Chapter 552: Take Syria lightly
After the Jordan team lost this game, the situation was already very unfavorable for them.
Thankfully, Lebanon lost to New Zealand, so they still have a chance.
The next step is to watch South Korea play against Lebanon, as well as Jordan against New Zealand, and the result will directly determine who will qualify.
Back to the stats for this game.
The whole game of the Huaxia team played remarkably, but people were surprised to find that with or without Li Huan, the performance of the Huaxia team was like two teams.
And judging from the data, Li Huan is undoubtedly a savior.
The Huaxia team had a total of three double-doubles, of which Li Huan scored a team-high 45 points, and also got 4 assists, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks and 7 steals.
Zhou Qi got 17 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.
Zhao Rui got 10 points and 8 assists.
Li Huan won half of the team's scores, which shows how strong his scoring ability is.
Jordan's performance was actually good, and they also had a double-double as a three-pointer.
Among them, Tucker scored the most, but most of the points were scored when Li Huan was not on the court, and he got 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
Their captain, Abbas, had 20 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.
When it comes to rebounding, Hussein has to be the strongest in the game, with 13 rebounds and 10 points.
In addition, the magic weapon for the Chinese team to win this time is the three-point shot.
It's just a little helpless to say, although the Huaxia team's three-point shot is 16 of 32 shots, reaching a 50% shooting rate, which is already very high, but Li Huan's three-point shot is 11 of 14 shots, and the rest is 5 of 18 shots, which shows that this shooting rate is completely pulled up by Li Huan.
On the other hand, the failed Jordan team, the team's three-point shooting rate is 11 of 23 shots, which is not much worse than the Chinese team, but the number of shots is far less than that of the Chinese team.
The key role of Li Huan in the Chinese team is not only in the eyes of Li Nan, but also in the eyes of Yao Ming, the chairman of the Basketball Association, who was sitting on the sidelines and watching the game.
In Yao Ming's view, Li Huan is now playing more and more maturely, and he simply has a sense of ease on the court, no matter how strict the opponent's defense is, he can get the opportunity to score, which is missing by many first-line players in China.
In the future, if Li Huan, Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, Xiao Ding and others can form a joint force, the Chinese men's basketball team may be able to go to a different height in this World Cup.
Yao Ming is full of expectations for this.
Everyone was very happy when they came off the pitch and to be able to win was the happiest thing for the players, it was an honour for them.
However, Zhou Qi was a little disappointed, his performance was not as good as Li Huan who was in full swing now, and the gap between the two sides was a little big, he could clearly feel that Li Huan was rising, and the future would become the absolute core of Huaxia, but he was confused about the future.
Now there is a difficult problem in front of him, whether to go to the Liao Provincial team or the Xinjiang Provincial team next season, it is difficult to say.
With his personal wishes, of course he hopes to come to the Liao Provincial Team.
Previously, he had substantial contact with Guo Shiqiang, the head coach of the Liaoning Provincial Team, and others, and also signed an intention with the Sports Bureau.
However, Zhou Qi was a player of the Xinjiang Provincial Team when he went to the NBA, so in fact, the Xinjiang Provincial Team has the right of first refusal, that is to say, with the same salary and the same contract, the Xinjiang Provincial Team can give priority to signing him instead of the Liao Provincial Team.
Moreover, there are also some people on the Internet who are saying something ungrateful, and that not returning to the original team is greedy for money, which makes him very distressed.
After the game, Li Huan not only accepted interviews with foreign media, but also signed autographs and photos for the Chinese fans who came to watch the game, which further enhanced his influence in the world.
Next is the away game against Lebanon, because the time is the 24th local time, the time is relatively tight, and the Chinese men's basketball team then went to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, to fight against Syria.
Jordan, on the other hand, will face New Zealand in a last-ditch fight to qualify.
It has also been said before why Syria chose the Lebanese capital as its home stadium.
Due to the war, Syria was unable to hold a ball match in the country, so the home stadium was chosen in neutral Lebanon.
Because of this, Syria's strength has been greatly affected, and the last time it lost to the Huaxia team by a big score, although Huaxia is playing away this time, everyone feels very relaxed against Syria.
On the day of the 24th, because the home game of Lebanon was also being played, the venue for the match between Syria and the Chinese team was deserted, and only a few Chinese fans were present.
Touching the scene, Li Huan couldn't help but feel sad for the country of Syria.
The prosperity of the country is inseparable from the peaceful environment, and at the same time, peace is inseparable from the strength of the country, and he deeply feels proud of being a Chinese.
Due to the difference in strength, Li Nan did not arrange Li Huan to play the starter in this game.
At the beginning of the game, Syria performed very well, stopping the Chinese team with a wave of 10-5.
The shortcomings of the Huaxia team are obvious, that is, the offense is not smooth enough and the shooting accuracy is not enough.
In the unfavorable situation of falling behind, Li Nan did not let Li Huan play, and the scores of both sides in the first quarter of the game were not high, and Syria led by 6 points at 18:12.
In the second quarter, Li Huan was finally sent on the court.
Li Huan, Chen Linjian and Zhou Qi frequently scored on the outside, teaming up to shoot 8 three-point goals, and Li Huan also had two extremely wonderful dunks.
With the excellent performance of the outside line, the Chinese team achieved a score overtake, leading by 12 points at 42:30 into the second half.
Yibian fights again.
In the third quarter, the offense of the Huaxia team became more and more fluent, especially the combination of Li Huan and Zhou Qi inside and outside, and more blossoms, coupled with the defense of the two of them, one inside and one outside, made the Syrian offense dumb, and the score difference became bigger and bigger.
At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team entered the final quarter with a 73-42 lead over the Syrian team by 31 points.
The lead was too big, and Li Huan didn't play directly in the fourth quarter.
Zhou Qi was also replaced in the second half, and the Huaxia team has been firmly grasping the lead, and finally defeated the Syrian team 93-59.
In this game, Li Huan played 20 minutes and scored a game-high 33 points, including 8 of 10 three-point shots, 3 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks and 5 steals.
Zhou Qi's performance in this game was also very eye-catching, with the second-highest score of the team of 22 points, and 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals.
Judging from the two games in West Asia, Zhou Qi is still a little weak in the internal confrontation.
However, there should be Yi Jianlian and Wang Zelin on the inside line in the World Cup game, and his pressure will not be so great.
In addition, Zhao Rui's performance in this game was not good, he was troubled by fouls, and only scored 5 points.
However, Zhao Rui has a very good impact among domestic guards, and he still has a great chance of being selected for the final Chinese men's basketball team.