The Paris Olympics continue, and as the game continues to deepen, the eight-in-four games on the men's basketball side have all ended; The four matchups in this knockout round are still quite exciting, and the United States men's basketball team easily advanced with a 35-point advantage. The Greece men's basketball team led by Brother Alphabet was reversed by the opponent after leading for a while; The Canada men's basketball team, which is regarded as the favorite to win the championship, was also eliminated. With all 4 games over, the top 4 have been released, and the schedule has been determined, and it is worth mentioning that in the knockout round, James suffered a serious injury. The semifinals of the Olympic men's basketball team are out, the schedule is confirmed, James is seriously injured, and the favorite to win the championship is out.
The first match was between the Greece men's basketball team and the Germany men's basketball team. In the opening situation, the Greece men's basketball team once took the lead, but as the game progressed, the Germany men's basketball team gradually entered the state of attack, and both ends began to have excellent play to match the strength of the opponent, coupled with the restrictions on Brother Alphabet, the team began to narrow the gap under the excellent performance of Schroeder and Wagner, and gradually completed the overtake, and finally rejected the Greece men's basketball team led by Brother Alphabet from the Final Four. It is worth mentioning that in last year's men's basketball World Cup, the Germany men's basketball team eliminated the United States men's basketball team, and this time they made a historic breakthrough in the Olympic semifinals, and it has to be said that this Germany men's basketball team has the strength to impact better results.
The matchup between the Serbia men's basketball team and the Australia men's basketball team is definitely the most exciting and up-and-down game of the four games. In the second half of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, the Australia men's basketball team relied on Mills' excellent play to take a 24-point lead at one point. However, from the second half of the second quarter, the Serbia men's basketball team began to close the gap and tied it in the third quarter. The two sides were deadlocked in the final quarter, and although Mills hit a two-point tie in the final minute against Jokic's defense, Jokic scored four consecutive points at a critical moment in overtime to help the team seal the victory.
The matchup between the Canada men's basketball team and the France men's basketball team can be said to be an upset, you must know that before this matchup, the outside world is more optimistic about the Canada men's basketball team, after all, the France men's basketball team did not perform well during the warm-up game and before. However, the trend of the whole game was unexpected, and the France men's basketball team relied on the excellent performance of the press, they occupied the lead and maintained the advantage throughout the stalemate, and finally eliminated the Canada men's basketball team with Alexander, the favorite to win the championship.
There was no suspense in the final matchup, the United States men's basketball team and the Brazil men's basketball team. The United States men's basketball side took a clear lead from the beginning, and Kerr's side once again changed the rotation of the lineup, and it is worth mentioning that all 12 players appeared in this game; At one point at halftime, they extended their advantage to nearly 30 points. The United States men's basketball team easily advanced to the final four with a 35-point victory, which was even easier than the previous group stage. Embiid can be said to have played quite well.
It's worth mentioning that James didn't play much of every game throughout the Olympics, which allowed him to stay focused and in excellent shape on both ends of the floor. The same was true in this game, with 12 points, 9 assists and 3 steals in 16 minutes with 5-of-6. However, during the game, he was elbowed by Brazil's Depaola and his eyebrow bone cracked and bleeding, and Cole also revealed James's injury in an interview after the game, saying that James had four stitches to his head. The situation is still a bit serious, and for James, it is still necessary to pay attention to the follow-up.
Semi-final matchups: United States men's basketball vs Serbia men's basketball, Germany men's basketball vs France men's basketball. These two sets of matches have appeared in the group stage, the United States men's basketball team and the Germany men's basketball team both won by big scores, will the next matchup have a different result? Do you think the United States men's basketball team can win the gold medal at this Olympics?