On February 10, Beijing time, the Australian NBL League war rekindled, and the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team faced the Sydney Kings. After four quarters of competition, he finally lost to the opponent 87-92 and lost by crying. Chinese player Zhou Qi got the starting opportunity in this game, played 21 minutes in the whole game, scored 5 points on 1 of 2 shots, in addition to 10 rebounds and 1 steal, and he still handed over +3 efficiency points in the case of the team's 5-point defeat.
Since joining the Phoenix, Zhou Qi has performed well at the beginning of the season, but then suffered from an epidemic suspension, and after the resumption of the league, he experienced gastroenteritis, during which the team also signed Ashley, a big foreign player with a competitive relationship in the same position. In recent games, Zhou Qi has never been able to play the amazing performance of the beginning of the season.
On the one hand, the NBL's blowing standards in physical confrontation are not a headache, in many games, Zhou Qi has suffered from fouls, the same action, if it is made by Australian local players, the referee will directly ignore it, but if Zhou Qi makes it, the whistle immediately sounds, which makes people feel some special treatment.
On the other hand, the passing ability of the team's defenders is really speechless. In the last game against the Eagles, Zhou Qi repeatedly blocked and demolished the undefended vacancy, but as the core of the backcourt, Mumford repeatedly ignored it, either choosing to end it himself, or directly playing iron and making mistakes, which was also dubbed "BlindFord" by many Chinese fans.
In this game, Mumford could not play because of the penalty epidemic prevention regulations, originally thought that the team would play the main inside line, Zhou Qi would get more offensive opportunities, but only 2 shots in the whole game, which has highlighted his embarrassing situation. Team defender Lerfa shot 0-of-10 in the whole game, smashed the basketball frame and refused to pass the ball to Zhou Qi.
It should be noted that the teammates do not pass the ball to Zhou Qi, which is directly related to the tactical arrangement of the coach on the spot. In the Phoenix game, we don't see any offensive tactics designed around Zhou Qi, and most of Zhou Qi's offensive points need to come from the second attack after grabbing the offensive rebound. Even when Zhou Qiming showed a good competitive state, the team coach inexplicably replaced him, replacing him with a defensive guard frame and an attack that was inferior to his Ashley.
Judging from the games that have been played so far, Zhou Qi's function in this Phoenix team is very single, that is, the defensive guard frame and the second attack, before in the NBA and CBA, Zhou Qi has shown his ability in the middle and long distance, but since joining the Phoenix team, he has never tried a three-pointer, in today's game, he once prepared to shoot three points, and finally passed out, as if the coach asked, deliberately.
The reason why Zhou Qi chose to stay in Yang was to use the big platform to enhance his ability and enrich his skills, but now it seems that in the NBL Alliance, what he can learn is very limited, and he may even lose all the skill packs he has mastered before.