According to news on February 25, Beijing time, during the first window of the 2025 Men’s Basketball Asian Cup Qualifiers, the Chinese men’s basketball team lost to the Japanese men’s basketball team 73-76 in an away game. According to statistics, this is the first time that the Chinese men's basketball team has lost to the Japanese men's basketball team in a FIBA ​​competition since the 1936 Olympics. Previously, in the Asian Cup main game, the Chinese men's basketball team won all 14 games against the Japanese men's basketball team. In the Asian Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's basketball team also won all 2 games against the Japanese team. The last time the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Japanese men's basketball team was in the rematch of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. At that time, the Chinese team lost to Japan 72-79, but the Asian Games basketball game does not belong to the FIBA ​​system.

The big surprise this time comes from the three-man men's basketball team. Although the performance of the five-man men's basketball team is not good, the Chinese three-man men's basketball team is really solid and very, very competitive. Today, the Shanxi team officially announced that it welcomes Zhang Ning to return to the game. Team, his hard work for the three-person men's basketball team all summer has come to fruition. They published an article at 14:30 in the afternoon and said: "As a member of the three-person men's basketball national team, Zhang Ning led the Liman team to win the championship in the Chengdu Station of the three-person basketball masters, and he won the MVP himself. "In the past six months, he has been participating in various competitions after joining the three-person men's basketball training team. The pressure was great, so Zhang Ning cried with joy after winning.

China News Service, July 24th The Chinese Basketball Association announced on the 24th that with the promotion and support of all parties, Li Kaier has obtained Chinese nationality this morning and met with the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association Yao Ming.