Superstars such as James, Curry, and Durant reunited again on the Olympic stage; The United States men's basketball team seems to have locked up the gold medal ahead of schedule; Although the warm-up game was not satisfactory, after arriving at the Olympic stage, the United States men's basketball team was like cutting melons and vegetables in the group stage, with a net win of more than 20 points against Serbia, South Sudan and Puerto Rico. In the early morning of August 7, Beijing time, the United States team beat the Brazil men's basketball team 122-87, and advanced to the semifinals without suspense, and they will face the Serbia men's basketball team again in the top 4.
In the first quarter, the United States team played consecutive counterattacks to achieve a 16-6 start, and then the Brazil side also found an offensive touch, and the two sides launched an offensive tug-of-war, but the United States team's multi-point flowering attribute still made the Brazil team difficult to parry, and the United States men's basketball team took a 33-21 lead over the Brazil men's basketball team after the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Brazil men's basketball team continued to miss the offensive shooting rate, and the United States team took advantage of the situation to extend the difference to about 20 points; Even though Brazil responded with a wave of counterattacks to chase 8 points, James stepped up again and led the team to a wave of climaxes to once again widen the gap to more than 20 points, and at halftime, the United States was already 63-36 ahead.
In the third quarter, the Brazil team tried its best to chase the score, and the United States team unhurriedly changed to the bench to respond, and the two sides entered the offensive phase in this quarter, and also maintained a very high shooting rate; Brazil scored 35 points in a single quarter, but United States also scored 31 points; The difference between the two sides has not been narrowed much. In the final quarter, the United States team changed the main force, and Brazil's offensive firepower declined, and the score difference once went to 30 points; and the suppression of the United States men's basketball team's continued offensive firepower; In the end, the score of United States ended with a score of 122-87, and the Brazil men's basketball team was defeated by 35.
Brazil's Capocolo scored a game-high 30 points, but he was alone; Booker scored a team-high 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists for the United States team, and Edwards also scored 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal; Embiid had a rare 14-point and 7-rebound stats. Although James only had 12 points and 3 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals revitalized the team's offense; And he only played 16 minutes, and it is undeniable that this dream team has top guards such as Curry and Holiday , but James is the core of this team. As long as James is on the floor, the United States can easily play a fluid offense and pressing defense.
Durant, who was mainly used as a substitute in this Olympics, had a mediocre performance this time, scoring 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists; Although the performance was not too impressive, Durant also broke a record. That is, Durant has scored more than 489 points in the Olympic basketball game, and he has surpassed Lisa Leslie (488 points) of the United States women's basketball team, officially becoming the most scoring player in the history of the United States men's and women's basketball team in the Olympic Games.
United States' semi-final opponent is Jokic's Serbia, which will be the second meeting between the two teams after the group stage; Serbia came back from 20 points down in the round of 8 Australia advanced to the semi-finals. The other set of matchups is France and Germany.