Hu Mingxuan scored 0 points, Hope Star exploded, Chinese men s basketball team revenges South Korea, advances to the semi-finals after 10 years

The 2025 Asian Cup held in Saudi Arabia did not allow the Chinese men's basketball team, which entered the NBA Yang Hansen, to go with the team, to perform well in the group stage, and won all three games to secure the top spot to advance. With the end of the quarter-finals, the Chinese team's matchup was released in the quarter-finals and will compete with the old rival South Korea to compete for a ticket to the semi-finals. In this game, the Chinese men's basketball team established a double-digit lead early with the advantage of the inside, and withstood the opponent's crazy counterattack, winning 79-71!

[Focus on the Game]

As a strong team in Asian basketball, the biggest feature of the Korean team is that their three-pointers are accurate, and the pace of the game is very fast. The last time the Chinese and Korean teams met in the 23-year Asian Cup of Men's Basketball Team. At that time, the Chinese team performed poorly in the second half and was staged a big reversal by their opponents, and they laughed to the end with 93-81.

Now we meet again. The inside advantage of the Chinese men's basketball team and the accuracy of the three-pointers of the South Korean men's basketball team will become the two major winners and losers that determine the victory of the game. Whether Guo Shiqiang can lead the Chinese men's basketball team to win the victory of the China-South Korea battle, and return to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup after 10 years has become the biggest highlight of the game.

[Match Review]

The starting five tigers of the Chinese men's basketball team are very targeted. Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan, Zhu Junlong and Wang Junjie all have very strong athletic ability and their goal is very clear, that is, they do not give the South Korean team the opportunity to shoot a three-pointer. Under the extremely targeted defense, the South Korean team only played 2 of 6 shots outside the three-point line in the first quarter. Zhao Rui, who performed well in the group stage, scored 6 points in a single quarter while completing the defensive task well.

While holding down the opponent's killer weapon, the Chinese men's basketball team also fully utilized its inside advantage, especially Yu Jiahao, who appeared on the bench, caused a huge damage to the Korean men's basketball team's inside in the first quarter. He stood on the free throw line and scored 5 goals in a single quarter, scored 5 points, and grabbed 2 frontcourt rebounds. The Chinese men's basketball team, which played out its strengths, also established a 1-point lead after the first quarter.

In the next game, the men's basketball team has been firmly implementing the technical and tactical style formulated before the game. The starting lineup double towers performed strongly. Hu Jinqiu contributed 23 points, 11 rebounds and 1 blocked double-double with 15 shots and hit 11 goals. Wang Junjie, the star of hope who is regarded as the answer to the future fourth position of the men's basketball team, took on the team's offensive banner, and made three three-pointers inside and outside, scoring 21 points and 8 rebounds. Yu Jiahao also scored 7 points and 7 rebounds. With the performance of the three major inside lines, the Chinese men's basketball team beat the opponent in rebounds and inside.

Perhaps it was because the defense of South Korea's three-pointers consumed a lot of physical fitness. The performance of the Chinese men's basketball defenders did not meet expectations in this game. Zhao Rui only performed 3 of 10 shots, and Hu Mingxuan even made 0 of 7 shots and did not score 1 point. Gao Shiyan and Liao Sanning, who appeared on the bench, took a total of 13 shots, but only hit 3 goals. This is also the reason why the South Korean team quickly caught the score difference to single digits in the last quarter.

After successfully revenge on the Korean men's basketball team, the Chinese team once again reached the semi-finals of the Asian Cup after 10 years. The opponent in the semi-finals will be the winner between New Zealand and Lebanon. We look forward to the collective recovery of the guard group in the next game, striving to help the team reach the finals and maintain the hope of winning the championship.