The third and fourth place finals between Spain and Russia were even more favored before the game. They were beaten up by Russia in the first half, which made many viewers who had their own judgment on this game feel a little dazed.

When I was playing in the United States yesterday, why did the Spanish player who was like a god descending to earth suddenly become like this?

When I was playing in the United States yesterday, Navarro scored 14 points in a single quarter. After the game, he only made 0 of 3 shots, but he only scored 1 point with free throws.

Yesterday, the US team made the US team very embarrassed, and finally forced the US team superstars to make fouls and continue to attack Gasol, a Spanish giant, in this game, in Russia, only 1 of 7 shots after halftime.

So much so that O'Neal, who broadcast the game live, couldn't help but squirt: "In one day, Marc Gasol became an All-Star who had passed his peak."

The poor performance of Navarro and Gasol Jr. is a microcosm of Spain in this game. In the whole first half, Spain was completely disconnected inside and outside, and it can be said that it was being suppressed by Russia.

Whether inside or outside, as long as the Spanish players get the ball, they immediately press on each other. In this high-intensity confrontation, the Spanish team's technical advantages cannot be used.

Simply put, in Spain's defensive system, you can't break through, Gasol Jr. can't play Sasha Cowan at the basket, and in the end, Spain can only be forced to shoot outside, but the opponent you are facing is a tall man like Kirirenko and others who are more than two meters away.

Finally, Spain gave people the feeling that Navarro could not break through, Gasol Jr. could not play in the inside, Rubio could not make a shot from outside, and the airman Ibaka could not fly without space.

By the way, Ibaka, who played 12 points and 9 rebounds in the United States, also performed very badly in this game.

He couldn't get in inside, and when shooting outside, Russia's defense was too fast, one big and four small, one big center, three Kirilianko-style fast forwards, Ibaka's shooting rate was too slow, and speeding up the shooting rate could only reduce the shooting rate. In fact, most of the time, Ibaka didn't even have a chance to shoot.

Even Gasol, the leader of Spain, who has always been stable, was exhausted by Russia's crazy defensive system in the first half.

Facing Russia's defensive system of four-small and four-armed men, Gasol is also very uncomfortable to play. Every time Gasol wants the ball at a low post, Russia will use their long-armed players to defend the ball around the front and try its best to prevent Gasol from receiving the ball. Once Gasol gets the ball in the inside, Russia will immediately use fierce pinch tactics, giving Gasol almost no chance to breathe.

For Gasol, the most classic scene in the halftime is that when there was one minute left in the second quarter, Gasol finally got the ball at the basket. At this time, four people from Russia rushed over and surrounded Gasol. It was really too fast!

And it's not just fast, this is Gasol. His support is quite invincible. Faced with such a pinch, he can pass the ball, but Gasol is struggling because such a pinch is not given him any space to throw the ball. Even a player like Gasol can't get the ball. You can imagine how tacit and terrifying Russia's defensive system is.

Of course, this time, Gasol relies on his super personal ability to quickly attack, causing the opponent to foul after struggling.

However, Gasol, who was so tired from playing, walked onto the free throw line and was sweating all over. His waist was bent and his hands were on his knees, making him look very tired. So in the end, he made one of two free throws this time.

Facing a three-dimensional defensive system like Russia, Gasol's data in the first half was also extremely bad 1 of 4.

It can be said that in the first half, any player who performed well would not only score 20 points in one half.

Anyway Spain performs better, it will not scare the US team like that.

You should know that after the semi-finals between the US team and Spain, Barkley, O'Neal and many American media clamored that this game was the greatest semi-final game in Olympic history.

Good guy, the greatest semi-final opponent in the greatest semi-final match, and when he met Russia, he was fucked by the Chinese team, he could barely score 20 points in the last half.

For a time, the social media on the Internet in the United States were full of questions about "How did China defeat Russia in one section?"

