Watch it on June 30 The 2024 U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup final officially started, the Chinese women's basketball team played against the Australian women's basketball team, in the semifinals, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the South Korean women's basketball team 78-61, and Australia narrowly defeated the Japanese women's basketball team 68-63, who can win the championship? We'll see!
In the first half of the game, the Chinese team seemed to be thoroughly studied by Australia, and has been in the rhythm of Australia, the Chinese team played very chaotic, the entire first half once trailed Australia by as many as 14 points, the entire first half only Zhang Ziyu struggled to support, Zhang Ziyu shot 7 of 19 in the half, 5 of 10 free throws and got 19 points, 10 boards, 1 assist and 1 break The data is wrestling with Australia, but at halftime it is still 7 points behind!
Coming back in the second half, the Chinese women's basketball team sounded the horn of counterattack, Zhang Ziyu scored 15 points in a single quarter again, and once overtook the score in the third quarter, but in the last minute or so, when Zhang Ziyu went to rest, he was continuously won by Australia, and he was still 5 points behind at the end of the third quarter! At the end of the third quarter, Australia's No. 4 player Saffron SHIELS also scored 24 points and 10 rebounds, and his performance was also quite good!
In the fourth quarter of the decisive battle, Australia once again expanded the difference to a double-digit point difference, and China immediately worked hard to chase the score and narrowed the difference to 6 points. On the contrary, Australia became more and more stable, and the score difference continued to expand, and in the end, Australia defeated the Chinese women's basketball team 96-79 to win the Asian Cup!
At the critical moment in the last four minutes, the head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team chose to press Zhang Ziyu on the bench, was directly abandoned, and finally lost the championship, Zhang Ziyu scored 42 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block in this game, and was the only player in the Chinese women's basketball team to score doubles! Although the Chinese women's basketball team lost, Zhang Ziyu did not
Statistics
Chinese women's basketball team: Zhang Ziyu 42 points and 14 boards, Zheng Xinru 3 points and 1 board, Xu Fengwei 9 points and 7 assists, Wang Jiaxin 8 points and 6 assists, Li Yuwei 6 points, Hu Yifan 2 points, Zhang Ziyue 5 points, Xu Peilin 4 points, 2 boards and 3 assists
Australia: Saffron SHIELS31 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists, Bobangi Monique 23 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Dees Bonney 12 points and 6 rebounds, Somfe Lara 6 points and 13 rebounds,