The men s basketball team suffered another blow on the eve of the Asian Cup! The Asian No. 1 defender returns: Is the Chinese team s knockout stage hanging?

The men's basketball team's warm-up match defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina again and ended with a four-game winning streak. However, judging from this match, there are still many problems with the Chinese men's basketball team. With the absence of main players such as Yang Hansen, Zeng Fanbo and Zhang Zhenlin, the prospects of the Chinese team's Asian Cup are still worrying. What is even more severe is that as a potential opponent in the men's basketball knockout stage, Lebanon has confirmed that their super guard Alaki will return from the front line and play in this Asian Cup. If Alaki returns, it will be a blow to the Chinese team.

The Chinese men's and women's basketball team have experienced coach changes recently. In the middle of this month, in the Asian Cup of Women's Basketball Team, the Chinese team was eventually reversed by the Japanese team in the semi-finals, lost the game, and missed the defending champion. As the head coach of the women's basketball team, Gong Luming was also unforgivable and was criticized by the outside world. This men's basketball Asian Cup is also a major test for Guo Shiqiang to take over the Chinese team. Without the three main players, the prospects for the Asian Cup in China this time are actually not very clear, and there is even a possibility of missing the semi-finals.

The Chinese team has won four consecutive victories in the past four warm-up matches. They beat Venezuela 77-49 and 78-62 respectively. In the last two games, the Chinese team's opponent has become Bosnia and Herzegovina, defeating its opponent 90-70, 75-72 respectively. Although the Chinese team has won four consecutive victories, Guo Shiqiang also said after the game that the Chinese team found many problems in this warm-up match, hoping to change in the Asian Cup. But this is easy to say but difficult to do. For example, the men's basketball team does not have pure No. 1 player. Hu Mingxuan, Zhao Rui and Liao Sanning are all biased towards No. 2 player. Xu Jie, the only No. 1 player, is difficult to be reused due to height issues.

In contrast, the Chinese team's competitors in the Asian Cup are all very strong. Like Australia, Lebanon, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and New Zealand, their strength is not inferior to that of the Chinese team. Moreover, this time, the men's basketball team lost Yang Hansen, Zeng Fanbo, Zhang Zhenlin and others, and Zhou Qi's injuries were not very clear. If the Chinese team plays with its existing lineup, let alone facing Australia, even Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and other teams, the Chinese team has no advantage and can only rely on active fighting.

However, for the men's basketball team, there is even worse news. According to the latest news from Lebanon late at night, Asia's number one defender, Alaki, who has Guo Ailun's lifelong enemy, has been confirmed to play in the Asian Cup. This is indeed unfavorable news for the Chinese team. Previously, Alaki was injured by Guangsha center Xu Zhonghao in the men's basketball team's AFC Champions League. Lebanon once announced that Alaki would be reimbursed for the season and would miss this year's men's basketball Asian Cup, but due to timely recovery from injuries, Alaki has confirmed to return early.

It is reported that this time in the Asian Cup of Men's Basketball Team, Alaki is likely not to play in the group stage, but after entering the knockout stage, Alaki is expected to make a comeback. According to the schedule, the Chinese team is in Group A and Lebanon is in Group C, and these two groups will meet in the knockout round. The Chinese team is very likely to meet Lebanon in the quarter-finals. Without Araki, the Chinese team will still have a great confidence to defeat their opponents. But now that Alaki has made a comeback, the difficulty of the Chinese team to defeat their opponents has increased greatly.