In the semifinals of the FIBA U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team faced off against the South Korean women's basketball team. Zhang Ziyu once again played an inexplicable performance, and throughout the game, she played 21 minutes, made 17 of 25 shots, scored 34 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists, and led the team to the finals.
In the previous group stage, Zhang Ziyu became an unsolvable problem for opponents, she averaged 33 points, 11.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.3 blocks per game in three games, and her shooting rate reached an astonishing 90.9%.
Facing the South Korean women's basketball team, Zhang Ziyu still has an obvious height advantage, and she scored a double-double early in the starter, helping the Chinese women's basketball team to open up the point gap. However, after she got off the break, the South Korean women's basketball team played a wave of 7-0 mini-climax, chasing 21-24 in the first quarter and biting the score.
In the second quarter, Zhang Ziyu returned to the court and immediately helped the team open up the difference. She is unstoppable under the basket, and her huge height advantage makes Zhang Ziyu only need to hold high and play high, and the opponent can only look at the ball and sigh, which is too tall.
At the end of the first half, Zhang Ziyu made 12 of 17 shots, 24 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists, leading the Chinese women's basketball team to 45-24 and opening up a 21-point difference. has such a super weapon, allowing the Chinese women's basketball team to blow up the opponent.
Back in the second half, Zhang Ziyu continued to perform without a solution, at the end of the third quarter, she scored 30 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists, at this time her plus/minus value was +26, and the Chinese women's basketball team was 61-35 in the third quarter with a 26-point lead, that is, when she was not present, the two teams were actually tied, which shows the importance of Zhang Ziyu.
In the fourth quarter, the Korean women's basketball team counterattacked, and Zhang Ziyu hit 2 plus 1 under the basket.