The data doesn't lie|The 88-year record is over!Where did the Chinese men's basketball team lose?

In the Asian preliminaries, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Japanese men's basketball team 73-76 away. This is also the first time since 1936 that the Chinese men's basketball team has lost to the Japanese men's basketball team in an Asian or higher competition under the FIBA system (the Asian Games are not listed). 88 years of undefeated ends, where did the Chinese men's basketball team lose?

Defeat 1: Too many fouls

In this game, the Chinese men's basketball team had a total of 24 fouls, 6 more than the opponent. Although there is a referee's home whistle factor, the Japanese men's basketball team has played a small and fast characteristic, and when defending the Japanese men's basketball team's breakthrough, the Chinese men's basketball team can only rely on fouls to stop the opponent many times.

Too many fouls also led to the Japanese men's basketball team having more free throw opportunities than the Chinese men's basketball team. In this game, the Japanese men's basketball team made 21 of 27 free throws, and the Chinese men's basketball team made 13 of 15 free throws. On free throws, we made 12 fewer free throws than our opponents, losing by eight points.

Defeat Factor 2: Three-point shooting percentage dropped sharply

In the opening stage of this game, the three-point performance of the Chinese men's basketball team was very good. In the first half, the Chinese men's basketball team made 5 of 11 three-point shots, but in the third quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team's three-point shooting rate dropped sharply, with 0 of 8 three-pointers in a single quarter. The inaccuracy of the outside line caused the Chinese men's basketball team's offense to be blocked, scoring only 13 points in a single quarter in the third quarter and losing to the Japanese men's basketball team by 4 points in a single quarter. In the last quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team's three-point shooting did not fully recover, with 3 of 10 in a single quarter.

In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team only had an 8-of-29 three-point performance, which was not as good as the opponent. The Japanese men's basketball team made 11 of 32 three-pointers.

Defeat 3: Djordjevic's substitution strategy

Qiao Shuai's poor on-the-spot command performance is also a major cause of defeat for the Chinese men's basketball team. This was reflected in the chaotic substitutions at the beginning and the non-substitutions in the third quarter. At the beginning of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team once led 14-3, but Djordjevic made continuous substitutions, which buried the good situation. In the first quarter, Qiao Shuai used 11 people, and the effect was not ideal.

Compared with the random substitutions in the first quarter, Qiao Shuai, after the change of formation in the third quarter, the problem was that he did not make substitutions and played hard for 7 minutes, so that the team quickly fell into passivity.

Defeat factor 4: No one can relieve Hu Jinqiu's pressure

Hu Jinqiu was the best player in the Chinese men's basketball team in this game, contributing 23 points and 13 rebounds and shooting 10-of-13 from the field, but no one could relieve him of pressure and let him take a good rest. Yang Hansen, who had high hopes, was not in good shape in this game, making 0 of 4 in the game, including a dunk dunk, and only scored two points from free throws. For the young man, it was a race to pay his tuition.

In the third quarter of the game, when the camera showed Hu Jinqiu on the sidelines, he was so tired that he lowered his head and panted violently. When the interior offense and defense have to count on him alone, it is too difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team.

Defeat Factor 5: Consecutive mistakes at critical moments

At the last moment of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team narrowed the gap to 3 points and had a chance to equalize, but there were two fatal mistakes in a row. One was a pass that was stealed, causing Hawkinson to dunk directly and stretch the margin to five points, and the other was an offensive overtime violation. Although Cheng Shuai Peng hit a key three-pointer, he lacked skills, and in the end, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Japanese men's basketball team, ending the 88-year undefeated record.