Guards: Curry, Harden, Lillard, Thompson, DeRozan
Forwards: Durant, Leonard, George, Harrison Barnes
Inside: Drummond, Green Draymond, Miles Turner
The 12-man lineup has shining stars, and it is worth mentioning that this is the second time that George has played for the United States since the last serious injury to the national team.
"That was an accident and it won't happen again, and I look forward to bringing the United States back to the world championship."
George said this in an interview before the expedition.
This remarks boosted the morale of the US team, and also made the American fans enthusiastic.
George's play is not only a manifestation of the strength of the American team, but also a manifestation of the patriotic education they have always preached.
It is no exaggeration to say that the strength of this American team may not be the strongest in history, but the national attention and expectations of them are the highest in history.
More than ever, they look forward to the national team regaining the world championship and reappearing the glory of the Dream Team.
However, the expectation is far more than American fans. Judging from the World Cup list, every country is like this.
Although this is only the World Cup, it is not as bad as the Olympic Games.
Part of the reason is that the United States team lost the 2016 Olympic Games, partly because Tang Tian retired, and partly because fiba advanced the World Cup time to August.
Under the influence of many factors, the popularity of this World Cup far surpassed the first one in Spain.
On August 15, Beijing time, the men's basketball World Cup officially opened in the Water Cube Yukan.
Kung Fu superstar Jackie Chan, world-class pianist Lang Lang, and a host of stars presented the opening ceremony.
Fiba officials, as well as representatives from various countries, also attended the opening ceremony.
The chairman also attended the opening ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The significance of this basketball World Cup is extraordinary.
To put it plainly, if the Chinese team can reproduce the glory of the Rio Olympics and win the men's basketball World Cup championship as a host, it is definitely the best gift to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country.
At the end of the opening ceremony, Yao Ming, the chairman of the Basketball Association, played with the World Cup champion trophy.
His face was full of light.
In recent years, the Chinese men's basketball team has gone from draft to basketball school, liberalized foreign aid system, and Tang Tian's existence has encouraged more people to join basketball.
China's basketball population is showing a blowout development.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the men's basketball World Cup can win at home, the influence of basketball in China will reach an unprecedented level.
One is booming.
After the opening ceremony, the game will start the next day.
The Chinese men's basketball team will also welcome the World Cup's first opponent, Argentina.
The situation between Argentina and Brazil is very similar. Once the golden generation retired, Ginobili has become the president of the Argentina Basketball Association.
The old and the new are alternated, the green and the yellow are not connected. In the eyes of most fans, this Argentina team and the Brazil team are trained from this year's World Cup.
Fans are also looking forward to the Chinese team's first victory in the World Cup.
The Chinese team's game is scheduled for the evening. Earlier, other groups started to play five games in succession.
This also includes Poland and Nigeria, who are in Group A with the Chinese team. The two teams play in the afternoon.
Poland returned to the World Cup after 52 years. Although the starlight was relatively weak, it ranked 18th in the ranking given by Fiba.
Nigeria has multiple NBA players, ranking 11th.
Coupled with the 8th Argentina team, the Chinese team is not in the group that many fans thought the winning team.
In the afternoon game, the Chinese men's basketball coaching team and players went to the sidelines to watch the game.
After the game started, the two teams quickly fell into a fierce battle.
Nigeria's players are significantly stronger, but their cooperation is very poor.
This is also a characteristic of African basketball. Although their technology has improved, it will take time for the overall basketball level to improve.
On the other hand, the Polish team's basketball style is evident, and the tacit performance on both ends of the offense and defense is excellent.
The team's top star Bonitka also performed very well.
This shooting guard, who was once selected in the Nike World Basketball Summit with Guo Ailun in 2011 and led the Polish youth team to the final in the U17, although not in the NBA, is one of the best guards outside the NBA.
After halftime, with the overall tactical quality, the Polish team unexpectedly led the Nigeria team with a 43-32 score.
Bonitka scored 15 points and hit 70%.
There are no underdogs in the World Cup, and no underdogs in Europe.
The Chinese team finished Argentina tonight and the next game two days later was against Poland.
Watching this game, it is necessary to take this shot in advance.
"It's going to be better next time."
At this time Li Chunjiang turned to Tang Tian and said.
He said that the difficult to fight is not only in strength, but also in the situation of qualifying.
If Poland wins tonight and wins, then as long as they win one of the Chinese team and the Argentine team, they will be able to qualify.
Judging from the strength rankings, fighting Argentina is obviously a more appropriate choice.
"Poland may not win."
Tang Tian shook his head.
Nigeria had a slight underdog in the first half. The head coach used 11 players to rotate, and the player's status on the court was a problem.
However, there is also a benefit to this rotation, that is, the physical fitness in the second half will be very sufficient.
Black people's physical fitness is the strongest among all people. As long as they use physical strength to improve defense strength, it is terrifying.
In contrast, the Polish team, although Bonitka did well, but he did not take much rest in the first half.
After all, as he said, Poland may not win.
Li Chunjiang smiled and said nothing.
Although Tang Tian is the first person in the history of the NBA, after all, he was not a coach and he didn't understand the situation on the court.
Back at halftime, the two teams continued to play in the second half.
The Nigerian team members' expressions in the second half were obviously more serious, and after returning to the field, they also obviously strengthened their defensive strength.
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Compared with the first half, Nigeria's performance was judged as two teams.
The Polish team was obviously disadvantaged in their talents, and some could not resist.
In Li Chunjiang's surprised eyes, Nigeria caught up with the score and eventually overtook, and maintained the advantage to the end.
In the end, Nigeria lost first and then won. After playing an excellent second half, it defeated Poland 72-65 and won its first victory in the World Cup.
After the game, Li Chunjiang couldn't help but give thumbs up to Tang Tian. Sure enough, the gap between the CBA and the NBA was also visible to the coach.
Tang Tian just smiled, but his cell phone rang.
After he picked it up, his face changed so much that he didn't have time to say hello, so he hurriedly left the arena, leaving Li Chunjiang with his hair in place.
What happened?