At yesterday's Australian NBL League, the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team, where Chinese player Zhou Qi played, ushered in a same-city derby against Melbourne United. In this game, Zhou Qi's performance was very eye-catching, and he personally scored 22 points, 10 rebounds and 7 blocks of quasi-triple-double data, winning a round of applause.
You know, before Zhou Qi was either playing as a substitute or trapped by a foul, he could only play about 20 minutes of the game, and the data was only 8 points plus a few rebounds. This time it became the core center's data, and it was only in his third NBL regular season, and the adaptation speed was very fast.
As the absolute core of the Phoenix team, Mickey Crick told reporters after the game that he "loved Zhou Qi to death and wanted to kiss him" . Obviously, Zhou Qi has won the trust of the team, which is a very good thing, after all, Zhou Qi did not have offensive ball rights before, and all shots had to be obtained by grabbing rebounds by himself.
What needs to be noted is that the Australian referee seems to dislike Zhou Qi very much, and it took only 6 minutes to blow Zhou Qi's 3 personal fouls in the second regular season. The NBL league is a 5-foul departure, so Zhou Qi played very hard in that game.
For this, the phoenix coach said that he did not need Zhou Qi to adapt to the blowing penalty of the game, and the referee should be allowed to adjust. I have to say that this is strong support, because Zhou Qi just needs the team to help him speak out and express certain views.
Zhou Qi played overseas, and the biggest difficulty encountered was the problem of trust. No one will trust Zhou Qi very much from the beginning, and the ball needs to be fought for by himself. Once you have a brilliant performance, then the next problem is solved.