Beijing time, July 3, in the third window of the Men's Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers this afternoon, the Chinese men's basketball team collapsed in the final quarter and ultimately lost to Australia 48:71 by 23 points. Tomorrow, the Chinese men's basketball team will play the last game of this window period. The opponent is Chinese Taipei men's basketball team .
After losing to Australia two days ago, the boys of the Chinese men's basketball team were all determined to win their opponent today. In fact, the players did the same in the first three quarters.
In the first quarter of the game, the score between the two sides was very tight. Relying on Zhao Rui's 2+1 at the last moment, the Chinese men's basketball team led by 2 points at 18:16. In the second quarter of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team once led Leading by 7 points at 23:16, but then Australia hit a climax to overtake the score, and Zhao Rui scored 2+1 at the last moment. At the end of the half, the Chinese men's basketball team was only 1 point behind at 29:30.
In the third quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team relied on the scores of Zhou Qi and Guo Ailun to take a 6-point lead. Then Australia scored two three-pointers to equalize the score; then Wang Zhelin scored consecutively to help the Chinese men's basketball team take the lead again. 5 points later, Australia tied the score again. At the end of three quarters, the two sides were tied at 45:45.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team fell into a scoring shortage on the offensive end and missed players one after another on the defensive end. Australia started to rain three-pointers and directly defeated the Chinese team 14:0. Afterwards, the Chinese men's basketball team only had Wang Zhelin's free throws. After scoring 1 point and , Ren Junwei hit a 2-pointer. In the fourth quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team collapsed at 3:26, and the final score was fixed at 48:71.
In this game, Zhou Qi still encountered a strict double He was double-teamed as soon as he got the ball and only scored 5 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks. On the contrary, Wang Zhelin, who has been criticized for being soft, came off the bench today and scored a team-high 12 points.
has high hopes for the four guards. This game was a collective downturn on the offensive end. Guo Ailun scored 6 points and 5 rebounds on 3 of 16 in the game; Guangdong's three young men, black and white, totaled 4 of 22, Hu Mingxuan of 29 and scored 2 Points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Zhao Rui scored 8 points on 2 of 7 shots, all in the first half; Xu Jie scored 3 points on 1 of 26 shots.
It is worth mentioning that Zhao Jiwei entered the squad today, but did not play. According to reports from sports media, Zhao Jiwei did not play because he had a cold, not for technical or tactical reasons. He was not seen on the bench today. Zhao Jiwei. After the game, Du Feng also said in an interview that Jiwei could not play.
Another defender Sun Minghui was not included in the squad due to injury.
