In the Asian Cup final that concluded early this morning, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Australia 90-89 by just one point, earning a silver medal. The Chinese men's basketball team is impressive.

Fans had previously said that as long as the loss was by less than 20 points, it would be considered a win. So what happened? The Chinese team was ahead of Australia for most of the game! If only they could have secured a few more offensive rebounds at the end, or if Hu Jinqiu's final shot had gone in, we would have been champions. Unfortunately, there are no "if onlys."

We must commend the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team today. This is the best performance by our men's basketball team in the past decade, so let's give a thumbs up to the players and head coach Guo Shiqiang. Who says local coaches can't do it? After all those years with foreign coaches, it was just a waste of time.