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Chinese men s basketball vs. Saudi Arabia s prospect: double towers + double gun suppression, Hu Jinqiu and Zhao Rui lead the team to get a good start

2:34pm, 5 August 2025【Basketball】

On August 5, the Chinese men's basketball team will usher in its first opponent in this Asian Cup, challenging the host Saudi men's basketball team for the first away game in the group stage. Although the Chinese men's basketball team lacks many main players such as Zhou Qi, Yang Hansen, Zeng Fanbo and Zhang Zhenlin, their overall strength is still better than the Saudi men's basketball team. Therefore, Hu Jinqiu and Zhao Rui are expected to lead the team to win away and strive for a good start in the Asian Cup.

The Chinese men's basketball team won both games in the past matches, and had won 88 points in a single game. There were two confrontations in the past matches. The Chinese men's basketball team won both games, namely the 1999 Chinese men's basketball team won 29 points in 85-56, and the 2005 Chinese men's basketball team won 88 points in 98-10. However, the last Asian Cup between the two sides was 20 years ago, so the reference value is no longer very important.

The Chinese men's basketball team's inside double towers encircled Saudi Mohamed Suvelem

Because Yang Hansen "takes leave" to not participate in the Asian Cup, and Zhou Qi was unable to catch the last train of the Asian Cup due to injury, the Chinese men's basketball team finally brought only two pure inside players Hu Jinqiu and Yu Jiahao to the battle. Hu Jinqiu is a two-time CBA regular season MVP. He led Guangsha to win the first CBA championship in team history this year. His performance is the basic inside of the Chinese men's basketball team.

As for Yu Jiahao, he has been confirmed to start studying abroad next season, and has joined Bilbao, which has joined La Liga. He performed well in a series of warm-up matches this summer. Yu Jiahao, who has 2.21 meters, has an advantage in height, but his defensive movement is slow. In addition, Li Xiangbo, who played in the Asian Cup for the first time, can also play a guest appearance in the inside. They will jointly attack Saudi men's basketball inside Saudi Mohamed Suvelem.

Zhao Rui + Hu Mingxuan and others faced the Saudi men's basketball naturalized core Rahman

The Chinese men's basketball team brought five defenders to the Asian Cup this year. Zhao Rui and Hu Mingxuan both participated in the last Asian Cup, and they will also be the main defenders of the Chinese men's basketball team. In addition, the Chinese men's basketball team also has three defenders, Liao Sanning, Cheng Shuipeng and Gao Shiyan. Liao Sanning and Cheng Shuipeng performed well in this summer's warm-up match. Gao Shiyan squeezed out Xu Jie and was selected, so naturally, thanks to his better defense.

In contrast, the core player of the Saudi men's basketball team is naturalized guard Rahman, who is a 1.93-meter defender with good scoring ability, sharp breakthroughs and external shooting ability. The Chinese men's basketball team needs to limit Rahman's performance with all their might, Zhu Junlong, Raymond, Zhao Rui and Gao Shiyan need to perform on the defensive end, and China's core guard group is also needed to be able to be strong enough on the offensive end.

The Chinese men's basketball team has the overall strength, and it is a good start to beat Saudi men's basketball team

The Saudi men's basketball team is the weakest team in a team. After all, it has become a team with its host status and is ranked only 65th in the world. In the latest official strength list of the men's basketball team in Asia, the Chinese men's basketball team ranks fourth, and the Saudi men's basketball team only ranked 11th. The overall strength of the Chinese men's basketball team is much ahead of the Saudi men's basketball team, so the away game defeated the Saudi men's basketball team to start a good start, which is not a big problem in theory, and I am looking forward to the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team.