On February 19, Beijing time, in the NBL's second "China Derby" of the season, Zhou Qi played 12 minutes and 16 seconds, contributing 7 minutes, 2 rebounds and 1 block, while another Chinese player, Liu Chuanxing, only appeared for 2 minutes and 49 seconds, without scoring and rebounding, and the direct dialogue between the two lasted only 1 minute. In the end, the South East Melbourne Phoenix narrowly defeated the Brisbane Bullets 98-94.
In the last China derby, Zhou Qi was plagued by fouls, playing only 17 minutes, shooting 1 of 3, contributing 2 points and 5 rebounds; Liu Chuanxing came off the bench for 11 minutes and 15 seconds, 5 shots and 3 shots, 1 of 0 free throws, and had 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block. In terms of overall performance, Liu Chuanxing is slightly stronger than Zhou Qi.
In the last game, Zhou Qi faced NBL first center Achur, his own performance was average, contributing 13 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks, and the plus-14 plus or minus value ranked the lowest in the game, while Achur scored 30 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, and also deducted Zhou Qi.
In fact, since Zhou Qi represented the Chinese men's basketball team to participate in the two world preliminary games with the Japanese team to return to the NBL, his state has not returned to the appearance of the beginning of the season, on the one hand, it is naturally in the first battle with the Japanese team, coupled with the NBL because of the epidemic interrupted for a long time, Zhou Qi's competitive state and physical fitness have been seriously affected; on the other hand, Zhou Qi's technical characteristics have been gradually familiar with the opponent, such as his weak confrontation, love to start and other weaknesses have been targeted.
This game again against the bullet team, Zhou Qi showed a strong desire to attack at the beginning, the first attack sat on the opponent, the result of shooting the basket out, but the "Big Devil" did not have the slightest discouragement, the next round and then under the basket to carry the opponent, one-handed fire to the sky to hit the ball. There is a tendency to vent the stamina of the last game on the bullet team.
However, when Zhou Qi only played 7 minutes and 18 seconds in the first quarter, he was replaced by the head coach because of two fouls, these two fouls were somewhat senseless, the first time was more impulsive to cut the ball, was judged to be a hitman; the second offense was to push the other party when grabbing the rebound in the front court, although Zhou Qi also fell to the ground, but the referee still judged him to push people foul.
When Zhou Qi sat on the bench throughout the first half, Liu Chuanxing came on the court at 4 minutes and 58 seconds in the second stage, perhaps sitting too long off the field, Liu Chuanxing's defensive end was shook by the other side, scoring on the back basket, when attacking, Liu Chuanxing received the ball and got out of hand, wasting a chance to play big. After a minute of playing, Liu Chuanxing was replaced.
One person scored 2 points and 1 rebound, and the other data column was all 0, it can be said that the first half of the second Chinese derby, whether it is Zhou Qi or Liu Chuanxing, is a bit frustrated.
Zhou Qi, who re-dressed in the third quarter, continued to look for opportunities under the basket, and this time he made a foul, making two free throws and one shot. Perhaps it was realized that it was easier to be blown fouls by dodging and hitting, so Zhou Qi's actions were more fierce, and he made another foul in the process of grabbing the position. Immediately after that, Zhou Qi once again fouled his opponent while covering. Zhou Qi, who was more and more determined, was fouled again when he tried to make an empty connection, and this time he finally won the free throw, hitting both penalties. Zhou Qi single-handedly helped the Phoenix to widen the point difference to 5 points again.
Watching Zhou Qi turn the river upside down under the basket, the head coach of the bullet team could not see it, and sent Liu Chuanxing at the 3 minutes and 51 seconds of the quarter with a big hand, and the Chinese derby officially began. Seeing his fellow countrymen, Zhou Qi was full of morale and forced the ball in the face of Liu Chuanxing. But I don't know why, just when Zhou Qi felt hot, he was actually replaced, and then Liu Chuanxing was also replaced, and the first direct confrontation between the two lasted only 1 minute.
Without the "Big Devil" guarding the inside line, the Phoenix team was very passive on the scene, and was gradually chased by the opponent to 1 point, and Zhou Qi was finally sent by the head coach again when there were 4 minutes and 17 seconds left in the last quarter. After Zhou Qi debuted, his teammates were more confident in shooting, and they continued to test shoot on the outside line, and Zhou Qi also sent a nail board cap in a timely manner!
At this time, something strange happened again: Zhou Qi was inexplicably replaced by the head coach again! You know, at this time, the Phoenix team obviously regained the initiative and opened the point difference again.
Without Zhou Qi, the Phoenix team fell into passivity again, fortunately, the bullet team's feel was not good, and it was repeatedly missed, and finally the Phoenix team defeated the opponent with a thrilling 4-point advantage. Zhou Qi was not greatly affected, and he clapped his teammates one by one with his teammates.
Previously, it was reported that because Zhou Qi did not get too many opportunities, it caused dissatisfaction among the owners of the Phoenix team, after all, Zhou Qi was backed by the huge Chinese market. However, to be honest, Zhou Qi's recent state is really not good, and the premature and too fast foul also makes the head coach dare not use him boldly. Therefore, in the current situation, Zhou Qi can only regain his form as soon as possible and return to the defensive end of the season, only in this way can he regain the trust of the head coach.