The United States team faces the new World Cup champion Germany in their final warm-up match before the Paris Olympics in London.

The result was not as Dige expected: United States would win, but it would not be easy.

The final score was 92-88, a narrow victory.

Judging from the 5 games, although it is a warm-up game, the reference value may not be so great, and the head coach will have many considerations such as deploying the lineup, but the perception is indeed:The United States team may not be as strong as we think.

The scores of the past five warm-up games of the United States men's basketball team are as follows:

United States 92-88 Germany; United States 101-100 South Sudan; United States 105-79 Serbia; United States 98-92 Australia; United States 86-72 Canada.

Three narrow wins, the last two games have won by a total of only 5 points, and against South Sudan, it was only 1 point narrowly won by James's stunner.

Today, it was the 39-year-old "rookie" player who saved the team:

In the final four minutes, James reigned supreme, scoring 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting, while Germany scored only 6 points on 2-of-7 shooting during the period.

If it weren't for the individual carry, the Dream Team would have lost the battle.

Unexpectedly, the United States team, which sent the strongest lineup, turned out to gnaw at the old.

So how to evaluate and praise the performance of the old man?

In the NBA, James can't do it, after all, the Lakers need him to do it from the beginning, and it's no wonder that he is not juiced by the fire in the fourth quarter, he is really boring.

But the United States team is different, and he only needs to play about 20 minutes of 40 minutes of FIBA games.

If this is also the time to play in the Lakers, then Lao Zhan is not afraid of any opponent, even if he is already this age...

So, the look and feel of today's game is:

In the last 4 minutes of the game, Kerr shook his head, saying that he didn't know how to arrange tactics, at this time, Tyronn Lue on the side grabbed the tactical board and wrote a few big words:"Give the damn ball to LeBron!"

As a result, it is really TM to make.

It is worth mentioning that James will serve as the flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the United States Olympic delegation, becoming the first NBA player in history to serve as the flag bearer of the United States Olympic Games.

A kid from Akron will be at the forefront of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics and lead his country.

This is the vote of all the Olympic athletes in the United States this year, and it is the best praise for the veteran.

Deserved.

Back to the United States men's basketball team.

The three narrow victories in the warm-up game are good things to some extent, and at least they can remind this group of big brothers: we don't have the capital to be proud of.

Although, the United States are still my favorite to win gold, and if Durant can play normally, they are ahead of other teams.

However, after watching FIBA games over the years, I have two major feelings:

First, world basketball as a whole is in a period of rapid progress, with the exception of Asia.

As the saying goes, whether a national team has the strength or not often depends on how many athletes you have NBA ability...

Behind closed doors, it won't work for a long time.

There is a statistic that in addition to the United States team, 59 NBA athletes participated in the Paris Olympics, compared to only 5 in 1992...

This is a reflection of the success of the NBA's internationalization, and the addition of a large number of international players can make the league crazy and shorten the distance between them.

The NBA is a commercial league, he doesn't need to shoulder the responsibility of the national team, you win 7th and win the gold medal, it doesn't delay the league to make money.

Therefore, if the United States team wants to win the cup, it must attach great importance to it and send the best players. Looking at today's game, you will understand that the United States team lost to Germany in the World Cup last year, including not being able to beat Canada, that is, it should lose.

It's not like you can just put together a team and form a tour group to take over the opponent.

Second, although the lineup is luxurious, the overall defensive quality of the United States is not as good as before.

Recently, there are often bloggers on video platforms to play classic events, and if you're like me, watching the '08 and '12 Olympics, you'll find that the United States team's full-court pressing is too scary.

That's right, Holiday is also very good now, but don't forget, the combination of Kobe + Wade is cannibalism, and what I'm most afraid of in the 08 Olympics is the counterattack of the Flash and the hard solution of Peter Pan.

These two people put together a wave, and they pressed tightly, which can already support the United States team to defeat 90% of their opponents...

The remaining one is the golden generation of Spain.

Not Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong, I don't think this year's United States team is the opponent of Spain led by the Gasol brothers, Bomb Navarro, Rudy Fernandez, and Rubio.

Although the world basketball scene as a whole is improving, there is currently no team like Spain, which wants stars to have stars, to cooperate with them, and the age structure is still very reasonable...

The United States team is luxurious, but the overall defensive intensity has dropped significantly compared to more than 10 years ago.

The core reason is that the NBA doesn't allow you to fight physically. The habits that players develop in the league can easily be carried over to the international arena.

However, European teams have always put a lot of emphasis on defense.

That's right, many European players in the NBA are supporting roles. For example, Schroder, Theis, including the Hernangomez brothers in Spain, they are not so good in the NBA, and even players at the end of the bench.

But when it comes to FIBA, it is still calling for wind and rain, no worse than these big brothers in United States.

International competitions and the NBA, although they are both playing basketball, are really two games with completely different painting styles.

If the United States team is still in a "invincible world" attitude, then don't feel strange that the Olympic overturn ...