On July 2, Beijing time, the group stage of the U17 Men's Basketball World Cup continued, with the Chinese team playing against the United States.
The Chinese team won one and lost one in the first two rounds of the group stage, losing to Guinea 92-101 in the first round and narrowly defeating France 73-70 in the second round. Since the start of the U17 Men's Basketball World Cup in 2010, the U17 U.S. men's basketball team has won six championships, and this year's U17 U.S. men's basketball team is known as the strongest U17 in the United States, they defeated France 104-81 in the first round of the group stage, and beat Guinea 124-49 in the second round.
In the first game, the U.S. team started with a 5-0 lead, Feng Yubo broke through the layup to open for the Chinese team, and then the U.S. team's high pressing made the Chinese team make mistakes constantly, in the first half of the first half except Feng Yubo's layup score, the Chinese team did not score again, the U.S. team scored consecutive points to stretch the difference to more than 20 points, Xun Sinan scored a violent dunk under the basket to help the Chinese team break the scoring drought, and then the U.S. team played a scoring climax again, the Chinese team's offense improved at the end of the quarter, Li Yuezhou hit a three-point whistle, the end of the first quarter, The U.S. team leads the Chinese team 38-10.
In the second quarter of the competition, the United States team continued to rely on free throws to increase the score, Liu Yang broke through the layup and scored, and then Zhang Boyuan and He Wenwei both scored in the middle of the shot, and the Chinese team fell behind 18-50. The U.S. team played steadily inside and outside to firmly grasp the initiative on the field, and Xun Sinan made a strong attack to score 2+1 to help the Chinese team break the scoring drought. Then the Chinese team played 5-0 to stop the bleeding slightly, and the United States team responded with a wave of 7-0 at the end of the quarter, and the Chinese team fell behind 30-73 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, the United States team completely controlled the game, and played a 14-0 offensive climax at the beginning, the Chinese team made frequent mistakes and could not open the situation, and Li Yuezhou hit two three-pointers in the middle of the Chinese team, which was one of the few bright spots of the Chinese team, and the Chinese team fell behind 38-88. After that, Zhang Boyuan hit three points, Xun Sinan made two free throws to help the Chinese team stop the bleeding, at the end of the quarter, Xun Sinan scored in the middle of the shot, Fu Wenhao made two free throws, and at the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team fell behind 53-108.
In the last quarter of the game, Li Yuezhou felt hot and continued to shoot three points, the Chinese team's offensive state picked up, but then the shooting rate plummeted, and there was no score in the last seven minutes, the United States team was ruthless, the substitute players could continue to score, the difference was stretched to 80 points, and the Chinese team lost to the United States team 62-146.
Player stats for both sides
Chinese team: Li Yuezhou 17 points, 4 assists and 2 steals, Xun Sinan 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 breaks and 2 hats, Zhang Boyuan 7 points and 5 boards, Fu Wenhao 7 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Wang Hongze 6 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Liu Li 6 points and 5 boards.
Team USA: Cameron Boozer 20 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Hararlson 21 points and 7 boards, Sestokes 14 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists, Pitt 11 points and 4 steals, Holt 16 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Debansta 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Mandaquet 13 points, Smith 10 points, 4 assists and 6 steals.