NBL regular season matches continue, Southeast Melbourne Phoenix against Adelaide 36ers game began, this season's Phoenix team played very well at the beginning of the season, but the team went high and low, the last game Southeast Melbourne Phoenix lost 80-84 to the Tasmanian Ants, the team lost two rounds of playoff competition in advance, today's game for southeast Melbourne Phoenix is basically no desire, Phoenix starters: Zhou Qi, Crick, Alpha, Ranch, Mumford, 36ers starters: Withers, McCarran, Harris, Johnson, Diez.
After the start of the first quarter of the game, Diez broke through the layup to score, McCarran also hit the basket, Zhou Qi dunked for the Phoenix to break the scoring drought, Diez three-point shooting again, Mumford empty shot hit, Diez three-point projection again, Adelaide 36ers took a 10:4 lead, Zhou Qi basket throw score, Soto basket hit in response, Zhou Qi basket strong score and caused fouls, played 5 minutes and 30 seconds, Zhou Qi 5 3 scored 7 points, and then was replaced, after a few minutes of rest, Zhou Qi returned to the field, He made two fouls and one shot, Withers hit a three-pointer, Zhou Qi hooked another shot under the basket, and the first quarter of the game was played, and the Phoenix team trailed by 3 points. In the first quarter, Zhou Qi had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
After the start of the second quarter of the game, Mumford hit a three-pointer, the Phoenix team equalized the score, Johnson hit a mid-range shot, Hannas hit a three-point shot, the Phoenix's offense suddenly came to a standstill, there were too many mistakes, Johnson hit a three-point shot, McCarran snatched and counterattacked, Diez received the ball and scored a layup, Zhou Qi made up the basket to help the Phoenix break the scoring drought, Johnson and King hit three points consecutively, the point difference instantly came to 17 points, and the game entered a timeout. Crick scored four straight points in response after the timeout, Ranch hit a layup and caused a foul, Ashley hit a basket, and after half-time, the Phoenix narrowed the gap to eight points.
After the start of the second half of the game, Adelaide 36ers a small climax extended the lead to 15 points, the phoenix led by 14 points after the third quarter, in the middle of the final quarter, the Adelaide 36ers offensive success rate declined, Greendon hit three points, Ranch basket scored consecutive points, the point difference returned to 7 points, Greenden hit another three, Crick made two free throws, Ranch hit under the basket, the Phoenix reversed the score, 10.4 seconds Phoenix led by 1 point, Alpha made two free throws, Johnson missed three points, the game lost suspense, The Phoenix defeated the Adelaide 36ers 94-91, and Zhou Qi had 12 points and 7 rebounds in this game, no points in the second half, and the final quarter was abandoned.