2024-02-22 20:40 United Daily News reporter Liu Zhaoyu/Taipei Real Time Report
The first match of Group B of the Men’s Basketball Asian Cup Qualifying Tournament was held today at the Taipei Peace Basketball Arena. The landlord China team played against New Zealand. The Chinese team scored 9 three-pointers in the first half and tied the game many times. New Zealand, however, the Chinese team’s offensive stalled in the second half and could only rely on Liu Zheng’s sporadic singles to score points, allowing New Zealand to expand its lead to double digits. In the end, New Zealand gave the Chinese team their first defeat at 89:69. .
During the Asian Cup Qualifying Tournament, the Chinese men’s basketball team caused controversy due to insurance and insufficient number of players during the past training period, which also indirectly affected the box office of today’s event. However, the members of the Chinese team still played a wonderful match against New Zealand today. In the first half, led by captain Liu Zheng who scored 4 three-pointers, the team scored 9 three-pointers and trailed New Zealand, which had a size advantage, by only 1 point.
After the start of the second half, although New Zealand frequently scored points in the penalty area, Xie Yaxuan also continued the Chinese team’s outside offensive in the first half and hit the team’s 10th three-pointer. Lin Zheng scored 4 points in a row to help the Chinese team stop the bleeding. However, in this quarter The Chinese team made consecutive mistakes in the middle period, which allowed New Zealand to expand its lead gap to 7 points. However, the last player of the Chinese team to appear today, Zhang Jiahe, also scored points, helping the Chinese team to trail New Zealand by 5 points after the third quarter. Zealand.
In the fourth quarter, New Zealand took the lead with a lucky three-pointer, but Zhang Jiahe then relied on free throws to score 4 points in a row. Liu Zheng also relied on his personal ability to score two consecutive waves of wonderful singles to help the Chinese team recover. The difference was 4 points, but New Zealand’s hottest player Ethan Stuart Marsters Rusbatch scored consecutive three-pointers, pouring cold water on the Chinese team and widening the gap between the two sides to 12 points. In the end, New Zealand Xilan relied on a 16:0 offensive in the last 5 minutes and 10 seconds of the game to defeat the Chinese team with a 20-point gap.
The Chinese team had the best performance today with Liu Zheng scoring 4 three-pointers and scoring 20 points with 4 interceptions. Lin Junji and Lin Zhengze both scored 9 points, while Lin Xinkuan scored 8 points. However, the Chinese team only scored 8 points in the second half. He scored a three-pointer and failed to continue his hot outside touch in the first half, which became a major reason for the loss.
The Chinese team lost to New Zealand in the first Asian Cup qualifying match.Picture/FIBA authorized basketball
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