On June 29, Beijing time, the semifinals of the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup will be played by the Chinese team against the South Korean team, and the winning team will face the Australian team in the final.
The Chinese team won all three games in the group stage and ranked first in the group and directly advanced to the semi-finals, while the South Korean team ranked second in the group with 2 wins and 1 loss, and defeated the New Zealand team in the semi-final qualifying round to advance to the semi-finals.
In the first quarter of the game, the two sides played inextricably at the beginning of the game, and the score came to a 6-6 draw after the Chinese team played a wave of offensive climax to take the lead, Zhang Ziyu had no desire in the inner line, and the South Korean team hit five three-pointers in a single quarter to bite the score, and at the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led 24-21. In the second quarter of the competition, Zhang Ziyu continued to score continuously on the inside, the South Korean team played crazy outside the three-point line, the South Korean team only scored 3 points in a single quarter, and the Chinese team played a 21-3 climax, and the Chinese team led 45-24 at halftime. Yibian fought again, the Chinese team played a 10-3 offensive to continue to expand the lead, the South Korean team replaced the main players early to give up the game, and the third quarter ended, the Chinese team 61-35 South Korea. In the final quarter of the game, the South Korean team started with a 7-0 offensive to narrow the difference, Zhang Ziyu re-entered the battle, and the Chinese team stabilized the situation under her leadership, and then the Chinese team firmly controlled the situation on the court, and in the end, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 79-61. The Chinese team successfully advanced to the final and will compete with Australia for the title in tomorrow's final.
There are 6 incredible appearances in this game:
1. Zhang Ziyu is obviously a notch higher than other players, she played 21 minutes in this game, shot 17 of 25, scored 34 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists, and the plus/minus was the highest +28 in the game. Zhang Ziyu's dominance on the field is too strong, as long as she can get the ball in the low position, the opponent can only look at the ball and sigh, play too easily, even if she can't score, she can throw herself and grab it, not only the offensive end is not solved, but the deterrent power on the defensive end is also full, it is really an inside giant, as soon as she gets off the court, the Chinese team will be chased for points, and the scoring ability of other teammates is too poor. If the Chinese team does not have Zhang Ziyu, it may not be able to defeat the South Korean team.
2, Xu Peilin is the best player in this game except Zhang Ziyu, she played 22 minutes, 3 of 6 shots, 5 of 5 free throws, got 12 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, the second highest plus/minus in the game +22, Xu Peilin fought actively, and the free throws were also all five free throws.
3. The Chinese team has as many as 24 mistakes, and the South Korean team only has 8 mistakes, and the basic skills of the Chinese team players are still too poor, especially the guard players are too easy to make mistakes in dribbling. The South Korean team did a good job of grabbing rebounds, with a lot of frontcourt rebounds, and the first half grabbed 12 frontcourt rebounds, while the Chinese team only got 7. South Korea's pressing defense against ball carriers was fierce, with South Korea having 15 steals compared to China's three.
4. The South Korean team only scored 3 points in the second quarter, and the score was 3:21 in the first quarter. The South Korean team made only 6 of 27 three-point shots in the first half, and only 8 of 43 three-point shots in the whole game, with a shooting rate of 18.6%, and the South Korean team made 0 free throws in the half and only 3 free throws in the whole game.
5. The South Korean team surrendered in the third quarter, and after only scoring 3 points in the third quarter, the South Korean team withdrew the main players in the third quarter and gave up the game, never expecting the South Korean team to surrender so quickly. Maybe it's because of the dense schedule, after all, there are still three or four qualifying rounds and finals tomorrow, and the South Korean team will not make unnecessary resistance, save their physical strength and compete with Japan for the third place tomorrow.
6. The Chinese team will face the Australian team in the final, the Australian team defeated the Chinese team in the final of the last U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup to win the championship, and now with Zhang Ziyu, the inside giant, the Chinese team is eager to complete revenge at home, Australia narrowly defeated the Japanese team 76-70 in the semifinals, Australia made 28 mistakes in the whole game, Australia did not play well, and the Chinese team has great hopes of winning the championship.