Last night and this morning, the men's basketball team B of the Paris Olympics ended the second round of the group stage, with the France men's basketball team narrowly beating the Japan men's basketball team 94-90 in overtime, and the Germany men's basketball team defeating the Brazil men's basketball team 86-73, the points of Group B are as follows:
1. Germany men's basketball team 4 points scored/lost 183/150
2. France men's basketball team 4 points gained/lost 172/156
3. Japan Otoshi 2 minutes gain/loss 167/191
4. Brazil men's basketball team 2 points gained/conceded 139/164
Due to the restructuring of the qualification rules for basketball at the Paris Olympics: the 12 teams are divided into three groups, and the teams in each group play a single round-robin match, each team has three rounds of group stage, and the top two teams in the group and the two best teams advance to the quarterfinals. With the final round of the group stage remaining, Germany and France have already advanced to the quarter-finals, while Japan and Brazil still have their hopes of qualifying, and the two sides will face each other in the third round of the group stage for a chance to finish third in the group.
Here's a round-up of the second round of Group B's group stage:
France 94-90 Japan
In the first quarter of the game, Hachimura stepped back and hit a jumper to take the lead, Kawamura Yuki broke through and scored a layup, Japan took the lead at the beginning, Wembanyamali scored 5 points in a row, Fournier and Gobert also scored, France overtook the score 12-7, Kawamura Yuki hit two consecutive three-pointers in the middle to tie the score at 16-16, and at the end of the France team played a wave of 11-2 offensive at the end of the first quarter, the France men's basketball team led the Japan men's basketball team 32-25. In the second quarter, the France team fell into a scoring drought, Japan scored 4 points in a row to close the score, Hachimura scored a three-point jumper in the middle section, Hawkins hit a three-point shot, Yuki Tomiyasu hit a three-point pull, Japan hit three consecutive three-pointers to tie the score at 40-40, France scored 7 points in a row at the end of the game to regain the lead, and at halftime, France led Japan 49-44.
Yibian fought again, the Japan team rained three points on the court, Hawkins and Kawamura Yuki hit consecutive three-point shots, Japan played an 11-2 offensive to stop France, and after the timeout, Ntilikina and Batum hit three-point shots, France chased the score to 57-57, and then the two sides started a tug-of-war, the score alternated leads, France played a 7-0 lead in the final period, and France led 69-64 at the end of the third quarter. In the final quarter, Hachimura was ejected after hitting two three-pointers in a row, but Japan was always able to bite the score under the leadership of Kawamura, and at the end of the quarter, Kawamura hit consecutive free throws to give Japan a four-point lead, but Strazer played 3+1 to drag the game into overtime.
In overtime, Wembanyama scored eight points on a foreign shot, Kawamura Nagaki, and Shin Ejima hit two threes to keep Japan's hopes alive, but Strazer hit both free throws to kill the game. In the end, the Japan men's basketball team lost 90-94 to the host France men's basketball team, suffering two consecutive defeats.
Japan men's basketball statistics: Yuki Kawamura 29 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Hachimura 24 points and 3 rebounds, Hawkins 16 points and 8 rebounds, Shin Eejima 7 points and 4 assists, Yuta Watanabe 5 points and 8 rebounds.
France men's basketball statistics: Wembanyama 18 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, Strazel 17 points and 3 assists, Fournier 14 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Yabuselle 13 points, Gobert 7 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists, Lesol 6 points, Batum 5 points.
Germany 86-73 Brazil
In the first quarter, Wagner Jr. scored a layup to take the lead for Germany, Germany scored more points in a row, Brazil started slowly, Germany played a 13-2 offensive to extend the difference to double digits, and Germany led 22-10 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Brazil's state warmed up and played 9-2 to stop Germany, Bennett still hit three consecutive three-pointers after the pause, he cut 11 points in a row to help Brazil overtake the score, the second half of the Germany team warmed up The two sides exchanged three points, and at halftime, the two sides fought to a 40-40 draw.
After the rematch, Germany went on a 9-2 run to regain the lead, Brazil caught up in the middle of the game, and Germany responded with a 7-0 run, and the third quarter ended with Germany leading 60-51. In the final quarter of the game, Banga and Obst hit consecutive three-point shots, Germany played an offensive climax and quickly stretched the difference to about 15 points, in the second half Brazil tried to fight back but Germany always responded, and finally Germany defeated Brazil 86-73, Germany men's basketball team won two consecutive wins to advance to the group, Brazil men's basketball team suffered two consecutive defeats.
Germany men's basketball statistics: Schroeder 20 points, 6 assists and 4 steals, Wagner Jr. 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals, Banga 15 points, Obst 14 points, Wagner 8 points and 6 rebounds, Theis 6 points and 6 rebounds.
Brazil men's basketball statistics: Santos 18 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Bennett 17 points, Dias 9 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals, Santos 8 points and 5 rebounds, Maindel 6 points and 6 rebounds.