In the early morning of July 23, Beijing time, the United States men's basketball team ushered in the last warm-up game before the Olympic Games, and the opponent was the European powerhouse Germany men's basketball team. The United States men's basketball team continued to start the last game against South Sudan, Curry, Holiday and Booker with three guards, partnering James and Embiid. Germany used Schröder, Vogtmann, Obst, Wagner Jr. and Theis as the starting five.
In the last game, the United States men's basketball team faced South Sudan, an East African powerhouse, relying on James' final 8 seconds of quasi-killing, narrowly defeated the opponent 101-100, which also sounded the alarm bell for the United States men's basketball team. On the other hand, the Germany men's basketball team, in the last game, they beat Japan by 21 points, and the core of the team, Wagner Jr., scored 27 points and 8 rebounds, and there is still a clear difference in the state of the two sides.
As James's former teammate, Germany defender Schröder is a big killer in the FIBA arena, in last year's World Cup, he was elected MVP with an average of 19.1 points and 6.1 assists per game, and scored 28 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in the final, leading the Germany men's basketball team to defeat Serbia to win the championship. Facing the United States men's basketball team this time, Schroeder scored two three-pointers in a row to help Germany lead United States 11-6.
The United States men's basketball team is still led by James, and the old Zhan completed two consecutive violent dunks in the opening game, blowing the horn of the United States men's basketball counterattack. After that, Holiday scored eight points in a row to help the United States men's basketball team complete the comeback 14-13. Kerr then used five up and five down large area substitutions, and the United States men's basketball bench was also strong, and after a wave of 15-6, the United States men's basketball team also led Germany 29-19 by 10 centimeters in the first quarter.
But in the next two quarters of the game, although Edwards played eye-catching on the United States men's basketball team, but unexpectedly others made too many mistakes, but on the German team's side Schroeder, Wagner Jr. and Theis continued to attack in tandem, especially in the third quarter of the game, the Germany team blasted 30 points in a single quarter, recovered 10 points in the first quarter of the game, and surpassed the United States men's basketball team by 3 points in the score.
In the crucial fourth quarter of the game, the two sides have been playing hard, and in the final four minutes of the game, James stepped up, and he single-handedly covered the final 11 points of the United States men's basketball team, including the final 1 minute and 26 seconds of big heart three-point shooting, and the final 46 seconds of strong offensive shots. It was thanks to the excellent performance of Lao Zhan that the United States men's basketball team finally narrowly defeated Germany 92-88. James played 18 minutes, shooting 8-of-11 from the field and finishing with 20 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
Before this game, the United States Olympic delegation had just announced that LeBron James would be the flag bearer of the United States delegation at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which was the first time in the history of the United States Olympic Games that an NBA player served as the flag bearer of the opening ceremony, and James also set another record and became the first person in the NBA.
Although the United States men's basketball team won, it also exposed many hidden dangers. In the FIBA arena, with the continuous improvement of the individual strength of players from other countries, the advantage of United States players in confrontation is also shrinking, and at the same time, due to the different rules of the game of FIBA and the tacit understanding between players, the United States men's basketball team does not have obvious advantages when facing teams such as Germany and Australia. Through this warm-up series, although the United States men's basketball team has won five consecutive victories, but to say that the Olympic Games will definitely win the championship, in fact, it is not stable, if each game depends on James's personal performance to determine the trend of the game, then I am afraid that the Paris Olympics, the prospects of the United States men's basketball team are still hanging.