On Tuesday in 4 different countries started the Paris Olympic basketball tournament qualifiers. One of them is happening in Spain. Today, the Bahamas will host Poland. In this game, I'm backing the Bahamas.
The Bahamas started the tournament yesterday against Finland. The game was up and down because the Bahamas got an early lead, then Finland went away but the Bahamas managed to come back in the 2nd half and secure the win in the last minutes. As there are only 2 games in the group stage per team, this is a very important game for the Bahamas. With a win tonight, the Bahamas will guarantee the 1st place in the group meaning they won't be playing in the semifinals against Spain. I wouldn't be surprised to see Poland beating Finland. If the Bahamas lose tonight, they will get the 2nd seed and that isn't good.
This will be Poland's first game. They have some good players on the roster: Jeremy Sochan, Aleksander Balcerowski, A.J. Slaughter and Mateusz Ponitka. If we look at their friendly game results, there are some concerns: 73:78 against Greece, 68:82 against Croatia, 75:91 against Brazil, 88:59 against New Zealand and 82:80 against the Philippines. The last result is very interesting because the Philippines isn't a good team.
Despite playing 2nd game in two days, I'm going with the Bahamas. They have 3 very good players DeAndre Ayton, Buddy Hield and Eric Gordon. While the friendly game results were poor, the Bahamas showed what they are capable of against Finland. Poland could be a little bit better team but I still don't see who's going to stop Ayton. Yes, they have Balcerowski but he isn't so strong enough to contain the presence of Ayton. The Bahamas will need to stop Slaughter but the Bahamas are more overpowered on offense so they should get the job done.
周二在4个不同的国家开始了巴黎奥运会篮球预选赛。其中之一发生在西班牙。今天,巴哈马将主办波兰队。在这场比赛中,我支持巴哈马。
巴哈马队昨天与芬兰队开始比赛。比赛开始时,巴哈马队一度领先,随后芬兰队出局,但巴哈马队在下半场成功扳回一局,并在最后几分钟取得了胜利。由于每支球队在小组赛阶段只有2场比赛,所以这场比赛对巴哈马来说非常重要。如果今晚获胜,巴哈马队将确保小组第一的位置,这意味着他们将不会在半决赛中对阵西班牙。如果波兰击败芬兰,我不会感到惊讶。如果巴哈马今晚输了,他们将会是第二种子,那就不好了。
这将是波兰的第一场比赛。他们的名单上有一些很好的球员:杰里米·索坎,亚历山大·巴尔塞罗夫斯基,A.J.斯劳特和马特乌斯·波尼特卡。如果我们看看他们的友谊赛结果,就会有一些担忧:对希腊73:78,对克罗地亚68:82,对巴西75:91,对新西兰88:59,对菲律宾82:80。最后的结果非常有趣,因为菲律宾不是一支好球队。
尽管在两天内打了第二场比赛,我还是要去巴哈马。他们有三名非常优秀的球员,德安德鲁·艾顿,巴迪·希尔德和埃里克·戈登。虽然友谊赛成绩不佳,但巴哈马队在对阵芬兰的比赛中展示了他们的能力。波兰队可能会更好一点,但我仍然不知道谁能阻止艾顿。是的,他们有巴尔塞罗夫斯基但他的力量不足以遏制艾顿的存在。巴哈马需要阻止斯劳特,但巴哈马在进攻上更强大,所以他们应该完成任务。