Basketball World Cup | Comprehensive news: The second stage of the group stage starts and four teams lock the top eight seats 2023-09-02 09:41:30.0 Source: Xinhuanet Authors: Xia Liang, Wang Jingyu, Wei Hua
On the 1st, the second stage of the 2023 Basketball World Cup group stage officially started. The United States, Lithuania, Slovenia and Germany have locked in the quarter-finals in advance after winning four consecutive victories.
Slovenia beat Australia 91-80.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaoyu
In Group J competition, Montenegro led the US team by 1 point at the end of the half. With Edwards’ strong performance in the second half, the US team finally reversed and won 85:73. Edwards missed all 5 shots in the first half and scored 17 points in the second half. US team coach Cole said after the game: “We didn’t do a good job moving the ball. We will watch the video and find out why we got into trouble in the game.”
In another match in Group J, with a 28:9 offensive climax in the final quarter, the Lithuanian team finally beat the Greek team 92:67. After this game, the US team and the Lithuanian team locked the top two teams in the group and will have a direct dialogue in the next game, and the winner will win the top spot in the group.
In the K group match, the German team beat Georgia 100:73. In the whole game, six players of the German team scored in double figures, and the whole team hit 20 three-pointers in total. In another game in the same group, Doncic scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists to help Slovenia beat Australia 91-80. The German team and the Slovenian team are firmly in the top two of the group after four consecutive victories, and jointly advanced to the quarterfinals.
The German team will face the Slovenian team in the next game. When talking about how to defend the opponent’s top star Doncic, the German coach Gordon Herbert said: “We made a perfect game plan in the European Championship last year, but that’s not the case. He still scored 36 points in the first game, so this time, I really don’t know how to do it.”
In the Group I competition, in the third quarter, the Italian team was behind by as much as 16 points, and the Italian team completed a Jedi counterattack and defeated the favorite Serbia team 78:76. Fontacchio, who scored the highest 30 points in the game, said after the game: “Today the team as a whole played a very good team basketball. We did not give up when we were 16 points behind. I am very happy to win this victory.”
Puerto Rico beat Dominican 102-97.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Meng Yongmin
In another game in the same group, the Dominican team lost to Puerto Rico 97:102. The current record of the four teams in Group I is 3 wins and 1 loss, and the winning team in the next round will advance to the quarterfinals.
In Group L competition, Latvia defeated Spain, currently ranked number one in the world, 74:69, and Canada lost 65:69 to Brazil. After this game, all four teams have 3 wins and 1 loss.
In the second stage of the group stage, the 16 advanced teams in the first stage are divided into four groups. The top two teams in each group will advance to the top 8 knockout rounds, and the bottom two teams in the group will enter the 9-16 qualifying competition.
2023-09-02 15:51:05
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