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in the semi-finals of the u18 asian cup men's basketball team, the chinese team lost to new zealand 71-86 and missed the final.

in this tournament, except for the narrow victory over japan, the chinese men's basketball team had a smooth journey. most of the victories were with absolute advantages, and basically no major obstacles were encountered. it was precisely because of this that the chinese men's basketball team lacked challenges, which led to them being beaten by their opponents in the high-quality semi-finals.

including this tournament, in the past three u18 asian cups, the chinese team lost in the semifinals. in the 2018 semifinals, they lost to new zealand (82-87), and in the 2022 semifinals, they lost to south korea (85-89). the last time the chinese team entered the final was in 2014, when they defeated iran 66-48 in the final to win the championship.

looking at the entire game, the number one player in the men's basketball team has no problem crossing half court, but it is also very strange that no one can shoot. the shorter the player, the worse it seems to be at shooting.

in addition, the chinese u18 men's basketball team made 25 of 66 shots, trailed new zealand 28-54 in rebounding, almost lost by half, and scored 26-40 in the restricted area. the absence of core player xun sinan due to injury was the direct reason for the collapse of the inside line.

xun sinan was absent, zhang boyuan played despite illness, liu li had a bloody head injury, and he wenwei fell to the ground several times. despite the difficulty in personnel, the chinese u18 national team was ultimately unable to hold on to the new zealand u18 team, and was eliminated in the semifinals of this asian youth championship, missing the final. however, they finally secured a spot in next year's world youth championship in switzerland, which was considered to be the completion of the task assigned by the basketball association.

there is nothing to blame, the players have tried their best, including liu li, who was criticized a lot before, but actually made great progress in this competition. the gap in confrontation and the lack of personnel made this game destined to be extremely difficult. next, we need to go back and summarize, how to improve rebounding, why free throws are inaccurate under strong confrontation, etc.

compared with the adult group, the performance of the u18 men's basketball team has reached a level that the former can only dream of. keep it up!