Yesterday, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Kazakhstan men's basketball team 68:56.
The game began kazakhstan to take the lead, successively fired on the outside line, played a 7:4 start, and then the Chinese team found the state, Zhou Qi occupied an absolute advantage on the inside line, through the inside and outside points, we will reverse the score, at the end of the first half, the Chinese team led by 17 points at 41:24. I thought that the second half was steady and steady, the victory could be easily reached, but I did not expect that after returning from the half, the Chinese team lost the sense of hand, suddenly lost power at the offensive end, the third quarter of the whole team was busy for half a day only 7 points into the account, Kazakhstan seized the opportunity to narrow the point difference to single digits, the last quarter was good that we did not pull the crotch at the defensive end at the critical moment, completed the key steals, and won the game without danger.
In this campaign, Zhou Qi had 19 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks, Hu Mingxuan 11 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Wang Zhelin 8 points and 6 rebounds, Sun Minghui 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals, Guo Allen 5 points and 2 steals, and Gu Quan 5 points and 5 rebounds.
After a season of training in the NBL, Zhou Qi has improved very obviously, becoming stronger, and the style of play is tough and the confrontation is strong. On the inside, he can play the déjà vu of the Great Demon King, and he can dominate the three-second zone. He can take the ball on the field to attack the inside line to create damage, can guard the penalty area, provide high-quality baskets, and fight for rebounds.
After the game, Du Feng praised Zhou Qi's performance, saying bluntly: he has been growing in the national team in recent years, and his physical confrontation has increased a lot after playing in Australia. His promotion is of great help to the Chinese men's basketball team at both ends of the attack and defense.
Zhu Mingzhen also got the opportunity to play, but he did not play much time, only played 5 minutes, he did not try to shoot, only got 2 rebounds, plus or minus 0.
Zhu Mingzhen has just arrived at the national team, and he still needs time to adapt to the requirements of understanding the coach, familiar with the team's tactical play and the habits of his teammates. Du mentored him in the role of a 3D player, lurking outside the three-point line on the offensive end, sometimes covering for teammates in high positions; On the defensive end, he needs to defend multiple positions, defend the defenders and defend the forwards, and sometimes the Chinese team plays a small lineup, and Zhu Mingzhen will even top the No. 4 position.
Physically strong, young and energetic are his strengths. Yesterday he defended well, the defensive defender speed can keep up, the defense small forward big forward, he will not suffer too much in the body confrontation, dare to physically confront the opponent, and the defensive position is well controlled.
When playing the Asian Cup, the front position can only rely on Gu Quan's bitter support, hoping that Zhu Mingzhen and Zhu Junlong's arrival can share the worries of da sniper. The Chinese team exposed a lot of problems in the defender line yesterday, and I hope that Guo Allen can adjust in time.