Men’s Basketball Asian Cup: China loses to South Korea in first game
2022-07-13 14:27:15Source: Xi’an News Network
Xi’an News Network News On the evening of July 12, the focus of the 2022 Men’s Basketball Asian Cup group match was staged in Jakarta. The two East Asian men’s basketball teams in Group B, China and South Korea, met in the first match of the group stage. As a result, The Chinese men’s basketball team, who maintained the lead at the end of the half, failed to withstand the opponent’s impact in the second half, and finally lost to the opponent 81:93. The difficulty of advancing to the knockout stage as the first place in the group increased sharply.
After the World Cup preliminaries in Australia, the Chinese men’s basketball team encountered a surprise attack. In the end, Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei, and Shen Zijie failed to enter the 12-man squad for this Asian Cup. Although the inside player Zhou Qi signed up, he failed to make it in time. Catch up on the group stage opener. In addition, another inside player, Wang Zhelin, also remained unhealed because of his injury, and he always sat on the bench to watch the battle between China and South Korea. The absence of many main players forced the Chinese team coach Du Feng to use a rotation of 10 people. Among the five starting Fu Hao, Zhai Xiaochuan, Sun Minghui, Hu Mingxuan and Zhao Rui, Fu Hao, who was the center, was not a real center in the club. .
After the opening, both the Chinese and Korean teams invested a lot of troops on the defensive end. The Korean team relied on the planning player Luo Jianer’s dominance in the interior to organize offense and defense, while the Chinese team, led by striker Zhao Rui and point guard Sun Minghui, took advantage of breakthroughs and defenses. Long shot to deal with opponents. After the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 19. In the second quarter, Du Feng sent Fan Ziming to restrict Luo Jianer’s internal attack. The change was very effective, but the latter also responded in time, pulled the outside line to attack with long shots, and led the Korean team to a small climax of 8:0. Fortunately, Gu Quan of the Chinese team stepped forward, and his multiple three-pointers helped the Chinese team lead the opponent 45:43 at the end of the half. The third quarter of the game became the turning point of the campaign. The Chinese men’s basketball team fell into a scoring drought after the personnel rotation, and on the defensive end, it was unable to limit the opponent’s in and out shots. The Chinese team, which only scored 14 points in a single quarter, was in the third quarter. At the end of the game, they were 6 points behind the South Korean team.
In the last quarter, the boys of the Chinese team gritted their teeth and fought with their opponents, reducing the difference to only 2 points. Throughout the game, Zhao Rui and Gu Quan each contributed 22 points to the Chinese team, Sun Minghui scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Fu Hao scored 8 points and 6 rebounds, and Fan Ziming also scored 5 points and 11 rebounds. . Luo Jianer of the South Korean team scored 25 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in 37 minutes, and did not make a single turnover.
After the game, the Chinese coach Du Feng said: “After the team arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, only 6 people were able to train normally most of the time, and many players felt unwell. Although some players recovered, their bodies did not return to their ideal state. , everyone can stand on the court (in the Sino-Korea war) is a victory. In the next game, our whole team will go all out, overcome difficulties, and play the spirit of the Chinese men’s basketball team.” It is understood that the core of the Chinese team’s inside line Zhou Qi’s nucleic acid test result has turned negative, and he will rush to Indonesia to join the team as soon as possible.
According to the competition system of this year’s Men’s Basketball Asian Cup, the 16 participating teams were divided into 4 groups. The first team in the group directly advanced to the quarter-finals. The second and third teams in the group played in the crossover play-offs. After one match, the remaining teams were determined. 4 quarterfinals seats. Judging from the current situation, it is difficult for the Chinese men’s basketball team, which lost the first game, to get the first place in the group even if they win both games. The next contest with Bahrain is more critical. Once the weakest opponent in this group is defeated, the Chinese men’s basketball team can basically be guaranteed to qualify for the play-offs. On the first match day, Bahrain lost to the Chinese Taipei Men’s Basketball Team by 18 points.
Text/Jin Pengtu, Omnimedia Reporter of Xi’an Newspaper Industry/Xinhua News Agency