On August 31, in the third round of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Puerto Rico 89-107, suffering 3 consecutive losses! Although the goal of the Chinese men's basketball team at the beginning was not to qualify for the World Cup group stage, but to achieve the best results of Asian teams and return to the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team suffered three consecutive defeats in the World Cup group stage, and the consequences were undoubtedly fatal.
After the World Cup group stage, the reporter "three questions" Chinese men's basketball coach Jordjevic, was asked speechless and left silent! First, I have been serving as the Chinese men's basketball team for more than half a year, why is the team still vulnerable to defense and weak offense? Second, why not take Yi Jianlian and Guo Allen to participate in the men's basketball World Cup? Third, why not go to Hu Jinqiu?
Although Yi Jianlian has reached the end of his career, his competitive condition is not bad, even stronger than individual players who participate in the competition! In addition, Hu Jinqiu's performance is obvious to all, in the game against Puerto Rico, he played 3 minutes and contributed 3 points and 2 assists, Zhang Zhenlin played 13 minutes and only contributed 3 points, and Wang Zhelin's performance was even more messy.
It is undeniable that the Chinese men's basketball team suffered 3 consecutive defeats in the World Cup group stage, which has a lot to do with its own strength, but also related to the tactical arrangement of the head coach! Two reasons led to this tragedy of the Chinese men's basketball team.