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Tonight at 19:30! The world s 25&"Bit the 30&"Asian Tiger"&"Guo Shiqiang showed his trump card!

8:51pm, 24 July 2025Basketball

At 19:30 tonight, the Chinese men's basketball team will usher in their first warm-up match to prepare for the Asian Cup at home. When the 25th-ranked "American Wolf" meets the 30th-ranked "Asian Tiger" in the world, Guo Shiqiang's training game is quietly unfolding.

The Venezuelan men's basketball team has always been known for its "American mad dog defense", and its average of 11.2 steals per game is enough to make any opponent frightened. This youth team, with an average age of only 24 years old, will undoubtedly pose a huge threat to the Chinese men's basketball team's offense. The Chinese men's basketball team's forward line is experiencing an unprecedented crisis: Zeng Fanbo withdrew from training camp due to a waist injury, Zhang Zhenlin's absence, and the originally weak wing defense may become a fatal loophole in fast-paced offense and defense.

NBA new star Yang Hansen transforms into a firefighter and will play in the Asian Cup. Zhou Qi - the old lumbar disc injury has not healed, and the medical management team strictly limits his playing time. The so-called double tower rotation is actually a signal that Yang Hansen alone carries the inside line. "Our goal is not only to win the warm-up match, but also to test the lineup through a strong team." Guo Shiqiang said bluntly in the pre-match interview.

Faced with Venezuela's rapid offense and defense, the preparation strategy of the Chinese men's basketball team has surfaced: the front line is trial and error, and young forwards such as Zhu Junlong and Zhao Jiayi need to prove their ability to catch and shoot under high pressure defense. Guo Shiqiang revealed: "The 12-man roster in the Asian Cup will be adjusted according to the performance of the warm-up match, especially the key scoring ability."; physical fitness reserves against the speed of the Americas, Venezuela averaged 18.7 points in a fast break average. The Chinese men's basketball team has strengthened the "three-to-one" training in a targeted manner (strict, difficult, practical, and large amount of exercise).

The Chinese men's basketball team ranks fourth in the Asian Cup strength list, but there are hidden worries behind this ranking: the addition of Australia and New Zealand has heated up the competition, and teams such as Japan and the Philippines have greatly increased their strength through naturalized players. More realistically, the Chinese men's basketball team has not yet announced the final 12-man roster, and the Asian Cup is about to start.

Guo Shiqiang said bluntly in an interview: "Our goal is not only to maintain the fourth place, but also to build confidence through the game." But if you want to compete for the championship, you need to solve at least three problems: Zhou Qi's health management: how to keep him in shape in key games; Yang Hansen's positioning: whether to continue to develop his organizational skills, or let him focus on scoring in the inside; scoring drought on the front line: whether to activate the offensive attributes of Zhu Junlong and others before the Asian Cup.

According to the latest Asian Cup strength list, the Chinese men's basketball team ranks fourth, but its actual competitiveness is doubtful. The first group composed of Australia, New Zealand and Japan has obvious advantages, and the Chinese men's basketball team has only two weeks left to run-in. The upper limit of this team depends on whether Yang Hansen can realize his talent under high pressure and whether Guo Shiqiang can combine fragmented combat power into a whole. What do you think about the performance of the men's basketball team's Asian Cup?

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