Live broadcast, February 26 today, China defeated Iran men’s basketball 86-74 in the men’s basketball Asia preliminary. After the game, Zhao Jiwei was interviewed.
When talking about this victory, Zhao Jiwei said like this: “We still play a little tight, but this is normal, because we have trained for more than 20 days and nearly three weeks, we have many tactics, many systems, and many requirements at both ends of attack and defense. Therefore, it may not be realistic to require us to integrate everything in such a short period of time. In addition, there are many newcomers and young people, and the coach is willing to give them opportunities. They also work very hard, but the experience and tacit understanding are still worse.”
When talking about Joe Shuai’s guidance to himself, Zhao Jiwei said: “He asked me to mix up the team and compete with the team’s strength. I hope we can communicate more and achieve cohesion. Everyone cannot think differently. Everyone comes from different clubs, and he hopes that we can play a unified game.”
When talking about some baseline ball defense problems, Zhao Jiwei said like this: “This is the problem of experience. We all have arrangements for defense baseline ball sideline ball. But I think young players have less communication and lack some tacit understanding. Later, Joe Shuai emphasized it again, but in fact, the preparations before the game were clearly arranged.”
In this campaign, Zhao Jiwei made 4 shots in 9, 2 out of 6 in 3, 2 out of 2 free throws, and got 12 points, 4 boards, 8 out of 1, positive and negative values +21.