Chinanews Client Beijing, June 16th. On the 16th Beijing time, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the Japanese team's first opponent in the 2021 Asian Cup qualifiers.
After a long time, the Chinese team returned to the international arena and finally defeated their opponents 66:57, ushering in a good start.
This campaign veteran Zhou Peng scored 16 points and was the team's biggest contributor to the victory.
The competition was held in the Philippines.
This is the first time after nearly two years, the Chinese men's basketball team, facing the alternation of old and new, once again set foot on the international arena.
Since the training camp on May 23, the national team has been training for about 20 days.
After the preliminaries of the league and the National Games, the Chinese men's basketball team has a short training break and less training time, and there is no warm-up match.
In addition, Yi Jianlian, Guo Ailun, Wang Zhelin and other generals with experience in international competitions withdrew due to injury, and the team's departure this time is indeed difficult.
For this training camp, the Chinese men's basketball coach Du Feng has said before that the difficulties faced by the national team this time are very great.
"From the time I entered the national team as a player to the present, the current Chinese men's basketball team is the most difficult period I have experienced. I hope all players and coaches can overcome this difficulty under the leadership of the Chinese Basketball Association. I also hope that the whole country loves and supports it. Chinese basketball fans, can give us more confidence and tolerance."
Chinese team's recent schedule
The Chinese men's basketball team set off for the Philippines on the 13th to participate in the 2021 Asian Cup qualifiers and subsequent Olympic defeats held in Canada.
However, before departure, Zhou Qi suddenly felt eye discomfort during training, and was diagnosed with a retinal tear in his left eye.
While staying in the country for surgery, he did not travel with the team, but went to the Philippines on the 14th to join the army with Wang Shaojie, who was subsequently conscripted.
For protection and other purposes, Zhou Qi, who had just performed eye surgery, did not appear in the list of 12 players who fought against the Japanese team.
The list of the Chinese team is: Zhou Peng, Ren Junfei, Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie, Zhao Jiwei, Zhang Zhenlin, Wu Qian, Lu Wenbo, Zhao Yanhao, Shen Zijie, Liu Chuanxing and Wang Shaojie.
The 12-man roster of the Chinese team's first match
From the beginning of the game, the Chinese team has been taking the initiative, and the points difference was quickly opened up to double digits in the second quarter.
At the end of the midfield, the Chinese team led 32:20.
In the early part of the final quarter, the difference between the two teams has reached 20 points.
However, when the game gradually lost its suspense, the Japanese team made a counterattack. The Chinese team failed to interrupt the opponent's offensive after a timeout, and the point difference was once reduced to 7 points.
At the critical moment, Zhou Peng and Hu Mingxuan scored 4 points. The Chinese team stabilized the situation and finally won 66:57.
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