Jinan Daily news: Less than a week before the start of the Asian Games men's basketball game, the Chinese men's basketball red team led by Ding Yanyu is about to leave for Jakarta, Indonesia, to prepare for the game. The game has not yet started, and the Chinese men's basketball team has received two good news. The main rival Philippines has announced that it will not participate in the Asian Games, and the group rival Palestine has also withdrawn from the game. As a result, the Chinese men's basketball team has locked the top eight seats in the Asian Games in advance.
The Asian Games schedule of the Chinese men's basketball team is relatively easy. The group competition is arranged in a serpentine way according to the previous ranking and qualification competition. The first two players in the group competition will be promoted to the top eight. The Chinese men's basketball team has only three teams in the group, one less than other groups. After the Palestinian team announced its withdrawal, the Chinese men's basketball team won without a fight and directly advanced to the last eight. This has also affected the team's preparation to a certain extent. With one opponent missing, the Chinese men's basketball team only needs to participate in 4 games at most. In order to keep the players in match condition, the whole team may hold two internal teaching matches in Shenzhen. The Chinese men's basketball team also needs to compete for the first place in the group with Kazakhstan, a strong team in Central Asia. At that time, it is possible to meet the Japanese team that has naturalized the strong American center in the semi-finals.
The popular Philippine team that won the Asian Games withdrew unexpectedly, and their reasons for withdrawing were also "wonderful". The Philippine Basketball Association was worried about creating the worst record in history. After a large-scale conflict with the Australian team in the World Preliminaries, most members of the Philippine team were suspended, but the suspension was only limited to the World Preliminaries and did not affect the Asian Games. Without a competitor, the Chinese men's basketball team is missing a "loser" on its way to the championship. Of course, the Japanese and South Korean teams are eyeing each other, and they have all been absorbed by the strong support of the United States. The Chinese men's basketball team must show all their skills to compete with them. (Reporter: Liu Wen)
