Sleepwalking throughout the game! Hu Mingxuan made 0 of 4 shots in 29 minutes and scored only 2 points. Is the starting position unsecured?

On August 6, in the first round of the group stage of the men's basketball team in the Asian Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team narrowly defeated the Saudi men's basketball team 93-88, and the team got a good start.

Hu Jinqiu and Zhao Rui performed well in this game. The two starters teamed up to score 39 points in this game, including Hu Jinqiu, 9 of 10 shots, and 20 points and 5 rebounds. When Zhou Qi and Yang Hansen were unable to play, he carried the inside banner and helped the team on the offensive end. As the captain of the team, Zhao Rui scored 19 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists in this game. When Saudi Arabia repeatedly narrowed the gap to single digits, Zhao Rui was always able to score in his own way. He is also the team's best performer in this game.

But in comparison, Hu Mingxuan's presence in this game is a bit low, which can be described as sleepwalking throughout the game. He started in 29 minutes and scored only 2 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists. He also made 4 fouls. The team lost 5 points on the court. He even missed two free throws in the game. He was not focused enough on the defensive end and watched his opponent complete layups many times. Obviously, his condition on both offense and defense ends was not online in this game, and he was not able to play the level he should have.

Of course, in addition to Hu Mingxuan, Zhao Jiayi and Zhu Junlong's two starting players performed only averagely. Zhao Jiayi only scored 2 points, Zhu Junlong made 1 of 4 shots, scored 5 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and the positive and negative values of the two players were -5 and -6 respectively. Compared with other players who played, Hu Mingxuan, Zhao Jiayi and Zhu Junlong's performance on the court was not ideal and they were unable to perform as expected.

In fact, the starting lineup of the Chinese team in this game was not very good on the court, especially at the beginning of the game, the team was beaten by the opponent on the defensive end, which made Saudi Arabia quickly make a 14-7 offense to widen the gap. Later, Cheng Shuipeng, Yu Jiahao and Wang Junjie were replaced to reverse the game. The team's victory in this game was more due to substitute players. Except for Zhao Rui and Hu Jinqiu, other players did not have a strong presence and had limited role on the court.

After watching this game, I believe that coach Guo Shiqiang will re-examine the current starting lineup. Not only Hu Mingxuan's starting position is out of stock, but the starting positions of Zhu Junlong and Zhao Jiayi may also be replaced by other players. After all, if you continue to perform like this in this game, it will be difficult for the team to achieve good results in this Asian Cup. The opponents will only become stronger and stronger in the subsequent games. The Chinese team obviously needs to perform better to have a chance to win.