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Chapter 1291 Group of Death
Serbia won all three games, topping the group with 6 points.
Serbia delivered an American-team-level performance in the group stage, outscoring their opponents by an average of 30+ points per game.
Dazzling passes, and seemingly slow but often full-court passes, made them impossible for opponents to defend.
They are also considered the team most likely to challenge the American team so far.
Italy had 2 wins and 1 loss, ranking second in the group with 5 points.
The duo of Gallinari and Belinelli performed averagely in the group stage, but because the other two teams were weaker, they did not make major mistakes, winning the games they should have won, and finally successfully advanced to the Round of 16.
Angola had 1 win and 2 losses, ranking third in the group with 4 points, failing to advance to the Round of 16.
Angola is relatively weak, but the Philippines in the same group is even weaker.
Due to the brawl with the Australian team during the previous World Cup Asian Qualifiers, several core players of the Philippine national team were suspended.
The Philippines lost all three games, ranking fourth in the group with 3 points, failing to advance to the Round of 16.
Moreover, based on their strength, they are basically out of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
E Group.
E Group is the most watched group in this World Cup besides the host team China.
Because this group brought together the American team and the Canadian team, which are ranked top two by FIBA, as well as the Slovenian team led by Dončić and Dragić, and the Japanese team, the host of next year's Olympic Games.
In the just-concluded life-and-death battle between the Canadian team and the Slovenian team, Dončić's game-winning shot also made the Guangzhou fans boil.
The American team won all three games, topping the group with 6 points, outscoring their opponents by an average of 40+ points per game.
Being in the same group as the Canadian team and the Slovenian team, and still outscoring them by so many points on average, shows how strong this American team is.
Curry and Durant were the two best players in the group stage.
Facts have also proved that shooting is always the key to success on the FIBA court.
The Slovenian team had 2 wins and 1 loss, ranking second in the group with 5 points.
Losing to the American team was expected, and taking down the Japanese team was also expected, but their performance in the life-and-death battle with the Canadian team was worthy of everyone's admiration.
Especially Clippers' rising star Dončić, he scored a game-high 31 points, and finally ended the Canadian team's World Cup journey with a three-point game-winner.
The Canadian team had 1 win and 2 losses, ranking third in the group with 4 points, failing to advance to the Round of 16.
It must be said that the Canadian team was really unlucky, being in the same group as the American team and being beaten by Dončić's game-winner.
Wiggins and Murray's first World Cup ended surprisingly early.
The Japanese team lost all three games, ranking fourth in the group with 3 points, failing to advance to the Round of 16.
Although as the host of the next Olympic Games, the results of this World Cup are not important to them.
But the Japanese team still sent out its strongest lineup.
It's just like they showed in the warm-up match against the Chinese team, which lacked Tang Tian and Ding Yanyuhang before, they really have a long way to go to revive.
Hachimura Rui averaged less than 15 points in three games, and his performance was not as good as his teammate Watanabe Yuta, and his growth still needs time.
Especially in the game against the American team, they lost 40+ points in the first half, and finally lost nearly 70 points, setting a record for the largest point difference between the two teams.
Such a result, and the way they lost, made many Japanese fans unable to help but scold the FIBA official after the end of the group stage.
It is unreasonable to put the first and second-ranked teams in the same group, not to mention putting the Japanese team in the same group with three perverted teams.
F Group.
F Group was the weakest group of all, and finally there was a situation of the same record.
Russia had 2 wins and 1 loss, with 5 points, and with the highest net points of the three-team cycle, they ranked first in the group.
Puerto Rico had 2 wins and 1 loss, also with 5 points, but ranked second in net points, ranking second in the group.
Montenegro had 2 wins and 1 loss, also with 5 points, but they ranked third in net points, and finally ranked third in the group, regrettably failing to advance to the Round of 16.
New Zealand lost all three games, with 3 points, failing to advance to the Round of 16.
G Group.
The situation in G Group is similar to that in D Group.
The French team was in a group with relatively weak opponents as a whole, they won all three games, with an average net win of 20+, and ranked first in the group with 6 points.
The Dominican team had 2 wins and 1 loss, ranking second in the group.
The overall strength of the Dominican Republic is not strong, but this is the first time that Towns has represented the Dominican Republic in a world competition since the London Olympics.
He finally successfully helped the team advance to the World Cup Round of 16.
Germany had 1 win and 2 losses, ranking third in the group. Although the new chairman of the German Basketball Association, Nowitzki, came to the sidelines to cheer, it still failed to bring good luck to the German team.
Jordan lost all three games, ranking fourth in the group, failing to advance to the Round of 16.
H Group.
H Group is the most dramatic group in this year's World Cup.
If there is a Best Acting Award at this year's Oscars, it must be the Turkish team in this group.
They won Senegal in the first game, and did not fall behind in the confrontation with the Spanish team in the second game.
They were still leading the Spanish team 72-70 with 3 seconds left in the game, and Balbay also caused an unsportsmanlike foul by the Spanish team.
According to the rules, the Turkish team has the opportunity to make two free throws and then inbound.
As a result, Balbay missed both free throws, and when the sideline ball was inbounded, Osman, who was fouled, was also infected and missed both free throws!
As a result, Fernandez of the Spanish team grabbed the defensive rebound and directly fast-breaked and scored two points, dragging the game into overtime.
The Spanish team also woke up in overtime and did not give the Turkish team another chance, successfully winning the game.
Four free throws, if the Turkish team could make even 1, they could win the game.
And taking down Spain, even if they lost to Lithuania in the last game, their hope of advancing would be great.
Not to mention that after winning the Spanish team, the team's morale was like a rainbow, and they would not necessarily lose against Lithuania.
But this seems to be the arrangement of fate. The Turkish team took out the most amateur performance at the last moment, gave up the victory, and directed a good script.
The Spanish team won all three games, topping the group with 6 points.
The Lithuanian team had 2 wins and 1 loss, ranking second in the group with 5 points.
The Turkish team had 1 win and 2 losses, ranking third in the group with 4 points, regrettably failing to advance to the Round of 16.
Senegal lost all three games, ranking fourth in the group with 3 points, failing to advance to the Round of 16.
The group stage is all over. According to the World Cup format, the teams that advanced to the Round of 16 are divided into four groups: I, J, K, and L.
Each team will bring the results of the group stage into the rematch, and will no longer play against opponents in the same group.
The grouping of the rematch is as follows:
I Group: Argentina, Cameroon, Greece, China
J Group: Serbia, Australia, Iran, Italy
K Group: USA, Slovenia, Russia, Puerto Rico
L Group: France, Spain, Lithuania, Dominican Republic
Taking the Chinese team as an example, in Group I, their record of 2 wins and 1 loss is the same as that of the Greek team, which is not as good as Argentina and Cameroon.
They will next play one game each against Cameroon and Greece.
Their most direct way to advance is to win both games, so that no matter how the Argentine team performs, they will be in the top 8.
And once they lose one of them, they are likely to enter the stage of counting small points that Chinese football fans are familiar with, and their fate is not in their own hands.
Cameroon with Embiid and Siakam, and Greece with Antetokounmpo, are a truly meaningful group of death for the Chinese team, which has a weak inside line.