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Chapter 841 The Battle for the Top Spot in the Group

"Are the guys who said they'd do a handstand and shit live, and those who promised to sit in front of a level-five electric fan, still here? Come out now, it's time to deliver on your promises!"

"Sent! ||▄█▔▉●|| (Five-speed electric fan written on his back)"

"Holy crap, 666, this is awesome!"

"I suspect you're driving, and I have plenty of evidence!"

"This American team is really weak, they can't even beat the Chinese team! The weakest American team ever!"

"No choice, who told them to make Durant the core."

"Durant: ??"

"Stop with the question marks, 19 points, 8 of 12 shooting, he didn't even dare to play against Tang!"

"The real superstar versus the fake superstar."

"Michael Tang lives up to his name, one-on-five isn't a dream, as long as you're strong enough!"

"Now we can list the Chinese team as a gold medal favorite! I can't wait to see Tang win the gold medal!"

"After winning the MVP and the NBA championship, he's going to win an Olympic gold medal too? What's he trying to do? Become a god?"

"Tsk! I can't even imagine it! And he's leading the Chinese team! If he really does it, I think he'll be better than Jordan!"

"The number one basketball player is born!"

……

After the game, the praise for Tang Tian and the Chinese team on social media reached a peak.

However, those who questioned the Chinese team at the beginning were still pouring cold water.

"Just luck! Look at the Chinese team's three-point shooting percentage in this game, 11 of 21! Will that happen a second time?"

"They're really hyping it up, who was it that just lost to the Australian team? They think they're going to heaven after winning a game by luck?"

"Just watch, they'll lose to France in the next game, and these people will disappear again. Win the championship? Dream on!"

……

As much as there was praise, there was just as much doubt. For the Chinese team, this was actually a proof of their strength.

Six teams in a group, five games.

After upsetting the American team, the Chinese team's record after four games was 3 wins and 1 loss.

Before the Olympics started, getting out of the group was the Chinese team's most important goal.

But now, what they need to consider is not whether they can get out of the group, but whether they can get the first place in the group.

The first place in Group A will play the fourth place in Group B, and will not meet the first place in Group B in the semi-finals.

This is the least difficult and most likely ranking to win the championship.

And they really have this opportunity.

There are currently three teams in Group A with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. In addition to the Chinese team, the remaining two teams are Australia and the United States.

The Chinese team won against the United States and lost to Australia. If Australia loses their last game and the Chinese team wins, then according to the head-to-head record, they will become the first in the group.

Beating the American team, competing for the first place in the group, these words that were completely impossible to associate with the Chinese team in the past, have all appeared this time.

As Chinese fans, this is their proudest moment.

Two days later, the final round of the Group A group stage kicked off.

The Chinese team will face France, the American team will face Serbia, and Australia will face Brazil.

Each of these three games is full of highlights.

Can the Chinese team continue their hot streak from the previous game and defeat France to take the top spot in Group A?

France currently has a record of 2 wins and 2 losses. If they want to advance to the top eight, they must go all out in the last game.

The situation for the American team has suddenly become serious after losing the last game. If they lose to Serbia again, they may even be squeezed into third place!

Serbia's situation is similar to that of France. They want to compete with France for the last qualifying spot in Group A, and because they lost to France before, they must win the game.

Australia's performance in this year's Olympics can be described as amazing. They are in the same situation as the Chinese team, and they also have a chance to compete for the first place in the group.

If the American team loses, and they beat Brazil, then according to the head-to-head record, even if the Chinese team wins, they will still be the first in the group.

Brazil is fighting for honor.

As the host, they have not won a single game so far, and they need to win a battle of dignity for themselves in the last game.

Each team has its own reasons to win, and these three games are destined to be extremely fierce.

On this day, the gymnasium was packed from the afternoon.

The game between the Chinese team and the French team started first.

The Chinese team continued their excellent form from the previous game after the opening, hitting consecutive shots from the outside.

The French team's style of play is more Americanized, and they also encountered a similar dilemma to the American team.

They made a different choice from the American team. They resolutely double-teamed Tang Tian throughout the game, and as a result, the Chinese team's outside shooters had their best game of the Olympics.

They made 14 of 27 three-pointers throughout the game, scoring 42 points from three-pointers alone.

When the last game ended, some fans questioned that the Chinese team's victory was all based on luck, and it was impossible to have the same three-point performance as the last game.

As a result, the Chinese team immediately slapped them in the face.

The French team frantically chased points under Parker's leadership in the final moments, but Tang Tian's stable performance in the final moments still allowed the Chinese team to retain the fruits of victory.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated the French team 81-76, setting their group stage record at 4 wins and 1 loss.

Tang Tian had 25 points and 11 assists, achieving his first double-double in the Olympic arena.

This is also the first time the Chinese team has defeated the French team in the Olympic arena.

However, having won against the American team before, the fans are no longer surprised by this.

After all, in the eyes of many people, this Chinese team is already one of the favorites to win gold this year.

The group stage is over, but the Chinese team is not idle.

They watched the remaining two games in the same group in the evening.

Along with them were the French team who had just lost in the afternoon. Whether they can advance now depends on whether the Serbian team will win.

The game between the United States and Serbia started first, and the process was much more intense than expected.

The Serbian team quickly got into the game at the beginning and quickly gained a double-digit lead.

With the possibility of being eliminated if they don't win, the potential in their bodies was completely stimulated.

Jokic also played at his peak when he was with the Pelicans.

However, Durant quickly responded on the American team's side, and continuous scoring left the Serbian team with no way to deal with it.

The American team quickly tied the score under Durant's leadership, but Serbian star Bogdan Bogdanovic quickly responded.

The scores of the two teams alternated, and the score was tied at 91 with one minute left in the game.

The two teams each failed to score on one offense and defense. At the last moment, Durant once again performed the Grim Reaper's arrival on the international stage.

He completed a three-point shot over Teodosic, helping the American team win 94-91.

He scored 33 points and 5 rebounds in the game, playing like a superstar.

This performance also made the fans sure of one thing, Durant is still Durant, a killer in the FIBA arena, he is only afraid of Tang Tian.

After the game, the French team celebrated, Serbia's loss meant that they had locked in the fourth place in Group A and successfully advanced to the top eight.

After the game between the United States and Serbia, the game between Australia and Brazil also started.

Brazil fought for honor, but the gap in strength between them and the Australian team was too great. In the end, Australia easily defeated Brazil, allowing the host to end with a complete defeat.

And just after the end of this game, three teams in Group A had a record of 4 wins and 1 loss at the same time, and they all had wins and losses against each other.

China wins against the United States, the United States wins against Australia, and Australia wins against China, which is a cycle.

In this case, to determine the final ranking, we can only look at the score ratio between each other, and determine the ranking of the three teams according to the size of the score ratio.