HANGZHOU, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) — China beat South Korea 84-70 within the males’s basketball quarterfinals on Tuesday on the Hangzhou Asian Games, organising a conflict with the Philippines within the semifinals.
Du Runwang led China’s boxscore with 16 factors together with 4 3-pointers, and Hu Jinqiu went 7 of 10 so as to add 14. Guard Hu Mingxuan scored 10 factors and dished out 4 assists.
Du, who had already proven off his capturing expertise within the preliminary spherical, shone once more in Tuesday’s sport, confidently dropping 10 factors within the second quarter to ignite a 14-0 run for China. Following Zhang Zhenlin’s chase-down block, Zhejiang-based guard Cheng Shuaipeng made two coast-to-coast layups as China constructed a 21-point lead earlier than the halftime break.
The sport acquired extra bodily as gamers returned from the lockers, however Hu Jinqiu saved attacking within the paint in opposition to two or three opponents. With Zhang’s poster dunk and Du’s nook 3, China thwarted South Korea’s comeback efforts within the final quarter.
As a number of the youthful gamers on China’s squad confirmed good chemistry, China’s head coach Aleksandar Djordjevic praised his younger lads’ laborious work on the post-game press convention.
“The youth of those players is not only shown by years, but especially by competitions they played internationally till now. Of course we all know the three tough years China passed through with the pandemics, and there were also competitions that were lack of fans and intensity, it was very tough to keep on playing and keeping the attitude of getting better and better,” Djordjevic mentioned.
“I want to underline that since day one I came here, their efforts on the practices, and attention, were always there. When a coach sees it, especially a coach who has been in the same shoes as them, you understand it’s a good process,” he added.
“This competition [Asian Games] is tailor-made to our team, and I hope they take advantage of getting more and more experience.”
Known for his or her long-range capturing, which is certainly one of their major scoring methods, South Korea had an icy capturing contact by solely making seven out of 25 makes an attempt. Naturalized veteran Ra Gu-na took 14 factors and grabbed seven rebounds, whereas 2018 Asiad 3×3 basketball silver medalist Yang Hong-seok added 13 factors.
Rumored to go away the South Korean nationwide workforce, 34-year-old Ra mentioned he would return to his KBL workforce first. “This is the last year of my contract, I actually don’t know what’s going on, I’m going back to my team in the KBL. They want me to continue to be a player on the national team or not, I’m not really sure,” Ra mentioned, including “I just feel like we get to get better, I feel like China and Japan already took that lead, and we are left alone.”
Also on Tuesday, the Philippines edged Iran 84-83 to fulfill China in Wednesday’s semifinal. Facing off in opposition to the Gilas, who simply inflicted China a bitter reminiscence on the current FIBA World Cup, Djordjevic described their semifinal rival as a “tough opponent.”
“They are here with an experienced team, with some young lads, and they had a great game against Iran. So we have to keep playing our game, starting in defense,” Djordjevic mentioned.
In the opposite two males’s quarterfinals, Jordan defeated Saudi Arabia 76-57 and Chinese Taipei overcame Japan 85-66. Jordan will compete with Chinese Taipei for one more ticket to the ultimate.