NBL-Zhou Qi 2+5 Franks 17+10 Liu Chuanxing 6+5 Phoenix defeated the bullet

Live Bar, January 15, the NBL regular season today ushered in the first Chinese derby, Zhou Qi's southeast Melbourne Phoenix away challenge Liu Chuanxing's Brisbane Bullets. Due to the impact of the epidemic, some of the phoenix matches have been postponed, which also puts the status of the players to the test. As soon as the opening, Zhou Qi was blown foul at the offensive end of the card position, and the bullet multi-point blossomed to start a 13-0 lead. The Phoenix team sleepwalked, missed consecutive shots, bullets fired at the same time, Liu Chuanxing also sent an assist, and the bullets ended the first quarter with a 31-6 lead. In the second quarter, the Phoenix recovered, multi-point blossom once chased the point difference to less than 20 points, Sobe scored 5 points in a row after Franks also had three points, the two joined forces to suppress the Phoenix's counterattack, and the half-time bullets led by 28 points at 57-29. Neither of the two Chinese players made a appearance in this section. In the second half, Phoenix hit three consecutive three-pointers, Zhou Qi faced Liu Chuanxing to take over the hand to break the drought, Liu Chuanxing scored 6 points in a row to respond strongly, Zhou Qi 3 fouls were forced to go down again, and after the third quarter, the bullets led 79-53 by 26 points. In the fourth quarter, a wave of bullets 7-0 once again stretched the point difference to more than 30 points. The two Chinese players were given the opportunity to directly match each other, and the Phoenix hit 4 three-pointers in a row to narrow the point difference to 13 points, but the pit was too big before the bullets maintained the advantage until the end. In the end, the Phoenix lost to the bullets and lost away.

At the beginning of the game, Zhou Qi opened in the card position to elbow the opponent was blown for a foul, the bullet sitting at home took the lead, suppressed the Phoenix at both ends of the attack and defense, Harrison's inner line continued to dunk, Sobe even shot a free throw to get 5 points, demich hit two goals in a row after the bullet started 13-0 lead. Mumford threw a run, the bullets became more and more courageous, franks hit a three-pointer and then Cady scored 3+1 to continue to extend the lead. The Phoenix side seems to be covered by the basket, and the continuous shots are missed, and Zhou Qi goes down to rest. After Liu Chuanxing came on the scene, the internal cross sent an assist, Correbus scored 4 points with a free throw, Crick played 2+1 to stop the bleeding slightly, Zhou Qi was fouled as soon as he played, and was forced to go down again, ending the first quarter with a 31-6 lead.

In the second quarter, the Phoenix offense picked up, the strong attack inside the line frequently won, Harrison threw a throw and assisted Demich to hit a three-point shot, and the Phoenix also responded with 5 points inside and outside. Ranch pushed to narrow the gap to within 20 points, and Franks' three-pointers suppressed the Momentum of the Phoenix's counterattack. Sobe fed Harrison a five-point shoot and Franks hit another three-pointer as the bullets continued to extend their advantage. Alpha caused two kills and two free throws after The Ranch stopped bleeding on three points, Edenham made a mistake and was whistled for a foul, and the bullet led by 28 points at 57-29 at halftime. In this section, Zhou Qi and Liu Chuanxing did not appear.

Easy to fight again, Patterson threw a shot to stretch the point difference to 30 points, the Phoenix finally picked up the outside and fired three consecutive three-pointers, and Franks hit his fourth three-pointer to respond. After Liu Chuanxing came on the scene, he directly confronted Zhou Qi, and Crick assisted Zhou Qi in Liu Chuanxing's defensive air receiver, Liu Chuanxing gained more momentum, scoring 6 points in consecutive baskets and causing Zhou Qi to be forced to go down again for the third personal foul. The Phoenix offense came to a standstill again, with Patterson assisting on a three-point shot by Correbus to stop the Phoenix. After the timeout Brokov jumped to the ground, Crick also made two foul shots, Demich easily countered and Edenham pressed the whistle to lead 26 points at 79-53 after the bullets in the third quarter.

In the final quarter, Crick hit a goal first, but then the Phoenix made consecutive iron mistakes, and the bullet used the counter-attack to play 7-0 to widen the point difference to more than 30 points. Brokov grabbed the counterattack and won, although the extra penalty was missed, but Zhou Qi grabbed the rebound in the front court and caused the opponent to foul. Liu Chuanxing protected a backcourt rebound after playing, Zhou Qi was successfully challenged by the phoenix for fouls, Zhou Qi and Liu Chuanxing jumped the ball, and then Liu Chuanxing quickly returned to the defense to send out a big cap, and Mumford made a basket to play 2+1. The Phoenix hit four consecutive three-pointers to narrow the point gap to 13 points, and the bullets hit consecutive inside lines to kill the game. In the end, the Phoenix lost to the bullets and lost away.

Both sides started:

Phoenix: Zhou Qi, Crick, Ranch, Mumford, Alpha

Bullets: Franks, Demich, Patterson, Sobe, Harrison

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