Although there are still 24 hours before the Liaoyue G5 life and death battle, the prelude to the game has begun.
However, just now, Guan Xinguan, a well-known sports media person and reporter from Guangdong, made a major news on WeChat: This morning, Zhou Qi was diagnosed by the hospital with a radiograph, Zhou Qi's back injury has recurred, and the situation is serious, therefore, Zhou Qi will miss tomorrow night's Liaoyue G5 game.
And yesterday, many media also reported that Zhou Qi did not arrive in Shenyang with the team for the first time. Now it seems that Zhou Qi may have shown signs of a back injury after the last match.
Zhou Qi's waist injury appeared during the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup. He later recalled in an interview that in the World Cup game against the Philippines, his body had some discomfort in the first quarter. After landing on the ground, his waist felt completely unsupportable, but the competition was fierce at the time and he didn't deal with it too much.
Zhou Qi said that because that game was against an Asian opponent, winning the Philippines was also the top priority at that time, but at halftime, he felt that he might not be able to hold out for long. After Zhou Qi went off the field, the game also became very difficult, and in the end we lost the game by a big score.
As for the specific cause of the back injury, Zhou Qi recalled that it may be related to the fall in a game with Hong Kong in Xia Xun, and it was also a scramble for rebounds.
In September 2023, after being diagnosed by domestic doctors, Zhou Qi was diagnosed with a herniated disc in his lumbar area, with L5 S1 protruding backwards, which can cause pain or numbness in the lower limbs, and this disease is a disease that requires rest and rest to recover, and there is a possibility of recurrence.
In August before, the media had officially announced the news that Zhou Qi had joined the Guangdong men's basketball team. In the first stage of this season, because Zhou Qi was still recovering from a back injury, he did not play for the Guangdong team. The first game of Zhou Qi's comeback was Guangdong vs. Sichuan on December 2 in the second stage.
After joining Guangdong this season, Zhou Qi played a total of 28 games in the regular season, averaging 17.7 points and 11.7 rebounds in 27.9 minutes per game.
So far in the playoffs, Zhou Qi has played an average of 26.3 minutes per game and can cut 16.6 and 12 rebounds for the Guangdong team.
Under the current situation, once Zhou Qi is absent from the Liaoyue G5 game, the promotion situation of the Guangdong team will become extremely severe, and it can also be said that there will be no suspense about the victory or defeat of the Liaoyue G5 game. It will even have a certain impact on this year's championship situation!