At the end of the game, the score between the two sides was finally fixed at 92:75. The Chinese team defeated the strong enemy and won three games in the group stage!
This game can clearly give people the feeling that the reason why the Tianchao team won was due to the outstanding performance of all the players on the team, instead of just relying on Wang Zelin's single-point explosion like in the previous games.
Strength drives the whole team forward.
In fact, this is also the case. Wang Zelin played 34 minutes in this game and only took 14 shots, setting a new low in this Olympic journey. He finally contributed a triple-double of 26 points, 18 rebounds and 15 assists.
Winning a triple-double in three consecutive games is a great record in the history of Olympic men's basketball.
Although he scored much less today, only scoring 26 points, Wang Zelin felt that winning this game was extremely easy. If every subsequent game could be like today, he would rather score about 20 points.
60 or 40 in a single game, whoever wants to take it can take it.
After winning the Kangaroo National Men's Basketball Team head-on, the morale of the Chinese team has been boosted to an unprecedented level. They have proved one thing: this time the Chinese Men's Basketball Team really has the strength to challenge the world's top teams!
After three games and three victories, according to the competition system, the Tianchao team has already qualified ahead of schedule. This means that no matter how bad they perform in the future, they can maintain the best record in the history of the Olympic quarterfinals.
For the above, it can be regarded as an explanation.
However, after successive defeats against the world's top teams, the fact is that the number of domestic fans is unprecedentedly high.
Since the group stage, they have defeated France, Brazil and Kangaroo Country one after another, which has proved the hard power of the men's basketball team and made fans feel for the first time that the men's basketball team has the hope to create better results than the quarterfinals in the Olympics.
Moreover, the transformation of the men's basketball team in this game is obvious to all. They already have the mentality and temperament that a world-class team should have.
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Wang Zelin and his teammates took a shower in the locker room, and then returned to the court to watch a game between the American Dream XII and the Serbian men's basketball team.
I remember when they first arrived at the Rio Olympic Village, the Serbian men's basketball team shouted the slogan "Defeat the Dream Team" and received support from many foreign media.
The Serbian men's basketball team has ushered in their golden era. The players in this generation are quite strong and no one dares to underestimate them.
As expected, this game was much more intense than expected.
The Dream Team 12 is still a combination of Lillard, George, Anthony Durant, and Cousins. The offense is relatively outside, and the defense is indeed worse than the previous Dream Teams.
No, when Cousins met the 2.21 meter big Boban in the paint, his depression instantly turned into a test, and he played submissively on the court.
There is no way, in FIBA rules, height and tonnage are justice!
The two teams started a fierce offensive battle. Under the leadership of Jokic, Serbia has been in a stalemate with the Dream Team and the point difference has always been maintained within five points.
After entering the second half, the men's basketball team's situation on the court became more dangerous and exciting. The scores of both sides continued to increase alternately. The Serbian men's basketball team once led the Dream Team by 6 points.
At the last moment, Durant stepped up for the American men's basketball team, killing the game with a difficult mid-range pull-up and an emergency three-pointer, struggling to defend the glory of the Dream Team.
He scored a game-high 33 points, helping the United States defeat Serbia 94:91 and win four consecutive games in the Olympic group stage.
The Dream Team still won, but it was not as easy as everyone expected, and many media and fans began to openly question the dominance of this Dream Team.
If it was just one game, it would be fine, but it happened to be the same when they met the Kangaroos Men's Basketball Team in the last game. The Dream Team fought fiercely with their opponents until the last minute.
Entering the final quarter, it was Durant who stood up again, showed his superstar style, and scored 7 points in a short period of time, which sealed the victory and helped the Dream Team win 98:88 with difficulty.
After two consecutive even games, it is difficult not to doubt the dominance of this dream team.
After watching the Dream Team's game, the confidence of the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team, which had just won three consecutive victories, was further boosted.
A few hours ago, they had just defeated the Kangaroo National Men's Basketball Team by 17 points. Two days ago, the Kangaroo National Men's Basketball Team lost only 10 points against the American Dream Team. The different points difference between the two games gave them a clearer understanding. Achieve your own strength.
Especially in this game, the American men's basketball team was forced into a dangerous situation by the Serbian men's basketball team, and in the end they narrowly won by three points. You made them sure of one thing, the dream team is not invincible.
In the first game of the group stage, if the other members of the men's basketball team had the momentum they have today, they might not necessarily lose to the United States team.
Of course, the strength displayed by the Serbian men's basketball team also shocked a group of people.
Before the game started, no one expected that the score would be so tight. Even the Dream Team only beat the Serbian men's basketball team by one goal in the end.
This game has a very high reference value for the men's basketball team, because their opponent in the last group match is the Serbian team in front of them.
I’m really nervous and looking forward to it!
After watching the game, the men's basketball players' fighting spirit remained high.
Back at the hotel, Wang Zelin also drank a wave of chicken soup at the right time:
"History is always made by people. We defeated the French team by 49 points, the Brazilian team by 41 points, and today we defeated the Kangaroos by 17 points. All three games are the first time in history! And we are still the same The team with the highest average points difference per game in the Olympic Games is also the first time in history!”
"It is no exaggeration to say that we are creating history that has never been created by our predecessors! Believe in yourself, we have every opportunity to win the supreme glory that has never been touched by our predecessors!"
After all, I have been in the NBA for so many years, I have never eaten pigs, and I have seen pigs running away. Wang Zelin's chicken soup is still very effective.
When people feel that they have hope to achieve something, after hearing this chicken soup, it is like someone pushing them from behind, and their whole body becomes energetic.
After two days of training, the team members' morale is at an all-time high and they are full of confidence.
At 18:00 that evening, the match between the Chinese team and the Serbian team kicked off in Hall 1 of the Carioca Stadium.
The venue was packed with seats.
After three consecutive victories, the Tianchao team's game has become the most watched besides the host and the Dream Team.
In addition, the Serbian team showed amazing strength in the last game against the United States. Now that these two teams meet, the local fan base shows no less attention than the host nation.
Before the game, Jokic came over to say hello to Wang Zelin, and then chatted with Yi Jianlian for a few words before returning to the team to start warming up.
The match between the two teams started soon, and the main players from both sides came out.
Wang Zelin helped the Tianchao team get the opportunity to take the lead in attacking. After dribbling the ball at the top of the arc, he suddenly made a three-pointer and scored the first goal.
Back on the defensive end, the men's basketball team relied on excellent team defense to prevent Bjelica's layup.
In the transition between offense and defense, Wang Zelin made a long pass and assisted Ding Yanyuhang to counterattack and dunk successfully.
5:0, the men's basketball team started very strongly.