The Chinese men s basketball team almost got a comeback, with 13 fewer free throws

The 2025 Men's Basketball Asian Cup match continues. At present, the game has reached the knockout stage. The 8-to-4 game is being held. Among them, Australia and Iran have advanced to the semi-finals. The Chinese men's basketball team and South Korea can compete for another semi-finals. In this game, the Chinese men's basketball team can only win, not lose. In any case, if you can't even enter the semi-finals, you can really give up completely. Let's take a look at how the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team is?

Let's take a look first. The starting lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team is: Zhao Rui, Hu Jinqiu, Hu Mingxuan, Zhu Junlong, and Wang Junjie. Compared with the past, there is basically no change. This lineup can also be said to be the best starting lineup that the Chinese men's basketball team can form at present. Although there is no absolute height in the inside, the forward combination of Zhu Junlong and Wang Junjie is more suitable for modern basketball.

In the first quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team did not play well at the beginning and was always suppressed by the Korean men's basketball team. In the half quarter, it only exceeded once and was in a backward state at other times. Until the end of the first quarter, Liao Sanning and Zhao Jiayi scored one goal each, and the Chinese men's basketball team took the lead with 1 point 25:24. In the second quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team quickly adjusted back. Hu Jinqiu, Yu Jiahao and Wang Junjie joined forces to control the frontcourt rebounds. The Chinese men's basketball team completely controlled the rhythm of the game, and Wang Junjie exploded, playing hard at the basket and had all three-point balls. He led the Chinese men's basketball team to score a 21:11 score in a single quarter. At the end of the half, the Chinese men's basketball team led to 11 points with 46:35. In the third quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team scored 7:1 from the beginning, and then widened the gap to nearly 20 points. However, after half of the game, the referee kept whistling, disrupting the rhythm of the Chinese men's basketball team. The Korean men's basketball team took the opportunity to narrow the gap to within 10 points. After the third quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team led the South Korean men's basketball team by 9 points. In the fourth quarter, South Korea chased points very tightly, but the Chinese men's basketball team was able to maintain the lead. In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the South Korean men's basketball team 79:71 and advanced to the semi-finals.

Let’s take a look at this game, the Chinese men’s basketball team’s best performer.

1. Hu Jinqiu [Full Score]. Daqiu used to be characterized by strong offense and not good rebounds. However, in today's game, he played all the way. Before he finished the 4th quarter, he won 20+10 data. Suddenly he felt that Hu Jinqiu was about to approach Yi Jianlian's level. He has now become the leader of this team.

2. Wang Junjie [Full Score], he is the biggest surprise of the Chinese men's basketball team this year. Unexpectedly, few people heard his name before, and this year he grew up all of a sudden. Although Yang Hansen failed to participate in this game, to be honest, even if he participated, his performance may not be as good as Wang Junjie. Today, he scored 20+ points, and his performance was better than the other. The Chinese men's basketball team has been around for a long time, and there is no such an outstanding forward player. He can become a player who will take the lead in the future of the Chinese men's basketball team.

3. Yu Jiahao [Excellent] only played 12 minutes, scored 7 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 frontcourt rebounds. With this performance, what else is there to be dissatisfied with? I have been playing badly before, but today I finally got proud. I quickly left the CBA and went out to hone my skills for two years. After I come back, he will definitely become stronger.

4. Hu Mingxuan [undercover], what is he doing? 0 of 7 shots, 0 of 5 three-pointers, 0 points, 1 rebound, and 3 assists. This is the report card handed over by Hu Mingxuan. This performance is really eye-catching. Is he an undercover agent of the Korean team? The original Chinese men's basketball team's three-point shooting percentage was around 40%, but he was immediately pulled down. I have to say that Hu Mingxuan is a double-edged sword. When you trust him, he will perform eye-catchingly. When you are disappointed in him, he can play explosive games again. Among the Chinese men's basketball team, there is only one person as special as him.

5. Referee [Slack], this game, the free throws were really shocking. If you remember correctly, the Chinese men's basketball team won 8 free throws in the first half, with only 13 in the game. The Korean men's basketball team has a total of 26 free throws, which is exactly twice that of the Chinese men's basketball team. Isn't this funny? Is South Korea so strong? Did each of these referees receive a laptop from South Korea from Samsung?

No matter what, the Chinese men's basketball team had hope and ushered in a big victory of more than 20 points. Unexpectedly, starting from the second half of the third quarter, the referee almost changed the game. Fortunately, the Chinese men's basketball team performed well, otherwise it would be possible to lose in this game. This is indeed a big hidden danger!