On January 15, Beijing time, the NBL league regular season, Zhou Qi's southeast Melbourne Phoenix team against Liu Chuanxing's Brisbane Bullets, this game Zhou Qi and Liu Chuanxing's confrontation has attracted much attention from the outside world. However, the two Chinese players did not get much playing time in this game, Zhou Qi was trapped in the game by fouls, he played the worst performance after joining the NBL League, the whole game he started 17 minutes and 15 seconds, 3 shots 1 only got 2 points and 5 rebounds, while Liu Chuanxing played 11 minutes and 15 seconds, 5 shots 3 got 6 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, from the overall point of view, Liu Chuanxing's performance was better than Zhou Qi. And Zhou Qi did not get too many performance opportunities because of too many fouls.
The south-east Melbourne Phoenix itself had the upper hand, having lost only one game before this game, ranking third in the league. The Brisbane Bullets, on the other hand, have a record of only 2 wins and 3 losses, ranking 7th in the league. In terms of overall strength, the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team will definitely have the advantage, the team lineup depth is outstanding, and in the first few games, their performance is also very eye-catching.
However, in this game, the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix performed a bit of a crotch, in the first quarter, they only scored 6 points, and on the defensive end, they let the opponent get 31 points. At the end of the first quarter, the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix dug a 25-point hole for themselves. In the following three quarters, the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix tried to catch up with the score, but the effect was not ideal, on the offensive end, the team's success rate was not high, and on the defensive end, they could not limit the opponent's attack. The team's performance in this campaign was not good, and the overall performance was disappointing.
In the end, the Brisbane Bullets defeated the South East Melbourne Phoenix by a 100-84 upset score to win the match, while the South East Melbourne Phoenix suffered their second defeat of the new season.
In this game, Zhou Qi did not get many opportunities to perform, and in the first quarter of the game, he was replaced because he only played 4 minutes for too many fouls. Subsequently, Zhou Qi only received a pass from Mitchell Crick to complete the dunk, and then he did not have many opportunities to perform. In the end, Zhou Qi did not perform well in this game, he only got 2 points and 5 rebounds in the whole game, after two consecutive highlights, Zhou Qi fell into a trough in this campaign, and his play at both ends of the attack and defense was relatively sluggish, playing his worst performance in the NBL League, and the team lost the game.
And Liu Chuanxing did not get much playing time in the previous game, and his playing time in this campaign has also improved, he played 11 minutes and 15 seconds in the whole game, 5 shots and 3 of 6 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, the efficiency in the game is very high, in the face of Zhou Qi's alignment, Liu Chuanxing also has an advantage. In the end, when facing Zhou Qi for the first time in the NBL League, Liu Chuanxing's performance was dominant, and he also helped the team win the game, in this derby, Liu Chuanxing laughed to the end.