Today (June 30), in the first game of the second window of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese team lost to the Australian team 69-76 away in Melbourne, Australia.

Today (June 30), in the first game of the second window of the 2023 Men’s Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese team lost to the Australian team 69-76 away in Melbourne, Australia. Up to now, Chinese men's basketball team has achieved 2 wins and 1 loss after three rounds of group matches in Group B (two wins against the Japanese men's basketball team during the first window at the end of last year). Next, they will also compete with the Australian team. Have a conversation with Chinese Taipei team (2 games).

Pictures According to Visual China

The Chinese men's basketball team's offensive rotation encountered obstacles

Zhou Qi Gu Quan helped the team catch up

Head coach Du Feng sent Zhao Jiwei , Guo Ailun , Hu Mingxuan , Shen Zijie and Zhou Qi's starting lineup, while the Australian men's basketball team , which has the home court advantage, sent out Maker, Dellavedova, McDowell White, Blatchfield and JT White.

As the fourth place in the last Basketball World Cup in China and the third place winner in the Tokyo Olympics, the Australian team is very strong. Although they did not field the strongest lineup in this world preliminaries, the paper strength of the " Kangaroo Legion " is still ahead. One of the strongest opponents of the Chinese men's basketball team in this World Cup qualifier.

Picture according to Visual China

Since the World Cup was played at home, the Chinese men's basketball team has been in the process of "reconstruction." As the core player of the current Chinese men's basketball team, Zhou Qi scored 10 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block at halftime. He was very active in rebounding on the offensive end. 4 offensive rebounds helped his teammates get more goals. There were many second offensive opportunities; Gu Quan made three three-pointers from the outside in the first half, especially the three-pointer at the buzzer before halftime that helped the Chinese team narrow the point difference to 9 points.

However, due to the team's rotation of the ball on the offensive end, which led to too many mistakes in the half, the score of 34 points was indeed too low. Except for Zhou Qi and Gu Quan, the player with the most points in the Chinese men's basketball team scored 5 Hu Mingxuan. At the same time, when the Australian team hit consecutive three-pointers in the second half of the second quarter, opening the gap between the two sides to more than 10 points, Du Feng faced the players who returned to the bench during the timeout and said, "Hey... Brothers! "At the beginning, it seemed very helpless...

The 18-4 shock wave in the third quarter was avoided.

The attack stalled at the winning moment. It was a pity to lose.

Returning from the intermission, Sun Minghui helped the Chinese team to open up the scoring situation. . However, from 8 minutes and 40 seconds to 4 minutes and 13 seconds left in the third quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team fell into a scoring drought. The weak start allowed them to trail their opponents by as many as 16 points 37-53. Fortunately, Wang Zhelin 's magic stroke kicked off the Chinese team's scoring climax in the second half. They launched an 18-4 offensive at the end of the third quarter. Gu Quan once again used a buzzer-beating three-pointer to close the gap at the end of the quarter. The difference was reduced to only 2 points, and the two sides entered the decisive battle.

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In the last quarter, the Australian team maintained a weak lead thanks to Dellavedova's outside long shots and organizational connection. However, the Chinese men's basketball team took advantage of Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin's height advantage in the paint to hit frequently, and the Chinese team's advantage in rebounding protection is still there. Falling behind 66-69 and entering the last 4 minutes, the Chinese men's basketball team extended its full-court defense to limit its opponents, but its offensive status failed to continue. It only scored 14 points in the fourth quarter and was unable to recover. Zhou Qi scored 16 points and 17 rebounds in the whole game, but apart from him, only Guo Ailun and Gu Quan scored more than 10 points (both 12 points). The Chinese men's basketball team suffered this after losing to their opponents 69-76. The first defeat in the world preliminaries.

away from home?

The local Chinese turned "Zhou Qi's home court" into "Chinese team's home court"

This game is the first game of the second window period for the Chinese men's basketball team to compete in the Asian preliminaries of the World Cup. The opponent is the "host" Australian men's basketball team.Although the game was played in a different place, the game was scheduled to be played at the John Cain Arena, the home of the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team . The core player of the Chinese men's basketball team, Zhou Qi, is a player for the team and is naturally very familiar with this place.

Picture according to Visual China

As the "away team", the Chinese men's basketball team enjoyed the "home court" atmosphere in today's game - it can be clearly heard through the live broadcast pictures and sounds that the local Chinese loudly cheered for China in the arena The cheering for the men's basketball team has turned "Zhou Qi's home court" into the home court of the entire Chinese men's basketball team.

However, during this window period, the Chinese men's basketball team will usher in an intensive schedule of 4 games in 5 days. When veterans such as Yi Jianlian, Zhou Peng, and Zhang Zhenlin and other newcomers cannot enter the big list, The Chinese men's basketball team, which consists of seven guards, lacks height and confrontation intensity on the front line, which is still the biggest problem that troubles them. Next, the boys will usher in the remaining three games of this window period on July 1st, July 3rd and July 4th; then, they will move to Indonesia to usher in the Asian Cup match.

The remaining schedule of the second window of the second window of the Chinese Men's Basketball World Preliminaries -

July 1, 15:10 Chinese Men's Basketball VS Chinese Taipei Men's Basketball

7,3rd 16:40 Chinese Men's Basketball VS Australian Men's Basketball

7,4 16: 40 Chinese Men’s Basketball VS Chinese Taipei Men’s Basketball

Red Star News reporter Hu Minjuan Pei Han

editor Ou Peng

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