Group C Showdown: Team USA vs Greece and the Battle for the Top Spot

Group C quite unequal with two huge basketball nations and two others already very happy to be there. A Team USA vs Greece that smells of powder, and we will therefore know from Monday, August 28 what wood this American team is made of. Haste !

The program (matches at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila)

Saturday August 26 (10:45 a.m.): Jordan – Greece
Saturday August 26 (2:40 p.m.): United States – New Zealand
Monday, August 28 (10:45 a.m.): New Zealand – Jordan Monday August 28 (2:40 p.m.): Greece – United States
Wednesday August 30 (10:40 a.m.): United States – Jordan Wednesday August 30 (2:40 p.m.): Greece – New Zealand

The rosters (to skim)

Jordan: Zaid Abbas, Ahmad Al Dwairi, Ahmad Alhamarsheh, Mohammad Hussein, Freddy Ibrahim, Amin Abu Hawwas, Sami Bzai, Malek Kanaan, Zane Alnajdawi, Hashem Abbas, Ahmad Hammouri, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

Greece: Kostas Papanikolaou, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Ioannis Papapetrou, Giorgos Papagiannis, Michalis Lountzis, Dinos Mitoglou, Nikos Rogkavopoulos, Thomas Walkup, Lefteris Bochoridis, Dimitris Moraitis, Manolis Chatzidakis

UNITED STATES : Paolo Banchero, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton, Josh Hart, Brandon Ingram, Jaren Jackson Jr. Cam Johnson, Walker Kessler, Bobby Portis, Austin Reaves

New Zealand : Dan Fotu, Finn Delany, Flynn Cameron, Hyrum Harris, Issac Fotu, Izayah Le’Afa, Shea Ili, Jordan Ngatai, Reuben Te Rangi, Sam Timmins, Taylor Britt, Tohi Smith-Milner, Walter Brown, Yanni Wetzell

The main headliners

No need to rewrite the American roster here, but know that if it’s obviously – we got used to it – a kind of C or even D team, the American squad still looks great and we clearly prefer to eat a Neapolitan pizza or playing the Play than defending 40 minutes on Brandon Ingram. Twelve Americans who will want to show that they are not there to brush it off, and in front of them other rather well-known faces and names, especially if you are interested in Greek basketball. We are obviously talking about the Antetokounmpo, even if the only drinking will not be there, but above all the local institutions Papanikolaou, Kalaitzakis or Papapetrou, which we remember is not the name of Stromae’s latest single. For the rest, Freddy Ibrahim and Dar Tucker will drive the Jordanian team and for the New Zealanders we imagine that Tana Umaga and Ritchie McCaw will still be in the game.

Home predictions

A date to remember: August 28 at 2:40 p.m. The United States will face Greece and it is the first place in Group C that will be at stake, unless the Tall Blacks’ cathedral tackles get the better of one or the other, but we don’t believe that very much. Not necessarily the game of the year at stake since behind the two teams will still have two games to warm up before the quarters, but already a great way to judge the strength of two of the competition’s favorites. we see you coming, you would now like to know which of Jordan or New Zealand is more capable of finishing third in this group, and as FIBA ​​Hexperts we therefore start with this prediction: chaipa. Team USA and Greece in the second round, Jordan and Neozaide further down, that’s prognosis that prognosticates. Note finally that the teams of this Group C will cross in the second phase with those of Group D, namely Lithuania, Montenegro, Mexico and Egypt.

Unless there is an earthquake, we already know the two qualifiers from this Group C and all our eyes (two therefore) will be above all riveted on the Greek-American shock of this first phase. And tomorrow ? It will be day.

2023-08-21 13:32:00


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