The NBL regular season game continued, the Sydney Kings game against the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix began, the last game Southeast Melbourne Phoenix avoided a losing streak with a last-minute free throw kill, Zhou Qi only played 19 minutes, he did not get too many shots, today's game, Southeast Melbourne Phoenix starting lineup: Alpha, Zhou Qi, Buck, Brokov, Crick, Sydney Kings starting lineup: Adams, Vasilyjevic, Brock, Cooks, Martin.
After the start of the first quarter of the game, Brokov hit a three-pointer, Crick counterattacked under the basket and hit again, Martin's three-point shot helped the Kings break the scoring drought, Vasilyevich also hit three points, the Kings directly surpassed the score with a wave of small climaxes, the Phoenix team more was using personal ability to score, the king scored three consecutive three-pointers at the end of the game, the first quarter was finished, the Phoenix team trailed by 9 points, the second quarter of the game The Kings maintained a 10-point lead, Zhou Qi grabbed an offensive rebound and hit the first sports battle goal of the game. At the same time, this is also Zhou Qi's first shot in this game, after half the game, the King led the Phoenix 43-39. In the half, Zhou Qi had 5 points and 6 rebounds, and the Phoenix team only had 5 assists.
After the start of the third quarter, the Phoenix team a wave of 8:4 small climax to tie the score, Adams chased the three-point hit, Cooks also had a three-pointer, the Kings took the lead again, the middle of the game Zhou Qi was replaced, the Kings maintained a slight lead in the score, the third quarter was over, the Kings led the Phoenix by 2 points at 64:62. At the end of the third quarter, Crick and the opposing Cooks had a little skirmish, but fortunately they were pulled apart by their teammates.
In the final quarter, the Kings blasted a 12:5 surge, the Phoenix requested a timeout, the timeout came back to Cooks dunked, Crick scored 5 consecutive points in response, Brokov made a foul and all three free throws, the Phoenix narrowed the point difference to 3 points, Alpha made a mistake, Glover hit a three-pointer, and the game lost suspense. In this game, Zhou Qi shot 1 of 2, 3 of 6 from the free throw line, got 5 points, 10 rebounds and 1 steal, teammate Alpha 10 of 0, key mistakes buried the game.