On June 29, Beijing time, the women's basketball U18 team played the semifinals with South Korea, and this game was actually not very stressful for us. On the one hand, South Korea is the weakest team in the top four, and on the other hand, we have the advantage. Although it was difficult to solve in the first quarter, South Korea only scored 3 points in a single quarter in the second quarter, which also allowed the women's basketball team to win by 18 points in a single quarter and widen the difference. Even if Zhang Ziyu lost some points in the second half, as long as she was on the court, she could stabilize the advantage, and finally easily defeated South Korea and advanced to the final.
In this game, Zhang Ziyu is still an inexplicable performance. You have to know that she cut 34+16 data in 15 of 23 in the whole game, which is terrifying enough. Because she is very dominant both offensively and defensively. On the offensive end, in addition to finishing stability under the basket and mid-range shooting, Zhang Ziyu can also respond with high positions, and can also rely on her height to complete easy passes, she is too comprehensive on the offensive end. There is also defense, South Korea seems to have played a ball against her in the whole game, and this is her dominance in defense. And every time a teammate has a problem, Zhang Ziyu can stabilize it. Especially in the last quarter, the guard was in a commotion, and South Korea counterattacked twice in a row, and Zhang Ziyu was able to pull up to more than 20 points.
Xu Peilin is also a big surprise player. She is the player with the highest score except for Zhang Ziyu, with 12+11 in the whole game. Because she is on the court, there are inside and outside, the inside line has a left turn foot, and the outside line can score three points. It's just a bit bad to protect the ball when you break through, but otherwise there is nothing wrong with the overall performance. Don't forget, now that she's only 16 years old, she can show such incomprehensible perfection, and that's enough.
It's a pity that the overall contribution of the other players is still almost meaningless, and basically there is no play. The next game against Australia is their biggest feature is that they are strong in confrontation, let's see if Zhang Ziyu can continue to surprise them. It's just that the ball-possession ability of the defenders is a big drawback of this team, and this point must be grown, and this game exposed this hidden danger.