At 3 a.m. Beijing time, United States welcomed its second opponent in the group stage, South Sudan. In the previous warm-up game, United States narrowly beat South Sudan by one point with James' quasi-kill. So that is to say, the strength of South Sudan should not be underestimated.
United States chose to change the formation today, and Tatum, who was hidden in the snow in the last game, started directly, and the thick eyebrows squeezed Embiid down. The starting lineup is Curry, Tatum, Booker, James, and thick eyebrows.
After the start, the first point of the United States team still came from James, 2+1, and the opponent interfered with the ball.
It's still the same, no free throws are scored. But Lao Zhan immediately came to dunk.
With the thick eyebrows scored, United States led 6-0 and South Sudan called the first timeout.
Then, thick eyebrows invited the other party to eat hot pot.
South Sudan went on a 7-0 run, Tatum hit a three-pointer to the side of the rebound, and Thick Eyebrows assisted James for his second dunk.
The opposite side scored three points, and James drifted to the mid-range to score
Old Zhan went down to rest, Holiday scored a mid-range shot, and Durant made consecutive fouls, totaling 4 of 5 free throws. Edwards showed his singles ability.
United States suddenly increased defensive intensity, South Sudan continued to make mistakes, and at the end of the first quarter, United States 26-14 South Sudan. James had 8 points and 2 rebounds, Bush 2 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Durant 6 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Holiday 2 points, Edwards 2 points, White 4 points, Adebayo 2 points and 1 assist, Booker 1 rebound and 3 assists.
In the second quarter, Adebayo took the lead in dunking, and after Durant made a three-point shot, South Sudan quickly called a timeout.
Bam Adebayo dunked, White made a three-pointer, and James Curry appeared at the same time. Lao Zhan was fouled and hit both free throws.
The opposite side scored two points, and Zhan Mei connected again.
South Sudan advanced again, and the United States called the first timeout. Embiid, who was on the bench, looked a little depressed.
Haliburton, come up, 2-of-2 three-pointers!
Thick eyebrows, you take it easy, fortunately you are not injured.
The elder Zhan went down to rest, and Adebayo made two consecutive three-pointers.
Played until the end of the first half, United States 55-36 South Sudan. James had 10 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Bushy Eyebrows 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Durant 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, Holiday 2 points, Edwards 2 points, White 7 points, Bam Adebayo 14 points and 3 rebounds, Curry 1 point, 1 rebound and 3 assists, Haliburton 6 points, Booker 1 rebound and 5 assists.
In the third quarter, the best goal was born, thick eyebrows fell to the ground and stealed, and Tatum ended with a violent dunk.
James assists Booker and finally opens.
South Sudan scored two consecutive three-pointers as United States took a timeout. The United States made five substitutions and scored another three points against the opposing side. The United States team fell into a scoring drought, scoring only five points after half a quarter. Durant hit both free throws, South Sudan continued to score three points, and White returned one.
Edwards' first three-pointer also came
Adebayo was the one the best played by United States today
United States went into the fourth quarter with a 73-57 lead, James had five turnovers and Curry was a little iron on 0-of-6.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, James made a steal, and finally scored with thick eyebrows.
James assisted Booker in the middle distance and scored three points on the opposite side, and the referee gave a violation of the thick eyebrows for this foul.
Opposite roll call Curry, singles 2+1
Durant hit a three-pointer and Booker hit a difficult one-on-one shot.
KD assisted, and after the thick eyebrows staged a super rape dunk, South Sudan took a timeout.
Curry has a three-point hat on the front, which is quite rare.
Zhan Mei connected, James buckled again, raised his hands to the sky, really snorted haha.
United States led by 20 points and the game was no longer in doubt. In the end, United States 103-86 South Sudan, ushered in two consecutive wins in the group stage. James 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, thick eyebrows 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Durant 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Curry 3 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, Holiday 5 points and 2 rebounds, Edwards 13 points, 2 assists and 3 steals, White 10 points and 3 steals, Adebayo 18 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks, Haliburton 6 points, Booker 10 points and 6 assists, Tatum 4 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
Embiid didn't play until the end of the game, and he was the only player who didn't play today, and he was hidden in the snow......