U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup semifinals, China ushered in the fierce rival South Korea, group stage, the Chinese women's basketball team started low and went high, facing Indonesia and New Zealand, the overall performance was a little slow, and against the strongest opponent Japan, the Chinese women's basketball team relied on the excellent play of Zhang Ziyu, the core of the inner line, successfully beat Japan, took the lead in advancing to the semifinals, and also avoided Australia, but the South Korean women's basketball team has never been a weak team, the style is close to Japan, the physical confrontation is better than Japan, and the Chinese women's basketball team cannot be lightly defeated.
In the first quarter, Zhang Ziyu easily scored four points in a row, South Korea was mainly outside, two three-pointers in a row, Wang Jiaxin received a cover of three points in return, but there were still many self-losses, so China paused in time, Xu Peilin broke through the board, Zhang Ziyu's end was quite stable, South Korea is very smart, that is, looking for vacancies on the outside, after all, Zhang Ziyu can't defend himself, he shoots more accurately than Japan, but the defense is worse than Japan, Xu Peilin catches the ball 2+1, Xu Fengwei's rhythm is too fast, and South Korea is meaningless, Zhang Ziyu is on the court, China is all mistakes, Li Minzhi hit a three-point shot in the bottom corner, Li Jiahyun hit the board in the low post, Chen Jing hit both free throws, Wang Jiaxin made the last attack, and directly sent the ball to the opponent to score, and at the end of the first quarter, China led 24-21.
In the second quarter, Li Minzhi walked, Xu Peilin also had an advantage on the inside, strong killing, Zhang Ziyu had good footsteps at the bottom of the basket, easy layup, and would respond, China only needed to hand over the ball to Zhang Ziyu at the bottom of the basket, as a result, Li Yuwei played and made mistakes by himself, and he didn't look at the situation on the court at all, Zheng Xuan hit a three-point shot, China could only pause, and came back Zhang Ziyu threw himself and grabbed himself, Zhang Ziyue inexplicably dribbled out of bounds, Zhang Ziyu consumed a lot, but the height was there, he could make up for the basket, and the mid-range shot was accurate, Wang Jiayi calmed down a little, If it's not good to play, throw the ball to Zhang Ziyu, Zheng Xinru made a three-point shot in the bottom corner, Chen Jing counterattacked an empty basket, Zhang Ziyu as long as he got off the court, China likes to make mistakes, and he also lost rebounds in various ways, Zhang Ziyue either dribbled or made a mistake in passing, and at halftime, China opened 45-24.
In the third quarter, Zhang Ziyu easily made up the basket, South Korea changed the formation in the second half, replaced with a full substitute, Chen Jing hit both free throws, Zhang Ziyu attacked the basket by himself, and made up for it continuously, the efficiency was too high, China's outside rebounding awareness was weak, always relying on Zhang Ziyu, Zhang Ziyue attacked the basket strongly, Wang Jiayi didn't have a chance to play, he hesitated when he had a chance, Zhang Ziyu was not there, China had no clue, Zheng Xinru stopped the jump shot, and finally stopped the loss, Wang Jiayi counterattacked and picked up the basket, China is also a substitute, the level is quite poor, Zhang Yifan can't hold the ball, Sun Kaiwen gets a chance, got free throws, and blocks, and after the third quarter, China led 61-35.
In the last quarter, South Korea quickly chased the score, Li Jiahyun and Li Yuanzheng scored in a row, China could only replace Zhang Ziyu, the effect was immediate, Xiao Zhang Miao passed Li Yuwei, and then looked for Zhang Ziyue, Song Yunhe played big, Zhang Ziyue came to walk again, Xu Fengwei made outrageous mistakes, Li Yuanzheng smiled and scored two points, Zhang Ziyu simply put the basket, 2 + 1 to get what he wanted, the Korean coach smiled helplessly, Zhang Ziyu's handling of the ball was much smarter than the Chinese guard, Li Yuwei turned over and jumped, China except for Zhang Ziyu, the pass does not look at people, Xu Peilin shot three points at the top of the arc, Li Jiahyun scored the last attack, the end of the court, China beat South Korea 79-61, and advanced to the finals strongly, the final opponent will be Australia, this China has 24 mistakes, three times that of South Korea, Zhang Ziyu got 34 points and 16 boards, making up for a lot.