The Chinese men's basketball team suffered a miserable defeat in the NBA Summer League California Classic, losing to the Sacramento Kings with a disparity of 50-101, losing by 51 points! It was a nightmare that made one wonder: Is our men's basketball team here to play, or is it here to be the king's sparring partner?
At the beginning of the game, the Kings were like a hanger, and three-point shots rained down on the Chinese team's basket.
Ellis, the young man, is simply a humanoid self-propelled cannon, and he alone contributed 10 of the first 16 points of the Kings! And what about our Chinese lads? It looked like he had just gotten out of bed, and he didn't even open his eyes until more than 5 minutes left in the second quarter when he finally hit the first three-pointer of the game.
This efficiency is slower than a snail's crawl!
Coach Guo Shiqiang seemed to want to give everyone a chance to perform, and the whole first quarter was like playing a game, with a total of 15 players.
This rotation strategy, I'm afraid it's not playing a "five up and five down" hopscotch game, right? As you can imagine, I fell behind by 13 points in the first quarter, which was faster than my grandmother could knit a sweater!
In the second quarter, the Chinese team's offense was even more miserable, and the team only scored 11 points in a single quarter.
This scoring efficiency, I'm afraid even amateur teams can't stand it.
At the end of the first half, the Chinese team trailed by 23 points at 29-52.
This point difference is almost catching up with the difference in strength between us and the American team!
In the second half, the situation was not better, but worse.
In the third quarter, the Chinese team seemed to be performing the stunt of "how not to score", and the team only made 2 of 15 shots and scored a pitiful 7 points.
This score made even the elementary school students playing basketball downstairs in my house feel ashamed!
In the end, the game ended with a score of 50-101, and the Chinese men's basketball team lost by a full 51 points.
This point difference is more than the total score of the Chinese team! It was a complete fiasco, so miserable that even the referee wanted to blow the whistle to end the game early!
Let's take a look at the 11 indisputable facts exposed in this game, which are simply more heart-wrenching than one another:
Gao Shiyan, the guard with high expectations, behaved as if he had just learned to play basketball.
In 12 minutes of playing time, he made 2 of 6 shots and made 3 turnovers.
With this efficiency, I'm afraid I can't even play street basketball!
Yang Hansen, although his basic skills are good, is like a piece of paper blown away by the wind in the confrontation.
The bottom line was pushed twice, and it flew out of bounds directly, this physical fitness, I'm afraid I haven't even been to the gym, right?
Wang Lanyan is quite stable and active in defense.
But in this fiasco, he was like a drop of water in the desert, unable to change the overall situation at all.
Cheng Shuaipeng can be said to be the most eye-catching existence in the team.
The score of 16 points is simply a ray of sunshine in the dark.
But unfortunately, a person's light is no match for the dark clouds in the sky.
Yu Jiahao, the performance in the first half was okay, but on the whole, it was like a TV set that didn't adjust the channel well, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and finally failed.
Liao Sanning is very courageous and dares to fight.
But it's a pity that the shooting percentage is so low that it looks like he's playing darts, and he shoots more accurately than he with his eyes closed.
Zhu Mingzhen, this game is simply a highlight of his personal mistakes.
Three points and three don't stick, the fast attack smashes the feet, and the frame is exposed, and people want to cover their eyes.
He Xining, who is not online at both offensive and defensive ends, is like a lost elementary school student who doesn't know what he is doing.
Du Runwang's zero-score performance makes people wonder if he forgot that he was here to play.
The Chinese team's outside attack is simply a disaster.
2 of 16 three-pointers, which is lower than my grandmother's mahjong shooting rate!
The team had 16 turnovers, more than the scores.
It seems that our players are not playing basketball, but performing acrobatics.
Coach Guo Shiqiang's employment and tactical arrangements have also been fiercely criticized.
His rotation strategy is like playing Russian roulette, and no one knows who will play next.
Newcomers get very few opportunities to exercise, as if they are developing their bench skills.
This game exposed the huge gap between the Chinese men's basketball team and the top international teams.
Our players are on the court, like a group of schoolchildren playing against NBA stars, and the gap is so big that it's painful.
But we can't lose faith because of a loss.
After all, failure is the mother of success, and only by recognizing the gap can we make better progress.
Hopefully our players can learn from this heavy defeat and show better form in future games.
Finally, let's hope that the Chinese men's basketball team can be reborn from the ashes and bring us surprises in future games.
After all, basketball is round, and there are always ups and downs in the game.
Our boys' basketball boys, come on!