In the first stage of the men’s group of the 2024 National U21 Youth Basketball Championship, Shanghai played against Qingdao. The two sides of this game were inseparable in the first half, but after the start of the second half, Shanghai's offensive end began to pick up, and Qingdao continued to strike at the last minute, which also allowed Shanghai to continue to widen the point difference, winning 75-66. victory.
Today the three major players completed a big explosion and dominated the situation. One is Li Yongwei. His biggest trouble is instability, but once he finds his own form, Li Yongwei can still dominate the situation. In this game, he scored 13 points on 5 of 11 shots. This shooting rate is not bad and it is also very good for promoting the situation. There is also Wan Menglin, who was promoted to the first team last season. Throughout the U21 game, he also had great ups and downs. However, Wan Menglin has been producing steadily in these three games, scoring 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting.
Zhao Sen is still a surprise player. In fact, his overall strength is still very good. His skills, footwork, confrontation, completion of the ball and shooting near the basket and penalty area are all solid basic skills. And his rebounding is okay, but his static talent is a big problem. Even so, his total score of 21+15 today was very strong in suppressing the inside.
Unfortunately, Liu Zipeng is still in a sluggish state. You have to know that he made 2 of 6 in the game and was always hitting three-pointers. In fact, he can be regarded as a player who can reduce the dimensionality. Unfortunately, Liu Zipeng was unable to provide substantial help in this game, and he collapsed in several consecutive games. This is the most disappointing. I hope he can adjust as soon as possible. In the knockout round It's almost there too.
Looking at Qingdao, they still didn't play well enough. Because they did not have a clear player, and even most of the players were playing iron, they shot 21 of 55 in the game. Such a shooting rate is really bad. Moreover, this group of players still has not been able to establish a foothold in the first team, which is a major drawback for Qingdao's future development. Fortunately, the overall strength and potential of Qingdao's first team are not bad now.
