On July 3, Beijing time, in the quarterfinals of the U17 Men's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese team lost to Lithuania 70-76 and missed the opportunity to advance to the quarterfinals. Lithuania is fifth in the power ranking of this event, while the Chinese team is the third from the bottom.
In the first quarter of the game, the Chinese team blossomed more, Zhang Boyuan scored 7 points in a row, Li Yuezhou also played efficiently, and the Chinese team ended 19-15 Lithuania in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Chinese team had no countermeasures for attacking and defending, and the Lithuanian team took advantage of the situation to overtake and establish a double-digit lead, and the Chinese team continued to block and dismantle without good shooting opportunities, and the Chinese team ended 29-39 Lithuania at halftime.
In the second half, Yibian fought again, at the beginning of the third quarter, Li Yuezhou broke through the dry pull and scored in the middle of the shot, Xun Sinan still didn't find the feel in this section, Lithuania stopped the Chinese team with a wave of 7-4, the game continued Zhang Boyuan scored three points and then chased the difference to 10 points, converted Zhang Boyuan three points and then scored the difference to single digits, Wang Hongze came off the bench to protect the rebound, Chen Xiaoyi scored three points and the difference came to 3 points, Liu Li chased the basket to only 1 point, but then the Australian team scored 4 points under the basket in a row, In the third quarter, the Chinese team won 52-57 Lithuania. In the last quarter, Liu Li took the lead under the basket, Li Yuezhou hit two points in a quick stop, Chen Xiaoyi advanced with three points to equalize Zhang Boyuan's free throws to overtake, and the two sides entered a fierce battle with time left in the game, and the Chinese team fell behind by 4 points in the last 15 seconds, and finally failed to reverse and lost the game.
Both sides start
Chinese team: He Wenwei, Shen Wudi, Zhang Boyuan, Fu Wenhao, Xun Sinan
Lithuania: Lyutkiewiccius, Butachies, Urbonas, Bujka, Deniusas