Cousins’ Super League Debut: A Win and a Loss

The 2024 Chinese Men’s 3×3 Basketball Super League Zhangjiagang Championship kicked off on September 6, with former NBA star Cousins making his debut. Cousins scored 12 points and 13 points in the two games, respectively, but the Wuxi Cultural Tourism Huishan team he played for only won one and lost one that day.

Cousins is the biggest star to join the Super League. As a new player of Wuxi Cultural Tourism Huishan Team, he made his debut in the Zhangjiagang Championship. In the first match against Guangdong Yuepao Leopard Cats, Cousins made 10 of 11 shots, scored 12 points, and also sent out 3 rebounds and 2 assists, helping the team win 21:9.

In the evening match, Wuxi Cultural Tourism Huishan team faced Ningbo Haishu Jieying team. The organizer also invited Olympic champion Sheng Lihao to kick off the match. Cousins was still efficient in this match, scoring 13 points with 8 of 11 shots, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. But the opponent was not inferior on the offensive end. The scores of the two teams rose alternately. When Wuxi team led 20:19, Cousins entered the inside line and was double-teamed by three people, and failed to “kill” the game. Then Cheng Feng of Ningbo team made a shot from the outside, helping the team to “kill” Wuxi team 21:20.

According to the schedule, the Zhangjiagang Championship will end on the 8th, and the Wuxi Cultural Tourism Huishan team will have two group matches on the 7th, including a match against the Shanghai Hengsha Yumin team, which has won four regional championships this season.