Tonight at 8 o’clock, there will be a cruel game at the Guangzhou Stadium—if the Chinese men’s basketball team
Losing to Nigeria in this game will have a high probability of losing their tickets to the Tokyo Olympics.
Only 4 members of the Chinese men’s basketball team participated in the morning training yesterday, and they did not show up in the training hall at night; while Nigeria has many active NBA players, it is even more difficult to win against them.
Four people train in the morning and train in the evening at the hotel
Perhaps because of the intensity of the match against the South Korean men’s basketball team the day before, the training arrangement of the Chinese men’s basketball team yesterday morning was very interesting: only four players, Kolan Bek, Abdul Saramu, Sun Minghui and Ren Junfei, came to the Guangzhou Gymnasium.
The team’s official explanation is that the other players of the team had consumed a lot in the China-Korea battle, so they chose to rest.
Kelan and Abdul Saramu did not play in the game, and Sun Minghui and Ren Junfei didn’t play for a long time, so they came to train.
The entire training process was not long, and several players also focused on shooting and layups.
The Chinese men’s basketball team also gave up participating in the training originally scheduled for 7:00 to 8:20 last night. The official information is that the players will conduct strength training in the hotel’s gym.
However, according to the information learned by all media reporters from Guangzhou Daily, because yesterday was Fang Shuo’s birthday, the whole team may stay in the hotel to celebrate his birthday.
At the moment of the war, such an arrangement can also be seen that the team is still relatively relaxed in mentality. Perhaps the Chinese men’s basketball team has put down the burden and will fight Nigeria today.
Playing or not, the mentality is equally positive
There were not many people on the training ground yesterday morning, and several players who participated in the training talked about their recent feelings.
“The coach said that I haven’t played much in the past few days, so I asked me to go to the training ground to find out more.” Sun Minghui said, “Before everyone lost consecutively, it was really depressed, but after winning the Korean team, everyone is in a good mood
A little more. I can make jokes at the dinner table and smile more.”
The two players, Abdu and Kelan, haven’t played much in the past few games, but their mentality has been adjusted very well.
“I didn’t either (communicate with Li Nan). During this period of time, I should focus on the game. If I have a chance, I will perform. If I don’t have a chance, I must do my best off the court.” Abdu said, “For example, help everyone record the number of fouls
, and then encourage your teammates or something.” This eye-catching player in last year’s Asian Games only played 9 minutes in the entire World Cup.
Nigerian Diogu as a “spy”
Last night, the Nigerian team also trained at the Guangzhou Stadium.
The preparations for this African powerhouse are quite easy, and the whole team has no injuries and is in good condition.
Diogu, who has played in the CBA for many years, said that he has told his teammates all the “information” about the men’s basketball team.
This Nigerian team has three active NBA players, Okogi (Timberwolves), Aminu (Blazers), and Metu (Spurs). Players such as Udo and Diogu also have NBA experience.
Their training included drills from shooting to half-court offense and defense and fast-break counterattacks. Okogie also practiced breakthroughs and free throws by himself.
“I am very happy to be back in China. I won the championship in the Guangdong team and had happy years in the CBA.” Diogu said, “I haven’t seen my old teammate Yi Jianlian, and I will definitely say hello to him when the time comes. I and
Every player in this Chinese team has played against each other, and I have introduced their characteristics to my teammates, and we will prepare well.”
The Ife war may restrict China’s direct access to the Olympics
At 8 o’clock tonight, when the match between China and Nigeria starts, the match between Iran and the Philippines will also start.
Now both China and Iran have 2 victories, and the Chinese team leads the Iranian team by 16 points in small points, but if the Chinese team loses today and the Iranian team wins, and the points of the Iranian team winning the Philippines and the Chinese team losing to the Nigerian team
If the score is greater than 16 points, the Chinese team will be ranked behind the Iranian team and will miss the Tokyo Olympics.
However, there is another possibility-it has something to do with the result of the match between Tunisia and Angola, which is also in Group N with Iran.
If Angola wins Tunisia in the last round, the above three teams will form a chain with 2 wins and 3 losses, and the ranking will be determined by the mutual gains and losses of these three teams.
If Angola wins Tunisia by 7 to 14 points, Iran will only be ranked third in Group N, and the Chinese team will rely on the second place in Group M to rank ahead of Iran in the final ranking and get a direct ticket to the Tokyo Olympics.
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