important thing is the fans. When they meet the "dark horse" of the Chinese team, they naturally hope that the home team will do their best to win the game.

It is completely different from the previous match against Australia. The fans before this game were extremely harmonious. Although they also cared about the outcome of the game, what fans wanted to see was obviously a wonderful showdown.

At 14 o'clock local time in Brazil, half an hour before the game, a large number of fans have poured into the stadium, 70% of whom are Brazilian fans, while the remaining 30% are Chinese who are already in Brazil, and the remaining 20% ​​are fans who come from China. Even on weekdays, they cannot stop the enthusiasm of fans.

At Brazil's home court, a group of Chinese people held Tang Shuai's big head KT board high, and the momentum was really unprecedented.

In fact, because of Tang Shuai's performance in previous charity activities, the Brazilian team is still very friendly to the Chinese team. Even the Chinese fans sitting next to him have a smile, which makes these Chinese fans who are used to being casual and embarrassed.

The warm-up between both sides quickly ended, and amid the cheers of fans at the scene, players from both sides appeared randomly.

The Chinese team maintained the lineup, with Tang Shuai and Zhao Haoyan on the defenders, Zhai Xiaochuan and Yi Jianlian on the risk, and Zhou Qi on the inside.

On the Brazilian team, Barbosa and Garcia are on the outside, Capocolo is on the front line, and Nene and Valécho are on the inside.

From the books alone, the Brazilian team with 5 NBA players is slightly better, but from the ranking of both sides in the group and the French team with 7 NBA players, it can be seen that this is definitely not as simple as it seems on the books.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Yi Jianlian and Nene jumped, and the focus battle of fans' attention began.

Yi Jianlian gained the first opportunity for the Chinese team to attack with the bounce. Tang Shuai pushed the ball to the frontcourt, and Barbosa followed up.

Barbosa did not stand too far. Although he mostly sat off the court in the Western Conference semi-finals, he knew very well about Tang Shuai's offensive method.

When Tang Shuai saw Barbosa, he did not choose to let his teammates attack first like in the previous games, but instead directly reached out to signal his teammates to pull out and prepare for singles.

In fact, Gong Luming also acquiesced to his approach, because Brazilian team relies more on Barbosa on offense. If Tang Shuai can consume as much of his defensive energy as possible on the offensive end, it will definitely be a great relief to the Chinese team's defensive pressure.

Barbosa couldn't help feeling a little guilty when she saw that Tang Shuai was going to play alone. After all, unlike others, he had witnessed the crazy performance of Tang Shuai, who could not stop him, and how could he do it alone?

"Brazil team, come on!"

However, amid the cheers of the audience, all the hesitation and concerns in his eyes disappeared. This is the difference between home court. He is not only playing for himself, but also fighting for more than 20,000 fans behind him, for his country.

When Tang Shuai saw the fighting spirit in Barbosa's eyes, he also rushed straight into his forehead with passion. If his opponent was afraid of him, then the game would be meaningless. Only in this state in front of Barbosa would he have the chance to fight.

He pressed the center of gravity down, then without saying a word, swayed in a cross step, accelerated suddenly and rushed in.
Chapter completed!