James (name)
past
Men's Basketball World Cup
. James had participated in the Men's Basketball World Championship, the predecessor of the Men's Basketball World Cup, held in Japan in 2006, when James had helped the U.S. Men's Basketball Team win the bronze medal. As one of the most successful players in NBA history, James is a legend in the history of the U.S. Men's Basketball Team, James has represented the U.S. Men's Basketball Team in many World Championships, including three Olympics and one World Championship, and his individual performances have been noteworthy.
The 2006 Men's Basketball World Championship attracted 24 men's basketball teams from around the world, with Japan as the host, Argentina as the 2004 Athens Olympics champions and automatic qualifier, and the U.S. Men's Basketball team entering the 2006 Men's Basketball World Cup through the qualifying rounds. James was also named to the U.S. Men's Basketball team, which played in a group with Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Italy, China and Senegal.
The first group game, the U.S. men's basketball team to 111-100 beat Puerto Rico, happy to open the door; the second group game, the U.S. men's basketball team to 121-90 victory over the Chinese men's basketball team, welcome two consecutive victories; the third group game the U.S. men's basketball team to 114-95 won the Slovenian men's basketball team, won three consecutive victories; the fourth group game the U.S. men's basketball team to 94-85 force Italy men's basketball team, the group game to continue to remain undefeated; In the fifth group game, the U.S. Men's Basketball Team beat Senegal 103-58, James played the whole group game and helped the U.S. Men's Basketball Team to keep winning all the group games to advance to the knockout stage.
At the quarterfinal stage, the U.S. Men's Basketball Team defeated Australia 113-73, with James performing quite well and being the key to the team's victory. In the quarterfinals, the U.S. Men's Basketball Team overcame the difficulties and beat the German Men's Basketball Team 85-65 to enter the quarterfinals with their heads held high. In the semifinals, the U.S. Men's Basketball Team unfortunately defeated the Greek Men's Basketball Team 95-101 and did not qualify for the finals, and finally the U.S. beat the Argentine Men's Basketball Team in the third and fourth place finals to win the third place. James was outstanding throughout, but he was unable to save the day as he had yet to develop his shooting skills.
