Chao News client reporter Cao Linbo
At 17:30 pm on July 2, Beijing time, the Chinese men's basketball team and the world's fifth-ranked Australian men's basketball team played the first game of the BALLIN'24 warm-up game, the Chinese men's basketball team fought with the opponent for half a game, and was beaten by Australia in the third quarter, opening up a 20-point difference, and finally the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Australia 87-107.
Previously, after the end of the domestic training camp, the Chinese men's basketball team moved to Melbourne, Australia for 3 days of training, and then participated in the BALLIN'24 warm-up game.
In the first warm-up game, the Chinese men's basketball team registered 14 players, Gao Shiyan, Liao Sanning, Cheng Shuaipeng, Zou Yang, Wang Lanyan, Yu Jiahao, Jiao Boqiao, Du Runwang, Cui Xiaolong, Li Hongquan, He Xining, Zhu Junlong, Wang Haoran, Yang Hansen.
The Australian men's basketball team, on the other hand, is playing with an Olympic squad, including NBA players such as Mills and Thybulle and the main players of the NBL.
Unlike the last warm-up game in Kunshan, with the Macau Black Bears in China, the Chinese team played very resolutely at the beginning of this game, and the opponent Australian men's basketball team did not defend hard, so the start of the Chinese men's basketball team was quite bright. Cheng Shuaipeng, Wang Lanyan, and Liao Sanning hit frequently on the outside, and Wang Lanyan scored 6 points in one round in the first quarter, and hit a three-point shot at the end of the whistle, scoring 11 points in a single quarter. Cheng Shuaipeng scored 8 points on 2-of-4 shooting, and the Chinese men's basketball team led the all-main Australia 32-25 in the first quarter.
Yu Jiahao was also very efficient inside, scoring 8 points in 6 minutes in the first quarter and 14 points in 6-of-6 in the half, and Liao Sanning became the team's main scorer from the second quarter, helping the team only trail Australia by three points at halftime 48-51.
However, in the second half, Australia began to show its strength, although Liao Sanning's impact once helped the Chinese team recover the difference and overtake the score. However, the opponent strengthened its defense and gradually found its touch outside the three-point line, coupled with the Chinese men's basketball team's side fell into a goal drought, Australia played a wave of 23-1 in the second half of the third quarter, from 1 point behind, to lead the Chinese men's basketball team by 20 points. Although the Chinese men's basketball team struggled to catch up in the fourth quarter, it still failed to catch up and lost the game by a large score.
In the end, Liao Sanning played 23 minutes and got 19 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Wang Lanyan played 20 minutes and got 20 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Yu Jiahao had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Chinese men's basketball team will also play the second game of the BALLIN'24 warm-up game with the Australian men's basketball team on July 4.
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