The United States men's basketball warm-up game continued, and today the United States men's basketball team played a warm-up match against South Sudan in London, and they narrowly defeated South Sudan 101-100. The United States team narrowly missed a shock win by South Sudan. In the end, the United States men's basketball team relied on James' final layup to narrowly beat the South Sudan men's basketball team.
After half of today's game, South Sudan led the United States men's basketball team 58-44. It can be said that it surprised many fans. In the first half of the game, the United States men's basketball team felt very sluggish, repeatedly missed shots outside the three-point line, and on the other hand, the South Sudan men's basketball team hit one after another outside the three-point line, and the reason why South Sudan can play such a good performance today is closely related to their outside projection. They shot very high three-pointers today.
Of course, the United States men's basketball team did not pay attention to this team in the first half, so that they were very lax on the defensive end. In the second half, the United States men's basketball team strengthened its defensive intensity, won by more than a dozen points in the third quarter, and finally overtook the score. However, South Sudan still relied on a tenacious offensive style to hold on to the United States team in the fourth quarter, and even hit a three-pointer against the United States defense in the tens of seconds before the end, and the score even led the United States team by one point. At that time, it can be said that all the players of the United States team were scared into a cold sweat. Because if the last attack is not scored, South Sudan will most likely win the game. Fortunately, James completed a layup in the last minute through his individual ability.
The South Sudanese men's basketball team lost only one point against the United States team, which really made many fans respect him. After the game, the United States team also hugged the South Sudanese players after the game, and they also showed respect for the team.
This game reminds us that our Chinese men's basketball team has also played against the South Sudan men's basketball team before, when we lost the game 69-89. At the time, it didn't seem acceptable for us to lose by 20 points to the South Sudan men's basketball team. But what many fans don't know is that the overall strength of this South Sudan team has actually improved significantly during that period, and they have become a dark horse team of FIBA.
So we lost to South Sudan by 20 points and that's perfectly acceptable now. After all, this South Sudanese men's basketball team and the current United States team can play back and forth, and only lost to the United States team by one point. They're really not what they used to be. This team really impressed everyone. The South Sudan men's basketball team is really a team with a very simple style, their overall physical talent as well as their static talent are very good, and everyone seems to be Durant's size. And their team's three-point shot is very accurate. Their neat style of play has really worked. In the future, they will become a strong team on the international stage. At least this match has brought them a name for themselves on the international stage.