From hell to heaven, Hu Mingxuan pulled himself out of the abyss

In this Asian Cup, who is the person with the most traffic among the 12 men's basketball team? There is no doubt that from the opening match to the final, Hu Mingxuan was the one who discussed the most. He is also the player with the greatest contrast, and his ups and downs have always been at the forefront of public opinion.

The opening match against Saudi Arabia, Hu Mingxuan made himself a hot search in the first game. He played on the offensive end for nearly 29 minutes, made 0 of 4 shots, and only scored 2 points on free throws during the final tactical foul. On the defensive end, Saudi Arabia's naturalized player Rahman scored 12 points on Hu Mingxuan, and his performance on both offense and defense was a disaster. In the last two group matches, Hu Mingxuan scored 17 points in the printing-level touch correction, playing in Jordan's abuse game. Hu Mingxuan scored 14 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and finally gave his reputation a little. Then, a more tragic game came.

played South Korea in the quarterfinals, Hu Mingxuan played the worst game in his national team's career, playing 17 minutes and 33 seconds, shooting 0 7 shots, 0 three-pointers and 5 shots, scored 0 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 turnover and 3 fouls, with a plus-minus value -11 the lowest in the game.

In the last quarter, Hu Mingxuan was cut off by a Korean player face to face, and then he lost a foul. Guo Shiqiang did not let Hu Mingxuan appear again. After the game, I saw a heart-wrenching comment: If it weren't for Hu Mingxuan, this game would have become garbage time long ago. We can see these negative comments such as

, and Hu Mingxuan, who is far away in Saudi Arabia, can also imagine how much pressure Hu Mingxuan was under after fighting South Korea. Fortunately, from hell to heaven, Hu Mingxuan pulled himself out in just two games. In the semi-finals, Hu Mingxuan made a appearance when the score was in a stalemate, quickly scored 5 points with a breakthrough and shot, and also hit a three-pointer in the second quarter. From this ball, I knew his touch was back, but I didn't expect his touch to continue until the finals. In the whole game, Hu Mingxuan only played 14 minutes, made 5 of 8 shots, and scored 13 points in 3 of 5 three-pointers. In the Asian Cup final, Hu Mingxuan played the best game in his national team's career. In fact, he has long had the stress resistance attribute of being strong when facing strong. I wonder how many people still remember that in the 2021 Olympics, Hu Mingxuan scored 24 points in 9 of 17 shots. Hu Mingxuan's hands have always been very hard when fighting a tough battle.

In the final, Hu Mingxuan made 7 of 10 shots, made 5 of 7 three-pointers and scored 26 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. His score is too valuable. Basically, as long as the game is in a stalemate, Hu Mingxuan will start to hit a three-pointer, widening the gap several times, and reversing the score several times.

Hu Mingxuan's game reminded me of Curry's fourth game in the 22 finals. The Celtics led almost all the games. Curry made 14 of 26 shots in the game, and the 14 goals in the sports game all came from falling behind or leading within 3 points. In the last four minutes, Curry took over 10 points from the Warriors' 12 points. It can be said that if Curry scored one less three-pointer, the results of the game and even the finals may be rewritten.

Hu Mingxuan was almost in this state of Curry that night, and he was about to collapse and turned the tide. With 2 minutes and 12 seconds left in the final quarter, the men's basketball team was 2 points behind, and Hu Mingxuan made a three-pointer to overtake the score, which gave him the chance to win the men's basketball team in the future. Of course, looking back at this winning goal now, it is just a little bit of strength and luck. In 6 Asian games, Hu Mingxuan averaged 21.2 minutes per game, scored 12 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists, shooting percentage of 44.9%, three-point shooting percentage of 48.5%, free throw shooting percentage as high as 92.3%, and only 0.8 turnovers per game. Against the backdrop of two slumps, Hu Mingxuan still shot such an exaggerated shooting percentage, which shows how high his upper limit is.

Hu Mingxuan's playing style is very savvy and has the same smooth touch. I felt the touch and dared to do the movements. In the final, it was really rare for the national team defender to face Australia's three-pointer.

Hu Mingxuan is one of the players with the most black fans among domestic players, but he rarely plays social media and rarely reveals other news except basketball. In the face of doubts, Hu Mingxuan always speaks with his performance on the field.

He was only 27 years old and was on the roster of the men's basketball red team at the age of 19. Later, the red and blue teams merged, and Hu Mingxuan also stayed on the roster. Like Zhao Rui, in the darkest period of men's basketball team, Hu Mingxuan slowly began to take the lead. Last year, Hu Mingxuan was appointed as the captain of the men's basketball team by Guo Shiqiang.

The four words "Captain China" seem to have a magical magic. A few days after being appointed as captain, Hu Mingxuan hit a three-pointer in the warm-up match against Juventus. He also shook his opponent and made a three-pointer, ending the summer training with a precious victory.

At that time, Hu Mingxuan changed his hairstyle back to a more refreshing buzz cut. To be honest, Hu Mingxuan, who still likes buzz cut, has returned from his youthful feeling. That summer, the men's basketball team's consecutive defeat put a lot of pressure on everyone. Hu Mingxuan's decisive victory released great pressure on Guo Shiqiang and himself.

Looking back now, the men's basketball team really started to get better, and it also started with this final victory, and the cohesion of the whole team has risen to a higher level. In the final, Hu Mingxuan missed three-pointers and his teammates came up to comfort him. The moment I liked the most in this Asian Cup. I laugh together if I win, and bear together if I lose. This is the power of the team. After the Asian Cup, Hu Mingxuan posted on Weibo for the first time in more than a year. He wrote: "The regret of being one point short is also the pride of the whole team fighting to the last second. Thank you brothers for fighting side by side and fans for supporting you all the way.. We will turn this unwillingness into strength and continue to move forward! ”

The regretful moment when Hu Mingxuan looked at the champion trophy with the second place hanging on the medal, it will definitely be compensated in the future.