On July 18, Beijing time, according to Zhou Peng, a former media person, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Rockets 55-94 in the warm-up game, and the Rockets' Tanhua Shepard did not play in this game. Choi Yong-hee, who was resting and adjusting the team today, also came to the stadium to watch the game after recovering from physical therapy. The internal teaching game with the Rockets is still 10 minutes for three quarters + 5 minutes for one quarter. Counting this game, the Chinese men's basketball team suffered 7 consecutive defeats against NBA teams, and has suffered 10 consecutive defeats in this summer's warm-up games. The team will rest for a few days and is expected to return home around July 23.

The Chinese men's basketball team started this game with Yu Jiahao, Cheng Shuaipeng, Liao Sanning, Du Runwang and Zhu Junlong, and the Rockets started Kira Lewis Jr., Hinton, Samuels, Dante and AJ Griffin.

At the end of the first quarter, Du Runwang made 3 of 3 three-pointers, and the Chinese men's basketball team only trailed the Rockets 20-23. In the second quarter, the Rockets' Griffin and Dent both played brilliantly, and the Chinese men's basketball team began to have continuous power outages on the offensive end, and finally trailed by 15 points at halftime 37-52.

In the second half, the Rockets had a clear advantage, and at the end of the third quarter, they led the Chinese men's basketball team by 32 points 83-51. In the final quarter, the gap between the two sides continued to widen, and in the end, the Rockets defeated the Chinese men's basketball team 94-55. With the end of this teaching game, the Chinese men's basketball team's teaching game in Las Vegas has also come to an end.