Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 26 (reporter Wang Jingyu) the official website of the International Basketball Federation reported that on the 25th local time, in the second round of Group A of the 2023 U19 men’s basketball World Cup held in Hungary, the Chinese team lost to Canada at 79:88.
Although the Chinese team suffered two consecutive defeats, the 17-year-old Zhao Weilun scored 25 points in the 10-shot 9. The teenager who is currently playing in the Italian league has become the biggest highlight of the Chinese team.
The Chinese team scored only 8 points in the second quarter on the same day, and fell behind 28:41 after half time. However, in the third quarter, the Chinese team caught up and narrowed the score difference to 4 points. But since then, the Canadian team once again opened the score, leading at 67:49 at 6 minutes 17 seconds before the final game.
In the case that the Chinese team was behind in a big score, Zhao Weilun, the secretary-general, was fully fired and scored 18 points in less than 5 minutes, rewriting the score to 72:79. Although the Chinese team failed to turn over in the end, Zhao Weilun’s performance was impressive. In the whole game, he played for nearly 24 minutes, with 5 shots of two-point goals and 5 shots of four shots of three-point goals, the efficiency value is the highest positive 27.
Chinese team coach Han Deng affirmed Zhao Weilun’s outstanding performance after the game, saying that he was the stable scoring point needed by the team. At the same time, he also hopes that Zhao Weilun will continue to improve his defensive ability so that he can have more sufficient playing time.
Yang Hansen scored 6 points, 15 rebounds and 4 cap for the Chinese team. Wang Junjie scored 11 points and 7 rebounds. Wang Haoran, Li Yongwei and Li Xinyi scored 10 points respectively, 8 points and 7 points.
Han Deng said that the Chinese team was well prepared for this match, but the Canadian team was the top four teams in the world, and both physical and personal abilities were stronger than ours. The Chinese team was slightly mental load, plus some low-level mistakes, which led to difficulties in scoring in the second quarter and caused a passive situation. Yang Hansen’s low attack success rate due to physical problems is also the reason why the Chinese team was once blocked. However, the arrangement of the Chinese team in defense and the tactics of the “five small” in the final stage were still well implemented.
In another group match in Group A that day, Spain defeated France 88:69 and won two consecutive victories. In the last round of group matches on the 27th local time, the Chinese team will face Spain.
