Beijing, 28 Jul (Xinhua) -- In an interview with the relevant team of the Chinese Basketball Association a few days ago, Chinese men's basketball team members Sun Minghui and Gu Quan revealed some details when they were sick in the World Preliminary Tournament and the Asian Cup.
On July 20, Chinese players Zhou Qi (second from right) and Sun Minghui (third from right) competed for rebounds in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Men's Basketball Asian Cup against Lebanon. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zukanan)
Previously, Sun Minghui's teammates revealed that before the asian cup quarter-final match between China and Lebanon, Sun Minghui did not sleep all night because of physical discomfort, so he played very hard the next day.
In response, Sun Minghui responded: "In fact, I only began to react after arriving in Indonesia, and I would be particularly tired when I was preparing for the game, and I felt particularly breathless after running two steps. After the Bahraini one, I was in a particularly poor state of health, I really couldn't sleep, I was sweating all the time. Director Du Feng has always cared about me, and did not arrange for us to train on the field that morning when he played Lebanon, trained in the afternoon and then played in the evening. That day in the power room, I was particularly sweaty, and at night, I was particularly weak, and I was completely unable to stand on the field. How to say it, each of us did what we should do, and we all persevered to the end. ”
On July 20, Chinese player Sun Minghui (right) broke through in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Men's Basketball Asian Cup against Lebanon. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zukanan)
Gu Quan revealed that before the first match of the Asian Cup group stage against South Korea, he had not trained for six or seven days, and his body was particularly weak, and Du Feng temporarily increased his playing time according to the situation on the field.
"I was not suitable for playing a physical state, before playing Korea I had not practiced for six or seven days, my body was particularly weak, I thought it should be no problem to top two or three minutes, I wanted to put all my energy into defense, do my best to help the team, don't pull the crotch." Gu Quan said.
"Director Du said to me before the game, 'You go up and do a good job of defending to open up space, you just make a three-pointer, I just need you to score one', I said yes. Then I was replaced in the first quarter, and the first offense just happened to have an opportunity, I shot in, and the confidence increased greatly. Du coached to see that my physical condition is not bad, he has been putting me on the top of the play, basically playing for two minutes to quickly adjust me down to rest, because the physical condition at that time really did not allow me to continue to play in this kind of high-intensity game, so the frequency of substitutions is very frequent. ”
On July 18, Chinese player Gu Quan (second from right) broke through with the ball in the play-offs of the 2022 Men's Basketball Asian Cup Quarterfinals against Indonesia. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zukanan)
The Chinese men's basketball team lost to south Korea 81:93 in this game, and Gu Quan insisted on shooting 5 three-pointers to score 22 points. In the second game of the group stage against Bahrain, Gu Quan scored 22 points again and completed a quasi-kill 6.8 seconds before the final game to help the Chinese team win by 1 point.
When talking about his outstanding performance in the Asian Cup, Gu Quan thanked Du Feng for his help and trust.
"He gave me a lot of confidence in his usual training, including in the game, especially when I was not confident, he also talked to me a lot, just let me let go of the play, which made me play very firmly in the back games. As for the kill, it was actually I just appeared in that position, and then the ball also fell in my hand, so there was some luck to kill it. ”
On July 3, Du Feng, head coach of the Chinese team, coached the players on the sidelines. On the same day, in the third window of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup Qualifier held in Melbourne, Australia, the Chinese team lost to Australia 48-71. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Bai Xue)
During the World Cup and the Asian Cup, there was some discussion about the Chinese team's often use of the three-back lineup in the game, and Sun Minghui said his own understanding.
"In the Guangzhou training camp, we played a lot of teaching games with the Guangzhou team and the Qingdao team, and then Du guidance also let us cooperate on the field according to different groups and different defenders, in fact, when we were on the field, we felt that the play was still relatively smooth, because the three defenders could launch tactics, they could catch the ball, they could play their own characteristics on the field, they could make up for some weaknesses of others, or they could help their teammates play their own state better. For me, it feels a little easier to play like this. Because when there is one or two defenders on the court, it will be a little slower when there are some balls or shout tactics, and it will be smoother when there are three defenders. ”
Sun Minghui believes that the pattern of Asian basketball has changed a lot compared with before.
On July 18, China's Sun Minghui (front) scrambled for rebounds in the playoffs of the 2022 Men's Basketball Asian Cup Quarterfinals against Indonesia. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zukanan)
He said: "The last time I played in Asia was in the 2018 Asian Games, when very few teams had naturalized players, and now only Australia, New Zealand and us in Asian teams have no naturalized (players)." In terms of physical confrontation (naturalized players) it actually helps them a lot and creates a lot of trouble for us. Australia and New Zealand are in Asia, and Australia is one of the top three teams in the world, putting a lot of competition (pressure) on Asian teams, including us. ”
Sun Minghui said that the next Chinese team to Europe to train is a rare learning opportunity, "we have not been too much in the country to compete with European teams in recent years, this time to Europe, including to Spain there are many universities and club professional teams, with them to learn more on the field of physical confrontation, the opportunity is particularly rare." International competitions are not the same as our domestic leagues, from the rhythm including physical confrontation are different, I think we should improve ourselves from these two aspects. ”
Gu Quan said that the Chinese team playing the Asian Cup is based on the quality of will and faith, and to go to Europe to train, we must first restore our physical and psychological state.
Chinese player Gu Quan (left) shoots in the group stage of the 2022 Men's Basketball Asian Cup against Bahrain on July 14. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zukanan)
"First of all, it is better to recover the physical state, and then there is the psychology, it is true that everyone is carrying different pressures and needs a point of release." I think everyone can carry it over, because the most difficult time has passed, and the back will definitely get better and better, so don't think too much about it. Remove the objective factors to summarize our shortcomings in this game, and then move on. ”
Editors: Haoyu Wang, Sihui Yu, Junkuan Wu, Wenjing Chen (Intern)