Maybe there will never be a day to look down on Asia!
No matter how reluctant their subjective wishes were, the Chinese men's basketball team lost the game at the Tokyo Olympics, 73-76, which is a small margin, but for Chinese basketball, it is a deep wound.
This incident once again unveiled the scars, letting all those who pay attention to the Chinese basketball world know that the Japanese men's basketball team, and even the Asian basketball world, should not be underestimated.
Abdul Salamu said after the game that as long as we can make the most of our rebounding advantage and make fewer mistakes, we have a chance to win this game. Perhaps he's right, but China as a whole still has a lot to improve. However, basketball has always been like this, poor teams do not play well, veteran players will inevitably make mistakes, if it were not for the Chinese men's basketball team is too easy to make mistakes, the Philippine team will not celebrate the victory in Hangzhou.
It can be said that compared to previous failures, the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team against Japan was above the standard.
If you were to assess the importance of this Asian Cup qualifier, it would be difficult to say how important this game is, given that neither team is worried about qualifying from the group.
However, there are some factors that are superimposed on each other, which is especially important:
First of all, the two countries have a historical connection. Although the war is far away, for the Japanese, the complex emotions have not weakened for decades, and if the two countries want to win on the court, they must also devote 120 percent of their energy.
Secondly, FIBA is putting a lot of pressure on this event. I don't know for what reason, FIBA attaches great importance to this game, it started a week ago, and on the official **, it played the best chance for the Japanese to defeat the Chinese men's basketball team, whether it is the Asian Games or the East Asian Games, it is considered a major battle to change the basketball history of the two countries, because the Japanese have not defeated China for 8 years. Whether Japan wins the Asian Games and the East Asian Games or not, it seems that it will rewrite the history of basketball in both countries.
Third, China's men's basketball team is in a special period. If the Chinese men's basketball team can carry the banner of Japan, then the dark clouds of this game will dissipate for a long time.
However, when the game starts, this context becomes less important: the quality of the players, the level of strategy development and implementation, is the key to winning or losing.
In this game with Japan, we can see from the practice before the game that they have made good preparations for this game: first, the Chinese men's basketball team brought Xu Jie, who is 1.80 meters tall, followed by the burly head coach Jorgevic, this choice is against common sense, but Xu Jie is the most beautiful player in the Japanese men's basketball team, and his appearance is reasonable. Secondly, in the final round against the Mongolian men's basketball team, China adopted a defensive strategy, in which a 2.16m rookie center Yang Hansen was replaced, apparently to deal with the Japanese outside shots. The Mongolian men's basketball team had a defensive training session before the game, in which a rookie 2.16m center, Yang Hansen, was replaced, and it was clear that this was also to deal with the Japanese outside shots.
It would also be a reminder of China's tight defense against the Japanese, even at the risk of fouling, especially if the Japanese are gifted with three-point shooting.
With this in mind, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in a near-perfect start at Ariake Stadium in Tokyo: with a score of 14-3, it had an absolute upper hand in both offense and defense, 7 of the 14 points were Hu Jinqiu's defense in the half, 7 points were grabbed by him, and 7 points were grabbed by him. At this stage, the Chinese men's basketball team not only played to their strengths, but also put a lot of energy into defense, only Ma Yuanda made a lot of mistakes in the bottom corner, and also made a lot of mistakes.
Djordjevic took a double-digit lead before resting Hu Jinqiu for youngster Yang Hansen, who played well against Mongolia. In addition, due to multiple fouls, many players were forced off the court, and China's defense became loose, giving China a chance to win.
FIBA** gave a forward-looking analysis of this match, and believes that Japan has three major advantages: first, they are now full of confidence; Second, men's basketball in China is still in a transitional stage; Thirdly, the Japanese have a strong sense of home.
One of these three seemingly unremarkable things does have a huge impact on the game.
At the time of the national team's training camp, the Chinese Basketball Association released a document saying that the next step for the Chinese men's basketball team is to prepare for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, so Djordjevic also said to FINA:"The Chinese team has been working hard for good results, and it is time for us to think about getting more young players to train":"It's a pity that Xu Jie, Wang Ruize, and Yang Hansheng, when they faced Japan, they didn't play at the level they should have, and they had followed the national team to fight in the north and south a long time ago, and even Qiao Shuai's favorite Cui Yongxi suddenly disappeared.
For almost 40 minutes, they had just one chance on ten shots and five turnovers, including four steals. You must know that in addition to Hu Mingxuan, there are Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Jiwei, Hu Mingxuan, Zhu Junlong, Du Runwang, Abdu Salamu, Cheng Shuaipeng, played a total of 160 minutes, and only 4 mistakes occurred, the most critical of which was Hu Mingxuan's three-point shot before the end, and it was the only one in the game that was robbed.
