Chinese men s basketball team faces challenges in Asian Cup, Japanese head coach Hovas recalls Japan s Curry may take revenge

In order to prepare for the 2025 Men's Basketball Asian Cup held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from August 5 to 17, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team is also preparing to play 4 warm-up matches. The time for these four warm-up matches is scheduled for July 23, 25, 27 and 29, 2025 respectively. On July 23 and 25, two warm-up matches were held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. The opponent of the warm-up match was the Venezuelan National Men's Basketball Team.

On July 27 and 29, two warm-up matches were held at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Stadium. The opponent of the warm-up match was the Bosnia and Herzegovina National Men's Basketball Team.

In order to prepare for the Asian Cup, the Japanese men's basketball team also prepared two warm-up matches. According to a well-known sports blogger, "The Japanese men's basketball team found the unpopular Dutch men's basketball team to warm up before the Asian Cup, and is scheduled to play two warm-up matches on July 5 and 6."

Why did the head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team choose the Dutch men's basketball team as the opponent in the warm-up match? Because Hovas believes that playing against the Dutch men's basketball team has more experience and confidence.

The head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team, Hovas, found an unpopular team to warm up. In fact, it was to hide the team's strength and to perform a mysterious operation if he met the Chinese men's basketball team in the Asian Cup.

The Chinese men's basketball team successfully revenge

On February 25, 2024, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Japanese men's basketball team 73:76, which is also the first time that the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Japanese team in the Asian and above competitions held by the FIBA ​​in 88 years. This game's "three black minutes" resulted in losing, which can be said to be a shame for the Chinese men's basketball team.

The Japanese men's basketball team was able to defeat the Chinese men's basketball team in such a major international event, which established great confidence in their hearts.

On November 24, 2024, after the Japanese men's basketball team defeated Guam Men's Basketball Team 83:78 in the Asian qualifiers, the Japanese men's basketball team also qualified as the top two in the group stage and directly advanced to the 2025 Men's Basketball Team Asian Cup, which also made the head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team Hovas even more arrogant.

In the group match of the Group C of the Men's Basketball Asian Cup qualifiers held in Shenzhen on February 20, 2025, the head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team, Horvas, actually hid 9 main players, and competed with the Chinese men's basketball team with a single second team lineup. Despite this, the head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team, Horvas, is still full of confidence. He said that although the team has qualified in the group stage in advance, his goal is to lead the team to defeat the Chinese men's basketball team and win the victory of this game.

Isn't this very arrogant Horvas very obviously looking down on the Chinese men's basketball team?

Result In this Asian qualifier, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Japanese men's basketball team 100-58 and rose to the top of the group.

After the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Japanese men's basketball team with a huge advantage of 42 points, many fans believed that the victory in this game was not valuable because the Japanese men's basketball team led by Japanese head coach Hovas was the second team, not the first team. Head coach Guo Shiqiang believes that no matter what lineup this Japanese men's basketball team is, they are representing the Japanese men's basketball team to participate in the competition, and beating them is equivalent to revenge.

The head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team, Hovas, also wants to take revenge

After the head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team, the head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team, Hovas directly said in an interview with media reporters: "Today's third game with the Chinese men's basketball team in the Asian Cup qualifiers. Since the Japanese men's basketball team has already locked in the Asian Cup in advance, the Japanese men's basketball team sent out all substitutes or newcomers from the second or third teams. We players rarely play in such a big international competition."

The head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team himself said that the lineup sent by the Japanese men's basketball team is substitutes from the second or third teams, or newcomers from the second or third teams! He believes that there is no need to send out a main lineup when he has already secured the qualification for the Asian Cup.

Hovas also said: "The Chinese men's basketball players performed very well today. They attended the game with all the main lineups. They won us today. Although our Japanese men's basketball team lost the game, we are still honored even though we lost. We are all substitutes. I believe that our Japanese men's basketball team will also bring great challenges to other teams in the next Asian Cup main game."

The head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team, Hovas, said at the end that although we lost this game, we are still honored even though we lost, because we are all substitutes, and the Chinese men's basketball team has all the main lineups to attend this game.

Despite this, Japanese head coach Hovas was still unwilling to accept the defeat in this game. After all, he had already spoken wildly before the game, and his goal was to lead the team to defeat the Chinese men's basketball team and win the victory of this game. The result was not as good as he wished. This Asian Cup main match is a good opportunity for Hovas to take revenge, and he may have to take revenge against the Chinese men's basketball team.

According to the well-known sports blogger "Inspector Zhao of the Ball Circle", he revealed that "Japanese men's basketball player Kiyoto Tonaga will return to the local B League in the new season because of limited playing time in the Development League. In this way, Kiyoto Tonaga may appear in the future match against the Chinese men's basketball team."

Kiyoto Tonaga, who plays in the NBA Development League, will return to the Japanese men's basketball team and prepare to play in the Asian Cup, which means Kiyoto Tonaga may appear in the future match against the Chinese men's basketball team.

This season, Toyongqi played for the Crazy Ants, playing in 14 games, averaging only 8.7 minutes per game and a three-point shooting percentage of 46.9%. It can be seen that Fu Yongqisheng's strength cannot be underestimated, and it must attract the attention of Chinese men's basketball coach Guo Shiqiang.

Fuqi Yongsheng is known as "Japan Curry", with a height of 1.88 meters and playing as a point guard. Before entering the NBA Development League, Fu Qi Yongsheng played in the NCAA League and played for the University of Nebraska in 32 games, averaging 15.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 0.9 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 46.6%, of which the three-point shooting percentage is as high as 37.6%.

When playing in the NBA Development League this season, Fu Qi Yongsheng's three-point shooting percentage was even more terrifying, with a three-point shooting percentage of up to 46.9%.

The head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team, Horvas, recalled "Japanese Curry" Fu Qi Yongsheng this time, and the purpose may be to revenge the Chinese men's basketball team, which is what he said recently in an interview with Japanese media.

A high and large defender like Fuqi Yongsheng is so strong, and it does have great difficulties in defense.

The Chinese men's basketball team may have to fight against the Japanese men's basketball team in the Asian Cup, which will also be a major highlight. I wish the Chinese men's basketball team good luck.