On December 23, Beijing time, the Regular Season of the Australian NBL League continued, and the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team played by Chinese player Zhou Qi will challenge the Illawarra Eagles away, and the Current Phoenix team temporarily ranks 2nd in the league standings with a score of 3 wins and 1 loss, and the Eagles are also 3 wins and 1 loss, temporarily ranking 3rd in the league standings. The Phoenix team last game against the Sydney Kings, according to the overall strength of the two sides, the Phoenix team is to be stronger than the opponent a lot, but from the beginning of the game, the Phoenix team's outside feel as if infected, three-point shooting rate projection is very bad, and like a fan, the more you do not enter the more you have to shoot, always believe that you can find the feel, the point difference is gradually opened.
The first quarter was 15 points behind, the second quarter was once behind as many as 20 points, in fact, in the whole process, Zhou Qi performed quite well, he struggled to support in the inner line, otherwise the Phoenix team would have collapsed long ago, but it was a pity that he could not get the ball, the guard was obsessed with shooting three-pointers, and did not give Zhou Qi a pass at all, the team boss Crick had the idea of passing to Zhou Qi, but ended in a mistake, although the Phoenix team set off a momentum of chasing points, the three-point ball also picked up, but in the end it was 73-84 against the opponent, Suffering the first defeat of the new season, the whole game, Zhou Qi started 30 minutes, shot 6 of 9 shots, 6 of 6 free throws, got 17 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks, plus or minus 2, is the only player in the team with positive or negative values.
But even so, it still exposes the status quo of Zhou Qi's lack of ball rights, the coaching team does not arrange offensive tactics for him, teammates do not pass the ball, most of his scores are from their own active scramble for the second score in exchange, some fans question Zhou Qi's lack of offensive ability to hold the ball, back play technology needs to be perfected, is the reason why the head coach does not give him offensive tactics, in fact, such a statement is one-sided, I believe that fans who have watched Zhou Qi's four NBL regular season games should know that the players here pay more attention to showing themselves, Don't like to pass the ball, second, Zhou Qi's advantage in the inside line is obvious, the ability to move is also very prominent, even if he is not good at back play, the ability to hold the ball to attack is still very strong.
Let's talk about the Illawarra Eagles, the first three games of the season have also won, including the defeat of the Sydney Kings, the last game against the Brisbane Bullets of chinese player Liu Chuanxing, unfortunately lost 92-96, in fact, objectively speaking, the overall strength and personal ability of the Eagles is not worse than the Phoenix, or even stronger, this season's preseason two teams have a meeting, when the Phoenix lost to the Eagles 112-116, so now the two sides meet again, Phoenix's outside players must adjust their feel in time, and Zhou Qi also needs to continue his previous performance, otherwise they are likely to suffer two consecutive defeats in the new season.