2017年CRI China men's basketball makes debut at BRICS Games

 

China beat India 97-57 on Sunday at the BRICS Games in Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong province. Coach Du Feng (red) and player Han Dejun speaks at a press conference. [Photo: China Plus/Fu Yu]

Du Feng has made a successful debut¹ as coach of the Chinese basketball team at the BRICS Games - a 97-57 thrashing of India. Despite the easy victory, Du says there are still things he needs to work on with this new team.

CRI's Fu Yu has more from the venue² in Guangzhou.

This is Du Feng's first competitive³ game in charge since the basketball reform in China.

Du gives himself a 7 on a scale of one to ten for his debut.

Coaching the "Blue Team", Du is generally happy about his players' performances but thinks they could have done even better.

He blames a lack of experience in inter-continental basketball for the team's faltering⁴ in the second quarter where India had a 10-0 (ten-nothing) run and closed the gap to 3 points.

"We won the game but we also noticed some problems within the team. All our players, except for Liu Xiaoyu, have never played in inter-continental tournaments for neither clubs nor youth teams. This is a good opportunity for them but we barely⁵ had time to train together after the international break. We only had a very short time to prepare for the BRICS Games and we had to find ways to be aggressive. The boys did quite well today, but some details still need to be improved, and that is what we will be working on next."

With Yi Jinalian and Guo Ailun sitting out the Games, Han Dejun was the biggest name on the team. He scored 10 points and had a good game. He admits there needs to be more chemistry between the team members.

China beat India 97-57 on Sunday at the BRICS Games in Guangzhou. [Photo: Southcn.com]

"This is the first time for me to play in such a tournament and I'm not completely tuned⁶ up to it. I had about 2 weeks with the team, which is not a very long time. I know something about my teammates from playing against them in the CBA but playing alongside⁷ them is different. We are still trying to get a feel of each others' rythm."

Coach Du Feng cares more about what they will be doing rather than what they will achieve at the BRICS Games.

"It's a pleasure for me and my players to participate in the first BRICS Games on home soil, especially in the city of Guangzhou which I know so well. We have no pressure about the results, we just want to have a good time and learn from stronger teams. It is the reason why we are competing in the first place. We don't think about the results at all, we'd rather find problems and solve them."

The team has 2 more games to work on that. China will next take on Russia and South Africa in the next couple of days.

China established two national teams under the reform initiated⁸ by new Basketball Association president Yao Ming. The teams are headed by Du Feng and Li Nan respectively.

The teams will train and compete independently before they unite for next year's World Cup and the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020.

For CRI, this is Fu Yu in Guangzhou.

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

3 competitive   

adj.竞争的，比赛的，好竞争的，有竞争力的

参考例句：

• Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
• These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。

4 faltering   

犹豫的，支吾的，蹒跚的

参考例句：

• The economy shows no signs of faltering. 经济没有衰退的迹象。
• I canfeel my legs faltering. 我感到我的腿在颤抖。

5 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

6 tuned   

adj.调谐的，已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味，老少皆宜。
• The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 alongside   

adv.在旁边；prep.和...在一起，在...旁边

参考例句：

• There was a butcher's shop alongside the theatre.剧院旁边有一家肉店。
• Alongside of him stood his uncle.他的身旁站着他叔叔。

8 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。