Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu, July 30 (Reporters Zhou Mian and Cao Yibo) On the 30th, Group A of the second round of the Chengdu Universiade men’s basketball preliminaries staged a focus match. The Chinese team lost 67:79 to the Lithuanian team and suffered a two-game losing streak.
[图]Chengdu Universiade: Chinese men’s basketball team loses to Lithuania and suffers two-game losing streak
Compared with the previous game, the starting lineup of the Chinese team has been adjusted. Yang Xihao from Tsinghua University replaced Li Yiyang from Xiamen University. At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team mainly played in the middle, but failed to force layups many times, and Lithuania counterattacked and scored. In the fourth minute, a block by the Chinese team had already destroyed the opponent’s attack and created a counterattack opportunity, but the opponent scored due to a dribbling error. Although there were occasional wonderful layups, in the first 7 minutes, facing the Lithuanian team’s rich defense, the Chinese team’s shooting percentage was not high. Lithuania ended the first quarter with a 3-pointer leading 23:14.
In the second quarter, the Chinese team still launched several strong attacks, and Chen Guohao and Zou Yang scored 6 points. Subsequently, the Chinese team began to try outside three-point long shots, but failed to score. In the second half of the second quarter, the mentality of the Chinese team members became irritable, and their turnovers and fouls increased significantly. The Lithuanian team ended the first half with a 42:24 lead.
The Chinese team scored 4 points in a row within 1 minute of the opening of the second half. After that, the Chinese team quickly counterattacked after taking the ball with a block, and warm applause broke out throughout the process. Next, the Chinese team hit two goals in succession. But with 3 minutes left in the third quarter, the Lithuanian team gradually stabilized their position and regained their rhythm. At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team was still 46:59 behind.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the Chinese team accelerated their offensive rhythm and their shooting percentage increased significantly. They even narrowed the point difference to 7 points in the first 3 minutes. But the Lithuanian team then used possession and passing to contain the momentum of the Chinese team, and finally won 79:67.
“I didn’t play well in the first half, lost too many rebounds, and the speed of offensive and defensive transitions was not enough. In the second half, the players worked hard and played their own characteristics.” The head coach of the Chinese team Chen Lei said after the game. The performance of the team will get better and better.
2023-07-31 01:03:56
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