Australian media: A thrilling 15-point reversal, China has strong defensive strength, and has become the new dominant in three consecutive championships in eight years

The Australian men's basketball team finally won the 2025 Asian Cup championship. They have won three consecutive championships since their debut in 2017, and have not lost 18 consecutive victories during this period. Even if Australia uses the second team, it is still a dominant existence in Asia. However, the Chinese men's basketball team, which had been alternating between old and new in this final, almost broke their unbeaten golden body, and Hu Mingxuan made the three-pointer and scored the final.

NBL wrote after the game: The Australian men's basketball team narrowly defeated the Chinese men's basketball team with 1 point and won the gold medal in the Asian Cup for three consecutive years, but this game was definitely a thrilling game.

On August 18, Australian media "Code Sports" posted a long article to review the final. Cooks helped the Australian men's basketball team reverse the Chinese men's basketball team and scored 15 points and narrowly passed the thriller.

Subtitle: It was one of the best matches in Asian Cup history, and Cooks pulled Australia back from the edge of the cliff, and they eventually avoided the disaster by a slight advantage. Cooks scored 30 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists in the whole game.

Australian men's basketball coach Adam Capone said after the game: I am proud of my teammates. The Chinese team is obviously getting into the state faster. I think we are too slow to warm up. I am a little surprised that the Chinese team's defensive intensity is so strong that they make us unable to move forward. I was very nervous when we were 15 points behind, but the players were very determined. They began to find solutions to the problem. Later, we gradually found the momentum, and the scores alternated many times and finally won the victory. These honors were all from the players, and I couldn't teach them these things.

The article ends with: This is not just a championship trophy for Australia, because since Australia first participated in the Asian Cup in 2017, they have once again consolidated their position as the Asian overlord.

Australia has won three consecutive championships in the eight years from 2017 to 2025. This year's Australian men's basketball team is still the second team, and there is no active NBA player. However, their head coach Adam Capone has served as assistant coaches in many NBA teams such as the Nets and the Wizards.