Beijing time on June 24th, the three-person basketball World Cup will continue. The Chinese team will face the Japanese three-person men's basketball team and the Polish team. The Chinese three-man men's basketball team lost the previous two matches. The second game was a disastrous defeat, losing 6-22 to Latvia . The overall situation is not optimistic. The Chinese team currently ranks fourth in the group with 0 wins and 2 losses. The Chinese men's team and the Japanese men's team have played against each other three times in history. The Chinese men's team defeated its opponents at the 2014 FIBA 3-person Basketball World Championship, but lost to its opponents at the 2016 FIBA 3-person Basketball World Championship and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with a winning rate of 33%.
In the first game against the Japanese three-man men's basketball team, the Chinese team could not afford to make any mistakes. It started with full firepower. Within the first 2 minutes and 30 seconds, almost every attack was successful, leading 8-5 and occupying an absolute advantage. . At this time, Yan Peng even hit a three-pointer from the outside, continuing the Chinese team's touch and leading 10-5.
Then Japanese team attacked. The Chinese team used airtight defense to make the opponent miss consecutive shots, including a three-pointer. In the next round, Guo Hanyu broke through with the ball and caused a foul. The situation was always controlled by the Chinese team. After the Japanese team scored a free throw, Zhu Yuanbo immediately responded by scoring from the basket, and he did it by grabbing consecutive offensive rebounds, demonstrating his dominance under the basket.
After the conversion round, Li Haonan came on as a substitute and immediately committed a foul and stood on the free throw line. The Chinese team led 12-7. After that, Yan Peng defended the Japanese player and saw two dribbling violations, but in the next round, the Japanese No. 0 player broke through and completed 2 +1, 2 points recovered in one round, Japan hit three consecutive three-pointers and took the lead. At the critical moment, Zhu Yuanbo scored two consecutive goals from the basket and withstood the pressure in time, and the score was 15-15!
In the heat of the game, Yan Peng scored a free throw, Li Haonan scored a layup, and then caused a foul. Li Haonan made 2 of 2 free throws. At this time, the score came to 19-16. The Chinese team took the absolute initiative and was only 2 points away from ending the game. Then Japan succeeded in breaking through. Zhu Yuanbo missed two consecutive attacks at the basket. Yan Peng even sent the Chinese team's 10th foul. Japan got 2 free throws and the ball rights. They made 1 of 2 free throws. The score was 19-18. At the critical moment, Guo Hanyu hit a three-pointer and completed the buzzer beater. In the end, the Chinese team defeated Japan 21-18 and won the first game of this World Cup, retaining the possibility of qualifying from the group!
(Lin Xiaosi)
