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For this match with the Brazil men's basketball team, the Japan men's basketball team still has some ideas.
After all, the first two games have already been lost, and if this one loses again, then you can say goodbye to this Olympics.
Looking back, less than a month ago, their head coach was full of confidence that he would try to reach the top eight in this Olympics.
It's unacceptable that the reversal is happening so quickly.
However, the opponents in the first two games were indeed too strong, one was the Germany men's basketball team, the champion of last year's World Cup, a veritable world-class powerhouse.
The other is the "host" France men's basketball team, itself a veteran powerhouse for many years, and now has the "talent monster" Wembanyama.
There's really no room to contend with.
The Brazil men's basketball team, although the overall tactical literacy and high level, including the entire physical confrontation, are also very strong.
However, they have fewer superstars than the first two.
To put it bluntly, there are not so many points that really can't be prevented.
This gives the Japan men's basketball team a certain amount of room for imagination.
However, after the actual game, it turned out to be a different story.
Throughout the first half, and even in the first three quarters of the game, the Japan men's basketball team was still physically strong at that time, so it could barely form a stalemate with the Brazil men's basketball team.
However, by the time the fourth quarter came, the physical strength rapidly declined, and the problems on both offensive and defensive ends began to be exposed.
The score was pulled apart in the blink of an eye.
Undoubtedly, this is the most desperate.
Because, at this time, the time from the end of the game is getting closer and closer.
It's basically impossible to catch up anymore.
In this way, the Japan men's basketball team hurriedly ended the journey of this Olympic Games.
A word to all the fans: I look forward to seeing you again in four years.
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Of course, these are all for later, after all, it is still unknown what the situation will be in four years.
Now, the most important thing is to make a summary of the game that has just passed, and try to have a good improvement in the future.
Flip through the technical statistics after the game.
Insider core Hawkinson played 35 minutes and scored 26 points plus 10 rebounds with a big double-double.
No wonder, many fans say that this naturalized player is really equivalent to directly raising the Japan men's basketball team to a higher level, not only completely solving the problem of weak internal lines.
The most important thing is that he really fights, even more than many local players, not at all like the simple "hiring" attitude of most naturalized players.
This point is very worthy of learning from the Chinese men's basketball team.
Since you are looking for naturalization, ability is very important, however, suitability is more important.
Of course, it would be better if there was a completely positive attitude.
It's just that the last one is not easy to force and control, but the first two can be grasped.
We made this mistake in naturalizing Li Kaier before, and only ignored whether he was suitable or not according to the so-called "blood" safety.
In the end, others have the strength to come out, but it is counterproductive.
Even, the harder he works, the more passive the entire Chinese men's basketball team becomes.
In the final analysis, his technical style does not match the previous Chinese men's basketball team at all.
Then there is the core of the backcourt, Yuki Kawamura, who played 30 minutes and got 21 points and 10 assists, which is also a big double-double.
A lot has been said about his performance since the last game, so I won't repeat it here.
All in all, he is the biggest takeaway for the Japan men's basketball team at this Olympics.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he is now the "benchmark" for defenders throughout Asia.
I don't know when our Chinese men's basketball team will be able to have such an existence.
And then there's Yuta Watanabe.
played 35 minutes and got 14 points and 9 rebounds, which is considered a "quasi-double-double".
Objectively speaking, the main reason why the Japan men's basketball team failed to go further in this Olympics is on him.
As the team's "only" active NBA player, he should normally perform better than his teammates.
However, he can only hover at the level of 3rd or even 4th.
Previously, a domestic media person said that his ability was comparable to Zhou Peng, and many fans disdained it.
Looking at it now, there is really some truth, after all, Zhou Peng's defense is online for a long time.
And Yuta Watanabe's offense and defense can only be regarded as decent.