On August 26, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the first game of the World Cup, losing 105:63 to strong opponent Serbia.
In fact, there is not much suspense about the victory or defeat of this game, the most important thing for the Chinese men's basketball team is that losing can not lose momentum, from this point of view, the Chinese men's basketball team has done well.
However, the team also exposed a lot of problems, such as the Chinese men's basketball team had 21 mistakes in the whole game, and furthermore, after the team's second team came up, the attack was a little hesitant, and Zhao Jiwei's height in defense was easy to be targeted by opponents, which required head coach Jordjevic to make adjustments in the next two group games.
In addition, the score of 105:63 and the difference of 42 points will be extremely disadvantageous if they later encounter Asian teams to determine Olympic qualification.
Head coach Jordjevic:
Be patient with Kyle Lee, we trust him
After the game, Chinese head coach Jordjevic still affirmed the team's performance.
'Today my players were fighters, we started well, but then we didn't respond to the counter-attack and we will continue to fight.'
"We have to learn how to play, learn how to play against strong teams and under high intensity."
In this game, Li Kyle was not in good shape, shooting 0 of 9 and not scoring a single point.
To Li Kyle's question, Giorgević said, "He tried to find shooting space, did you see a few of his passing choices?"
"It's his first major FIBA tournament, everything takes time, we have to be patient, we know what he can do and we trust Lee Kyle."
Player Wang Zhelin said, "After the last World Cup, the mentality will be a little more mature now. The first time you play, you do have some discomfort, and when you wait for the second time, you will feel better, now we have to find our rhythm as soon as possible. ”