The Chinese men's basketball team finally ushered in a hearty victory, and the U17 national youth narrowly defeated the French team in the second game of the World Cup group stage, staging a big upset. In this game, the Chinese team trailed by up to 15 points, and finally achieved a big reversal, relying on the quasi-stunner of the teenager Zhang Boyuan to defeat the opponent 73-70 and win the first victory of this World Cup.
Why do you evaluate the Chinese team's game as an upset? You must know that this French team is the second-ranked strong team in the World Youth Championships, and as a comparison, the Chinese team ranks 14th, ranking third from the bottom. In addition, the French U17 men's basketball team ranks second in the world, second only to the United States team, and the French team beat the Chinese team by 42 points in the warm-up game 1 week ago, but now the Chinese team has achieved a turnaround against the wind, which can be called a super counterattack!
On the other hand, the Chinese U17 men's basketball team lost to the African team Guinea in the last game, which led to a very low evaluation of them by the outside world, and few people would think that they could beat the world's No. 2 France, but this group of lads finally did it and used their team strength to gain a valuable victory!
In the player's performance, Zhang Boyuan, who hit the quasi-lore, scored a team-high 18 points plus 8 rebounds, Xun Sinan contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds to a double-double, the controversial Liu Li also grabbed 6 rebounds, and guard Shen Wuving dared to hold the ball and score a layup on the opposite side of the military training at the critical moment in the final quarter. These players deserve praise from the outside world!
For the overall environment of the Chinese men's basketball team, winning this victory is worth celebrating, after all, the Chinese men's basketball team has lost too much in recent years, with 1 win and 5 losses in the 2023 World Cup, including a heavy defeat to the Asian team Philippines, and a loss to the Japanese men's basketball team in 2024.
Now this group of U17 men's basketball boys use this victory to save face for the collective, and I hope this victory can bring confidence to more men's basketball players!
On July 1, the Chinese team will also play against the third opponent of the group stage, the United States, which is a difficult game, after all, the United States team has always been the strongest, but everything is possible before the game is played, and the Chinese U17 men's basketball team hopes to create a miracle again. It is worth mentioning that no team will be eliminated in the group stage of this World Youth Championship, and four teams in a group will play a round-robin round robin to determine the ranking, and then play against the next group, for example, Group A 1 will face Group B 4. For this reason, the Chinese U17 men's basketball team has at least two games left, and I hope they will put down their burdens and do their best to continue to fight!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)