At 10:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 12, the NBL Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team played by Chinese player Zhou Qi will usher in the third round of the regular season of the season, challenging Melbourne United away, melbourne Phoenix has defeated the New Zealand Destroyers in the past two games, and is currently temporarily ranked 1st in the league with a score of 2 wins and 0 losses, while Melbourne United has only played one regular season game, and finally lost 74-79 to sydney Kings, and is currently temporarily ranked 7th in the league with a score of 0 wins and 1 loss. There is a certain degree of difference in the overall strength of the two teams, and Zhou Qi is expected to help the Phoenix team achieve three consecutive wins. Through the melbourne phoenix team's two regular season games, it is believed that Zhou Qi also has his own position in the team.
There is no doubt that the boss of this team is Crick, with absolute ball rights and the ability to hammer the key ball, and Zhou Qi currently has no tactical position at the offensive end, there is no singles tactic, and his teammates do not give him a pass to see the timing of the grasp and mood, because from the perspective of the head coach, Zhou Qi's more existence on the field is his defensive role, the first regular season game Zhou Qi got 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks in 7 shots, and the number of shots in the second game dropped to 3 times. 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks on 3-of-3 shooting, the few opportunities on the offensive end are from teammates' passes, and it is the kind that can directly catch the ball and attack the basket, with almost no ball rights, not even the opportunity to mention the transfer outside the three-point line.
So in this kind of opportunity, Zhou Qi is different from before, it is obvious that the attitude towards the game is very serious, and at the same time, he moves more frequently on the field, otherwise there is no chance on the offensive end, and the opportunities are obtained by his own running. At the defensive end, Zhou Qi's role is still obvious, but because he carried 3 fouls very early, he did not dare to do the action easily, and also gave the opponent some opportunities to attack the basket, but in general, Zhou Qi was equivalent to a goalkeeper on the football field, defending the last line of defense of the Phoenix team, and doing a good job in this regard, Zhou Qi got 3 rebounds in this game, and all of them were defensive rebounds.
When the Phoenix team shot at medium and long distance, the two players of the saboteur team were stuck in front of Zhou Qi's body and occupied a more favorable position, I believe that this is also jealous of Zhou Qi's power under the basket, and had to change the tactics, which also indirectly shows that Zhou Qi does have a very big advantage in the defensive end and grabbing rebounds. Zhou Qi NBL has some ups and downs in the first two games of the regular season, the defensive end is not picky, need to strengthen the role of the offensive end, especially against Melbourne United, should seize the opportunity to perform themselves, win the trust of teammates, and create more opportunities for their own passes to create scoring opportunities.