In the second round of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to South Sudan 69-89, suffering two consecutive losses! Although the Chinese men's basketball team still retains the possibility of qualifying from the group, the conditions for qualifying are harsh, and it is basically impossible for the Chinese men's basketball team to complete.
After the match with South Sudan, the South Sudan head coach publicly "thanked" the Chinese men's basketball team at the press conference, but the mockery was full and did not show mercy to the Chinese men's basketball team at all! The head coach of South Sudan said at the press conference: It is an honor to play against the Chinese men's basketball team, and thank the Chinese men's basketball team for allowing us to win our first victory in the men's basketball World Cup.
Not only that, the South Sudan head coach also expressed his views on the Chinese men's basketball team, I cheered and cheered with the players before the game, the Chinese men's basketball team has a certain strength, we can't be careless, but less than 1 minute after the start of the game, I realized that I was overthinking. Throughout the game, the Chinese men's basketball team barely made a shot, had a low free throw percentage, and did not target defense against our core players.
Although I don't want to admit it, the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team in the games against Serbia and South Sudan is indeed unsatisfactory! Against Serbia, naturalized player Li Kyle shot 0 of 9; In the match against South Sudan, the main player Zhou Qi was not in the state the whole time.