On December 12, Beijing time, the Australian NBL League ushered in a focus battle, Melbourne United against the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix, from which it is not difficult to find that this is a Melbourne derby. It should be mentioned that under the leadership of Randale, Melbourne United has been all the way to the playoffs this year, and finally defeated the Perth Wildcats in the finals to reach the NBL League throne. In this campaign, for the Melbourne Phoenix where Chinese player Zhou Qi is located, although the new branch FMVP Randale has joined the Spurs, if it can defeat the defending champions head-on, then the team chemistry will be elevated to a new height, including Zhou Qi, the core members of the Melbourne Phoenix are eager to win this victory.
In the first quarter, the Melbourne Phoenix took the lead, Zhou Qi and Brokov blossomed inside and outside, the difference between the two sides soon reached double digits, Ranch shot a three-pointer outside the three-point line, the Melbourne Phoenix led the opponent by 15 points 27-12 into the second quarter. The game continued after the break, melbourne united team-wide status picked up, under the tandem of star defender Dela Verdova, Melbourne United blasted a 7-0 small climax, the half game ended, the Melbourne Phoenix's lead was reduced to 11 points.
In the second half, Melbourne United, which was in a state of readjustment, became unstoppable, winning 10 points in a single quarter against Melbourne Phoenix, and Melbourne United trailing by 1 point into the final quarter. Although Melbourne United once reversed the score, but they did not find a way to limit Zhou Qi, who reproduced the dominant performance in the final quarter, making the opponent's two major interior lines five fouls out of the field, Brokov's free throw was firmly hit, the suspense of the game was completely over, and the Melbourne Phoenix finally won 94-86 against Melbourne United. According to the statistics of key players on both sides, Brokov scored 14 points + 6 boards, Della Vidovar scored 19 points + 10 boards + 3 breaks, zhou Qi scored 22 points + 10 boards + 7 risks, and the above 3 players have all had NBA experience.
It is worth noting that after this game, Zhou Qi's average data per game was rewritten to 12 points + 6 boards + 4 shots, of which the block single data ranked first in the league. This has to praise a wave of Zhou Qi's adaptability, in just 3 games, Zhou Qi adapted to the intensity of the NBL league confrontation and the referee blow penalty scale, after the game interview, Melbourne Phoenix coach Mitchell and captain Crick have talked about Zhou Qi. The first is Mitchell, as the first commander within melbourne Phoenix, Mitchell said that Zhou Qi is a very remarkable child, he does not need to make any changes now, does not need to deliberately cater to the league, the real need to adjust is the NBL referee.
It is understood that the main reason for Mitchell's air call on the NBL referee is that Zhou Qi has encountered many controversial penalties in the previous game against the New Zealand saboteurs, resulting in his playing time being greatly reduced, and Mitchell also took the opportunity of the interview to vent a wave of dissatisfaction for the disciple. Then there is Crick, since the day Zhou Qi joined the Melbourne Phoenix, Crick and Zhou Qi in the same frame of the picture has often appeared, as the team's locker room leader, Crick has no shelf in front of Zhou Qi, today, when asked how to view Zhou Qi's comprehensive performance of 22 +10+7, Crick said bluntly: "I love Zhou Qi to death, I really want to kiss him."
I want to update you on the progress of Zhou Qi's return to the NBA, as we all know, in previous interviews, Zhou Qi has mentioned more than once that returning to the NBA is his future goal, and the real purpose of leaving the CBA to join the NBL is to go to a higher level of league to temper himself. In fact, as early as July this year, with the stable findings during the Olympic games, there are sources that show that Zhou Qi has successfully aroused the interest of NBA teams, especially teams like Lone Rangers and Spurs that pay close attention to overseas leagues, and are willing to invite Zhou Qi to the NBA Summer League to try it. However, under the influence of various factors, Zhou Qi did not choose to go to the United States to impact the NBA in the end. Don't think that the distance between the NBL and the NBA is very far, in this league that advocates physical confrontation, there are a lot of NBA hot rookies, if Zhou Qi continues to develop according to the current situation, returning to the NBA is really not a dream, and it can even be said that it is very likely.
Under such a premise, from a report by NBA reporter Kathy Hodal, it is understood that Zhou Qi has successfully won the favor of the Blazer Scouts with an average of 12 points + 4 per game in the NBL League, and this team that is in a turbulent period will focus on Zhou Qi in the future, according to a Trail Blazer insider, once the time is ripe, it is not ruled out that Zhou Qi will join the Blazers. Finally, a few more words, the Blazers scouts have always been quite fond of Chinese players, as early as Yi Jianlian participated in the NBA draft, they sent someone to specifically inspect Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, although in the end there was no cooperation, but this is enough to show that the Blazers very much recognize the Chinese basketball training system. I hope that Zhou Qi can return to the NBA game as soon as possible, thank you for reading and paying attention, and welcome everyone to leave a message to discuss.