Original title: Japan’s best three will return to the rise of the Philippines men’s basketball team
In the four games of the Asian Cup qualifiers, because the Japanese team lacked the three strongest players of Hachimura, Watanabe, and Baba, the two games against the Chinese team were a bit lacking in gold. The Chinese team also lacks many core players such as Yi Jianlian, Guo Ailun, Wang Zhelin and Zhao Rui.
In the second match between China and Japan in the Asian preliminaries, the Japanese team’s almost accurate three-pointer put a lot of pressure on the Chinese team in the first half. The Chinese team, led by Zhou Qi, who quickly returned to the team after undergoing eye surgery, played steadily on the inside, while trying to control and interfere with the Japanese team’s shots on the outside, and finally won with difficulty. Although the two teams are not playing with the strongest lineup, the Chinese team has been able to feel the Japanese team’s great progress and advanced play.
Hachimura has played in the NBA for two full seasons and has become an important member of the Wizards, averaging nearly 30 minutes per game. As a mixed race, Hachimura has excellent athletic talent and has become the most influential and powerful basketball player in the history of Japanese basketball. Watanabe Yuta also became an important member of the regular rotation of the Raptors with his unremitting efforts. Yuta Baba has also experienced trial training in NBA teams and is the No. 3 star in the Japanese team after Hachimura and Watanabe.
Japan’s three strongest players are all concentrated on the perimeter, Hachimura and Watanabe are both strikers, and Hippodrome is a defender. The biggest advantage of the Chinese team against the Japanese team is still inside. The ability of Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin to guard the basket will greatly deter the Japanese team’s breakthrough. The advantage of the Japanese team is its excellent three-pointer. The whole team resolutely implements the three-pointer tactic, shoots whenever possible, and has many pitchers. The core tactic of the Chinese team against the Japanese team is to use their own internal lines to contain their opponents’ external lines.
After playing four games in the Asian Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team stayed in the Philippines for four days and played two teaching games with the Philippine national team. Because it is a teaching game, domestic fans have almost no official channels to watch the game, but the strength of the Philippine team is beyond the impression of domestic fans in the past. In the first game, China relied on a final tie to tie the score (the teaching match can end in a tie). In the two games, many naturalized players of the Philippines team showed considerable strength. In the past, the top star of the Philippine team was the big foreign aid Brache, who led the Xinjiang team to the championship, but Brache was lazy and very unself-disciplined, which led to serious fat gains and a drastic decline in his standard. The Philippine team has naturalized players such as Pringle and Stan Hardinge, and completely abandoned Blatche. In the Asian Cup qualifiers, the Philippines team double-killed the South Korean team, showing strong strength.
In recent years, as naturalized players have become the mainstream of each team, the strength of the Asian basketball pattern has quietly changed dramatically. The traditional strong teams of Iran and South Korea, as the golden generation ages, no longer have the strength of the top Asian teams. The Australian team has always been supported by a strong overseas legion. The Japanese team and the Philippines team benefited from the strong blessings of mixed-race and naturalized players, and their strength has risen to unprecedented heights.
For a long time to come, Australia, Japan, and the Philippines will become the strongest opponents of the Chinese team in the Asia-Pacific region. The Chinese team needs to make their own adjustments, come up with a set of the best lineup before the Asian Cup, continue the spirit of the game against Canada and Greece, and devote themselves to the passionate battle in the Asian Cup, killing the Quartet. (The sword wind hits the face)Return to Sohu to see more
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