85-66。
Guess who failed miserably?
As a more unexpected result, Japan lost to Chinese Taipei.
But it's not unusual to think about it.
The Japanese men's basketball team in the Asian Games is a pure second team.
Not a single player has played in the previous World Cup.
And the average age is very small, only 24.6 years old, and there is a child born in 05.
Chinese Taipei is no longer good, with two CBA All-Stars and a naturalized center.
So it is normal to hang the Japanese team, and there is no need to be surprised.
Chinese Taipei star Lin Tingqian shot 12-of-17 from the field to score a game-high 28 points, plus 9 rebounds and 8 assists, and almost had a triple-double.
Completely beat the Japanese defense into a sieve, scoring assists are like probing.
This summer offseason, Lin Tingqian and Tianjin reached a three-year maximum salary extension agreement.
He averaged 18 points, 4.3 boards, 6.2 assists and 1.8 blocks per game last season and has been named to the All-Star Team for two consecutive times.
He is only 23 years old at present, and his future is really limitless.
As a result of beating Japan, Chinese Taipei managed to advance to the semifinals.
The next opponent is Jordan led by Hollis Jefferson.
This buddy resembles the late NBA famous Kobe Bryant because of his appearance, known as "Jordanian Kobe", and his strength is also online.
In the past World Cup, Jefferson averaged 23.6 points, 7.8 boards and 4.4 assists per game.
Wait until Jordan and Chinese Taipei officially meet.
If nothing else, it will be the famous defensive gate Liu Zheng to Jefferson to confront, and Lin Tingqian will fight him.
Let the top players in the CBA test the quality of this "Jordanian Kobe"?
But no matter which of the two teams reaches the final, the Chinese men's basketball team is sure of victory.
In the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team won by 20 points against Chinese Taipei, although it has not played with Jordan, but CBA clubs have competed with them some time ago.
Including Guangdong, Guangzhou and Xinjiang, all of whom have defeated Jordan.
Clubs can win Jordan, if the national team can't win, it really can't be said.
Of course, the premise is that the Chinese men's basketball team first crosses the Philippines in the final four.
The Philippine team competing in the Asian Games, like the Japanese team, is a completely different team from the World Cup.
Directly speaking, the strength is very average, and the results are not so eager to achieve.
As long as the Chinese men's basketball team plays normally, there is no problem in killing the Philippine team to advance to the final.
The Chinese men's basketball team is bound to win the defending gold medal, and there is no room for error.
It can also be used to heal a little, the scars left by the World Cup fiasco.
Chicken ribs or not, you need this gold medal to re-inspire everyone's confidence.
The Chinese women's basketball team is also aiming for the championship, but it does not have as much thought as the men's basketball team, and it wants to defend the honor of the Asian hegemon, and does not want to lose at home.
The final opponent was the familiar Japanese women's basketball team, who defeated the South Korean women's basketball team 23 times in the semifinals.
The Chinese women's basketball team and the Japanese women's basketball team played their peak matchup in the Asian Cup in July this year.
At that time, the Chinese women's basketball team narrowly won by only two points, ending the Japanese women's basketball team's fifth consecutive Asian Cup championship.
This made the Japanese women's basketball team lingering, and unlike the Japanese men's basketball team, it sent all the main forces to the Asian Games, looking like they were about to take revenge.
The Japanese women's basketball team can be described as menacing and fully prepared.
This will be the only opponent that the Chinese women's basketball team will encounter at this Asian Games that is worth sweating.
In the past 5 games, the Chinese women's basketball team has scored 100 points, with an average net outscore of 52.4 points per game!