In the men's basketball group stage of the Paris Olympics, France defeated Japan 94-90 in overtime.
First, France has shortcomings, but with the level of the Japan team, it really can't catch it.
The reason why Brazil beat France in the first quarter of the opening game was to seize the weakness that the twin towers could not defend, and use the three points after the outside blocking and dismantling, so that the outside defense of the France team was confused.
It wasn't until Gobert had to switch to a single tower due to an over-foul and the outside block returned to normal that France struggled to win.
The reason for France's victory over Brazil is the awesome Wembanyama and the more awesome Batum, and on the other hand, because of France's strong interior and exterior defense.
But France are not monolithic, their problems are obvious.
First, as Fournier's years are gone, France's defensive line offensive firepower has been greatly reduced.
Second, the twin towers are in fact not perfectly compatible, making their inner lines too congested.
Although France has shortcomings, they are not blessed with the extreme performance of the Japan team in the first game against Germany.
First, because the height of the back line is seriously insufficient, it is impossible for the Japan team to play an infinite change of defense, and the collapse of the Japan team is likely to start from the outside first.
Second, with the depth of the Japan team's lineup, even if it can match the intensity of France, it is likely to not last in the fourth quarter, and physical fitness is still the threshold that Japan cannot cross in the second half.
Second, the France team's internal advantage over Japan is indeed a crushing level.
Today, Shin Ejima started in place of Yutaka Yoshii, who was misplaced to defend Schroder in the previous game.
Clearly, Horvas believes France's back line is not to be feared.
After the opening, although Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe's scores were still solid, the France team's interior deterrence made Japan's attack only choose to float on the outside.
In the first quarter, although France led 32-25, Japan played its own content, that is, five outside positions, quick transitions, decisive shots and active frontcourt rebounds.
Little point guard Kawamura scored 10 points in a single quarter, which made Chinese basketball practitioners who have always advocated the large-scale guard embarrassed.
The reason why France scored 32 points in a single quarter was their 6-of-10 three-pointers, from Wembanyama and Yabsele, two three-pointers each in the two big insides, made the Japan team feel the difference between France and Germany.
In the second quarter, Japan made a series of five blocks, and three-pointers from Hawkinson and Yuki Tomiyasu tied the score at 40.
France was forced to replace the twin towers, and the Japan team's one-five blocks were leveled.
The reason for France's 49-44 half-time lead was the plug-and-play of four interior players.
Third, even if they lose a good game, Yuki Kawamura and the Japan men's basketball team also make people take off their hats and pay tribute.
At the beginning of the second half, the Japan team stubbornly equalized again and overtook the score, and the France audience at the scene was lonely.
The fact that the Japan team is even stronger than Brazil is indeed difficult for people who do not know Japan basketball to accept.
France then continued to improve the inside line, with the introduction of Yabsele being the turning point, and as France entered the fourth quarter with a five-point advantage, the story of Germany's victory over Japan began again.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Hachimura received a second violation and was ejected, and the first scorer with 24 points left the game, leaving the Japan team with an arm.
However, the vicissitudes of the sea, Fang showed his heroic nature, and Kawamura Yuki continued to confidently lead the team to overtake again, and the France team was helpless against this little man.
Strazer's magical 3+1 saves France from fire and water.
Kawamura Yonghui is indeed a success, and Xiao He is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He.
The twin towers dominated the game in extra time, and the reason for Japan's loss was the depth of the squad, fitness and outside height.
Wembanyama's 18 points and 11 rebounds are really powerful and promising.
Yuki Kawamura had 29 points and 6 assists, and he made 6 of 14 three-pointers, which made people take off their hats and salute.
Today's loss for Japan has made their group qualification a low probability, but they can leave with their hands held high, and the game against Brazil will be the best opportunity to review the strength of the Japan men's basketball team.
For Chinese basketball, whether it is the rise of Japan basketball or the new rules for naturalized players in international basketball, the direct result is that it is gradually abandoned by the World Series.
The short-term future of basketball in China is likely to remain gray.
In the short term, Chinese basketball needs to comprehensively learn the small fast spirit of Japan basketball, which consists of fast passing and running without the ball.