On January 15, 2022, Beijing time, the Australian NBL League resumed playing after a few weeks of suspension due to the epidemic. In today's match, the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team played against the Brisbane Bullets, and the highlight of this match was the Battle of the China Derby, that is, zhou Qi's Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team played against Liu Chuanxing's Brisbane Bullets. In the end, the Bullets defeated the Phoenix 100-84.
The match was zhou qi and the phoenix team returned to the court after 28 days, the first leg of the opening, the phoenix team attacked, Zhou Qi elbowed the opponent's face when the card position, the referee whistled and watched the replay. After watching the replay, the referee gave the defender a blocking foul, but Zhou Qi was also blown for a foul. In the first quarter of the game, the entire Phoenix team did not play well.
As soon as the opening, the Brisbane Bullets blossomed more and took a 13-0 lead at the beginning. The Phoenix team missed consecutive shots, and the Brisbane Bullets ended the first quarter with a 31-6 lead. Zhou Qi only appeared for about 5 minutes in the first quarter of the game and did not score. In the second quarter, the Phoenix team recovered, and the multi-point blossom once chased the point difference to less than 20 points, and the half-time bullet team led by 28 points at 57-29.
The third quarter continued, Zhou Qi and Liu Chuanxing were on the field, this section of the game, Liu Chuanxing's play has many highlights, especially in the time of the confrontation with Zhou Qi, Liu Chuanxing played self-confidence, and played the highest level after he came to Australia. Zhou Qi faced Liu Chuanxing's empty hand to break the drought, Liu Chuanxing scored 6 consecutive points to respond strongly, Zhou Qi 3 fouls were forced to go down again, and the bullet team led by 26 points 79-53 after the third quarter.
The fourth quarter continued, with the Bullets once again stretching the gap to more than 30 points in a wave of 7-0. The two Chinese players were given a direct matching opportunity, zhou Qi did not find a feeling until the last quarter of the game, and the same Phoenix team did not play at their normal level until the end of the game. The Phoenix hit four consecutive three-pointers to narrow the point gap to 13 points, and the Bullets team held the advantage until the end. In the end, the Phoenix lost away from home and suffered two consecutive defeats.
In this game, Zhou Qi was plagued by fouls, only played 17 minutes, shot 3 of 1, contributed 2 points and 5 rebounds, due to a long time without a game, Zhou Qi's downturn in this game is also forgivable. Liu Chuanxing showed a wave in front of his compatriots, and came off the bench for this game with 3 shots of 11 minutes and 15 seconds, 0 of 1 free throw, and got 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, of which the playing time, scoring and rebounding all set a new NBL career high.
Liu Chuanxing played at his highest level since coming to Australia, and if he can continue to maintain such a performance, he will be able to get a stable playing time. In fact, it won't be long before the phoenix and the bullet will meet again. I hope that zhou qi and da Liu will get more time and more opportunities for alignment.