The men s basketball team has to pay attention to a close victory over Saudi Arabia!

On the first match day of Group C of the 2025 Men's Basketball Team, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team played against the host Saudi Men's Basketball Team. Following the first match of Group C, the ten-year-old bottom Indian team and Jordan team reached overtime and almost overturned the last quarter, the Chinese team's game was quite unexpected. At the beginning, Saudi Arabia took the lead with its hot touch and gave the Chinese team a strong advantage. In the final quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team only scored 13 points. If it weren't for the Saudi main center, it would be hard to say the outcome. Fortunately, the Chinese men's basketball team ended up narrowly defeating their opponents with a slight advantage of 5 points and got a good start to the event.

Through the two games on the first match day, we will find that the difficulty of going out this time will be greater than expected. Originally, because the main players such as Yang Hansen, Zhou Qi, Zhao Jiwei, Sun Minghui, Xu Jie were absent, the outside world did not have much hope for the expected results of this trip, but always felt that the group qualifying should be with the hands. But after watching the two games, you will find that the so-called bottom team has improved rapidly. Whether it is the fourth-place Jordan Men's Basketball Team in the last session or the Chinese Men's Basketball Team that won 16 times in the Asian Cup (Asian Championship), they did not play absolute suppression on the scene.

This also sounded the alarm for us. There are no weak teams in this competition. Three years ago, the weak team in the weak team, who lost 136 points in three games in the group stage, also had fangs and waited for an opportunity to drag people into the water. In 2005, the Chinese men's basketball team led by Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian once beat the Saudi men's basketball team with an exaggerated score of 98 to 10. Now this old opponent is no longer Wu Xia Amon. They are actually just one step away from the upset. Therefore, the men's basketball team needs to take it seriously in every game in the next game, and must not be careless. The second group match will be against the Indian team. They cannot let them show off their momentum just after coming up. They must take the initiative in their own hands.

Of course, we still have obvious advantages in terms of book strength. The stability of CBA new FMVP Hu Jinqiu is unquestionable. In the game against Saudi Arabia, he made 9 of 10 sports games, contributed 20 points and 5 rebounds. Except for only 2 of 9 free throws, he was quite a waste of time. There was no big problem with the rest. He was naturally elected the most valuable player of this game. "China Captain" Zhao Rui has made outstanding performances on both sides of the offense and defense, and handed over an all-around report card with 19 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal. Hei Rui's role is often unrealistic. In the face of tight situations, Guo Shiqiang has produced a ancestral three-guard lineup. Zhao Rui, who is 1.95 meters tall and strong, was placed in the third position and is responsible for fighting the opponent's forward lineup. He is equivalent to the foundation of the three-guard lineup.

In addition to these two true core players, Cheng Shuipeng, who made 3 three-pointers, was passionate on the court, and Yu Jiahao, who scored 15 points in 14 minutes of appearance, were also remarkable. But what makes people most happy is Wang Junjie, who has never played in the CBA but has been selected into the men's basketball team after jumping to the warm-up stage. During the warm-up stage, the young man showed his talent. In the official game, Wang Junjie was not frightened at all and opened on the outside early. In the end, he also made 4 of 10 shots in the sports game, scoring 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. Unfortunately, Wang Junjie did not get too many opportunities to play in the second half. I hope that coach Guo Shiqiang can give young people more opportunities to try and error and grow. We need such opportunities to complete the transition from old to new, so that young players can accumulate game experience.