Xinmin Evening News: In this situation in the Chinese men s basketball team, can we play the Asian Cup well?

75 to 72, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina in Nanjing last night, ending the Asian Cup warm-up with a victory. Today, it will set off for the competition in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Although he won all the four domestic warm-up matches, due to the shortage of personnel and other reasons, the Chinese men's basketball team went to the Asian Cup with considerable difficulties. "This Asian Cup is very difficult for us. There are 7 players who will be absent due to injuries, so we can only let the young players play more." Regarding the game goal, head coach Guo Shiqiang did not give a clear answer. "We should do our best to fight one game and strive for the best results."

For the Chinese men's basketball team, this Asian Cup is about training. On the one hand, because the Asian Cup is no longer linked to the qualifications for participating in the World Cup, Olympics and other competitions, the attractiveness of the event is weakening year by year; on the other hand, the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team's wounded soldiers is greatly reduced, and it is not realistic to pursue good results. They can only focus on training young players. Judging from the use of personnel during the warm-up match, among the 15 players on the team, 10 players including Hu Jinqiu, Yu Jiahao, Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan, Wang Junjie, Zhao Jiayi, Zhu Junlong, Cheng Shuipeng, Liao Sanning, Gao Shiyan and other 10 players have basically been confirmed. The remaining two places will be produced between Xu Jie, Zhang Ning, Li Xiangbo, Liu Lijia, Lei Meng and Zhou Qi who went to the United States to heal. In the warm-up match, several young players performed well. Liao Sanning scored a game-high 13 points in the first game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Wang Junjie, a 20-year-old young player who represented the Chinese men's basketball team for the first time, has also become the team's biggest gain in this summer's warm-up match. He has played for the NCAA University of San Francisco in the past two years. In his second game against Venezuela, he scored the highest 16 points in the team's top 5 of 9 shots. His steady style of play and comprehensive skills are eye-catching.

In the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina last night, the Chinese men's basketball team was still 13 points ahead in the first three quarters, but in the last quarter, the opponent scored a 13-2 attack wave by the opponent within 6 minutes, and the frequent mistakes almost ruined the good game. After the game, Guo Shiqiang said that although he won the game, many problems were exposed. "I want to thank Bosnia and Herzegovina teams. They created many difficulties for us in the game, which is very helpful for us to prepare for the Asian Cup. We will solve these exposed problems in the Asian Cup." There are two main problems exposed by the Chinese men's basketball team: one is that there are many mistakes, with as many as 27 times in the game; the other is that the rebounds are poor, 13 fewer than the opponent. The main reason for these two major problems is that there are shortcomings in the team's personnel composition, and both the internal and external lines lack a reliable backbone.

The most stable main point guard of the national team, Zhao Jiwei, missed the Asian Cup due to injury, and veteran Zhao Rui rested in this game. The young Liao Sanning, Hu Mingxuan and others played the No. 1 position again, resulting in the national team's back-control ability declined. When Bosnia and Herzegovina increased their pressing efforts at the last moment of the game, it was difficult for the Chinese defenders to transport the ball to the frontcourt. In the whole game, Liao Sanning made 7 mistakes, Hu Mingxuan made 5 mistakes, and Cheng Shuipeng made 4 mistakes... So many mistakes mean that the opponent has a large number of counterattack opportunities. Once they encounter a strong team, they will undoubtedly dig their own graves. Throughout the game, the Chinese team did a bad job in rebounding protection. Center Yu Jiahao only had 5 rebounds in the game, while Bosnia and Herzegovina grabbed 12 frontcourt rebounds and scored multiple frontcourt rebounds in the fourth quarter to form a second score. Currently, there are only Yu Jiahao and Hu Jinqiu in the national team's interior, and Yang Hansen has been confirmed to miss the Asian Cup. It is still unknown whether Zhou Qi, who is healing in the United States, can return in time. The team's interior strength is worrying.

"Although the team has improved its offensive fluency, shooting and free throws, control mistakes and rebounding are also crucial to winning the game. We are now summing up with questions." Guo Shiqiang said that there are many young players in the team at present, and the rotation of inside players is tight. He has prepared for difficulties. "Although many old players cannot play, many young players will get opportunities. Even if there are a few young players in the Asian Cup, it is also a good thing for the Chinese men's basketball team. I believe we will reflect fighting spirit, spirit and team cohesion."

(Xinmin Evening News)