On the afternoon and evening of June 30, Beijing time, the U18 women's basketball Asian Cup third place and championship battle were staged in turn, Zhang Ziyu scored 42 points and 14 boards and won the MVP of the event, Sears scored 31 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists in 12 of 14 shots, and the Chinese women's basketball team lost to Australia 79:96 and won the runner-up; Japan defeated South Korea 69:54 to win the third place.
In China's 79:96 Australian game, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated Indonesia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea all the way to the finals, and Australia also won 4 consecutive victories to advance. The biggest contributor to the Chinese women's basketball team's ability to go all the way is Zhang Ziyu, who scored 19 points, 36 points, 44 points and 34 points in the first four games, and the shooting rate is also ridiculously high.
The final against Australia must be a tough battle, the Chinese women's basketball team only has Zhang Ziyu a strong point and a high point, and the Chinese women's basketball team is at a disadvantage in height in other positions. The main scoring point of the Chinese women's basketball team in this game is still on Zhang Ziyu, but the most fatal flaw is also on Zhang Ziyu, a considerable part of the Australian women's basketball team's offense is 5 to 4, mainly because Zhang Ziyu's defensive speed and defensive action under the basket are too slow.
Australia's projection is more decisive and stable, and the breakthroughs of several players such as Sears have also made the Chinese women's basketball team helpless. When Zhang Ziyu is on the court, the offensive success rate of the Chinese women's basketball team can still be guaranteed, once Zhang Ziyu is off the court, there will be chaos, and the team will definitely not always be a good thing if it relies too much on one person. In addition, the Australian women's basketball team also focused on Zhang Ziyu's defense and consumption, and Zhang Ziyu's shooting rate in this game also dropped, scoring 42 points and 14 boards on 18 of 36 shots, and all other players scored no more than 10 points. As the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat with four hands, only one Zhang Ziyu can deal with a weak team, if you want to win the championship and enter the ranks of the world's strongest teams, you also need other players to stand up.
In the battle for the third place, Japan defeated South Korea 69:54, and the Japanese women's basketball team played a shock wave of 25:4 in the first quarter, winning the game in one fell swoop. Although the South Korean team tried to catch up in the following games, the difference between the two teams was always maintained at about 15 points. Japan's Tian Center scored 22 points and South Korea's Lee Min Ji scored 19 points.