The 2021-22 NBL regular season game continues, southeast Melbourne Phoenix against Illawarra Eagles, the last game against Perth Wildcats, Zhou Qi ushered in a comeback, but it is more regrettable that Southeast Melbourne Phoenix lost to Perth Wildcats, the team did not win 4 consecutive wins, this game Zhou Qi got 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block data, but due to foul trouble, Zhou Qi did not play too long, for Zhou Qi how to control fouls is also what to pay attention to in this game.
The Illawarra Hawks are currently 4th in the league with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses, their last game was a crushing defeat to the New Zealand Spoilers, the team saved 69 points, lost 3 of the last 5 games, the team's morale is also very low, the team urgently needs a win to stop the decline, southeast Melbourne Phoenix starts: Mumford, Alpha, Zhou Qi, Brokov, Crick, Illawarra Hawks starters: Cleveland, Harvey, Jessup, Cohenrad, Reese.
After the start of the first quarter of the game, Jessup cut into the basket under the empty basket to score, Brokov made two foul shots in response, Zhou Qi made a strong attack and throw shot under the basket, Jessup responded with three points, Crick scored consecutive points, Zhou Qi dunked, the southeast Melbourne Phoenix exploded a small climax in the middle of the game, Mumford hit a three-point shot, Alfa made a layup to 2+1, and the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix led the Illawarra Eagles 19:10. After the Irawala Hawks requested a timeout, after the timeout came back, the Phoenix's offense was still unstoppable, Alpha hit another three-pointer, Crick hit the board on the layup, the Phoenix team made 10 of 10, three-pointers 3 of 3, and the whole team felt hot. After the first quarter, the South East Melbourne Phoenix led the Illawarra Hawks 28-18.
After the start of the second quarter of the game, the Phoenix attack suddenly came to a standstill, the Eagles a wave of 8:0 to narrow the score, Brokov layup to help the Phoenix break the scoring drought, Buck also made a basket, the game was more than 5 minutes left, Zhou Qi returned to the court, he grabbed the offensive rebounds to make up the basket in a row, and then he was treated with a bleeding hand, and the Phoenix temporarily led the Eagles 47-38 at halftime.
After the start of the second half of the game, the Illawarra Eagles continued to shrink the score, the score of the two teams in the final quarter came to 68, the two teams entered a tug-of-war, the game was replaced when there were 5 minutes left, the Phoenix took a 4-point lead at the end of the game, Reese hit a three-pointer, Cleveland won the empty basket, the Eagles countered the score, Cleveland snatched and counterattacked again, Mumford made two free throws, the Phoenix team trailed by 1 point, Harvey missed the basket, 0.1 seconds Mumford three-point foul three-free two-shot game, this game Zhou Qi only played 19 minutes , 5-of-6 scored 11 points and was deprecated at key moments.