After two days of rest, the second round entered its final round of games.
As before, this round would be played over two days, with Group I and Group J taking the court first.
China Team would also face Cameroon at 7 p.m.
Cameroon had Embiid and Siakam, boasting the strongest interior presence in this World Cup and remaining unbeaten so far.
China Team's interior was visibly weak by comparison.
For China Team, this would be the toughest game they had faced since the World Cup began.
And with the competition reaching its final round, how teams could advance from the group had become the biggest concern for outsiders.
China Team currently ranked third in the group with 9 points. Whether they could make the Top 8 depended on the afternoon game between Greece Team and Argentina Team.
That led to several possible scenarios.
Scenario one: Greece Team defeated Argentina Team, while China Team lost to Cameroon.
In that case, Cameroon would advance with a 6-0 record and 12 points. Greece Team, Argentina Team, and China Team would all be 4-2, so it would come down to point differential.
This was the scoring calculation Chinese soccer fans were most familiar with.
The so-called point differential was the combined scoring margin against the other two teams.
Take China Team, for example. They had previously lost to Argentina by 15 points, then beaten Greece Team by 25 points, giving them a point differential of +10.
Based on that established result, Greece Team's previous margin was -25. They would need to beat Argentina Team by 36 points to reach a +11 point differential and advance.
As for Argentina, their previous margin was +15. They had to keep their losing margin within 4 points to reach a +11 point differential and advance.
Scenario two: