The World Cup group stage is still in full swing, and many teams have already left the round of 16, including five Asian teams, namely Lebanon, Iran, Jordan, Japan and the Philippines. Compared with teams on other continents, the average of Asian teams is indeed weaker, but the Chinese men's basketball team has not yet been eliminated. The Chinese men's basketball team did not win a single of its first two group games, losing 63-105 to Serbia in the first game and losing to South Sudan 69-89 in the second game, with a net loss of 62 points in the two games. In the third game against Puerto Rico, as long as the Chinese men's basketball team beats the opponent by more than 35 points, it can advance to the round of 16 as the second place in the group. Of course, this is only a theoretical possibility, and the hope is still very slim. In the third game against Puerto Rico, you don't want to win the opponent, just go all out to win.
From the process of the first two games, the men's basketball team does have a lot to improve, the intensity of confrontation is not enough, the physical strength is not comparable to the opponent, often collapse in the third and fourth quarters, these are old problems, in addition, we are too addicted to positional warfare on the offensive end, there is no tactic, always on the outside to pass the ball, lack of a clear offensive endpoint, to put it bluntly, there is no core player with hard solution ability. Naturalizing a Li Kyle is obviously not enough, Li Kyle is still an auxiliary player in the NBA after all, his personal ability is not in doubt, but the upper limit of leading the team may not be too high. Finally, our defenders have a clear gap compared to other strong teams, whether it is combing the organizational conduction or breakthrough projection, the world's top defenders have a lot to learn.
Of course, in the first two group games, the Chinese men's basketball team also has some highlights to find, anyway, Li Kyle is also gradually integrated into this team, and the cooperation between teammates is becoming more and more tacit, and can play confidently in the game, the second game against South Sudan, Li Kyle scored a game-high 22 points, and 5 rebounds, although he was an assistant in the Timberwolves, coming to the Chinese men's basketball team, Li Kyle can be qualified for the duties of core players. In addition, Zhao Rui's performance in this year's World Cup is really good, scoring a team-high 17 points against Serbia and 13 points against South Sudan. Zhao Rui still has the ability to score steadily with one hand, and the big scene is not vain, and he dares to shoot when he has the opportunity, and the men's basketball team needs a few more players like him.
The five Asian teams are out, and we were impressed by the Japanese men's basketball group stage. In this World Cup, the Japanese team can be described as a "death group", their competitors include Germany, Australia and Finland, the first two teams have the strength to impact the championship, and Finland is also in the last World Cup quarterfinals, in such a group, the Japanese men's basketball team can show their style, upset Finland, against Germany and Australia, they can also control the difference within 20 points. You know, the Japanese men's basketball team is the shortest team in this year's World Cup, with an average height, only 1.92 meters. Their squad also includes a 1.67m player and a 1.72m player, which is really inspiring, and the Japanese men's basketball team is not afraid of headwinds and plays very tough, which is really good.
With a bang of 71 points, the strongest player in the World Cup was born. To say that this World Cup has played so far, the best state and the most dominant player, it must be Slovenia's Doncic, the first game against Venezuela, Doncic blasted 37 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, shooting 11 of 18. In the second game against Georgia, Doncic scored 34 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, and scored 71 points in two games. His offensive rhythm, breakthrough and killing, ordinary level players really can't prevent it. It is said that this Slovenian team, with Doncic and without Doncic, is completely different from a few notches, and I don't know what kind of results Doncic can lead his team to achieve in this year's World Cup?
In addition to Doncic, like Reeves of the American men's basketball team and Alexander of the Canadian men's basketball team, the group stage performances are amazing. Canada was a relegation, winning all three games in the group to top the place, winning 26, 55 and 30 points respectively, averaging 37 points per game. Before few people were optimistic about the Canadian men's basketball team, they felt that they were too young, the players had not been running in with each other for a long time, and they had not achieved any good results in the past. But now it seems that the overall strength of the Canadian men's basketball team is indeed very strong, and their roster itself is comparable to the American men's basketball team. Predict, which team will be the final champion of this World Cup?