At 15:00 beijing time on February 24, 2022, the first round of the first stage of the men's basketball team began, the New Zealand men's basketball team vs the Indian men's basketball team. As a result, New Zealand beat India 32-8, 20-17, 18-10, 31-11, 101-46 on aggregate. From the perspective of the game process, although the New Zealand team won, but the overall performance is also poor, the next game against the Philippine men's basketball team, may be the real test of this team's success.
Currently, New Zealand and India are in the same World Asian Pre-A Group, and the same group is also against South Korea and the Philippines. There is no record of playing each other in the history of the two teams, but in terms of strength, the Indian men's basketball team and the New Zealand team are not at all the same. In fact, the Indian men's basketball team was hanged by the New Zealand team.
In the first quarter of the game, the Indian men's basketball team thought that it was too difficult to score, and in the first quarter of the game, almost every player on the New Zealand team could seem to walk into no man's land after taking the ball, and as a result, in the first quarter, the Indian team only scored 8 points, while the New Zealand team scored 32 points.
In the second quarter, the New Zealand team also played a little loosely due to the big score, and the two teams made frequent mistakes. Four minutes into the second quarter, India scored two points, and New Zealand didn't seem to have any energy for the game. The technical and tactical level of the Indian players is really not flattering. There was a Bearded No. 9 player who didn't know what his name was, and he didn't even touch the basket frame when he shot a 3-point shot. At half-time, New Zealand led India 20-17, 52-25 on aggregate.
In the third quarter, although the attacks of the two teams came and went, they were not busy, but the mistakes occurred frequently. New Zealand relied on just a few 3-pointers to secure a lead in the third quarter. India scored just 10 points in the quarter, and in the third quarter, India trailed 10-18 on aggregate 35-70.
In the fourth quarter, when there were 5 minutes and 18 seconds left in the game time, the Indian team only got 4 in this quarter, and in desperation, the Indian coach called a timeout. After the suspension, the Indian team has been working hard, but the strength is really not good, and in the last 5 minutes, the Indian team scored 7 points. In the final fourth quarter, India was 11-29, and the aggregate score was 46-101 by the New Zealand team.
The Indian team also set 2 humiliating records in this game. First, for the first time in history, he was defeated by the New Zealand men's basketball team; second, he also set his record for the lowest single-game score in Asia.
Judging from the process of this game, Indian basketball is still early, and its strength is estimated to be inferior to the level of the mainland's "municipal city team". On February 25, India will play against the Philippine men's basketball team, and then again against New Zealand on February 28. Judging from the situation in this group, the Indian team is the weakest, and I am afraid that I will be beaten by the opponent in every game.