From today on is the king

Chapter 1277 1276. Complete victory and promotion, first place in the group stage! (910 for double monthly pass)
Andrea Bargnani!

Hope of Italy!

Although Liu Mang knows that Bargnani has nothing to do, he will still have an average of 20+ seasons in the NBA in the future. In terms of statistics, compare him with the little prince who will sign a huge contract with the Timberwolves in the future... I found that the statistics of the two are really similar in terms of points, rebounds and assists.

The height of the center and the style of play of the small forward, such a player is quite influential in the international arena.

In addition to being upset by Puerto Rico and losing 77 to 78, the Italian team was crushed in the other three games. It is the biggest opponent for the Chinese team to get the first place in the group stage.

It is also the first strong enemy that the Chinese team has encountered!
Although the Italian team has no other NBA stars besides Bargnani, their lineup is terrible in the international arena.

A group of iron-blooded muscle monsters, the Chinese team lost a total of four games in the last Olympic Games, one for Spain and one for Argentina. They really couldn't beat it.

In the other two games, they lost to Italy and Lithuania, which have iron-blooded and muscular lineups.

The physical confrontation between Italy and Lithuania is too strong. Their height is not high. There are only two players over [-] meters. One is center Andre Bargnani, who is [-] meters tall, and the other is power forward Luca Galli, who is [-] meters tall.

Their backup center is only [-] meters tall, and there is not even a player taller than [-] meters on the outside.

But they are strong, they are the kind of short but fast players, it is difficult to deal with.

But this time there are some differences. The last time the Chinese team played Italy after playing Spain, they were tired of fighting Spain. After winning, they lost the second game.

And Spain was exhausted by the Chinese team, creating a lose-lose situation. Fortunately, in the end, the Chinese team relied on the advantage of the relationship between victory and defeat, and won the second place in the Olympic group stage, which was the feat of defeating the US team for the first time in team history.

Playing the national team again, Liu Mang feels that the next day in the finals is nothing, this is the real physical test!

Fortunately, the Chinese team won consecutive victories this time, and there is no strong opponent except Italy, so they are in good shape now!
On August 8th, the Chinese team came to Sendai City for the final match of the group stage.

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After the results of the draw came out, the Chinese team began to conduct targeted research on the Italian team, because this is the strongest opponent in the group stage, but it was unexpected!
The Italian team arrived two hours before the [-]:[-] p.m. game, and when the Chinese team was warming up, the Italian team announced that their ace Bargnani would not play today, and that Marc Bodin, the outside core of the main lineup, would not play.

This makes the Chinese team very puzzled.

Doesn't the other party want to be number one?

After Liu Mang heard the news, he immediately went to see the situation of Group A, and it was indeed so!
The 24th is the last match day of the group stage. The match between the Chinese team and the Italian team was the latest. Most of the matches in the other three groups have already been played. Only two matches in Group D will be played at [-] o'clock. One is the match between the Japanese team and Senegal, and the other is the match between the Chinese team and the Italian team.

In the quarter-finals, Group D will play with Group A, and Group B will play with Group C. The first player in Group D will play against the fourth player in Group A, and the second player will play against the third player. This is the case on both sides.

The results of the Group A group stage have come out. Argentina ranked first with 10 points from all five games without any suspense, Nigeria ranked second with 3 points from 2 wins and 8 losses, France also scored 3 points from 2 wins and 8 losses, but lost to Nigeria and ranked third, Serbia and Montenegro with 2 wins and 3 losses scored 7 points and ranked fourth.

The Italian team does not want to meet Serbia and Montenegro, so they want to pick their opponents!

The coaching staff also discovered this problem and urgently held a team meeting.

The focus of the discussion is whether to choose an opponent. Compared with Serbia and Montenegro, France is much easier to play. Although France has many NBA players, their best player Tony Parker is not suitable for the international arena. He has no basket. The French team is relatively the best opponent for the top four in Group A.

but……

The result of the final discussion is just now!

No matter how much he has, no matter who he meets in the quarter-finals, it is important to win the first group match in the history of the national team!

Serbia and Montenegro are more difficult to play. They have already defeated them in the last Olympic Games. It is a big deal to do it again this time!
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The Italian team deliberately did not send out a core lineup. The first three players did not play, and the three most important players did not play. Their strength plummeted. Although the others still played hard, the Italian team did not attack!

The Italian team, which had been relying on point guard passes and center forwards to make do with scoring, lost the playmaker and Bargnani, who averaged 19 points per game in the first four games, and the Italian team was defeated by the Chinese team without much suspense.

82 to 59, the Chinese team easily beat Italy and won five consecutive victories!
The Italian team deliberately did not compete for the first place in the group. The Chinese team did not say anything, and the French team was angry!In an interview, he bluntly stated that the Italian team has no sportsmanship.

It's like this every year. They are the ones picked and beaten by their opponents every year. Can they not feel aggrieved?

The Chinese team won the first place in the group stage lying down...

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The group stage is over, the Chinese team won the first place in Group D, the US team won the first place in Group C, Spain won the first place in Group B, and Argentina won the first place in Group A.

In Group A, Argentina, Nigeria, France, Serbia and Montenegro ranked first to fourth.

Group B: Spain, Germany, Angola, and New Zealand ranked first to fourth.

Group C: The United States, Greece, Turkey, and Lithuania ranked first to fourth.

Group D: China, Italy, Puerto Rico, and Slovenia ranked first to fourth.

According to the schedule, the Chinese team will face Serbia and Montenegro in the quarter-finals on August 8.

After the group stage, some statistics of the group stage came out.

The most shocking thing is the net score of the Chinese team in this group stage, averaging 44 points per game!
There is no doubt that the Japanese team has contributed a lot, and the Chinese team has won the other teams by an average of more than 20 points per game, directly raising it to 44 points...

Yao Ming averaged 26 points per game in the five games of the group stage, becoming the leading scorer in the group stage.

Liu Mang averaged 9.2 assists per game and won the assists leader in the group stage.

The rebounding leader was won by Paul Gasol of the Spanish team, averaging 13.4 rebounds per game. In addition, he averaged 23.2 points per game, which was a beep.

The team with the lowest scoring average is not the Japanese team, but Panama...Panama averages 41 points per game...

(End of this chapter)