On the evening of July 2, Beijing time, the group stage of the U17 Men's Basketball World Cup continued, and the Chinese team lost to the United States team 62:146, which set a single-game scoring record and lost by 84 points, which is relatively rare in any echelon matchup between China and the United States.
First quarter score: China 10:38 United States
As soon as the game came up, the U.S. team adopted pressing and entrapment tactics, which made the Chinese team, which was already weak in individual strength, unable to parry, and played for nearly 7 minutes, only Zhang Boyuan scored 2 points. Then Xun Sinan and Fu Wenhao scored 2 points respectively, and Li Yuezhou hit 3 points at the whistle, which allowed the Chinese team to score double in the first quarter. In the first quarter, the U.S. team used a full rotation of 12 players, and all 12 players scored.
Second quarter score: China 20:35 United States
The Chinese team's offensive touch recovered in this quarter, Zhang Boyuan scored 4 points, Wang Hongze scored 4 points, Li Yuezhou hit a three-pointer again, and several bench players also scored. The U.S. team's offensive momentum continued unabated, and once again soared to 35 points in a single quarter. At halftime, the Chinese men's basketball team trailed the U.S. men's basketball team 30:73, and the Chinese men's basketball team made as many as 20 mistakes.
Third quarter score: China 23:35 United States
As soon as the Chinese team came up, they made 4 consecutive mistakes and were stealed, and the American team counterattacked and scored all of them, and the difference was widened to more than 50 points. After the pause, Liu Li made a jumper to help the Chinese team score for the first time in this quarter, Li Yuezhou hit two difficult three-pointers in a row, Zhang Boyuan also hit an outside shot, and Xun Sinan also scored a layup. However, with 2 minutes and 55 seconds left in the third quarter, the U.S. team had already scored more than 100. After that, the Chinese team could only rely on free throws to score, and the United States team scored 35 points again in a single quarter.
Fourth quarter score: China 9:38 United States
In the first 9 points of the game, Li Yuezhou made two free throws, Liu Li turned around and jumped, Li Yuezhou hit the fifth 3-pointer, Wang Hongze scored a layup, and these 9 points were all scored by the Chinese team in this section. After that, the U.S. team made various steals and projections, played a wave of 33:0 super shockwaves, and finally completed a record victory of 84 points. The fiasco of this game also made us realize the real gap with the world's highest level of basketball, and also made us realize where we are.
China's scores:
Li Yuezhou 17 points and 4 boards, Zhang Boyuan 7 points and 5 boards, Xun Sinan 11 points, 4 boards, 2 breaks and 2 hats, 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, He Wenwei 2 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.