2017 Men's Basketball Asian Cup , the Chinese men's basketball team will compete with the Syrian men's basketball team at 23:30 on August 15 to qualify for the top eight.
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Nature of the game: Men's Basketball Asian Cup semi-final knockout match
live matchup: Chinese Men's Basketball Blue Team VS Syria
Live broadcast time: 2017-08-15 Tuesday 23:30
Live broadcast signal: One score live broadcast
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Expected men’s basketball starting lineup:
Han Dejun, Ren Junfei, Zhou Peng, Wu Qian, Liu Xiaoyu
Confrontation Review
In past historical confrontations , the Chinese men's basketball team has the advantage. The Chinese and Syrian teams have met 4 times in the history of the Asian Championships, and the Chinese team has maintained a complete victory. The most recent time was the 2011 Asian Championships in Wuhan, when the Chinese team defeated the Syrian team 90-71 in the rematch stage. It's just that the blue team currently representing the Chinese men's basketball team does not have all the main players, and its performance in the group stage has also been ups and downs, so this game is not a one-sided event.
Recent developments between the two teams
In the concluded Asian Cup group stage, the Chinese team ranked second in Group B with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss. In the third round of the group stage that ended on the evening of August 13, the Chinese men's basketball team relied on Guo Ailun 's heroic performance to narrowly defeat the Iraqi team 61-60. Throughout the group stage, Guo Ailun became the "scoring king" among the players of each team with an average of 22.3 points per game. He was also called the team leader by head coach Du Feng. Du Feng once made it clear that how far the Chinese men's basketball team can go in this Asian Cup depends to a certain extent on how well Guo Ailun can perform. This undoubtedly shows Guo Ailun's pivotal role in the Chinese men's basketball team.
Syria team previously participated in the group stage in Group A. They lost to Jordan by 2 points in the first game and lost to Iran by a large margin in the second game. In the final battle that determined the right to qualify for the group, the Syrian team fell behind by 16 points at halftime and completed a comeback in the last two quarters to win 87-78. With this, Syria won third place in the group and got the opportunity to compete with the Chinese team.
Guo Ailun becomes the key
Despite the poor overall performance, the most outstanding player in the Chinese team is undoubtedly point guard Guo Ailun. Due to the absence of and Yi Jianlian due to injury, Guo Ailun has become the player with the most experience in competitions on this team. He also averaged 22.3 points, 4 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game and became Du Feng's most important scoring weapon at critical moments.
In the match against Qatar, Guo Ailun scored 30 points; in the narrow victory over Iraq, he contributed 12 points in the final quarter to help the team come back to life. In this regard, Guo Ailun said frankly: "This may be the most difficult international competition I have ever participated in. Maybe we will lose and play poorly, but we will not give up and will try our best to win every game." In the current situation In the national team, without big brothers Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian, Guo Ailun, as the point guard, shouldered the scoring burden at critical moments. This is not common for the Chinese team, which has always relied on inside offense when competing in Asian competitions. Next, facing stronger opponents, Guo Ailun not only scores individually, but also better connects the team, so that the Chinese team can go further.
Game Analysis
Although the Syrian team had an average record in the group stage, it still cannot be underestimated. The Syrian team's advantage lies in rebounding. In the group stage, they averaged 45 rebounds per game, ranking third after Iran and Australia, while the Chinese team averaged 40 rebounds per game, ranking sixth. Compared with the Chinese team, the Syrian team's offense is smoother. They averaged 19.7 assists per game and tied for fifth. The Chinese team averaged 14.3 assists per game and ranked ninth. In addition, the average height of the Syrian team is 1.98 meters, which is not a big disadvantage compared to the Chinese team (the average height of the Chinese team is 2.01 meters). One of their centers is 2.18 meters tall, and the other is 2.14 meters tall. The heights of the forwards and defenders are also not low. , which will put a lot of pressure on the Chinese team.
For the Chinese team, the game against the Syrian team needs to protect the rebounds and put the defense on the inside, because the Syrian team's three-pointers are not good, the shooting rate is only 25%, and they only average 20 shots per game. Three-pointers, ranked second to last.
If the Chinese team performs normally, it has great hope of defeating the Syrian team. Although there is no performance pressure, the Chinese team is looking forward to achieving good results in this Asian Cup, so reaching the quarterfinals is by no means Du Feng's ultimate goal.
Highlights of the game
Due to failing to qualify as the first in the group, the Chinese men's basketball team lost the qualification to directly enter the top 8. This quarter-final qualifier will be their only chance to compete for the top 8 seats. This campaign The loser will miss the top 8. Since the Chinese men's basketball team participated in the Asian Championships in 1975, it has only failed to enter the top eight in 2007. At that time, because the Chinese men's basketball team had already qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics as the host, they sent a second team to compete in the Asian Championships. Only got 10th place.
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