44+14！ China's 17-year-old little giant set a new Asian record, defeated the Japanese team, and entered the top 4 to reach the championship

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2024-06-27 00:01

On the third match day of the 2024 U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, the 17-year-old Chinese women's basketball giant Zhang Ziyu set a new Asian record, playing 26 minutes and 20 of 22, scoring 44 points + 14 rebounds, setting a new record for single-game scoring in this event! Especially in the second half, under the leadership of Zhang Ziyu, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the old rival Japanese team, which was very relieving! With a record of 3 consecutive wins in the group stage, the Chinese team won the first place in Group B, advanced to the top 4 with its head held high, and pointed to the championship!

The tournament was held in Shenzhen, as the host of the Chinese team, and Japan, New Zealand, Indonesia in Group B, the defending champion Australia, South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Malaysia are formed in Group A, according to the rules, the top of the two groups directly advanced to the semi-finals, and the other two top 4 seats are determined by the second and third places in the two groups of AB for cross-play-offs, the previous two rounds of group stage, the Chinese team and the Japanese team are in Group B to win 2 consecutive victories, the final round of the group direct confrontation, The first place in this group will be determined and will go directly to the top 4.

In the first quarter, the pressure on the Chinese women's basketball team was not small, although Zhang Ziyu was still an unsolvable existence on the inside, but the Japanese team's outside projection was quite accurate, and once played a wave of 8-0 to tie the score, and the Chinese team took a narrow lead of 23-20 in the first quarter. Because of his height of more than 2.20 meters and his age of only 17 years old, Zhang Ziyu's physical fitness has always been a big problem, and when Zhang Ziyu is not present, the Japanese team is very good at seizing opportunities. In the second quarter, with the second half of the chase score, the Japanese team bit the score, and the single quarter tied with us at 21, and only trailed the Chinese team by 3 points at halftime 41-44.

In the second half, the Japanese team continued to apply pressure in the opening stage, but the Chinese team performed very well under pressure, not only Zhang Ziyu, but also other players contributed, playing a wave of scoring climax, extending the lead to 17 points! Japan recovered some points and China led by 14 points at 71-57 heading into the final quarter. In the first three quarters, Zhang Ziyu has already got a big double-double of 30 points and 10 rebounds. In the final quarter of the competition, Zhang Ziyu scored 14 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter, helping the Chinese team firmly control the situation, and finally defeated the Japanese team 97-81 and won the first place in Group B.

The rest of the games: Australia 90-67 Chinese Taipei, defending champion Australia directly advanced to the top 4 with the first place in Group A; South Korea 75-35 Malaysia; New Zealand 70-50 Indonesia.

Final group standings: Group A, Australia, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia; Group B, China, Japan, New Zealand, Indonesia.

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