High hopes! Free throws in the Asian Cup of Men s Basketball Team increased by 11%, Basketball Association senior management: There is still much room for improvement

In this summer's men's basketball Asian Cup, the Chinese team ended up in the finals with the powerful Australia and lost with only 1 point. In the entire competition, the Chinese team's offense, including average score, three-pointers, and free throw shooting percentage, has indeed improved significantly compared with the previous national team.

It is such a remnant team that lacks Zhou Qi, Yang Hansen, Zhang Zhenlin, Zeng Fanbo and other main players, but it averaged 91.5 points per game throughout the tournament, second only to Australia and New Zealand in the average score. In terms of three-point shooting percentage, the Chinese men's basketball team ranked first in the entire tournament with 39.9%, 1 percentage point more than Australia, which ranked second. In addition, the Chinese team also ranked first with 80.3% free throw shooting percentage, making it the only team in the Asian Cup to break 80% free throw shooting percentage.

You should know that the Chinese men's basketball team has always been a long-term problem in free throws and three-pointers. They often missed empty spots on the outside, and there were few scenes of making both free throws. However, this Chinese men's basketball team is not optimistic, and has indeed ushered in a transformation under Guo Shiqiang's hands.

Recently, the Chinese Basketball Association held a summary meeting for the Asian Cup of Men's Basketball Team at Beijing Sports University. Gao Wenjing, secretary of the Basketball Association's Joint Discipline Inspection Commission, also talked about the shooting of the Chinese men's basketball team. He said: "The men's basketball free throw shooting rate has increased from 69% in the early stage of the training camp to 80%, but there is still a lot of room for improvement compared to the world's strong teams, and we must strive to reach more than 90%. Although the three-point shooting percentages and three-point shooting percentages are 40% and 55% respectively, they still need to be improved compared with the top international levels. The Asian Cup is only the starting point. Faced with the important tasks of the World Cup and the Olympic Games, the team should also take multiple measures and move towards future goals." The shooting issues mentioned by Gao Wenjing at the meeting really need to be paid attention to for the Chinese men's basketball team at this stage. To put it bluntly, it is a lack of practice. In the environment where Joeljevic is lazy, the young men of the Chinese men's basketball team did not work hard on shooting. This time, Guo Shiqiang led the team first, starting with his thoughts and style. Although compared with Gong Luming, he did not implement the so-called "10,000-time shooting plan", judging from the shooting results of the Asian Cup, Director Guo should still let the players practice hard.

The Chinese men's basketball team at this stage is to develop their advantages and make up for their shortcomings. The team's main task is the World Cup. It also hopes that in the future World Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team can maintain a stable shooting like in the Asian Cup, rather than make this Asian Cup a "flash-of-the-pan". If the Chinese men's basketball team wants to return to the top eight in the world in the future, this shooting cannot be ignored.