To be honest, if there was not a player in the team with a defensive system like Yao Ming, the Chinese team would also be in a state of anxiety when they played against Russia.

Russia's defensive system is extremely powerful even in the history of the fiba and the Olympics.

Historically, Spain, Lithuania and Argentina all lost to Russia in this year's Olympics.

Team USA also achieved this Olympics.

In history, Russia played in Spain's semi-finals and finally collapsed in the second half because it was because it was exhausted and could not maintain its high-consuming defensive system. It was eventually shot through by a three-pointer shot led by Calderon in Spain. Then the defensive system collapsed, and both inside and outside were lost and the loss was reversed.

But it is obvious that the situation in Russia and Spain in this game is very different.

First of all, Spain has a bigger physical problem now. They just fought with the United States for the whole game yesterday, and the game between Russia and China collapsed in the first quarter. Russia can be said to be a blessing in disguise.

And it's not only different physically, but also psychologically.

Historically, Spain can make it to the finals and compete for the championship when it reverses Russia.

But now, this is only a third- and fourth-place final. Even if Russia is reversed, it is only a third-place. With a medal, it is just a bronze medal, so there is not enough psychological motivation.

Physical fatigue, insufficient psychological motivation, and I was so confused about being beaten in the first half.

It is almost impossible for Spain to come out like history.

Therefore, after the start of the second half, Spain did not see much improvement, and Russia was still in control of the situation.

Of course, it is difficult for Russia to force Spain to death as hard as in the first half.

In the end, Russia defeated Spain 59-47 and won the third place in the men's basketball team competition at this Olympics.

It can also be seen from the scores of Russia in this game that the team's offensive ability is actually very limited.

Especially when Kirilenko only made 2 of 12 shots in this game, Russia's offense is also difficult.

But this team's defense is really excellent. Spain, which can score 100 points in the United States, forced it to score 47 points in the whole game, and scored more than half.

So the question is, facing this Russian team with such a strong defense and slashed 100+ Chinese team, how strong should their offense be?

Everyone who watched this game, including the players of the US team, dared not say confidently that they could play against Russia and scored more than 100 points, or even more than 90 points.

For Spain, a bronze medal at the Olympics is not that precious, but for Russia, this bronze medal is very precious.

After all, in this Olympics, they did not qualify directly, but climbed up through the qualifying round. Many people were not optimistic about them, but in the end, they created the best results in team history.

So, with the final whistle, Kirilianko rushed to the center of the field with a basketball in her arms, and his teammates rushed up and pressed him to the floor to celebrate.

A pretty rough way of celebration, a very Russian style.

In an interview later, Kirico could not hide his excitement and said: "I am so happy. We defeated a strong and experienced team. Spain is very good, but our defense and our mentality helped us win this medal!"

"I know that after we lost to the Chinese team in the semi-finals, many people looked down on us, but we did not lose confidence. After that failure, we encouraged ourselves to say that our opponent is the Chinese team, the strongest Chinese team in fiba history, and there is only one such team in the world. We tell ourselves that except for the Chinese team, we can defeat any opponent!"

"Yes, after the semi-finals, Chen encouraged us, Chen told us, we are strong, now, I can tell the whole world that Chen is right, we are really strong!"

This Olympics is very important to Kirilenko. His contract has expired. No team from NBA has offered him a contract. Many people say that his style and strength may not be able to stay in NBA for a few years, so they dare not sign a big contract for him.

It can be said that he moved forward with countless doubts during this Olympic journey.

As an opponent, Chen Xiao gave him a lot of praise in this Olympics.

Whether before or after the game, Chen Xiao praised him and his Russia.

To be honest, Chen Xiao could have pretended to be a big score when Russia lost to the Chinese team in the semi-finals, and he and his Russia were the same rookie.

There is no problem at all.

If you are a player from the US team or from other countries, you may have said this openly and secretly.

But Chen Xiao has always supported him and his team.

