The semifinals of the Men's Basketball World Cup between the U.S. men's basketball team and the German men's basketball team will be held at the Simu Asia Mall Gymnasium in Manila, Philippines, at 20:40 on September 8, 2023. The United States is currently ranked 2nd in the world and Germany is ranked 11th in the world.
German men's basketball team: strong heads
In the last game, the German men's basketball team narrowly defeated the biggest dark horse of this tournament, Latvia men's basketball team, 81-79, and reached the World Cup semifinals for the first time in 21 years. Team forward Franz Wagner made a comeback with a team-high 16 points and 8 rebounds, and in the slump of the team's core Schroeder, the rest of the teammates scored double-doubles to withstand the three-point rain of the Latvian men's basketball team.
In this men's basketball World Cup, the German men's basketball team is the only undefeated team, winning all six games, and the German men's basketball team has an average of 22.8 assists per game, with an assist-to-loss ratio of 2.2, second only to the Serbian men's basketball team in terms of assist-to-loss ratio.
However, in the last game, team leader Schroeder was in a slump, scoring only 9 points, 4-of-26 from the field and 4-of-18 from three-pointers; With a plus-minus of -20 and an efficiency of -10, both of which are the lowest in the game, Schroeder's performance will be more limited as the team's core guard against the more one-on-one defensive ability of the US men's basketball team.
U.S. men's basketball team: Want to send Germany to their first defeat?
In the last game, the US men's basketball team beat the Italian men's basketball team by 37 points 100-63 and strongly advanced to the final four of this men's basketball World Cup. In the last game, all 12 players of the US men's basketball team came on the court, and 11 scored, of which Bridges scored a game-high 24 points and 7 rebounds, and Haliburton, who came off the bench, scored 18 points and 5 assists.
In the previous six games, the U.S. men's basketball team averaged 101.2 points per game, which is the most offensive team in this tournament, and the only team in this tournament that has averaged more than 100 points per game. Facing the Italian men's basketball team, which is known for its defense, the US men's basketball team, with his strong offensive ability, led the opponent by as many as 41 points at the end of the third quarter, turning the close match into a one-sided training match.
And can average 10.0 steals per game, average 5.8 blocks per game, both defensive statistics are the best in this tournament, the U.S. men's basketball team on the defensive end against the ball carrier to take a high-pressure defensive intensity and fast defensive counterattack is excellent, the last game, the U.S. men's basketball team used opponent errors to score 25 points, fast attack even 30 points.
On August 21, before the World Cup, the U.S. men's basketball team and the German men's basketball team played a warm-up game in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and the U.S. men's basketball team defeated the German men's basketball team 99-91.
However, due to the lack of outstanding interior players, the US men's basketball team is very inferior in positional warfare and rebounding protection when facing opponents with superior inside, after losing to the Lithuanian men's basketball team in the first stage of the group stage, facing the Lithuanian men's basketball team with Valanciunas, the US men's basketball team lost 27-43 in rebounding, and after Jaren Jackson Jr. graduated from five fouls, the U.S. men's basketball team no longer had a player who could guard the three-second zone; The German men's basketball team has a number of forward masters such as Theis and Wagner Bros., which is a huge test for the positional battle of the American men's basketball team.