On February 17, Beijing time, the Australian NBL League staged a strong showdown, Melbourne United against the Phoenix, Chinese player Zhou Qi played, before the two sides met for the first time, the Phoenix team won. But in this game, Melbourne United took advantage early, playing a 30-17 score in the first quarter, leading by 13 points in one go. Fortunately, in the second quarter, the Phoenix team rose up to catch up, did a good job of defense, and returned a 25-11, after half-time, the Phoenix team rebounded the score, the score was 42-41.
Throughout the first half, Chinese player Zhou Qi has not come out of the recent downturn, the offensive end lacks opportunities, no teammates give him the ball, the defensive end is to take on a lot of responsibility, constantly turning back to run in addition to doing a good job of protecting the basket, in the end, Zhou Qi played 10 minutes in the first half, shooting 6 of 2, 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block into the account, the performance was mediocre.
In contrast, Melbourne United center Akul, who was directly opposite Zhou Qi in this game, performed extremely well, both outside three points, and inside line dunks and penalty area blocks, only in the first half, Akur shot 7 of 5 in 13 minutes, including 2 of 2 three points, cut 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 steal, and the data performance was comprehensive.
It is worth mentioning that Akur played against Zhou Qi in the first half of the game, and there was a wonderful shot of Zhou Qi in the partition, when Akur held the ball single, directly opened Zhou Qi to complete the partition, the performance was very explosive, after the partition zhou Qi, Akur shook his arm and roared, venting his emotions.
In fact, the last time the Phoenix team played against Melbourne United, when Zhou Qi exploded Akul, the whole game cut 22 points, 10 rebounds and 7 blocks, multiple blocks directly sent to Akur, that game, Akur was confused by Zhou Qi. To this end, Akur held his breath in this game to express himself and find his own field.
At present, Akur is the first center of the Australian League, as of now, Akur has averaged 16.6 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.8 blocks in 26.6 minutes per game, shooting 54% from the field, averaging 8th in the league in points per game, rebounding and blocking per game are the 1st in the league, and the data is outstanding. At 2.11 meters tall, Akull is a South Sudanese with excellent physical fitness and explosiveness, the typical black center, Akull is currently an Australian national and is expected to be selected for the Australian men's basketball team. It can be said that Akur is Zhou Qi's biggest opponent in the Australian League center position, and if the position is the same, there will be competition.
Of course, as one of the best interior lines of Asian basketball at present, Zhou Qi will not be so easily defeated, in the second half, Zhou Qi in the penalty area against Akur, directly overturned Akur, and then made a layup, the next round, Zhou Qi continuously sent out the cover, the offensive and defensive ends showed great value. This wave of responses shows Zhou Qi's current mood and will not let his opponent do whatever he wants!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)