5 points to lose! From the core to the blue collar, Zhou Qi fell down violently, and the Phoenix team issued a blank check
On February 10, Beijing time, the Australian NBL League, Melbourne Phoenix lost to the Sydney Kings 87-92. Zhou Qi played 21 minutes and 02 seconds, shooting 1 of 2 free throws and 6 of 3 of 2, with 5 points and 10 rebounds.
In terms of game trends, Chinese players started the game, but as in the previous game, Zhou Qi could not access the ball at all on the offensive end, but instead participated in a large number of defensive rebounding competitions, and in the first quarter of the game, except for a strategy, it was completely out of the team's offensive tactical system.
In the second quarter, Zhou Qi grabbed a second offensive rebound, added more personal offense, and got 5 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter, but the team still trailed by 4 points to end the half.
In the second half, Zhou Qi continued to defend in the third quarter, intercepting the basket with only one steal, and the rest of the time was given to the other main players of the Phoenix team.
In the fourth quarter, he was reduced to a substitute spectator, and finally the Phoenix was powerless to return to the sky and defeat the Sydney King.
For many fans who watched this game, it is very intuitive that the role of Zhou Qi changed, at the beginning of the new season, the team's publicity represented the players, the general manager of the Phoenix team to the coaching staff, and repeatedly affirmed Zhou Qi's tactical position in the team. The game also frequently played 15+10 levels of performance, and once the attention of NBA teams was heard.
But back in the middle of the league, many fans questioned the Phoenix's empty promise. Zhou Qi's role is more rebounding, defense-oriented, and even easy to eat continuous fouls, targeted by the opponent's internal line, and unable to respond on the offensive end, which is indeed in stark contrast to the early stage of the league.
To be fair, from the last 10 games you can see the true level of the NBL, in fact, there is no Chemistry of European teams, or the complexity of tactical execution, and even it is easy to have a main player to solve the problem, like the Phoenix's Mumford even if he is not in good shape, he can still get a lot of ball rights and tactical status, and even in terms of tolerance for fouls, the scale is magnified, put under the rules of FIBA, whether it can tolerate such a big move of defense, there is a lot of controversy.
So the outside world does not need to transition to interpret Zhou Qi's performance in the Phoenix team, standing at the level of the team rotation, Zhou Qi is not the offensive core of this team, or even the role of the fourth or fifth person, the intention of the Phoenix team to sign, if combined to the level of opening up the Chinese market, Zhou Qi is only part of the plan.
