Original title: Durant 29+4 Rubio cut 38 points, the United States reversed Spain to advance to the semi-finals
On August 3, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the men’s basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics continued. The American Men’s Basketball Dream Team ushered in a strong dialogue with the Spanish team. After the whole game, the Dream Team relied on the power of the second half to defeat Spain 95-81 and advance to the semi-finals.
Full-time data:
Specific scores: 21-29, 22-24, 20-26, 18-26 (Spain first).
In Spain, Rubio scored 38 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. In addition, Victor Clough scored 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Rodríguez scored 16 points and 2 assists, Sergio Uoi had 6 points and 2 assists. Rebounds, Hernangomez 10 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Garuba 3 points and 3 rebounds. Both Gasol and Gasol didn’t score. This ball is likely to be the finale of Gasol’s basketball career.
On the American side, Durant took over the offense, scoring 29 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. In addition, Adebayor 5 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Booker 9 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, Holiday 12 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, Lillard 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Chasing Dream-Green 4 points, 2 assists and 2 steals, LaVine 10 points and 2 assists, Middleton 2 points and 2 rebounds, Tatum 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Competition review:
In the first quarter, Hollodi made a layup and took the lead in scoring for the US team. But soon, Rubio also succeeded with a sharp breakthrough. After that, Holiday made a layup and Lillard also scored a three-pointer, leading the US team 7-2. But after that, Spain relied on strong rebounds to fight, relied on the offensive half to kill, biting the score. In the latter part of this quarter, Durant made 3 of 3 free throws from outside, and the United States led by 7 points. But on the Spanish side, Rubio continued to break through to prop up the team’s offense. At the end of the quarter, Sergio Ui made a jump shot and finished the single quarter. Spain achieved a 21-19 lead.
In the second quarter, Spain’s offensive and defensive ends became more and more courageous, but on the US team’s side, there were frequent waves of cast iron. In the middle of this section, the US team fell into a scoring drought for more than three minutes, while Spain played steadily. With 3 minutes and 25 seconds left in the quarter, Willie Hernangomez scored with a pie, and Spain extended the difference to double digits. In the passive, Adebayor had a second offensive dunk to stop the bleeding for the dream team. Since then, the Dream Team began to pay attention to inside kills, and Durant also found the touch and hit a three-pointer. Entering the countdown stage, Durant and LaVine rushed to the inside and succeeded in dunking. After halftime, the two sides battled to a 43 tie.
After the easy side battle, the American team’s offense became smooth, Durant and Booker became the team’s main point of attack, both of them offensively succeeded in both breakthroughs and outside jumpers. In the middle of the three quarters, Booker scored an elegant layup and the point difference was widened to double digits. On the Spanish side, the physical fitness of veterans such as Gasol has declined significantly, and the defensive end has begun to fail to keep up with the rhythm of the United States. In the latter part of the three quarters, Spain changed to a younger substitute, trying to fight for physical fitness with the dream team. In the countdown period of this quarter, as Rodriguez made a three-pointer, after the three quarters, Spain fell behind 63-69, and there were still catching up. hope.
But the U.S. team did not give the opponent any more chances. They played for more than 3 minutes in the last quarter. They set off a new climax. Tatum made 2 of 2 free throws and also scored three points. After scoring 5 points in a row, the point difference was widened to 15 points. The outcome was completely lost in suspense. Since then, Spain is still stubbornly resisting, but to no avail. In the end, after the whole game, the dream team relied on the force of the second half to defeat Spain 95-81 and advance to the semi-finals.
The starting lineups of both sides:
Spain: Ricky Rubio, Rudy Fernandez, Victor Kraft, Marc Gasol, Alberto Abald
United States: Damian Lillard, Devin Booker, Zhu Holiday, Kevin Durant, Bam Adebayor
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The Legend of Olympic Stars: Zhang Jike
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