The game on February 23 at 7:30 p.m., the Chinese men's basketball team vs the Kazakhstan men's basketball team.
Chinese team starters: Zhao Jiwei, Cui Yongxi, Zhou Peng, Zhang Zhenlin, Zhou Qi
Kazakhstan starters: Rastam, Dmitri, Vatim, Roman
In the first quarter of the game, Zhou Qizhong hit a shot, Zhao Jiwei made a mistake but was a blessing in disguise, a fast attack + a steal scored 4 points in a row, and the Chinese team started with a wave of 6-0 to stop the Kazakhstan team.
After the timeout, Rastam hit a three-pointer, Zhao Jiwei responded with a three-pointer, Robert Pan scored a basket, Zhou Qi scored four consecutive points, Zhang Zhenlin scored a layup, and the Chinese team extended the gap to 10 points 15-5. Rastam hit a three-pointer, and Allen Guo responded by six consecutive points, giving China a nine-point lead at 21-12 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Chinese team continued to rotate in a large area, and 11 players were already rotated. Allen Guo was blocked by the opponent after being whistled for an offensive foul, and the foreign commander immediately replaced him with Zhao Jiwei when he saw that the situation was wrong. Zhu Junlong scored under the basket, Kazakhstan cut 4 points in a row, Zhou Qi and Zhao Rui combined to cut 5 points, and the Chinese team extended the gap to 14 points 32-18.
After the timeout, Hu Mingxuan hit a three-point shot and hit a whistle to score five consecutive points, Wang Zhelin and Zhu Xuhang combined to cut four points, and the Chinese team ended the half game 43-22.
Yibian fought again, Zhang Zhenlin and Zhao Jiwei hit three points one after another, Kazakhstan adjusted quickly, and after fighting for Zhao Jiwei's body foul, he played an 11-2 mini-climax, 35-53 to narrow the gap to 18 points.
Kazakhstan's outside shooting picked up as Robert Pan hit a three-pointer, Zhu Xuhang and Wang Zhelin combined to score six points, and China ended the third quarter 59-40.
In the last quarter, the offense of both sides came to a standstill, the game played for more than three minutes, the Chinese team played a wave of 3-5, Rastam hit a three-point again, and the foreign coach Đorjevic put Zhou Qi and Zhao Jiwei back on the field, but the Chinese team's offensive end did not improve too well, Zhou Qi was also blown an offensive foul, and Zhao Rui was fouled 4 times.
Although the Chinese team made a lot of mistakes and the offensive end was relatively sluggish, scoring 5 points in more than 7 minutes, Kazakhstan was not sure, and they failed to play well in attack.
While Kazakhstan was chasing points frantically, the Chinese team fell into a scoring drought. At the crucial moment, Hu Mingxuan hit a key three-pointer, and the Chinese team once again extended the gap to 10 points. At the end of the game, China defeated Kazakhstan 71-59.
Data from both sides:
China: Zhou Qi 16 points and 12 rebounds, Zhao Jiwei 11 points, Hu Mingxuan 8 points and 2 rebounds, Guo Allen 9 points and 2 rebounds, Zhao Rui 7 points and 2 rebounds, Wang Zhelin 7 points and 6 rebounds, Zhang Zhenlin 5 points.
Kazakhstan: Rastam 13 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Vadim 8 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, Oleg 7 points, Dmitry 6 points, Anton 9 points, Robert Penn 8 points, Alexander 5 points.