On July 8, the NBA Summer League California Classic continued, and the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in a game with the Hornets. The Chinese team, which suffered a 51-point defeat in the first game, suffered another heavy defeat in this game, losing to the Hornets 62-93 and suffering two consecutive defeats.
Chinese team: Yang Hansen 12 points and 4 rebounds, Cheng Shuaipeng 8 points, Liao Sanning 7 points and 4 assists, He Xining 6 points, Wang Lanyan 6 points and 3 assists.
Hornets: McGovins 20 points, Jack Stephens 14 points and 4 rebounds, Raquin Butler 9 points.
In the first quarter of the game, the Chinese team started unfavorably, and only Yang Hansen scored 2 points in the first half of the quarter, while the Hornets blossomed more, and the Chinese team once trailed the opponent by 16 points 2-18. In the second half, the Chinese team's offense still did not improve, and only scored 9 points in a single quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team fell behind 9-26.
In the second quarter, the Chinese team scored 5 points in a row to narrow the gap, and in the middle of the game, the Chinese team fell into a scoring drought again, and the Hornets played a wave of 11-2, and the Chinese men's basketball team fell behind 18-40 to 22 points in 1 minute and 49 seconds. Wang Lanyan hit 2+1 and He Xining hit two three-pointers, and the Chinese team played a wave of scoring climaxes at the last moment. At the end of the half, the Chinese men's basketball team fell behind 27-43.
In the third quarter, the Chinese team continued the offensive momentum at the end of the second quarter, and Gao Shiyan led the team to chase 35-43 after a wave of 8-0 starts. The Hornets responded with a 10-2 spree in the middle of the game, and the Chinese trailed by 16 points at 39-55 at 3:45. After that, the two sides went back and forth, and at the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team trailed the Hornets by 18 points 46-64.
After scoring six straight points in the final quarter, the Hornets led the Chinese team by 24 points at 6:11.77-53. In the second half of the final quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team was continued to widen the gap by the opponent, and the gap between the two sides was widened to more than 30 points. In the end, the game ended, and the Chinese team lost to the Hornets 62-93.