At 3 a.m. on August 1, the Paris Olympic men's basketball team will have the most exciting matchup: United States vs. South Sudan.
In the pre-Olympic warm-up match, South Sudan almost beat United States, who narrowly won with a quasi-final win from 39-year-old James, and finally United States won South Sudan 101-100 by one point.
Now that the big war is imminent, United States men's basketball head coach Kerr is worried, saying: "It's impossible not to worry, after all, the last time they met, they almost beat us." ”
Curry also expressed his importance for South Sudan in an interview, "You have to maintain an appropriate sense of fear when you play against them. ”
The South Sudan men's basketball team is too good at running and jumping, and the rhythm of play is not inferior to that of the NBA, but the key is that they are too physically active. Even in the final quarter, they were still desperately grabbing rebounds and scoring twice.
South Sudan grabbed 17 more rebounds than their opponents in their last game against Puerto Rico, and scored 22 more points in the second offense!
The president of the South Sudan Basketball Association, Rul Deng, said: "Our country does not even have an indoor professional basketball stadium, and they cherish this hard-won opportunity very much, and they have only one goal on the court, which is to win with their lives." ”
However, the United States men's basketball team does not need to worry too much, after all, in the last game against South Sudan, the scoring killer Durant did not play due to injury.
With him, the United States men's basketball team will have a better chance of winning.
But the South Sudanese team, under difficult and difficult conditions, broke into the Olympic Games for the first time in history, and has created a miracle. As for the upset win over United States, maybe a miracle will happen again.
If South Sudan does win against United States, they will win 2 in a row and qualify directly for the top 8 of the world for the first time!