Revenge! The men's basketball team beat the Philippines U16 Asian Championship by 28 points to win the bronze, and Zhang Boyuan scored 34 points to be selected for the best team

News on September 25, in the U16 men's basketball Asian Championship third place match that ended on the 25th, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Philippines 87-59 to win the bronze medal, revenge the success of the national team again, and won the 2024 World Youth Championship ticket. In this game, Zhang Boyuan slashed 34 points and 7 rebounds, showing bravery, and he was also selected for the best team of the tournament.

In the first game of the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team once defeated the Philippines 84-67, when No. 10 Zhang Boyuan cut a game-high 18 points and 3 rebounds.

In the previous semifinals, the U16 men's basketball team lost to New Zealand 69-86, with Sinan 11 points, 7 boards and 2 blocks, and Zhang Boyuan 8 points, 3 boards and 2 assists.

In the bronze medal game, the Chinese men's basketball team once again suffered a loss to the Philippines in Australia, the two teams played glue in the first quarter, and the Chinese team played a wave of offensive climax at the end of the second quarter, establishing a 15-point advantage into the second half. In the third quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team continued to widen the point difference, making the game lose suspense early.

In this game, forward Zhang Boyuan shot 12 of 17, 7 of 9 from three-point range, 34 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block, with a game-high plus-minus of +38.

Zhang Boyuan helped China U16 defeat the Philippines to win the third place in the Asian Championships, which can be regarded as a fierce revenge for the World Cup brothers.

Zhang Boyuan is 2.03 meters tall, 16 years old this year, from Jilin. According to statistics, in this year's U16 Asian Championships, Zhang Boyuan played 6 games, averaging 20.5 points per game, ranking 2nd in the event, second only to Qatar's Mohammed Ndow with an average of 26 points per game. In addition, Zhang Boyuan shot 53% from the field in this year's U16 Asian Championship.

Zhang Boyuan's 20.5 points per game ranked third in the history of the U16 Asian Championships for Chinese players per game, only behind Guo Allen (21 points) and Hu Jinqiu (20.6 points).

Zhang was also named to the All-Tournament Team along with New Zealand's Oscar Goodman, New Zealand's Lachlan Crate, Australia's Henry Sewell and Philippines' Kiefer Alas

In the final, Australia defeated New Zealand 79-76 to win the title.

The tournament's MVP is New Zealand's 1.98m power forward Goodman, averaging 14 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.

It is worth mentioning that another Chinese teenager, Sinan Jiao, also performed remarkably in this tournament, contributing 14 points, 11 boards, 4 assists and 5 blocks in this game.

According to statistics, in this year's U16 Asian Championship, Sinan can average 10.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 3.7 blocks per game, of which the average number of blocks per game ranks first in the event.

In this regard, netizens have said, "It is well deserved"

"In the same year, Zhou Qi was also the Great Devil King, Wang Zhelin was also killed indiscriminately, and Gao Guang was in the youth team..."

"Jiao Sinan's cap tax deduction is too serious, there must be more than 5 caps"

"Not counting Australia and New Zealand, we are still the first in Asia!"

": CBA clubs trouble you to raise your noble hand and don't tempt him, let him concentrate on going abroad"

"This competition for the youth training of the professional team is really rare. Play well on Zhang Boyuan and Sinan on campus. ”

"The scoring ability is good, which is exactly what China needs."