Original title: Men’s Basketball Asian Cup: Zhao Rui and Sun Minghui were sent off, the Chinese men’s basketball team narrowly beat Bahrain by 1 point
The 2022 Men’s Basketball Asian Cup will continue in the group stage in Jakarta, Indonesia on the 14th. The Chinese men’s basketball team, which had an incomplete lineup, beat Bahrain 80:79 following the main defenders Zhao Rui and Sun Minghui were both sent off and won the tournament. First win in the Asian Cup.
In this Asian Cup, the Chinese men’s basketball team is in an unprecedented predicament. In addition to many people infected with the new crown following the World Preliminary Tournament in Australia, other players also suffered injuries of varying degrees. Even if 5 players were urgently recruited from China, only 5 or 6 players in the whole team might maintain normal training. In the first match once morest the South Korean team, the Chinese team, which lacked major players such as Zhou Qi, Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei, and Wang Zhelin, went all out, but still lost 81:93.
Therefore, for the Chinese team, the remaining two games in the group stage are crucial, especially once morest the relatively weak Bahrain team in the group.
Judging from the results of previous battles, the Chinese men’s basketball team has an absolute advantage over the Bahrain team, maintaining a complete victory in the Asian Cup (Asian Championships), and the game with the largest score gap has won by 73 points. In the first round of the Asian Cup group stage, Bahrain lost to Chinese Taipei 84:102.
The battle between the Chinese men’s basketball team and the Bahrain team was held at 21:00 on the 14th, Beijing time. Although Zhou Qi had arrived in Jakarta from Australia, he did not make an appearance in this campaign. Wang Zhelin, who was absent due to illness in the first game, came on as a substitute.
At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team, which frequently succeeded on the outside, ended the first quarter with a lead of 11 points at 29:18. However, in the second quarter, the situation changed. Zhao Rui and Sun Minghui, the two main point guards of the Chinese team, were dissatisfied with the referee’s penalty and took two technical fouls each and were ejected. Bahrain took advantage of the momentum and closed the gap to four points (41:45) at the end of the first half.
In the second half, the worsening Chinese team was struggling, and the Bahrain team once overtook the score 56:54. Subsequently, as one of the five players who were urgently recruited from China to Jakarta, the “post-00” teenager Jiang Weize was like a god.
In the final quarter, Bahrain led 79-78 with less than 2 minutes left following tying at 72-72. Seven seconds before the end, Gu Quan hit the basket and the Chinese team won 80:79 with difficulty.
In this campaign, Jiang Weize of “Fire Line Rescue” performed well and contributed 20 points. Gu Quan scored 22 points and 5 rebounds, and Wang Zhelin, who played sick, scored 8 points and 7 rebounds.
According to the rules, the first place in the four groups of the Asian Cup will directly advance to the quarter-finals, and the second and third places in each group will cross for a play-off to determine the other four quarter-finals. After the two rounds of the group stage, the Chinese team in Group B, the South Korean team with two consecutive victories ranked first, the Chinese team and the Chinese Taipei team are both 1-1, and the Bahrain team has two consecutive losses.
At 21:00 on the 16th, Beijing time, the Chinese men’s basketball team will face the last opponent of the Asian Cup group stage, Chinese Taipei.