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On August 25th, Beijing time, the NBA announced that the Chinese men’s basketball team ushered in its second warm-up match against Brazil, which was also their last warm-up match. Zhai Xiaochuan ushered in an explosion and scored a team-high 7 points in the first half.



After Zhou Qi accidentally sprained his foot in the last game, Li Nan chose to give him a rest out of caution. As soon as the game started, the men's basketball team took the lead from the inside. A Lian cut and dunked, scoring the first goal of the men's basketball team. Zhao Jiwei succeeded in a layup, but Brazil counterattacked continuously and overtook the score.
With 6 minutes and 40 seconds left in the first quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team hit the first three-pointer of the game. This was a very patient cooperation. Zhao Jiwei organized the ball from the outside, distributed the ball to Abdul Saramu from the left outside, and then handed it over to Guo Ailun. Guo Ailun assigned Yi Jianlian to the right outside line. After searching for a long time, he returned it to Zhao Jiwei. Zhao Jiwei broke through to Abdul Saramu from the bottom corner. Abdul Saramu started on the right side, broke through and passed the ball to Zhai Xiaochuan on the outside on the right. Zhai Xiaochuan lived up to his teammates' wonderful pass, and the three-pointer fell and hit the net hollowly. He was quite confident.

In the last showdown with Brazil, Zhai Xiaochuan failed to score in all five categories, which was quite embarrassing. After the game, he was also criticized by many people. But in fact, it was because Zhai Xiaochuan himself did not attack.

In the second quarter, Zhai Xiaochuan was still very aggressive. At the last moment of the half, he grabbed an offensive rebound, turned around brilliantly, passed the defense, and hit a layup. In the entire first half, Zhai Xiaochuan scored 7 points, which was the most in the team.