The United States defeated France 98-87 to win the Olympic men's basketball championship. From the record point of view, the United States men's basketball team once again won a 6-0 record, but this time the United States men's basketball story is not so smooth sailing.
Put the clock back to Beijing time on July 21, the United States men's basketball team against South Sudan in the last minute of the warm-up game, the United States is still behind 99-100 South Sudan, James with the ball into the basket to score a quasi kill, the United States can barely beat the group opponent who will meet again in the Olympic Games.
In addition to the warm-up game outside the game, the United States men's basketball team only won Australia 6 points, won Germany 4 points, for the current United States men's basketball doubts poured in, there are voices that the team is too old, completely abandoned the past American men's basketball oppression defense and almost crazy fast attack. This view is also reasonable, the United States team does slow down, they play positional warfare, veteran defense naturally can not be online all the time.
At the time, the team's Olympic prospects were somewhat downplayed.
Coming to the Olympic Games, the United States team is still a sweep of warm-up games "lazy", the group stage three wins, 26 points against Serbia, 17 points against South Sudan, 21 points against Puerto Rico. This relatively old American team will not beat opponents in the beginning, and even these opponents can be tied with the United States in the first half, but the second half of the United States often gradually force, the score is instantly open.
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