Yesterday afternoon, Australia's NBL league continued, and it was another "Chinese derby".
South East Melbourne Phoenix will be at home for the Brisbane Bullets. Because Chinese player Zhou Qi plays for the Phoenix team and Liu Chuanxing plays for the bullet team, such a game will attract the attention of many Chinese fans. However, Chinese fans are now paying less and less attention to the NBL league because Zhou Qi and Liu Chuanxing have too few scenes.
At the beginning, Zhou Qi still had a lot of playing time and performance opportunities, but now his performance is getting worse and worse, and his playing time has also decreased significantly. Liu Chuanxing has not had too many performance opportunities, so the fans' concern for them is decreasing.
In yesterday's game, the Phoenix team finally defeated the bullet team 98-94, but Zhou Qi and Liu Chuanxing were not the protagonists. Zhou Qi only played 12 minutes, contributing 7 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block, shooting 2 of 4 from the field and 3 of 4 from the free throws. Liu Chuanxing only played 2 minutes and 49 seconds, and there was no other data to enter the account except for 1 mistake.
Zhou Qi has not always done a good job of controlling his fouls, and he received 2 fouls early in the first quarter of the game, which greatly limited his playing space. Of course, Zhou Qi still has a certain performance when he plays, and there is no small improvement for the interior defense.
But in the end, I am afraid that Zhou Qi and Liu Chuanxing's personal ability is not up to standard, Zhou Qi was suppressed by the opponent's center Akur when facing Melbourne United in the last game, the latter bombed 30 points, the big hat + partition Zhou Qi, worthy of the NBL's first center.
In order to win respect and playing time, I am afraid that Zhou Qi and Liu Chuanxing will have to continue to work hard to conquer the coach in training.