It was he who shattered China's Olympic dream in Paris! That's him!
● Matchday 3: October 25, 2023, 18:00, Anyang Gymnasium, Taipei Warriors vs Anyang Red Rockets, Philippine national player Lenz Abando, who directly shattered the Olympic dream of the Chinese men's basketball team in one step, led the team to play in full force
● Chinese mainland District Commentary Group: Host Zhao Huanyu + Guest Daniel Zhang Jun
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This summer, several national teams of the Chinese men's basketball team have experienced unspeakable pain, including the 2021 Chengdu Universiade, the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, and the 2023 Basketball World Cup, and the most painful thing is that the Chinese men's basketball team's World Cup journey has not yet ended and completely shattered the dream of the 2024 Paris Olympics - unlike the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, this time, one step in place directly lost the qualification for the Olympic Games.
And the one who used the ball in his hand to record the countdown to the collapse of the Chinese men's basketball Olympic dream was the Philippines, the main host country of the 2023 Basketball World Cup.
On September 2, 2023, on the evening, China vs the Philippines, both sides are the final qualifying match, at this time, the Chinese men's basketball team still has the theoretical possibility of realizing the Olympic dream, although the possibility must be found with a microscope, but in the end, 75:96, the historic loss to the Philippines by 21 points, the story behind is that there is no story;
The one who set the tone for the finale of the Chinese men's basketball team was undoubtedly NBA player Jordan Clarkson, yes, as a naturalized player, he contributed 34 points in the game; But when it comes to the winner of this match, there is no dispute - Lenz Abando.
It is likely that Chinese fans, media and the basketball industry have ignored or not discovered at all so far.
Wearing the No. 23 jersey, Lenz Abandor came to dash the Olympic dream of the Chinese men's basketball team
First of all, let's take a look at how weird the 25-year-old Albando's basketball resume is——
During the epidemic, after graduating from university, he went directly to the KBL League in South Korea to start his career, and has only played 2 full seasons so far, but what is shocking is that in addition to representing the Philippines in the Asian Cup qualifiers before the start of his career, he did not play any international competitions in the next 2 years, and even, even if the 2023 World Cup qualifiers played 0 seconds, the training camp never participated, but in the end, the nameless Abando was directly selected by the head coach into the Philippine men's basketball team World Cup 12-man roster, many veterans, celebrities have been eliminated - as the host country, when playing in the World Cup in their own hall, this is the glory and ultimate goal that every Filipino basketball player dreams of;
The selection process is strange, it seems that the head coach has long foreseen that the Philippines will meet China, and Abando, just to deal with the Chinese men's basketball team.
Again, take a look at the 2023 Basketball World Cup journey in Arbando——
The Philippines participated in all 5 games, but in the first 4 games, Abandor played a total of 44 minutes, accumulating 12 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist in 4 games, but fouled 5 times;
For the Chinese men's basketball team, he suddenly rose to 24 minutes and 19 seconds in fourth place on the team, and contributed 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, second only to Clarkson in the team in points, with 0 fouls.
Finally, it is necessary for everyone to review in detail the rough process of Abando's qualifying in this qualifying race——
When the Chinese men's basketball team played a nightmare start of 0:7 and 2:10 and struggled to catch up to 9:10, Abandor was substituted, at this time there were 5 minutes and 03 seconds left in the first quarter, and he was replaced when he was replaced at 3 minutes and 50 seconds left in the second quarter, at this time the score became 30:27, the Philippines led, during which Arbando contributed 7 points and 2 rebounds, and 1 dunk to dampen the vigor of the Chinese men's basketball team - for the first time, it was Abando, as the biggest surprise soldier, who helped the Philippines stabilize the situation;
With 8 minutes and 46 seconds left in the third quarter, he played again, the score was 39:44, the Philippines was behind, and by the time he was replaced with 8 minutes and 54 seconds left in the final quarter, the score was 73:53, almost everyone thought that the Olympic dream of the Chinese men's basketball team had been shattered, during which he contributed 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block - reappeared, he recorded the process of shattering the dreams of the Chinese men's basketball team;
The coach then asked him to come back to garbage time, scraping together 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Lenz Arbando - because, Jordan Clarkson's contribution did not exceed the plan too much, but Arbando's data was basically unplanned;
Moreover, the context is extremely clear - first skipping various world competitions and training camps to directly enter the final list of the World Cup, and then skipping the first 4 games to directly target the Chinese men's basketball team.
Tonight, at 18:00, Anyang Gymnasium, Taipei Warriors vs Anyang Red Rockets, Lenz Abando, who shattered the Olympic dream of the Chinese men's basketball team, will lead the Anyang Red Rockets to block the strong challenge of the PLG overlord Taipei Warriors from China's treasure island.
It should be added that the opening day of the new season of the Korean KBL and Chinese CBA is October 21, and the opening match is between the defending champion An Yang Red Rockets and the Seoul Cavaliers, who lost to the final moments of the G7 Finals last season, 74:89, the defending champion who received the championship ring suddenly collapsed in the middle of the 4th period;
Although Abando, who played with Asian foreign aid, scored 12 points and 5 rebounds, he still attracted verbal criticism from the South Korean media, and the language was very sharp, as the public account of the East Asian Super League, this article should not be quoted.
Several major East Asian leagues have fine-tuned their schedules for the first season of the Eastern Super League home and away, and KBL is no exception, resting after the opening match to win the good results of the Eastern Super League - on March 1~5, 2023, in the Eastern Super League Championship Week held in Utsunomiya City and Ryukyu City, Japan, two Korean teams defeated the other six championship teams to achieve the finals, and in the end, Ahn Red Rocket defeated the Seoul Cavaliers to win the championship.
The commentary of this game is still as follows: Daniel Zhang Jun + Zhao Huanyu.
In addition to live broadcasting, Huya, Netease, Jinan TV, Douyin and Weibo accounts of the East Asian Super League, Weibo accounts of "Inspector Zhao of the Football Circle", Douyin accounts of China Sports, "Inspector Zhao of the Football Circle" and "Daniel Zhang Army Basketball Teaching and Research Office" will start live tonight, and there will be more platforms to broadcast the matches of the first season of the East Super League home and away in the future, please be patient.
Attached is the group stage standings of the Eastern Super League 2023-2024 season
Attached II. The complete schedule of the 2023-2024 season of the Eastern Super League