This morning, the new season of the Australian NBL League continues, and the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team ushered in a city derby, and their opponent is Melbourne United. Melbourne United has always been a strong team in the city, and the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team is not a high sense of existence.
Zhou Qi participated in his third NBL regular season game, and he finally played a satisfactory performance. In the first two games, Zhou Qi's playing time was not too much, he only played about 20 minutes, got 8 points and a few rebounds, and was a typical blue-collar player.
In the game, Zhou Qi did not get much ball, indicating that he had not yet gained the trust of the team. In this game, Zhou Qi started and controlled his number of fouls very well, and did not eat 3 personal fouls in 6 minutes like in the second game.
By actively going down and grabbing rebounds, Zhou Qi had a lot more offensive opportunities in this game. In the end, Zhou Qi scored 22 points and 10 rebounds on 10-of-13 shooting, and scored seven more blocks. I have to say that such quasi-triple-double data is very beautiful, and all three data are at the highest value of the whole team.
At the final moments of the game, Zhou Qi's defense contained Melbourne United's counterattack, leading the team to a 94-86 victory, winning three consecutive wins in the opening season. It is understood that Zhou Qi's 7 blocks in a single game are the first time in the NBL in nearly 16 years.
For Zhou Qi's wonderful performance, domestic basketball reporter Mai Suifeng spared no effort to praise: "Heartache opponent, the Australian NBL League has never seen a center like Zhou Qi." "Mai Suifeng's explanation is that first of all, Australia rarely has Zhou Qi's type of interior line, and secondly, he will go to Europe or the United States to play when he comes out, and will not stay in the NBL.