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After the Asian Cup final, the Australian coach praised one person for playing in the NBA. Listen to what Guo Shiqiang said

5:42pm, 19 August 2025【Basketball】

In the Asian Cup final of the men's basketball team, the Chinese team played against the Australian team. In the last 3.9 seconds, Hu Mingxuan failed to perform a final victory. The Chinese team lost to the Australian team 89-90. This goal made the Australian team tremble.

In this game, Hu Mingxuan performed well and won the respect of his opponents. Australian head coach Capon immediately walked towards Xiao Hu after the game, with his expression still admiration and his eyes brushed. Perhaps Capon thought to himself, there are such a powerful player in the Chinese team?

As the only team in this Asian Cup, Australia is even more crazy from players to coaches. They even think that playing against the Chinese team will be as easy as playing against the Iran team. But in fact, Australia did not expect that the Chinese team would be so tenacious, and even lagged behind in the first three quarters. This is directly related to Hu Mingxuan's performance, because they are afraid of Zhao Rui's performance and made targeted arrangements. Who knew that another Hu Mingxuan appeared?

He made 7 of 10 shots in the game, 5 of 7 three-pointers, and scored 26 points. Whenever Australia wants to overtake or open the gap, Hu Mingxuan's overall ability turns the tide and hits a high-difficulty goal, so it is really not easy to win the praise of his opponent. After the game, all Australian players also greeted Hu Mingxuan and comforted the opponent from the East. After the game, the Australian men's basketball team officially posted: "I have contributed an incredible game with the Chinese team. Congratulations on your good results in the game, and wish the Chinese men's basketball team all the best in the future." After the game, the Australian team head coach commented on Hu Mingxuan: "The Chinese team's No. 3 is really a difficult guy. The game is very difficult, especially the cooperation between No. 3 and No. 21 is very efficient. I think he can play in the NBA." Indeed, the pick-and-roll of Hu Mingxuan and Hu Jinqiu caused great trouble to their opponents. The two teamed up to score 46 points, accounting for most of the team's score.

After the game, the head coach of the Chinese team, Guo Shiqiang, was interviewed by the media: "The overall performance of the new Chinese men's basketball team is very satisfactory. They all strictly implement the tasks and training goals assigned by the coaching team, and played the spirit of the Chinese men's basketball team in the game. Although it was a bit regrettable to lose the game by one point in this game, but congratulations to Australia on winning the championship. This is a respectable opponent. They are the defending champions and their overall strength is stronger than us. It is already quite difficult for us to swirl with our opponents until the last second. Everyone gritted their teeth and persevered! ”

Guo Shiqiang reflected on the game itself again: "We lost in this game because we did not do well in details. We did not have the position on both ends of offense and defense. The opponent is a strong team. We need to always attack our opponents. They fight harder and more intensely than us. Their desire to win is stronger than us. By fighting with a strong team, we have learned a lot. We have never won the fight with him before. We also treated this game with a learning attitude. Although we tried our best, we did not defeat our opponents. We felt regretful and full of regrets! "