All-round Athlete

Chapter 438: Men's Basketball Life-and-Death Battle

The five-game rematch has ended, and the sixteen semi-finalists have also been determined. Among them, Jamaica and the United States occupy six of the places, and Trinidad and Tobago, a small country in Central America, also has two players in the semi-finals.

Naoki Tsukahara of the Japanese team had a painful expression on his face. He tried his best in this game and even touched the threshold of the semi-finals for a long time. In the first 30 meters, he was in the first place in the group ; In the first 50 meters, he was second in the group; in the first 60 meters, he was still in the third place in the group; at nearly 70 meters, he was surpassed by Zhang Guan.

In the end, Tsukahara Naoki ranked fourth in the group, but his result was not the best among the fourth in the group. Qatar's naturalized athlete Francis, with a time of 10.11 seconds, advanced to the top three in the group with the best result semifinals. The Japanese team was also wiped out in the men's 100-meter event.

For Asian athletes, being able to enter the semi-finals of the Olympic Games is already a breakthrough achievement. Generally, those who can enter the semi-finals of the Olympic Games are those who can run within 10 seconds, even if they are personal best The score was 9.99 seconds, and in the semi-finals of the Olympic Games, it was still the bottom of the group.

As for Zhang Guan, he returned to his residence after the game. Tomorrow, he will participate in four events: basketball against Germany, men's 100m semi-final and final, and long jump qualifying event.

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When Zhang Guan woke up and opened his eyes, he saw Sharapova wearing suspender pajamas and sitting in front of the computer.

"Martha, what are you looking at?" Zhang Guan walked behind Sharapova.

"Odds given by Europe for winning the Olympic Games are men's 100-meter sprint." Sharapova continued: "You performed well in yesterday's game, and now the odds have risen to second place."

"Is it just second? Or did I rise to second? So I wasn't even second before? I always thought I had to be the favorite to win the championship! So what was I before? Maybe Powell will be ahead of me Okay, am I the third?" Zhang Guan asked.

Sharapova shook her head in embarrassment: "No, your odds of winning the championship are fourth. Bolt is first, Powell is second, and American Gay is third."

"Guy ran ahead of me, I really didn't expect it." Zhang Guan sighed.

"Gay's bid was very good last year. But after yesterday's game, the bookmakers have adjusted their odds. Now you have surpassed Powell and Gay, and are second only to Bolt." Sharapova went on to say: "You have to work hard for today's game, my dad has bet heavily on you!"

"Well, if my father-in-law buys me to win in the future, then I must strive to win!" Zhang Guan said with a smile.

Sharapova clicked the mouse to open another webpage, and suddenly exclaimed: "My God, in the just-concluded men's 100-meter butterfly competition, Phelps won another gold medal. I won the seventh gold medal in the Olympic Games! Phelps won seven gold medals in one Olympic Games, and Phelps is even better than the last Olympic Games! And Phelps will have the men's 4x100m medley relay next. If the U.S. team can win another gold medal, he will win the eighth gold medal. It is really hard to imagine that an athlete can win eight gold medals in the same Olympic Games, which is unprecedented."

His girlfriend was praising other men, Zhang Guan was of course a little unconvinced, he snorted coldly: "What's so rare about eight gold medals, my competition has just begun, whoever wins the most gold medals will have to wait until the end of the Olympic Games I'll know that day!"

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At 2:30 pm on August 16, the men's basketball team ushered in the fourth game of the group stage. The opponent was the German men's basketball team led by Nowitzki. In the course of history, this game was originally played at night, but now in order to take care of Zhang Guan's game time, the game has been brought forward to the afternoon.

The ranking of the Olympic basketball group stage depends first on the points, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a loss, and 0 points for a forfeit. Those with the same points will depend on the outcome. If A beats B, B beats C, and C has a cyclical relationship of winning and losing against A, it is necessary to calculate the score ratio and divide the score by the loss score. The higher the score ratio, the higher the ranking.

The current record of the national team is two wins and one loss. The first game was lost to the United States, the second game was defeated by Spain, and the third game was defeated by Angola. On the surface, it seems that the qualifying situation is very good. But the Chinese team is not guaranteed to be able to advance. The next opponent of the Chinese team is the powerful Greek team. The hope of the Chinese team's victory is slim. So the Chinese team must seize the match with the German team.

If the Chinese team loses to the German team in this game, both the Chinese team and the German team will have two wins and three losses, but in terms of win-loss relationship, the German team will be ranked ahead of the Chinese team, so the German team will instead be ranked first in the group Four, while the Chinese team was squeezed to fifth in the group and could not qualify.

The current record of the German team is one win and two losses. They beat Angola in the first game, lost to Greece in the second game, and lost to Spain in the third game. If they want to qualify, they must beat the Chinese team, because Germany The team's opponent in the last game was the US team. With the current strength of the German men's basketball team, it is undoubtedly impossible to beat the US team.

For the German team, if they want to get promoted, they can only beat the Chinese team in today's game, and then pray that the Greek team will also beat the Chinese team the day after tomorrow. In this way, the Chinese team and the German team have two wins and three losses. The relationship between victory and defeat is promoted.

So in this game, for the Chinese team and the German team, no one can lose. This is a life-and-death battle between the two sides. If the German team loses, it means that they will definitely be eliminated; if the Chinese team loses, they will have to fight Greece in the final game, and I am afraid that they will not escape the fate of being eliminated.

The strongest point of the Chinese team is obviously inside. The strongest point of the German team is also the inside. Nowitzki and Kaman form the two pillars of the German team. Nowitzki has always been the top forward in the NBA and a frequent visitor to the All-Stars. And Kaman also played his best performance last season, averaging 15+12 per game in the NBA, definitely an All-Star center.

But it is a pity that Kaman met Dayao this time. Dayao is a traditional center forward, and his favorite opponent is also a traditional center forward. To play a traditional center forward, Dayao needs to be taller, taller, heavier, and has a mid-range shot.

Kaman's offensive point was obviously suppressed by Dayao, so in fact, the German team only had Nowitzki as the main offensive point.

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