Halftime 38:40! In the Australian NBL League on the morning of February 13, Beijing time, the Melbourne Phoenix team trailed the Tasmanian Skydiving Ant team by two points after two quarters of battle. Zhou Qi played 13 minutes, with 4 points and 3 rebounds on 2-of-6 shooting, and was in good shape, but it was not outstanding.
Recently, the head coach of the Phoenix team is absent, and the assistant coach's use of Zhou Qi has caused dissatisfaction among fans, the time has been greatly compressed, and the value on the field has not been reflected. It is said that the Phoenix boss has intervened to demand the reuse of Zhou Qi, of course, with the return of the legitimate head coach this situation will be improved. But it has to be said that after entering February, the overall state of the Phoenix team is average, especially the inaccurate shooting on the outside line, taking today's game as an example, the Phoenix team three-pointers in the first half are 0 in 8, while the skydiving ant team is 15 in 8, the gap is very large. After Zhou Qi came back from illness, he didn't feel as good as the previous stage, and everyone needed to adjust slowly.
At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Zhou Qi was still on the field, and it was clear that he would play this game for a long time. The parachuting ant team's first attack was fruitless, and then the Phoenix team counterattacked, and Zhou Qi quickly received a pass from his teammates, holding high and hitting easily.
As the game progressed, in an attack by the parachute jumpers, Zhou Qi blocked the thugs and ate fouls. Then the Phoenix launched an attack, Zhou Qi successfully played the inside line, received a single pass from Brookhof, and was punished by the referee for an offensive foul under the opponent's bag. Zhou Qi accumulated 3 fouls, and the Phoenix head coach constantly communicated with the referee, but did not apply to look back.
Zhou Qi then used the height to hit the opponent's basket successfully, and caused a penalty, the score came to a 50:46 lead, and then was replaced to rest. After the Phoenix changed a small lineup, suddenly found the feel of the outside line, hit three-pointers in a row, and after the point difference expanded to 8 points, the parachute ants felt that the situation was not good and called a timeout. Halfway through the third quarter, including Crick, he sat on the court to rest, saving energy for the rest of the game.
The two substitutes played fiercely on the field, but neither of them scored, and the stalemate lasted for more than 2 minutes, and finally there was a new data change for each other. The Phoenix side still let Crick lead the team to stabilize the hearts of the army, and the third quarter ended, 59:52.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, Zhou Qi returned to the field, quickly turned the river and the sea in the opponent's half, using singles and bottom line serves to create fouls, and then personally held the ball in the three-point line position to advance inward, after attacking the box, he continued to get rebounds, in exchange for free throw opportunities, at this time, the heart of the jumping ant team coach was collapsed, unfortunately, Zhou Qi could not score two free throws.
In the fourth quarter, only 2 and a half minutes, the parachuting ant team actually had 5 fouls, which was originally behind the score, which made their subsequent game under great pressure, especially Zhou Qi was too highly threatening on the inside line, and wanted to strengthen the defense and became shrinking. With 5 minutes left in the game, Zhou Qi and Crick went off the court together, and the Phoenix led by 9 points.
Substitute center Ashley came up in good shape during this time, shooting 3 of 3 and sprinting to the big cap. With more than a minute left, the Skydiving Ant team frantically chased the points, and the Phoenix team immediately changed to Zhou Qi, and then he scored a goal, forcing the opponent to call a timeout.
At the end of the game, the Phoenix defeated the Skydiving Ants 83:71, and they also won again after the return of the head coach and other core members. Zhou Qi played 23 minutes, got 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal, shot 5 of 11, the free throws were not ideal, 5 of 1, otherwise the score would increase a lot.