At the end of the game, the score was fixed at 102-84.
The Japan men's basketball team lost to the Brazil men's basketball team by 18 points, ushering in a third consecutive defeat in the group stage.
At this point, their journey in this Olympic Games is officially over.
Think about it, before the start of the Olympic Games, their head coach vowed to lead the team to the top 8, and now the whole battle is in vain, and even qualifying has become a luxury, and the dream and reality are really worlds apart.
Of course, competitive sports competition is about comprehensive strength.
In the first two games, one was against last year's World Cup winners, and the other was against the "hosts".
It can be said that in front of these two world's top teams, the Japan men's basketball team does still have a long way to go.
Losing has become a matter of course.
However, facing the opponent of this game, the Brazil men's basketball team, there is still some hope to a large extent, including many times in the game to catch up with the score.
There is a kind of anxious situation.
However, in the end, it fell short.
First of all, I would like to appreciate the individual ability of Fang Capocolo, which is indeed too good.
He had a big double-double with 33 points and 13 rebounds.
As mentioned earlier, the Japan men's basketball team has seen the dawn of victory countless times, but because it cannot solve the problem of Kapokolo.
In the end, it can only be that his hard work is in vain.
To put it bluntly, it's really unstoppable.
It can't be helped, basketball games are decided by superstars, and having or not is completely different.
Why the United States men's basketball team has been able to dominate the world basketball for a long time, or rather, they can win if they want to.
It comes down to a lot of superstars.
Durant, shooting is unsolvable.
James, there is no solution to the breakthrough.
The rest of Curry, Bushy Eyebrows, Edwards, Booker, Adebayo and so on are also superstars in their current years.
Just imagine that even Haliburton and Tatum are players in the fringe rotation.
How "luxurious" should this team's lineup be.
To put it bluntly, any of their 12 players, if they are placed on other teams, they are all "baby" existences, and they are basically "unique" existences, but the United States men's basketball team can collect 12 at once.
Just imagine, these 12 players, just give our Chinese men's basketball team one, is there any hope of entering the Olympic Games.
That's how big stars influence the game.
In fact, the Chinese men's basketball team has no one, not even close.
Really, you have to compare the goods and throw them away!
Secondly, Hachimura was injured at the wrong time
Before the start of this game, the Japan men's basketball team officially announced that the team's core player Hachimura will leave the team for treatment due to a left calf gastrocnemius injury and will miss the next game against the Brazil men's basketball team.
This also laid the groundwork for the result of this game.
If Hachimura is not injured, then the Japan men's basketball team still has a good chance to compete with the Brazil men's basketball team to win or lose.
As mentioned earlier, superstars have a very big impact on a team, and Hachimura is enough to reach this level.
Whether he is or not, the Japan men's basketball team is two different styles of play and energy.
Of course, some fans said that he is a habitual evasion, and his injury is not a particularly serious one, so it is not impossible to play with an injury.
It's just that he personally doesn't want to.
It's because he doesn't want her national team games to affect her next state in the NBA.
After all, after all these years, everyone has understood that for Hachimura, there is nothing more important than the club.
However, this kind of thing is not easy to use as "moral kidnapping".
After all, everyone's choice is different.
It's just that he is a "genuine" Japan men's basketball player, unlike naturalized players like Hawkinson, who can play and can't play.
In the world, it is rare to see a professional player like Hachimura who takes the men's basketball game in his home country so seriously.
The other big names dare not say that they are all like Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, but they are also very close, like the previous batch of "golden generation" players of the Spain men's basketball team, their professionalism is also very top.
Therefore, the Japan men's basketball team is also lucky and unlucky.
Luckily, they're finally on the right path.
Unfortunately, the core players always drop the chain at critical moments.