[Sports News]The Hong Kong Golden Bulls played away in the 19th round of the National Basketball League (NBL) on Wednesday night (16th) and lost to Liaoning Yisheng 102:112.
The Taurus team sent Maurice Kemp to join Chen Yusheng, Bi Jiguang, Sun Wei and captain Sun Weibo as the main pick. Hong Kong player Liang Zhaohua was not included in the list due to injury. With the power of two consecutive victories at home, the Hong Kong Taurus played very closely with Liaoning Yisheng in the early stage of the game. With Kemp’s two hooks and Chen Yusheng’s fast-break layup after stealing waves, the lead was 6:5. However, Liaoning then took advantage of the home court, led by foreign aid Meck, and played a 10:3 offensive from both inside and outside. Facing the home team’s fierce attack, the Taurus team made frequent mistakes. The home team Song Shuai played fast breaks three times in a row and easily walked the basket to score, and then played an 11:2 offensive, pulling the score to 28:15; after that, the star foreign aid Leicester • Lester Hudson hit two 3-pointers immediately after coming in as a backup. Fortunately, at the end of the first quarter, Chen Yusheng, Yu Bolin and Yang Ruiqi scored points one after another, and Samuel Deguara (Samuel DEGUARA) scored 2 points at the buzzer, so that the Taurus team did not fall too far behind and finished with 23:34 Section one.
Entering the second quarter, the Taurus team’s double foreign aid lineup showed its power. Kemp and Dracula took turns to attack and made the opponent exhausted. They quickly played a 17:6 offensive, chasing the score to a 40:40 tie. Although Liaoning regained a lot of points under the leadership of Hudson, they still failed to suppress the “Malta Behemoth” defensively. Dracula scored 17 points in a single quarter, and Bi Jiguang blasted a buzzer. With a three-pointer, the Taurus took the lead 58:57 at halftime.
After the change of sides, the battle was still inextricably fought, and the two sides exchanged leading positions many times. The Taurus team still relied on foreign aid to score points in this quarter. Kemp and Dracula scored 14 points and 11 points in a single quarter respectively. However, Liaoning regained its fiery touch in outside shooting this quarter, scoring 5 three-pointers in a single quarter. In addition, Bahai, the “surprise soldier” who played as a backup, scored 8 points, and at the end of the third quarter, he scored 88:85 again.
Entering the fourth quarter, Liaoning’s foreign aid Meck scored a three-pointer and made an offensive foul and scored two free throws to score 5 points in a row, pulling the score to 93:87. However, the Taurus responded with a 6-0 offensive by Chen Yusheng and Kemp, narrowing the point difference again, and then Chen Yusheng scored a key three-pointer to tie the score at 99:99. However, the Taurus team failed to pursue the victory, and was even beaten by the home team with an 11:0 offensive to seal the victory. In the end, Liaoning Yisheng defeated Hong Kong Taurus 112:102 at home. The Taurus team has Chen Yusheng, Kemp and Dracula scoring in double digits, among which Kemp scored a game-high 41 points. The main players of the Hong Kong Golden Bulls, Liang Zhaohua and Yang Ruiqi, will represent the Southern District star team in the NBL All-Star Game at the weekend. At that time, the two will play in the Skills Challenge on Saturday and the All-Star Game on Sunday.
After the game, Liu Tie, the head coach of the Taurus team, said: “Our players played well in today’s game, but we did not do well on a few key points, especially the final break of the zone defense. Problem.” As for Kemp, he said: “We did our best this time, but we made some defensive mistakes, which gave the opponent an opportunity. We will improve the problem of zone defense in the future.”
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2023-08-16 16:14:40
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