This also shows that the Chinese men's basketball team has put a lot of effort into defensive counterattacks, however, the young players cannot use the same tactics to do the same thing.
If you want, we can put the blame for this game on a number of people, like the seven mentioned earlier"Veteran"Four of them have played in the World Cup and six in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, with the exception of Abdul Salamu, who is an experienced and resourceful man.
Zhao Jiwei has always been a bubble, but this time, he asked Hu Mingxuan to get the ball and let him hurt him. For example, Du Runwang, his position is relatively simple, he does not have too many functions, and he also has shortcomings in defense, and his communication with Abudu is also a problem. Cheng Shuaipeng's attacking ability is not very strong, and Hu Jinqiu's passing ability is also poor, but their opponents are angry Japanese, who are used to the high intensity of Asian football and will not make any mistakes.
In stark contrast, Xu Jie twice gave up the frontal attack, resulting in the ball being intercepted into the penalty area; Choi Yong-hee and Wang Rui-taek have repeatedly over-assisted on defense, allowing three-point shots at the level of Yuta Maiba and Yuki Tomiyama to appear; Yang Hansen's performance surprised everyone, and his defense and defense were problematic, which is why he lost the game in the end.
Born in Japan in 2001, Nagy Kawamura is a playmaker who hit two very valuable three-pointers in the fourth quarter, making him Japan's point guard.
Yesterday, we beat Japan and all our competitors in Asia; Today, we played hard with Japan and the score was still a draw; What will our tomorrow look like?
The relationship between the Chinese Basketball Association and Serbian star Djordjevic will have a definite news tomorrow.
Qiao Shuai's contract with the Chinese basketball club will end in August 2024, after the Paris Olympics, according to people familiar with the insider. However, because of last year's poor performance, the Chinese men's basketball team not only did not enter Paris, but also lost its qualification for the last World Cup. In other words, after two Asian Cup qualifiers, the Chinese Men's Basketball Association will not be able to play official matches for nine months, and the next farewell will be in the second window of the Asian preliminary round in November, when Djordjevic's contract will end.
So, he still has a lot of questions to ask about what could be the final fight of his career:
For example, let Zhu Junlong return to the starter, let Hu Mingxuan sit on the bench, and let Xu Jie sit on the bench, Hu Mingxuan scored 20 points, which also proved that Qiao Shuai said that she is "the most powerful athlete in China". In this game, Hu Mingxuan scored 20 points, which confirmed why Qiao Shuai said that he was "the most powerful in the Chinese men's basketball team";
But there are also some problems, such as in the second quarter, Hawkinson was replaced, and all five can play, Hu Jinqiu wanted to give him a break and let him concentrate on the middle distance, but in this way, he did not have the best offensive means for Daqiu, which gave him a great opportunity.
Some people don't understand: Yang Hansen is only 19 years old and should be promoted, and Wang Ruize is only 29 years old, what should he do? He was called up to the national team, which is a very exciting thing in itself, but Zhu Junlong, who was born in 99, stayed on the bench for a long time. Although Marbury and Hawkinson played 37 and 34 minutes respectively, no one from the Chinese men's basketball team played more than 29 minutes.
However, when you say "goodbye", those details may become irrelevant.
The arrogant old Qiao, at a press conference, even had a small conflict with China's **. Asked if he felt it would be his last appearance for the Chinese Basketball Association, Djordjevic replied:"I'm not going to tell you that it would be too rude for me, I've gotten to this point, and it's so rude and so rude for you to say that. "
He repeated the question three times, and in his opinion, as a coach, this kind of question is very impolite. But there is no reason not to respect him in this world, a professional coach, the best way is to use results to gain respect, Djordjevic lost the World Cup, lost the Asian Games, lost Tokyo, how could he win the respect of others?
Of course, the same applies to the Chinese men's basketball team.
Horvat, the coach of the Japanese men's basketball team, said that the reason why he had to come to the door many times before the game to take revenge was because the last time they were beaten by China by 50 points, it made the Japanese feel that they had never won against China in 85 years, and it was an insurmountable chasm. How is 85 fundamentally different from 78?
The most important thing is that, as we all know, the Chinese Basketball League is no longer the Chinese Basketball Association of the year, and the Chinese Basketball Association is ranked as the seventh country in the world, and Horvath naturally sees the hope of winning, so they will beat you without Japan's Hachimura, Watanabe, and Keisuke Tominaga.
However, in this world, no one respects the weak.