China News Agency, Beijing, June 19-The Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Japanese team in a 90:84 reversal in the Philippines on the 19th. They won three consecutive victories in the 2021 Asian Cup qualifiers and advanced to the Asian Cup.

　　In the first match of the Asian preliminaries, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 66:57, and in the second battle they defeated the Chinese Taipei team with a huge advantage of 49 points (115:66). After two consecutive victories, the promotion situation is very good.

Chinese men’s basketball player Zhou Qi, who arrived in the Philippines delayed due to eye surgery, has joined the team and has been confirmed to play in the second Sino-Japanese confrontation before the game.

Therefore, most outsiders believe that the Chinese team will easily win this battle.

　　But in this game, the Chinese men's basketball team was strongly blocked by the Japanese team.

At the beginning of the game, the Japanese team started with 8:2 and ended the first quarter with a 29-21 lead by 8 points.

In the first quarter of the game, the Japanese team made more three-pointers, making 7 of 11 shots.

　　In the second quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team, which was struggling to catch up, chased the score to 32:32, but the Japanese team continued to score with long shots, leading by 4 points at 45:41 at the end of the first half, and still maintained 4 points in the third quarter. Points lead (69-65).

　　In the last quarter, the Japanese team once extended its lead to 7 points (80-73). After the Chinese men's basketball team stopped, they launched a Jedi counterattack.

Zhao Jiwei and Zhou Qi led the team to a 12:1 climax. The Chinese men's basketball team achieved a lead with 85:81, and finally sealed the victory with 90:84.

　　In this campaign, the Japanese team caused great trouble to the Chinese team on the outside, making 14 three-pointers.

The strong inside line of the Chinese team became the key to victory. Zhou Qi, who returned from the front line, dedicated 18 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks, becoming the biggest contributor to this victory.

Shen Zijie scored 13 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, Ren Junfei had 12 points and 9 rebounds, and the three insiders contributed 43 points together.

　　In the Asian preliminaries, the Chinese men's basketball team is in Group B with the Japanese, Malaysian and Chinese Taipei teams. The top two in each group and the 4 best thirds will enter the Asian Cup.

Before the Malaysian team announced its retirement, the Chinese men's basketball team played two matches with the Japanese team and the Chinese Taipei team in the Asian preliminary round.

　　Although on the 20th Beijing time, the Chinese team will also participate in the final match of the Asian preliminaries and once again face the Chinese Taipei team, but the Chinese men's basketball team has advanced to the Asian Cup after winning three consecutive victories.

　　The 2021 FIBA ​​Asian Cup will be held on August 17-29, 2021 in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

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