The United States men's basketball team is about to make its Olympic debut in Paris and will face Serbia in the first group stage match at 23:15 Beijing time on July 28. The United States men's basketball team led by Janduku aims to hit the Olympic fifth consecutive championship, Durant is expected to return and join Janku against Jokic, and whether the United States men's basketball team will be upset and suffer the third Olympic opening black is worth looking forward to.
Aspect 1: Durant is expected to return for his summer debut.
Durant missed all five warm-up games of the United States men's basketball team this summer due to a calf strain. Previously, United States celebrity Windhorst broke the news that Durant is likely to miss the Olympic opener against the Serbia men's basketball team due to injury.
However, Durant's agent then came forward to refute the rumors, saying that Durant would be able to play in the first game. Durant is back in practice and in good form and is expected to play.
Aspect 2: Zhan Duku PK Jokic became the biggest attraction.
The matchup between the United States men's basketball team and the Serbia men's basketball team has become one of the biggest highlights of the men's basketball group stage of this Olympic Games. Janduku's three veteran supergiants led the team to fight for the fifth consecutive Olympic title, while Jokic's Serbia men's basketball team was strong.
While Gianduku is on a downward spiral, Jokic is one of the best active players in the NBA right now, especially as he led the Nuggets to their first championship in franchise history in 2023. Jokic now has 3 regular season MVPs, 1 championship and 1 FMVP, and Janduku's encirclement of Jokic is naturally very interesting.
Aspect 3: Will Embiid be suppressed by Jokic and then abused?
Embiid, who has three nationalities of Cameroon, France and United States, promised to play for the France men's basketball team, but eventually broke his promise and switched to the United States men's basketball team. The most important role in the introduction of Embiid by the United States men's basketball team is naturally to face Jokic in the Olympic arena, after all, he has repeatedly matched Jokic's individual competitions in the NBA.
It's just that Embiid's performance in the warm-up game was extremely bad, and even far inferior to the thick eyebrows on the bench, so whether he can prove his ability in the Olympics is crucial.
Aspect 4: Will the United States men's basketball team have a black start to the third Olympic Games in history?
In the second phase of the official Olympic men's basketball power rankings, the United States men's basketball team continues to rank first, and the Serbia men's basketball team ranks third, and they will be the strongest opponents in the group stage of the United States men's basketball team. The United States men's basketball team won three of its five warm-up games by single digits, so they are not absolutely sure of winning.
The United States men's basketball team lost the first game of the last Olympic Games, so it is worth looking forward to whether the United States men's basketball team will be upset and lose in the first game of the Olympic Games this year. The United States men's basketball team has only lost two Olympic openers in the past, the first time was to lose to the Puerto Rico men's basketball team in the opening game of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and the second time was to lose to the France men's basketball team in the opening game of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 (actually held in 2021).
United States men's basketball 12-man roster: Curry, James, Durant, Embiid, Tatum, Booker, Holiday , Bushy Eyebrows, Edwards, Adebayo, Haliburton, White.
Serbia men's basketball 12-man roster: Jokic, Micic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Jovic, Guduric, Marinkovic, Dobrić, Filip Petroshev, Milutinov, Avramov, Davydovac, Plavsic.