At 1:05 Beijing time on July 31, the 2024 Paris Olympics men's three-person basketball project group round-robin, the Chinese three-person men's basketball team played against the Netherlands three-person men's basketball team. After a competition, the Chinese three-man men's basketball team lost to the Netherlands three-person men's basketball team 16-21 and suffered a black start.

Background

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese three-person men's basketball team won 2 wins and 5 losses during the group round-robin, ranking at the bottom and missing the qualification. As of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Chinese three-person men's basketball team is composed of Zhang Ning, Zhu Yuanbo, Zhao Jiaren and Lu Wenbo. At this year's Paris Olympics, eight teams will play a round-robin group stage, with the top two teams in the round-robin group stage advancing to the semi-finals, while the third-sixth teams will compete for the other two semi-final tickets. Before the game, the official announced the ranking of the teams participating in this Paris Olympics, and the Chinese three-man men's basketball team ranked at the bottom of the eight teams, and the Netherlands three-man men's basketball team ranked fourth.

Match replays

At the beginning of the campaign, De Jong scored 2 points in a row by breaking through layups and free throws, and Zhao Jiaren hit a long shot to give a response. De Jong scored points in a row through a breakthrough layup, but Zhang Ning also scored 2 points in a row through a mid-range shot and a breakthrough layup. Sluggett scored points with a rebound, Vanderhorst scored 3 points with an outside shot and an inside attack, and the Chinese three-man men's basketball team was 4-8 at this time.

Zhang Ningyuan made a foul and hit 2 free throws in 2, Drieson broke through to make a layup to shoot back, and then scored an empty layup. In the following period, Zhang Ning turned over and scored a jumper, but Vanderhorst first threw and scored and then made a layup to score, and the Chinese three-man men's basketball team fell behind by 5 points at this time.

After that, Zhao Jiaren broke through the layup with the ball and scored points, and Lu Wenbo scored with a long shot, and the Chinese three-man men's basketball team was 10-13 at this time. Zhao Jiaren scored from a distance, but the Netherlands three-man men's basketball team scored consecutive points through an inside attack. De Jong scored consecutive points with the ball to help the Netherlands three-man men's basketball team stabilize the situation. Zhao Jiaren scored on a layup, but Sluggert immediately scored from a distance, and De Jong then held the ball and scored a strong attack to help the Netherlands three-man men's basketball team seal the victory. In the end, the Chinese three-man men's basketball team lost 16-21 to the Netherlands three-person men's basketball team.

Statistics

Chinese three-person men's basketball team: Zhang Ning 7 points and 4 rebounds, Zhao Jiaren 6 points and 2 rebounds, Lu Wenbo 2 points, Zhu Yuanbo 1 point;

Netherlands 3x3 men's basketball: De Jong 9 points and 4 rebounds, Vanderhorst 7 points and 5 rebounds, Sluggett 3 points and 4 rebounds, Driesson 2 points;

Lineups on both sides

Chinese three-person men's basketball team: 11-Zhao Jiaren, 9-Lu Wenbo, 12-Zhu Yuanbo, 8-Zhang Ning;

Netherlands three-man men's basketball: 44-Sluggert, 54-De Jong, 13-Van der Host, 4-Driessen;