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chao news client reporter cao linbo

on september 4, the 2024 fibau18 asian cup held a focus battle in the third round of the group stage. the chinese men's basketball team played against the japanese men's basketball team. in the passive situation for most of the game, zhang boyuan (born in 2007, height 2.04 meters) scored 22 points in the game, helping the chinese men's basketball team to keep the score difference close. in the last 5 seconds, duan ruiqi (born in 2006, height 1.91 meters), who had a poor touch throughout the game, completed a three-pointer to help the chinese men's basketball team finally beat the japanese men's basketball team 68-66 and advance to the next stage of the competition as the first in the group.

previously, both teams had won all their games. in the first two rounds, the chinese men's basketball team defeated kazakhstan 86-50 and qatar 99-43 respectively. whoever won the game that day would be the first in the group. this was also the strongest opponent the chinese team encountered in this group stage.

compared with the chinese men's basketball team, the japanese men's basketball team is at a disadvantage in height, with an average height of 1.91 meters, and only one player, watanabe rin, who is 2.04 meters tall, is over 2 meters tall, while the average height of the chinese men's basketball team is 1.98 meters, and half of the players on the team are over 2 meters tall. however, from the first quarter, the japanese men's basketball team took the advantage on the court.

zhang boyuan had a hot hand at the beginning, helping the chinese team to score continuously. however, the japanese team adopted a double-teaming tactic against xun sinan, the main player of the chinese men's basketball team at 2.15 meters, which prevented him from scoring for a long time. the other players lost power on the outside offensive end and made consecutive mistakes, which allowed the japanese team to successfully counterattack many times. at the end of the first quarter, the japanese team led by 5 points.

in the second quarter, the chinese men's basketball team still lacked sufficient efficiency on the offensive end, mainly relying on the personal abilities of zhang boyuan and chen jiazheng. although zhang boyuan scored a miraculous buzzer beater to tie the score at 20, the japanese men's basketball team's back line was significantly stronger than the chinese team, causing the chinese men's basketball team to make frequent mistakes and counterattacks. in addition, the chinese men's basketball team's defensive execution was not high. at the end of the half, the chinese team was behind 31-38.

in the third quarter, the chinese team still had no improvement on both offense and defense, allowing the japanese men's basketball team to continue to maintain the score difference. however, in the final stage, as the physical strength of the japanese men's basketball team declined, the chinese team had the opportunity to fight back. zhang boyuan relied on his own strength to hold on to the score tightly. when there were 3 minutes left in the game, the chinese men's basketball team tied the score.

in the last 4 seconds, duan ruiqi, who had a poor shooting touch throughout the game and made 5 of 19 shots, hit a key three-pointer to help the chinese team take a 2-point lead and successfully win the game.

zhang boyuan was definitely the biggest contributor to the chinese men's basketball team's victory in this game. he scored a team-high 22 points with 8 of 16 shots. duan ruiqi's three-pointer in the last 4 seconds was also a wonderful assist after he broke through and attracted a three-man team. in addition, duan ruiqi contributed 15 points and chen jiazheng 11 points.

japan's watanabe rin had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and segawa ryuukaku had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals.

(photo from fiba ​​official website)

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