The Chinese men's basketball team defeated Serbia by 42 points! Li Kaier 0 points, Zhou Qi warmed up, Zhao Rui did his best

The men's basketball World Cup entered the second matchday, in the afternoon end of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team in the same group of opponents South Sudan and Puerto Rico fought hard overtime, although the Chinese men's basketball world ranking is slightly higher than these two opponents, but these two teams, on-court competitiveness and player status, many media also pinched a cold sweat for the Chinese team. The group stage opening match between the Chinese men's basketball team and Serbia began, and in the warm-up game six days ago, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Serbia 64-87. For the Chinese men's basketball team, less loss is better than win. Statistics show that Serbia has reached the World Cup for five consecutive times and has an average of 35.4 points per game against Asian teams. In the past 20 years, the Chinese team has faced European teams in the World Cup 11 times, and has only won 1 victory, when Wang Shipeng defeated Slovenia.

Back in this game, coach Čorđević's lineup has been adjusted: Zhao Rui + Li Kaier + Zhang Zhenlin + Zhou Peng + Zhou Qi, improve the overall height of the striker, reduce the number of defenders, and match Serbia at least from the physical confrontation. Serbia starters: Bogdanovic + Nikola Jovic + Stevajovic + Dobrich + Miludinov. After the game officially started, Bogdan forced a three-point miss, Li Kyle and the low Zhou Qi cooperated, and Zhou Qi took the lead in shooting! Serbia did not seize the opportunity to counterattack, Zhang Zhenlin hit another 3+1, and the Chinese men's basketball team played a 6-0 climax at the beginning. Compared with the previous warm-up matches, the Chinese men's basketball team emphasized physical confrontation from the beginning, which also made Serbia a little uncomfortable. But Serbia adjusted quickly, Miludinov pressed Zhou Qi to score a dunk, Jovic and Zhang Zhenlin matched each other for three points, and Bogdan's three-point shot overtook the Chinese team.

Zhang Zhenlin showed an extremely excellent state, Zhou Qi hit the ground and passed on the ground, Zhang Zhenlin ran back and hung the buckle! Serbia successively seized the counterattack opportunity to score a dunk, Zhou Peng stopped bleeding three points at the key moment, Wang Zhelin made consecutive mistakes after coming on the court, the Chinese team rhythm was very chaotic, Serbia relied on Bogdan and Malenkovic to blossom inside and out. Because of the previous fight in Serbia, Hu Mingxuan's performance was eye-catching, so in this game, Hu Mingxuan was targeted, Li Kaier shot three points across the bridge, and the Chinese team came off the bench to break through! At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team trailed Serbia 14-25. To put it simply, after the Chinese team put on the substitute rotation, the attack was directly muted. Qiao Shuai's call for a pause didn't help, and he looked a little angry.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Hu Mingxuan suddenly assisted Zhao Rui hit a three-point to quench his thirst, and the defensive end of the cycle was singled continuously, Zhao Rui picked a basket and continued to respond, Serbia with Petrushev's excellent play, has maintained a lead of about 12 points. Zhou Qi continuously used the basket to score, but the Chinese team's interior defense obviously had problems, and it kept leaking people, and Li Kyle even had an empty basket scene. After Guduridge hit a three-pointer, the difference was already 17 points, Qiao called a timeout, and after returning, Li Kyle made a slow three-step layup and was defeated by the Bogdan cap, or Zhou Qi made consecutive dunks to break the deadlock. Serbia's quick counterattack can't keep up with the camera, but Zhou Peng's three-point shot and Zhao Rui's 2+1 throw can barely give a response. At halftime, the Chinese men's basketball team trailed Serbia 34-55.

Trailing by more than 20 points at halftime, there is little suspense in the game, as several famous mouths said, I hope to see the Chinese men's basketball team improve and change some on the offensive end. After the start of the third quarter, Zhou Peng made another mistake, Zhao Rui and Zhou Qi scored consecutive points, Serbia combined inside and outside, Bogdan and Zhou Peng scored three points. The Chinese team's interior defense is useless, Wang Zhelin was eaten by Bogdan, he made a foul and missed two free throws, and Avramović completed 2+1 against Wang Zhelin, and easily made a layup against Hu Mingxuan. After Li Kyle was replaced, he sat on the bench and threw a towel to vent his anger, looking very dissatisfied with his performance. But Serbia also seized the opportunity to play a small climax again at the end of the quarter, and after the third quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team trailed the opponent by 30 points 47-77!

The fourth quarter became garbage time, although Zhao Rui's sudden and external shots continued to help the Chinese team grab points, and Cui Yongxi also opened a three-point feeling, but the point difference was too big. The final score was fixed at 63-105, and the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Serbia by 42 points. Statistics: On the Chinese side, Zhou Qi scored 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Zhao Rui scored 17 points and 2 steals, Zhang Zhenlin scored 9 points, Li Kaier shot 0 of 9, scored 0 points, 4 assists and 1 steal, lost 35 points in the game, and Zhou Peng scored 9 points and 2 rebounds. On the Serbian side, Bogdan had 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Miludinov had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals, Malinkovic had 14 points, Ristic had 13 points and 6 rebounds, and Avramović had 10 points and 4 assists.

Throughout the game, the real gap between the Chinese team and Serbia may not be as big as the score reflects, but the shortcomings are more obvious. On the one hand, it is insufficient to respond to the opponent's defense and pressing and make too many mistakes; Li Kyle shot 0 of 8 in the whole game, without any touch, and he really affected the offensive performance of the entire Chinese men's basketball team; In addition, the proud defense, in fact, the city gate is wide open, and the opponent has repeatedly formed a chance to run on the empty basket, and Wang Zhelin and Zhou Qi are lacking in confrontation. But the good news is that Zhou Qi slowly found his form, and then the matches with South Sudan and Puerto Rico could not be lost!