WNBA debut! Li Yueru made a new breakthrough and faced off against the double MVP inside: the second in the team in terms of plus/minus

Li Xilin's basketball lore

2024-06-21 11:37Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

On June 21, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Sparks lost 80-93 to the New York Liberty. Li Yueru ushered in the first start of her WNBA career, but unfortunately she was in foul trouble in this game, only played 16 minutes and 34 seconds, got 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 5 turnovers. Li Yueru has a plus/minus of +2 and is one of only two players on the team with a positive plus/minus.

Brink suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his knee and suffered a serious injury, and Li Yueru stepped into the starting center position. She was played against the famous Jonquier Jones. Jones is a superstar who won the WNBA regular season MVP, and she also played in the WCBA league last season, and she helped the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team reach the finals.

Jones is well-rounded and can be inside and out, and she contributed 22 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists in this game. The liberty power forward was another MVP-caliber star, Stewart, who had 17 points, five rebounds and five assists. The liberty also had superstar Ionescu on the perimeter, who had 31 points and nine assists and shot 6-of-11 from three-point range.

The New York Liberty are indeed far superior to the Los Angeles Sparks. Hamby, the core of the Sparks, also performed averagely, shooting 4-of-10 and scoring only 9 points and 11 rebounds. Only McDonald scored in double figures among starters, contributing 15 points, three rebounds and three assists, but her plus/minus was the worst on the team at -23.

Li Yueru and Hamby teamed up on the inside line, and some other inside combinations in the league are successful, but against the inside line composed of MVPs, they are completely suppressed by talent, not to mention that the other party is more experienced. Li Yueru was fouled by Jones many times, and her playing time was shredded due to the foul trouble.

In addition, Li Yueru did not get many offensive opportunities. The coordination between point guards McDonald and Li Yueru is not tacit enough. Li Yueru made 3 shots, 2 of which were three-point shots, and hit a three-pointer. Li Yueru's most effective offensive area is the interior line, and McDonald needs to strengthen his interior offensive tactics with Li Yueru.

Li Yueru had three fouls in the first half, the fourth foul in less than 3 minutes in the third quarter, and the fifth foul in less than 3 minutes in the fourth quarter.

Li Yueru fell into Brink's same troubles, and committed more fouls. For Li Yueru, she also has to control the foul count better to get more playing time. In Brink's absence, it was Li Yueru's chance to further prove his ability. If Li Yueru can play efficiently during this period and sit firmly in the starting position, it will have an important impact on her WNBA career, or her entire basketball career. After all, Li Yueru may leave in advance to participate in the Chinese women's basketball training camp.

According to the existing WNBA schedule, the tournament will not be suspended until July 18, entering the Olympic break, and then resuming on August 16. The Paris Olympics kicked off on July 26. The jury has not yet been made when Li Yueru will return to the Chinese women's basketball team, but if it is July 18, it may be relatively late. Judging from the schedule, it is more appropriate if Li Yueru finishes the Spark game on July 10 and then returns to the Chinese women's basketball team, so that there is about two weeks of run-in time, and Li Yueru only needs to miss 2 games of Sparks, and the impact is not very big.

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