In the end, in order to support them, they were actually ridiculed.

This made Ak feel that Chen Xiao is really capable of dealing with him.

When Chen Xiao became famous in the NBA, he had the credit for hitting the final shot on his head in the rookie season.

To be honest, if the Warriors lack players now and have room for salary, he wouldn't mind going to the Warriors to work hard for Chen Xiao.

But, the Warriors now have no room to sign him.

But even so, AK praised Chen Xiao and the Chinese team in his post-match interview, all the best players in history and the best team in history, and threw them at the Chinese team without any money.

As for this American team?

Who cares?

Kirilenko is undoubtedly the leader of Chen Xiao and the Chinese team.

By the way, why would AK say these things openly and secretly at the post-match press conference?

Of course, it is because after the semi-finals, the match between the Chinese and American teams was hyped too much.

The American media, which has the advantage of public opinion, boasted about the American team. Using Chen Xiao's words to defend Russia, they crazyly mocked Chen Xiao and the Chinese team for not meeting strong opponents in this Olympics, and they were still behaved when they got the advantage.

Under the hype of the American media, 24 hours passed. Before the start of the game between Russia and Spain, the odds of the US team winning the championship were actually ahead of the Chinese team in the final handicap.

Everyone knows that if you buy more people, the lower the odds, the fewer people buy, the higher the odds, and the higher the odds, and the more you make.

Therefore, after such operations by the American media, a large number of Americans, Europeans, or people from other countries really felt that the American team could defeat the Chinese team.

After the game between Russia and Spain, before the game between China and the United States began, the handicap of the United States collapsed in just a few hours.

Yes, it collapsed.

You can imagine that due to hype, the odds of buying Liverpool to win the Premier League in the 2021-2022 season are lower than those of Manchester City, and they are much lower. If you buy Manchester City, you will lose 3 if you buy Liverpool, and if you buy Liverpool, you will lose 1.5 if you buy Liverpool.

You said, if you have money now, who would you buy?

Of course, if you buy Manchester City, you will have a greater chance of winning the championship, and the odds are even higher. If you don’t buy it at this time, when will you buy it?

If you don’t have such a good opportunity to cut leeks, you’re really sorry for your feelings and American gambling dogs.

In fact, such sudden changes in the market are also a microcosm of the sudden changes in the Chinese team and the US team before the game.

Before the game started, everyone felt that the Chinese team and the US team had similar strengths, not much difference, but after Spain and Russia played, they realized that the Chinese team was strong, and so much stronger.

So much so that even espn almost worked overtime to overturn all his previous final analysis, and then summoned experts to write a new analysis.

In this new analysis, espn still believes that the two teams are the most powerful teams in the world basketball world, and even the two most powerful teams in fiba history. Their battles are naturally the highest level of confrontation in the world basketball world. However, in terms of strength and weakness, espn no longer believes that the US team is slightly stronger and the Chinese team is slightly weaker. Of course, it does not think that the Chinese team is stronger and the US team is weaker. The Americans can still look forward to it.

Therefore, in this new analysis, espn analyzes the lineup structure of the two teams, saying that the Chinese team is as strong as the American team. The two teams are two completely different teams. The Chinese team has the most luxurious interior configuration in this Olympics, while the strongest points of the American team are on the outside. This is actually the same as the previous analysis, but there is a little difference, that is, in the previous analysis, espn's expert group believes that the Chinese team's inside advantage is not enough to be inefficient in the United States' outside advantage and lineup advantage.

But now, it is a little different. Instead, it is believed that the Chinese team's inside advantage can offset the American team's outside advantage and lineup advantage.

In other words, the game between Russia and Spain finally made the US team recognize the strength of the combination of Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian who broke the Russian inside.

The combination of Gasol, the Grandpa Gasol and Ibaka made the American insider scream.

Russia's Sasha Cowan beat Gasol and Ibaka howled.
To be continued...