16 out of 10! Shattering the Chinese men's basketball team! Japan's strongest naturalized player in history

The starting lineup for the Chinese men's basketball team in their first game of the third window of the World Cup qualifiers against the Japanese men's basketball team is as follows:

Zhao Jiwei, Wang Junjie, Hu Jinqiu, He Xining, and Zhu Junlong.

In the first quarter, the two teams were locked in a tight battle. The Chinese team once built momentum, but at the final moment, Japanese guard Tominaga Keisei hit a difficult buzzer-beating three-pointer, giving Japan a slim 22-21 lead.

At the start of the second quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team made consecutive basic errors. Led by naturalized center Josh Hawkinson, the Japanese team launched an offensive surge, outscoring China 28-19 in the quarter and extending their lead to ten points. Fortunately, the newly crowned MVP, He Xining, stepped up at a critical moment; otherwise, the deficit could have been even larger.

At halftime, the Japanese men's basketball team as a whole made 7 out of 16 three-pointers and 9 out of 11 free throws, recording 13 assists and 5 turnovers.

In contrast, the Chinese men's basketball team made 4 out of 14 three-pointers and 4 out of 7 free throws, also with 13 assists but 4 turnovers.

The biggest problem for the Chinese team in the entire first half was their inability to effectively contain Hawkinson. He scored too easily, especially from the perimeter. In less than 16 minutes, he made 7 of 8 shots (including 3 of 4 from three-point range), contributing an impressive 17 points with near-perfect shooting. In comparison, China's two big men, Hu Jinqiu and Yang Hansen, totaled only 13 points.

In the third quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team once reduced the deficit to single digits. However, they couldn't suppress Japan's offense. Although some of Japan's shots were lucky, luck is part of the game. Consequently, China had to enter the final quarter trailing by a significant 15 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team ultimately could not mount a comeback. They suffered a heavy 72-92 loss at home, making their advancement situation very difficult, truly very difficult...

The statistics for the Chinese men's basketball team are as follows:

Only three players on the team scored in double figures: Hu Jinqiu with 15 points and 4 rebounds, He Xining with 12 points, Liao Sanning with 14 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists, and Yang Hansen with 9 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block on 5 of 3 shooting, filling the stat sheet.

The statistics for the Japanese men's basketball team are as follows:

Similarly, only three players scored in double figures, but Hawkinson carried the game. He shot an efficient 10 out of 16 from the field for a dominant 27 points, along with 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks.

The next opponent for the Chinese men's basketball team is the Chinese Taipei team, which just came back to defeat the Korean men's basketball team 82-80, a team that was without Lee Hyun-jung.