On July 2, Beijing time, in the first warm-up game of the just-concluded Chinese men's basketball team VS Australia, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Australia with a record of 87:107 and 20 points! In fact, before the start of this game, no fans were optimistic about the Chinese men's basketball team, after all, the other party is a strong player who is going to participate in the Olympic Games, and it is a matter of course to choose the Chinese men's basketball team to practice, and the strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all. But to the surprise of many people, the Chinese men's basketball team still sent a lineup starting with Liao Sanning, Cheng Shuaipeng, Zhu Junlong, Du Runwang and Jiao Boqiao, but it unexpectedly started a good game!
Liao Sanning, who had the most highlight performance in this game, opened his three-point hand early, and there was a situation of successive breakthroughs to create damage, so the Chinese men's basketball team even led Australia by 7 points in the first quarter. In fact, the performance of the entire Chinese team only played half a good game, which belonged to the whole phenomenon of opening high and walking low, and the opponent's strength in the second half was pulled by the Chinese men's basketball team. From being able to lead Australia in the first quarter to being slowly tied and finally being constantly suppressed, it can be seen that the Chinese men's basketball team actually needs to improve. However, this game also allowed everyone to see a few very bright performances, and there were several players who did very well.
First of all, the most praiseworthy performance is also the most prominent, none other than Liao Sanning and Wang Lanyan. Liao Sanning only scored 19 points reported on many social media, but it is not his real embodiment, because Liao Sanning scored a total of 26 points in the whole game, and there were three-pointers in the fourth quarter! Therefore, according to on-site statistics, Liao Sanning is the most prominent player in the Chinese men's basketball team and the most fearless player on the offensive end, and his score is the first in the team. And Wang Lanyan is the same, tonight in 21 minutes of shooting shots, 50% shooting, 20 points, two rebounds and two assists, both of them are players worthy of encouragement.
And comparable to these two is Yu Jiahao, Yu Jiahao's performance on the inside in this game is remarkable, and it turns out that he is much better than Yang Hansen. The performance of these three people really made many fans have a good feeling, that is, the loss is certain, but it is expected, and it is only a loss of 20 points, and the rhythm of the whole game belongs to the situation of high start and low walking. The performance of the two young guards is also very good, and they are also daring, so that the fans can see that there are some clear ideas and tactics on the court have been played, but in the end, the basic skills of the helpless shooting are indeed a little worse, plus the intensity of the opponent's Australia defense in the second half has come up, so in the end they have no choice but to lose this game.
And some people perform well, and naturally some people perform poorly, among which there is nothing more helpless than Cheng Shuaipeng and Du Runwang, these two people really don't have much potential to continue to dig deeper. Although Cheng Shuaipeng carried 25 minutes on the court, he only scored 10 points, and the efficiency of shooting 1 of 6 three-pointers is indeed not in line with his identity as the captain of the Chinese men's basketball team, and the same is true for Du Runwang, except for three points, there are no other offensive means, and defense is also a big problem.
So to be honest, more practical opportunities should be given to young players this summer, and Liao Sanning and Wang Lanyan will definitely live up to the expectations of fans. In fact, the hard power of the Australian team is much stronger than the Chinese men's basketball team, and they are working hard for the upcoming Olympic Games, while the Chinese men's basketball team can only prepare for the 2028 Olympic Games.