How does the Chinese men s basketball team break New Zealand? Hu Jinqiu s outbreak is not enough, and the five major defenders are in urgent need of recovery

The Chinese men's basketball team has reached the semi-finals of the Men's Basketball Team after 10 years and will play against New Zealand in the semi-finals. The Chinese men's basketball team is only one step away from the goal of standing on the podium, but it is indeed very difficult to defeat New Zealand. This Chinese men's basketball team has natural flaws in the absence of generals such as Yang Hansen, Zhou Qi, Zeng Fanbo, Zhang Zhenlin, Cui Yongxi, and Zhao Jiwei.

The Chinese men's basketball team has a major weakness on the defensive end. In the Asian Cup data list, the Chinese men's basketball team averaged only 0.5 blocks per game, ranking last. In 4 games, the Chinese men's basketball team only blocked 2 times in total. New Zealand ranked seventh in the Asian Cup with 3.3 blocks per game.

The Chinese men's basketball team averaged 4.0 steals per game and ranked last in the Asian Cup, while New Zealand averaged 8.5 steals per game and ranked fifth in the Asian Cup. New Zealand's fierce fight was reversed by Lebanon in the quarter-finals, and the entire New Zealand team had 12 steals.

The Chinese men's basketball team also suffered a loss compared to New Zealand. The team averaged 40.5 rebounds per game, ranking sixth, while New Zealand averaged 45.8 rebounds per game, ranking second, second only to Australia's team's average of 50.8 rebounds per game.

In addition, New Zealand averaged 100.5 points per game, making it the team with the most offensive firepower in the Asian Cup of Men's Basketball Team and the only team with averaging 100 points per game. The Chinese men's basketball team averaged 90.5 points per game and ranked third. The Chinese men's basketball team ranked fifth in 19.5 assists per game, and also lags behind New Zealand, which ranked second in 23.0 assists per game.

In other words, the Chinese men's basketball team's data lags behind New Zealand in all aspects. There is no doubt that this will be a tough battle. The last time the Chinese men's basketball team played against New Zealand was the warm-up match on August 13, 2023, when the Chinese men's basketball team defeated New Zealand 69-68. The warm-up match is not valuable, and the recent official international match confrontation between the two sides was the two World Cup Asian qualifiers in 2018. The Chinese men's basketball team lost 57-67 one time and the other 73-82 one time.

New Zealand's top scorer Mojavi King is in good shape, and he contributed 23 points and 3 assists in the game against Lebanon. Mojavi King averaged 18.5 points per game in the Asian Cup, shooting 54.0% from the field and 45.0% from three-point shooting. This is a defender with outstanding shooting ability.

New Zealand not only has Mojavi King a stable scoring point, they have 3 players averaging 15+ points and 5 players averaging 10+ points. Taylor Britt averaged 15.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. Flynn Cameron averaged 15.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Milner averaged 10.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. Maxi Darling averaged 10.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.

It is difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team to completely limit New Zealand's offense. To defeat New Zealand, the Chinese men's basketball team basically has no room for mistakes and must perform at its best. Hu Jinqiu and Wang Junjie both played in the quarter-finals and scored 20+. However, the Chinese men's basketball team's guard group is collectively sluggish.

Hu Mingxuan made 0 of 7 shots and 0 of 5 three-pointers, but he didn't score a single point. Cheng Shuipeng made 0 of 4 shots and 0 of 3 three-pointers, scoring only 2 points. Gao Shiyan made 1 of 5 shots and 0 of 3 three-pointers, scoring only 2 points. Zhao Rui's touch was not good, making 3 of 10 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, and scored 9 points. Liao Sanning made 2 of 8 shots and scored only 8 points. The five Chinese men's basketball guards made 1 of 15 three-pointers in the quarter-finals, and their three-pointers performed too miserably.

If the Chinese men's basketball team misses the accuracy of three-pointers and the rebound is not guaranteed enough, it will be very difficult to win. Faced with the strong New Zealand, even if Hu Jinqiu scored 20+10, he still needed more support from the five major defenders, especially the scorers Hu Mingxuan and Cheng Shuipeng need to bottom out and rebound.