But always be prepared, the Chinese men's basketball team has finally won! "Qibing" Hu Jinqiu: No application for playing advantage | Chinese men's basketball team | Qibing
Winning, the Chinese men's basketball team has finally won.
On August 31st Beijing time, the World Cup entered the qualifying stage, and the first opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team was the Angolan men's basketball team. Despite falling behind at the beginning, the Chinese men's basketball team took advantage of their opponent's weaknesses and launched a smooth attack, ultimately defeating them 83-76 to win their first game of the tournament, thus preserving the possibility of going straight to the Olympics.
For the Chinese men's basketball team, this game can be considered a real life and death battle. If they lose to Angola again, as long as Japan defeats Venezuela, the Chinese men's basketball team will have no chance of becoming the best performing team in Asia, completely eliminated, and missed the chance to pass through to the Olympics. The next game against the Philippines will lose its meaning.
Angola is a long-standing powerhouse in Africa, having played against the Chinese men's basketball team three times in the World Series, with one win and two losses for the Chinese men's basketball team. They defeated Angola by 17 points at the 2008 Olympics, but in both World Cup matches, the Chinese men's basketball team lost. In the 1990 World Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team lost 96-112 to Angola. In the 2002 World Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team lost 84-96 to Angola.
And in this game, the opponent clearly had a physical advantage - starting less than 18 hours after the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Puerto Rico.
In fact, from the performance at the beginning, it is evident that the Chinese men's basketball team was still affected by the fatigue of combat, and the overall state of entry was relatively slow. Angola also took a 10 point lead with a score of 24-14 at one point. But soon the Chinese team took advantage of the opponent's poor shooting percentage from the outside and made an effort in defense, successfully limiting the opponent's attack.
Hu Jinqiu, an insider who had not been highly valued by coach Djorgevic before, received ample playing time today. The latter also became a wonder, scoring 20 points, rebounding and providing 2 assists in 8 out of 10 shots, becoming the key player for the Chinese men's basketball team to win this game. Speaking of being entrusted with a heavy responsibility today, Hu Jinqiu said after the game, "Personally, I always obey the coach's arrangements. When I play, I am always prepared, fighting every minute and second, not dragging the team down. I keep working hard and playing my best, hoping to help the Chinese team win. Even if I don't play, I cheer my teammates off the field." When asked if I had applied to play with the coach in the first two games without a stable playing time, Hu Jinqiu said no.
Today, Japan, the main competitor of Olympic tickets, will face Venezuela and the Philippines will face South Sudan.
The Japanese men's basketball team is the only Asian team to have won in the group stage. They unexpectedly overturned Finland and won their first victory, making themselves the best performing team in Asia's direct Olympic competition. The Japanese men's basketball team has a certain chance of winning against Venezuela, which has 0 wins and 3 losses in the group stage. So although the Chinese men's basketball team has won this life and death battle with no way out, the initiative to go straight to the Olympics is still not in their hands.
