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Chapter 303 The second battle of the group
In the early morning of August 2010, 8, at the Kadir Haz Stadium in Istanbul, the Huaguo Men's Basketball team ushered in Puerto Rico, their third opponent in the group stage.

Puerto Rico, which owns Arroyo and Jose Barea, is a traditional strong team in Central and North America. It is also a frequent visitor to the Men's Basketball World Championships. The siege reached the World Championships.

Although Puerto Rico's record in the World Series is not very amazing, Puerto Rico has repeatedly qualified from the group stage, entered the semi-finals, and even won the No.4 record in the World Championships. In addition, there are many NBA players. Therefore, the strength of Puerto Rico should not be underestimated.

Due to the strategic abandonment of the first match of the group stage and the second match of the group stage, it was really not challenging. The main players didn't sweat much, and the game had already entered garbage time. In the first game, all the main players of the Huaguo men's basketball team were full of energy and in good condition.

On the other hand, Puerto Rico, in the first two rounds, fought against Russia and Turkey one after another, so in terms of physical fitness, Puerto Rico is at an absolute disadvantage. This disadvantage was not obvious in the first half, but when the game entered the second half, Even after the fourth quarter, this disadvantage began to be magnified. In the first half, he was able to play Puerto Rico back and forth with the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team. It was completely suppressed, and when the fourth quarter started, after only a few minutes of playing, Puerto Rico collapsed.

84 to 76, the Huaguo men's basketball team defeated the Puerto Rico team after beating Côte d'Ivoire lightly.

Just over a dozen hours after the match against Puerto Rico, the Huaguo men's basketball team ushered in their fourth opponent in the group stage, the Russian team, which had lost all three previous matches.

In order to preserve the hope that appeared, Russia will win the game against the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team no matter what, and for the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team that has already won two games, the game against Russia It will not affect his qualifying situation and group rankings. In addition, he has just experienced a bitter battle with Puerto Rico, so the game against Russia was once again strategically given up by Deng Huade.

After the first three rounds, Turkey ranked first in the group with a record of three victories. The Greek men's basketball team, Huaguo men's basketball team, and Puerto Rico's three teams all had two wins and one loss, ranking first in the group. Second to fourth positions.

In the case of ensuring that there is no danger of qualifying and no hope of being first in the group, what the Huaguo men's basketball team needs to consider now is the opponent they will face after entering the rematch. According to the schedule of the World Championships, where the Huaguo men's basketball team is located Group C, after qualifying, will have a cross-elimination match with the qualifying teams in Group D.

And Group D has two super teams of Lithuania and Spain. If the Huaguo men's basketball team wants to make a difference in the knockout round, the best way is to avoid these two teams as much as possible. Therefore, the ranking in Group D, When it has not stabilized, the Huaguo men's basketball team also needs to assess the situation and adjust its ranking.

Although there are still two rounds left in the group stage, according to the results of the games that have ended so far, the first place in the group is already in Turkey's pocket, and even if the Huaguo men's basketball team loses the next two games , can also guarantee their third position in the group. If Lithuania and Spain in Group D can win the top two in the group, then the Huaguo men's basketball team only needs to beat the Greek men's basketball team in the final round of the game to avoid Open Lithuania and Spain.

At noon on the second day after the Huaguo men's basketball team lost to the Russian men's basketball team, all the games in Group D were over. Lithuania and Spain took the top two places in the group unsurprisingly. After Lithuania and Spain, New Zealand ranked third in the group with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses, and France ranked fourth in the group with 2 wins and 3 losses.

New Zealand can also be regarded as the old opponent of the Huaguo men's basketball team. Since the rise of Yao Ming, when the two teams met in the international arena, the Huaguo men's basketball team has always won more and lost less, occupying a relatively large advantage.

Therefore, the current goal of the Huaguo men's basketball team is very clear, that is, to defeat Greece in the upcoming and final rounds, so as to take advantage of each other's competition, qualify second in the group, and then win the first round of the knockout round. Round, to face the New Zealand team.

However, the Greek men's basketball team is not a soft persimmon. The Greek men's basketball team, led by the former head coach of the Huaguo men's basketball team, Yunus, has Spanoulis, Zikis, and Calathes. It is currently ranked fourth in the world. In 06, whether it was the Olympic Games or the World Championships, the Greek men's basketball team was one of the well-deserved powerhouses. In the [-] World Championships held in Japan, the Greek men's basketball team also made it to the finals in history.

It can be expected that this will be a tough battle, but fortunately, the Huaguo men's basketball team is well prepared. After the victory over Puerto Rico, Deng Huade is collecting information about the Greek men's basketball team, as well as the videos of the previous games, to carry out targeted training. I have studied it, so that it can come in handy at this critical moment.

On the evening of September 9, at the Kadir-Hazy Stadium, the second group battle between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Greek men's basketball team kicked off.

For the Huaguo men's basketball team, Deng Huade arranged for center Yan Hua, power forward Yi Jianlian, small forward Sun Yue, shooting guard Wang Shipeng, and point guard Liu Wei. This is the starting lineup that was often used in the previous games.

As for the Greek men's basketball team, the starting lineup is point guard Vasilis Spanoulis, shooting guard Nikos Zikis, small forward Stratos Pipiglou, and power forward Antonis Ford. Sith, center Jan Poroskis, and the Greek men's basketball team also sent out their strongest and most coordinated main lineup today.

Whether it is the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team or the Greek Men's Basketball Team, they all know that if they qualify third in the group, there is a 90.00% chance that they will stop in the first round of the knockout round, because the No.2 in Group D is the European Championship and the World Championship. The double champion Spain, whether it is the Huaguo men's basketball team or the Greek men's basketball team, rarely wins in the duel with the Spanish men's basketball team.

Especially for the Greek men's basketball team, Spain is simply their nemesis. The two runner-ups of the Greek men's basketball team are all thanks to Spain. If Greece wants to avoid its nemesis Spain in the knockout round, then only Defeating the Huaguo men's basketball team and qualifying as the second place in the group, this path can be taken, and the same is true for the Huaguo men's basketball team.

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