Refuse 18-point reversal! Men s basketball team defeated New Zealand in warm-up match: U16 Chinese team won four consecutive victories!

The 2025 U16 Men's Basketball Warm-up match continues, and the Chinese team faces the New Zealand team in this battle. The two sides had a confrontation before, and the Chinese team narrowly defeated their opponents with a 6-point advantage. This time, the two teams met again. After four quarters of competition, the Chinese team finally defeated New Zealand again 64-57, winning four consecutive wins in the warm-up match. However, it is worth mentioning that at the end of the first three quarters, the Chinese team once held an 18-point lead, but was shocked by the opponent in the final quarter and almost suffered a 18-point reversal from the opponent.

In order to prepare for the 2025 U16 Asian Youth Championship, the Chinese team is currently preparing for the competition, and the team is also participating in the warm-up match recently. In the last game, the Chinese team competed with New Zealand, Slovenia and Australia respectively. The Chinese team defeated these three teams and achieved three consecutive victories. In this regard, facing U16 Australia, the Chinese team defeated their opponents 85-78. As for New Zealand, the Chinese team narrowly defeated their opponent 77-71 in their debut. This three-game winning streak has a very good value.

After the first quarter, the Chinese team quickly entered the game state. Although New Zealand's defense was good, they still couldn't stand it when facing the Chinese team that was blooming at multiple points. In the first quarter, the Chinese team scored 26 points in a single quarter, while New Zealand scored only 13 points in a single quarter. In the first quarter, the Chinese team established a 13-point lead. Entering the second quarter, the Chinese team's offense suddenly stopped, with only 11 points in a single quarter, while New Zealand scored 13 points. At the end of the first half, the Chinese team ended with an 11-point lead.

The change of sides and the Chinese team regained the lead in the third quarter. In the entire third quarter, the Chinese team scored 17 points in a single quarter, and once again suppressed New Zealand on the offensive end. The latter scored only 10 points in a single quarter and won the opponent 7 points in a single quarter. At the end of the first three quarters, the Chinese team already had an 18-point lead. However, in the last quarter, New Zealand suddenly exploded, scoring 21 points in a single quarter, hitting a 21-10 climax, and recovering 11 points in a single quarter. Fortunately, the Chinese team established a great lead in the first three quarters. With the advantages laid in the first three quarters, the Chinese team finally narrowly defeated their opponents with a 7-point advantage and refused to be reversed by New Zealand.

In this game, the reason why the Chinese team was able to defend the final victory was actually three-pointers and free throws. In this game, the Chinese team made 8 of 25 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of 32%, which is considered to be a fair margin. And what about New Zealand's three-pointer? He made 4 of 26 shots in the game, with a poor 15% shooting percentage. In terms of free throws, the Chinese team made 14 of 18 shots, with a free throw shooting percentage of nearly 80%. New Zealand's free throws were very bad, with 5 of 13 free throws and a free throw percentage of only 38%. Due to the inaccurate three-pointers and the very bad free throws, New Zealand's final loss was also expected.

However, in this game, the Chinese team also had a careless side. He established a 13-point lead in the first quarter, and at the end of the third quarter, he even held an 18-point lead. However, in the final quarter, they almost suffered a big reversal from their opponents, which is indeed worthy of vigilance. After all, not every opponent will be like New Zealand, with no touch in the entire game, and the three-point shooting and free throw shooting percentage are so bad. Once you meet a team with superb shooting, it is hard to say who will win the Chinese team in this battle?