The final whistle blew, the score was fixed at 50-101, and in the NBA Summer League, facing the Kings, the Chinese men's basketball team failed to find its own rhythm and played a bad game.
It's not terrible to lose, it's terrible to lose without temper, and not playing with your own characteristics and style at all.
I have to say that there is a big gap between the level of the Chinese men's basketball team and the NBA summer league team, on the one hand, there is a big talent gap between the players, and the players in the NBA summer league are all NBA rookies or some marginal players or players like Cui Yongxi who impact the NBA, so their talent and physical fitness are very good. On the other hand, there is a gap in technology and tactics. Especially the gap in basic skills, whether it is shooting or dribbling, from the game, we can clearly see that the gap is very large.
Therefore, in the whole game, the Chinese men's basketball team only had captain Cheng Shuaipeng, who played 16 minutes and scored 16 points, and the efficiency was still very good. Liao Sanning and others, who had a good warm-up performance in Australia, were completely unsuitable for the rhythm of the NBA.
I have to say that the Chinese team has indeed regressed. In fact, the Chinese men's basketball team has also participated in the NBA Summer League before, and has also won the game. In the 2007 summer league, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Cavaliers 85-84.
In this game, Yi Jianlian scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks, and at the last moment, he relied on accurate shooting to send a quasi-kill. On Yi Jianlian's side, Wang Zhizhi scored 18 points and 7 rebounds, Zhu Fangyu scored 15 points, and Wang Shipeng scored 16 points. It should be said that the men's basketball team at that time was at its peak, although Yao Ming was not there, but these people were also NBA-level players.
Another victory was led by the Great Demon King Zhou Qi. In the 2019 Summer League, when the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Hornets 84-80, the Chinese men's basketball team played very well in this game, Zhou Qi scored 17 points and 9 rebounds, and Guo Allen scored 12 points and 4 assists.
Five years have passed, and this time, the gap between our national team and the NBA team has widened again, and there are no real stars in sight. In 2007, people like Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, and Wang Shipeng were all star levels, and in 2019, there were also Zhou Qi, Guo Allen, and Ding Yanyuhang, all of whom were at the star level.
And this time, although we are led by the local coach Guo Shiqiang, it is clear that there is nothing he can do. For Yao Ming, it is really difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team to return to the Olympic arena.