The United States men's basketball team will play the South Sudan men's basketball team in the second game. In the warm-up game, the United States team was almost defeated by the South Sudan men's basketball team, and finally relied on James's quasi-final shot to win 101-100. The two teams met again, and United States men's basketball coach Kerr hoped that the soldiers would take it seriously, with a "moderate sense of fear."
"Moderate fear" is a phrase used by Popovich, the previous head coach of the United States men's basketball team, and one of Popovich's students, Kerr, has also used. While preparing for the South Sudan men's basketball team, Kerr was teaching this mentality, don't think it will be easy to beat the South Sudan men's basketball team.
South Sudan's men's basketball team participated in the Olympics for the first time, but they defeated the Puerto Rico men's basketball team in the first game to achieve their first Olympic victory, plus the previous warm-up game, losing only one point to the United States men's basketball team, which shows that the South Sudan men's basketball team is not easy to deal with.
"We have a moderate amount of fear," Curry said. We know that we can't sleepwalk in any game and feel like we're going to win. In the loss to the United States men's basketball team, Carrick · Jones had a triple-double of 15 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds. Shayok finished with 25 points and three rebounds, shooting 6-of-12 from three-point range. Lakers veteran Gabriel had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
Kerr was glad to have arranged a warm-up match against the South Sudan men's basketball team, so that the team could test the strength of their opponents and understand the characteristics of their opponents before the Olympics. "They were just one shot away from beating us," Kerr said, "and I'm glad we played against them so we could feel their pace and their three-point shooting and feel how great they were." ”
The style of the South Sudan men's basketball team is different from that of the Serbia men's basketball team, and the South Sudan men's basketball players are very physical, fast, good bounce and excellent fighting ability. 'The schedule for the warm-up games is great because you have to figure out where we need to do better and also feel the strength of the teams that want to beat us. They have a lot of offensive energy, they can open up space, they shoot a lot of threes, and they're athletic. So you have to pay attention to how you defend them. This is completely different from Serbia. Curry said.
James scored 25 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in a warm-up game against the South Sudan men's basketball team. He maintained his excellent form in the opening game of the Paris Olympics, finishing with 21 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 steal on 9-of-13 shooting. But the brightest thing in that game was Durant, who scored 23 points in 17 minutes. Durant, who returned from injury, shot 8 of 9 and 5 of 5 three-pointers, playing a super high offensive efficiency.
Durant deserves to be a big killer on the international stage. He and James took turns attacking, and the opponent was very difficult to defend. Therefore, the United States men's basketball team will play against the South Sudan men's basketball team again, and the situation will be much better than in the warm-up game. For the South Sudan men's basketball team, they need to have a headache on how to limit their unsolvable jump shots.