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The men s basketball team is happy again? The official Asian Cup scored a big big late night: The Chinese team advanced to the finals while lying down?

6:02am, 14 August 2025【Basketball】

The quarterfinals of the 2025 Men's Basketball Team Asian Cup officially started, and Australia and Iran have taken the lead in knockout opponents to advance. The Chinese men's basketball team will face the South Korean team, and the two sides will compete for a semi-final spot. However, just before the eve of the Sino-South Korea war, the Asian Cup official made a big own in the late night, swapping the two groups of Lebanon, New Zealand, Iran and Chinese Taipei. In this way, the Chinese team will lose a big rival in the semi-finals, which is like being sent to the finals while lying down. Unfortunately, FIBA discovered this vulnerability and has been changed in time. This also made the Chinese men's basketball team happy. In this Asian Cup, the Chinese team almost lost a complete starting lineup due to the absence of main players such as Zhou Qi, Zeng Fanbo, Zhao Jiwei, Zhang Zhenlin, Cui Yongxi and Yang Hansen. The outside world is not optimistic about the prospects of the Chinese team. However, after the group stage, the Chinese team performed well, achieving a record of 3 wins and 0 losses, and advanced to the knockout stage with three consecutive victories. Their opponent in the knockout round is the Korean team. Although they are missing two main players, their ability to break through the siege in the Death Group has shown that the Korean team cannot be underestimated.

According to the previous rules, the Chinese team is in the same district as South Korea, New Zealand and Lebanon, while Taipei, Australia, Iran and the Philippines are in the same district as the other half. In other words, if the Chinese team can defeat South Korea in the quarterfinals and advance smoothly. Their opponents in the semi-finals will be New Zealand or Lebanon, both of which are very difficult to deal with. Especially New Zealand, from the perspective of paper strength alone, the Chinese team not only did not have the advantage, but even fell a little at a disadvantage.

However, it is quite interesting that there was a small episode late at night on the official website of the men's basketball team's Asian Cup. The Chinese team's opponent in the half-zone was actually replaced. Originally, in addition to the South Korean team, the Chinese team was also in the same group as New Zealand and Lebanon. After the replacement, New Zealand and Lebanon went to the other half of the district. Iran and Taipei, China, became the same half-zone as the Chinese team. Obviously, from the perspective of opponent strength alone, the Chinese team will definitely be better at facing Taipei and Iran than New Zealand and Lebanon. If the competition is really carried out according to the official Asian Cup semi-district, then the probability of the Chinese team advancing to the final is very high. It can even be said that he was sent to the finals while lying down.

But unfortunately, this is actually just an official Asian Cup. In fact, the Chinese team's opponents in the same half of the zone are South Korea, Lebanon and New Zealand. However, due to various reasons, the Asian Cup official website suddenly had a big misunderstanding. This also led many people to misunderstand whether the FIBA gave benefits to the Chinese men's basketball team late at night and sent the Chinese team to an extremely comfortable half-zone. Especially for Chinese fans, many people were in vain and thought that they could advance and avoid Australia and New Zealand. This was indeed a great benefit.

Of course, no matter who the Chinese team's next opponent is, the men's basketball team does not have the strength to underestimate the opponent. In the next quarter-finals, although the Chinese team has certain advantages against the South Korean team, considering the performance of the South Korean team in the group stage and knockout stages, the Chinese team is really careless. Once the opponent's three-pointer is thrown, the Chinese team may not be able to limit the opponent. Especially after Zhou Qi and Yang Hansen were absent, the Chinese team's ability to protect the frame also declined to a higher level, and the gap with the South Korean team was not big. It can be said that in this battle with the South Korean team, the Chinese team must raise their twelve points.

source:7m vn1