2023-09-02 23:06:44
2023-09-02 19:06 Xinhua News Agency / Manila, September 2nd
In the final round of the 2023 Basketball World Cup 17-32 qualifying match on the 2nd, the Chinese men’s basketball team lost to the host Philippines team 75:96, ending the basketball World Cup trip with a record of 1 win and 4 losses. Missed the Paris Olympics.
The Chinese men’s basketball team has a record of 1 win and 4 losses in this World Cup. Li Keier scored 17 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
In this game, the Chinese team took 22 outside shots and only hit 5 goals. They fell behind 31:46 in rebounds. The star of the Philippine team, Clarkson, played well in this game. He scored 24 points in the third quarter and scored 34 points in the game.
As Asian teams, the Chinese men’s basketball team and the Philippine men’s basketball team often meet in various levels of international competitions. From the perspective of historical records, the Chinese men’s basketball team has an advantage with 10 wins and 5 losses. As the host, the Philippines team lost all the previous 4 World Cup games. In the last game once morest the Chinese team, the Philippines team has a very strong desire to win. On that day, 11,080 spectators poured into the Araneta Stadium in the Philippines, and cheers sounded like a tsunami at home.
Zhou Peng, the captain of the Chinese team, was still injured, and Fu Hao replaced Zhou Peng in the starting lineup. The Philippine team opened with great momentum and played a wave of 10:2 offensive climax. After the Chinese team stabilized their position, they gave their opponents a 12:0 small climax and regained their advantage on the field. In the first quarter, the two sides fought to a 16:16 tie.
After the start of the second quarter, the Chinese team’s offense fell into misfire once more, and the Philippine team took the opportunity to overtake the score. In a confrontation, Zhou Qi was injured and the Chinese team fell into a dilemma once more. At the critical moment, Li Kaier scored consecutive points for the Chinese team, and the Chinese team entered the intermission with a slight advantage of 1 point.
In the third quarter, the situation on the court changed suddenly. Clarkson of the Philippine team hit 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, leading the Philippine team to expand the lead to more than 20 points. In the final quarter, the Chinese team’s offense still did not improve, and the point difference between the two sides remained at regarding 20 points. The Chinese men’s basketball team finally swallowed a 21-point defeat.
Li Kaier of the Chinese team scored a team-high 17 points, and Zhang Zhenlin scored 13 points.
Chinese team player Zhao Rui said following the game: “It’s a pity to lose this game. I believe many Chinese fans can’t accept such a result, and we can’t accept it either. The opponent wants to win more than us. As a defender, I don’t have much To control the tempo and drive teammates, this is what we need to sum up, and we must learn from strong teams to play the correct basketball.”
Li Kaier said that the results of the World Cup are not ideal, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in Chinese basketball, and he is willing to be a member to help Chinese basketball advance. “I want to be a part of elevating basketball in China, (like) starting with high school students and colleges, I want to be a part of that.”
The head coach of the Chinese team, Djordjevic, said: “Everyone in the team is responsible for the loss of the game. As the head coach, I should take the main responsibility. We will gradually improve in the following training and games.”
The Chinese men’s basketball team lost to the Philippines on the 2nd. The record of this World Cup is 1 win and 4 losses. (Getty Images)
Djordjevic revealed that in the upcoming Asian Games, he will still serve as the head coach to lead the Chinese men’s basketball team to compete.
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