The first window of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup Asia Pacific Qualifier has ended, and the Chinese men's basketball team has completed the "double kill" against Japan on the road, giving back to countless domestic supporters with an excellent performance of 49 points in two games. These two games not only saw the absolute advantage of the Chinese men's basketball team on the field, but also initially saw the results of many reform measures vigorously promoted by the Basketball Association in recent years, the players tended to mature in terms of mentality and technical and tactical level, and young players gradually had the ability to board the international arena and fully show themselves. In the face of Japan, the Chinese men's basketball team has achieved all-round crushing from individual technology, teamwork, tactical application and execution, calm response on the field and the depth of the overall lineup, and its comprehensive strength has been significantly improved compared with the 2019 World Cup.
Being able to win two big wins is indeed a "heart booster" for the men's basketball team in the trough, which can help the Chinese men's basketball team regain confidence and firmly believe that it is still the existence of the "Asian hegemon". However, today's situation is very different from history, with the addition of Australia and New Zealand, the challenges faced by the Chinese men's basketball team have rapidly increased. In particular, Australia, a regular visitor to the top 4 of the World Series, not only has a number of high-level players playing in the NBA League, but also the overall basketball culture and atmosphere are better than the Chinese men's basketball team. Frankly speaking, even if Australia does not recall players playing in the NBA, all the players who use local leagues to form a team, the strength is still above the Chinese men's basketball team, which is an indisputable fact.
Zhou Qi, the number one star of the Chinese men's basketball team who now plays in the Australian NBL League, has also said that the level and confrontation of the Australian League are above the CBA League. Zhou Qi is already the strongest player in China at present, and being able to say such a thing can also prove the strength of Australia's overall strength from the side. In addition to Zhou Qi, Liu Chuanxing and Li Hongquan's trip to Australia is not so lucky, Liu Chuanxing has not received many opportunities to play, and his performance is relatively mediocre, and Li Hongquan has not yet entered the 12-man roster. Needless to say, it is ultimately a manifestation of insufficient ability.
In the next window period, the Chinese men's basketball team will usher in a head-on confrontation with Australia, in this regard, coach Du Feng also said that "the overall strength and personal ability of the opponent are very strong, the Chinese men's basketball team needs to take the initiative to adapt to the strength of the opponent, although there is a gap in strength with Australia, but the Chinese men's basketball team needs to have the courage to challenge the opponent!" "Du Feng's words are very obvious, facing Australia we need to acknowledge the gap with the opponent, but we can not be without confidence, should dare to challenge, and at the same time, in the face of Australia, our position is to impact the opponent. I have to say that Du Feng's guidance is very accurate in the positioning of the Chinese men's basketball team and the attitude it should have.
Today's Chinese men's basketball team not only has to face the Asian Cup with two strong opponents, Australia and New Zealand, but also needs to compete for a place directly to the Olympic Games in the World Cup if it wants to return to the Olympic Games. It can be seen that the challenge that the Chinese men's basketball team needs to accept if it wants to return to the Olympic Games is unprecedented. Once as long as the Asian Championship championship can get a place directly to the Olympic Games, and the opponents in the Asian Championship are all teams in Asia, it is not too difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team to achieve this goal. Nowadays, the situation has been completely different, through the World Cup to obtain a direct quota, you need to fight from the world's giants to win to stand out, so the situation forces the Chinese men's basketball team to quickly improve their comprehensive strength, only in the Asian scope to become a "hegemon" is not enough to ensure the olympic seats, must dare to any opponent "bright sword" and gradually rank among the "world's strong" queue.