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The good results of this Asian Cup are due to Guo Shiqiang s integration and the back line will not collapse.

5:44pm, 19 August 2025Basketball

The Chinese men's basketball team's good result of winning the runner-up in this Asian Cup was completely beyond expectations, and they were hard to distinguish with Australia, and they even had the opportunity to defeat their opponents. The lineup of this Asian Cup can be said to be very civilian and has a very small position, so before the game, Chinese media and fans were not optimistic about this Chinese team. The reason why this result was mainly because of Guo Shiqiang's integration of this team. When Zhou Qi and Zeng Fanbo were injured and Yang Hansen could not come, Guo Shiqiang could be said to have chosen the most suitable twelve people, and he also opposed the opposition and brought controversial players such as Gao Shiyan, Raymond, and Li Xiangbo into the national team. These people all played their due role.

Looking at the history of the Chinese men's basketball team, the back line has always been the most obvious shortcomings of the Chinese men's basketball team. In the past, the back line of the Chinese men's basketball team played supporting the inside, especially in the era of moving the Great Wall, the main task of the defender was to take the ball through the half court and then hand it over to the inside to play hard. Scoring has never been their main task. Guo Shiqiang led five defenders in this Asian Cup, namely Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan, Liao Sanning, Gao Shiyan and Cheng Shuipeng. These defenders are not traditional No. 1 positions. All of these five have very strong attacking abilities. In addition to Gao Shiyan, Gao Shiyan's positioning is also mainly based on defense, mainly for the role of doing dirty work.

The Chinese men's basketball team's offense this time is very good, and the scores in each game are very high. This is a very big change. In the past, it was difficult for the Chinese team to score 80 points, and the scenes are not good-looking, and they often win narrowly. Guo Shiqiang is definitely right to lead these defenders. There are basically three guards in one game that can perform well, which gives the Chinese team great confidence. The back line scored 56 points against New Zealand and 41 points against the Australian back line, which can basically account for half of the team's total score. This is the biggest change in this Chinese men's basketball team. Its style of play is more modern, the offense and defense pace is faster, and it is more in line with the world's basketball trend.

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