At 18 o'clock in the evening of June 30, Beijing time, the 2024 U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup will usher in a decisive battle, and the Chinese U18 women's basketball team will fight the Australian women's basketball team to compete for the championship of this tournament. As the Chinese U18 women's basketball team playing at home, coach Wang Guizhi definitely wants to win the championship. It's a pity that CCTV doesn't arrange live broadcast of such a blockbuster game. In this battle, in addition to the victory or defeat, there is also a major attraction, that is, Zhang Ziyu, a 17-year-old girl from Shandong who is known as "Female Yao Ming", this time she fought the Australian strongman, see how many points she can cut.
The Chinese U18 women's basketball team sang all the way, won 3 games and 3 wins in the group stage, and advanced to the semifinals with the first place in the group. In the semifinals, the Chinese U18 women's basketball team easily defeated the South Korean team 79-61 and advanced to the final.
The Chinese women's basketball team can be so brave and inseparable from the courage of one person, that is, Zhang Ziyu, a 17-year-old girl from Shandong. At 2.28 meters tall, she stands out from the crowd, obviously half a cut taller than her peers, allowing her to easily take the ball under the basket and score points without jumping.
As a result, we also saw that from 19 points and 7 rebounds on 9-of-9 shooting in the first game, to 36 points and 15 rebounds in the follow-up, and then to 44 points and 14 rebounds, the female version of Yao Ming proved with action and data that she has absolute dominance under the basket, and no one can shake her position.
Still, the challenge came.
At 18 o'clock in the evening of June 30, the final of the Women's Basketball Asian Cup began, and the Chinese U18 women's basketball team will compete with the Australian women's basketball team for the championship.
The Australian women's basketball team is strong, also winning 3 games and 3 wins in the group stage. In the first game, the Australian women's basketball team defeated the Malaysian team 124-38 by 86 points. In the second game, the Australian women's basketball team won the South Korean team by 85-52 by 33 points. In the third game of the group stage, the Australian women's basketball team easily defeated the Chinese Taipei team 90-67.
In the semifinals, the Australian women's basketball team faced the Japanese team, but it was not so easy to win, and was once overtaken by the Japanese team. Fortunately, they still held the situation and narrowly won 68-63 to advance to the finals.
Looking at the entire Asian Cup team, only the Australian women's basketball team can compete with the Chinese U18 women's basketball team. This team plays fiercely, with explosive players and tough defensively. For the Chinese team, this is the real test.
It is not so much that the Chinese U18 women's basketball team has been tested, but that Zhang Ziyu has been tested. After all, in the first 4 games, Zhang Ziyu is the one who carries the Chinese team, as long as she is on the court, the opponent has no way to take her, whether it is the offensive end or the defensive end, Zhang Ziyu is a king-like existence under the basket.
This time it was time to test Zhang Ziyu's quality on the stage of the finals, against the powerful Australian women's basketball team. The Australian team is already tall and big, Zhang Ziyu's height advantage may not be as obvious as the first 4 games, coupled with the intensity of the opponent's confrontation, it will definitely make Zhang Ziyu play very uncomfortable, but this is the price of growth.
So, the question is, in the face of the strong Australian team, can Zhang Ziyu still give what he wants like in the previous games, and be like a no-man's land under the basket? Obviously, this is a lot of difficulty. Let's focus on how many points Zhang Ziyu can score in the face of a strongman? Can you explode and slash 30+?
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