On July 21, Beijing time, from Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., to London, United Kingdom, the US men's basketball dream team ushered in the fourth warm-up game for the Olympic Games, against African powerhouse South Sudan.
In this game, Dream Team coach Kerr continued to examine the team's starting lineup combination, Booker replaced Tatum, who started in the last game, and formed a starting lineup with James, Curry, Holiday and Embiid. Four different starting lineups in four warm-up games, which is still adjusted under the premise that Durant continues to be absent. It can be seen that Kerr is trying hard to try if Durant can't return to the court in time, and who should replace Durant's starting position is the most suitable for the Dream Team. But after four games, Kerr still hasn't found a final alternative to Durant.
In this game, I thought it would be a good show for the Dream Team to easily abuse vegetables and stage offensive and defensive drills. Unexpectedly, South Sudan's on-the-spot performance was very amazing, the team's overall cooperation was eye-catching, and the first half of the upset reversal pressed the dream team to play, and once achieved a maximum 16-point lead, which made the dream team doubt life.
Unfortunately, South Sudan was unable to follow up in the end, unable to withstand the strong counterattack of the Dream Team in the second half, and could not maintain the 14-point lead established in the first half. The final score was 100-101, and South Sudan lost by one point and failed to break out a super upset. However, South Sudan presented a wonderful game content, which can be described as a defeat but still a glory.
The scores in the four quarters of this game were: 24-26, 20-32, 37-18, 20-24, and the Dream Team was in front.
The player stats for this match are:
Dream Team: James 25 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Curry 10 points, The Great 14 points and 7 rebounds, Thick Eyebrows 15 points and 11 rebounds, Booker and Tatum each scored 9 points, and Huazi 11 points.
South Sudan: Shayok 24 points, Gabriel 11 points, Saul 14 points, Omot 9 points, Deng 7 points; Calik · Jones became famous, scoring a rare economic triple-double of 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Although the Dream Team was thrilled and successfully won the fourth game of the warm-up match, the team had many problems. First of all, the interior defensive lineup has not yet built a stable personnel match, and the interior line has been suddenly turned into scum by South Sudanese players, and South Sudanese players can almost successfully score points or cause kills as soon as they rush into the interior line; Secondly, the offensive core of the Dream Team has not yet been established, and there is a lack of more connection and cooperation between the players, and the offense basically relies on one-man combat. In other words, whoever plays the ball fails to form an effective whole. South Sudan lacked a bit of tactical execution in the second half, and did not attack the inside of the Dream Team as resolutely as in the first half, and were eventually reversed. For Spain, France and other European powerhouses, this game dream team is difficult to reverse back, if the dream team still continues such as the warm-up game such as the offensive and defensive tactical system (in fact, there is no system, that is, purely rely on the individual play of the players), want to succeed in the Olympic gold, from the four warm-up matches that have been carried out, 86-72 victory over Canada, 98-92 victory over Australia, 105-79 victory over Serbia, the game process is actually not very optimistic.
In this game, Durant continues to be absent and hangs up the free card, the dream team has gathered so far, Durant has not played a minute or a second in the warm-up game, and the Olympic Games will officially open in 5 days, leaving Durant with little time to run in with the team. The Dream Team has one last warm-up game left, and a day later will face the last Men's Basketball World Cup champion Germany, strong dialogue, will Durant choose to return to the court?