Earlier, the Phoenix relied on Mumford's free throw kill to win 88-87 against the Illawarra Eagles, although the team had a thrilling victory, but it was difficult for Zhou Qi to hide his grievances, this time Zhou Qi started only 19 minutes, for the starting five Tigers the one with the least playing time, even if the playing time is limited, but Zhou Qi still has 11 points and 7 rebounds with a super high accuracy of 6 in 5, and the plus-minus of +8 is also the highest in the team.
If Zhou Qi was limited by foul trouble in this game, it is indeed understandable that he got so little playing time, but in the whole game, Zhou Qi only had 3 fouls and was not bound by foul problems, in this case, Zhou Qi was so unappreciated by the coaching staff, it was indeed a pity. Throughout the game, Zhou Qi was almost doing round-trip running, even if he and the defender were ready to go down, even in the case of no one defending in the penalty area, he could not get Mumford's feeding, this game Zhou Qi played really very depressed. But as long as the Phoenix coaching staff can give Zhou Qi a stable 2 or 30 minutes of playing time at the beginning of the season, the Phoenix team is estimated to have already taken the victory into its pocket.
Before today's game against the Eagles, Zhou Qi averaged 11.3 points, 7 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game in 21.6 minutes of playing time, but since the Phoenix team's game was postponed, Zhou Qi's previous inner core position after returning to the team in recent days seemed to be shaken, in the last Phoenix team's fiasco to the Wildcats, Zhou Qi's playing time was only 12 minutes, setting a record low this season, and the playing time of this game once again failed to reach 20+, What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd of the Phoenix coaching team, which really makes fans feel confused.
Last offseason, when Zhou Qi decided to quit the CBA and switch to overseas leagues, there were B Leagues including South Korea's KBL and Japan to throw olive branches, of course, including the NBL League he now plays in, and the team that offered him the highest salary at that time was the Sydney Kings, but because the infamous Bogut was one of the shareholders of this team, Zhou Qi did not choose to join the Kings, but chose to go to the Most Sincere Phoenix team with an annual salary of about 4 million yuan. At that time, the whole team attached great importance to The joining of Zhou Qi, and the coaching staff also directly promised to let him play the starting center position of the team.
After officially joining the Phoenix, Zhou Qi did prove his worth with practical actions, and in the match with the same city team Melbourne United on December 12, Zhou Qi scored a quasi-triple-double with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 7 blocks, helping the Phoenix team win 94-86. But in the last 2 games, Zhou Qi suddenly lost the trust of the coaching staff, I am afraid that it is still related to the absence of coach Simon Mitchell, because the latter triggered the league's new crown regulations, and was not able to coach the Phoenix in the last 2 games, but was coached by assistant coach Justin Hü Lyeller instead of him, but this assistant coach obviously did not know how to use Zhou Qi, so it led to Zhou Qi becoming a coolie blue-collar inner line running back and forth.
For Zhou Qi, he can only pray for the early return of coach Mitchell, his strength is beyond doubt, but Maxima also needs Bole to stimulate potential, if it continues to be delayed by this Xu Laier, it is really a high-paying contract offered by the Blind Phoenix team for Zhou Qi.