At 18:00 Beijing time, the U18 women's basketball Asian Cup final, the Chinese women's basketball team sat at home against the defending champion Australian women's basketball team, today the Chinese women's basketball team and Zhang Ziyu were tested, Australia attacked the inside line and Zhang Ziyu on the court, led China 49:42 at halftime, and China fought back in the third quarter to chase the score closer, but in the end it fell short, losing to Australia 79:96.
In the last U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup final, the two sides were the same as this time, the previous games of both sides were big scores against their opponents, everyone thought it would be a matchup between Mars and the earth, but the result of the game was unexpected, Australia established a lead at the beginning, the Chinese team fell behind the whole game, and Australia finally defeated the Chinese team with a score of 81:55 to win the championship.
In this Asian Cup, the Chinese team Zhang Ziyu was born, in the four games that have been played, he can score a double-double of 33.25 points and 12.3 rebounds in an average of 20 minutes, and at the same time has excellent organizational skills, and has sent many wonderful passes to let his teammates score easily, and is the absolute hero of the Chinese women's basketball team entering the finals. Although other players such as Zhang Ziyue have high hopes, they have not performed well except for Xu Peilin's good performance so far, of course, it may be that Zhang Ziyu is too good, so that other players have no chance to perform!
The final opponent Australia is the defending champion, and the U18 team is also star-studded, with the No. 10 player having both offense and defense, although the score is not as outstanding as our Zhang Ziyu, but as a forward player, he is proficient in everything, and he is definitely a good seedling of future stars, and it is also a player that the Chinese women's basketball team needs to focus on guarding against in the finals. At the same time, Australia is tall, and the center forwards are all above 1.90, and this game is definitely the biggest test for Zhang Ziyu.
Chinese women's basketball team starters:
Zhang Ziyu, Zhang Ziyue, Xu Ziwei, Wang Jiaxin, Li Yuwang
Tournament Progression:
In the first quarter of the game, Shears scored against Zhang Ziyu's rebound, and then frantically wrapped Zhang Ziyu and prevented Zhang Ziyu from receiving the ball. After the pause, Zhang Ziyu immediately scored two points, and then Williams counterattacked, Wang Jiaxin hit a three-point shot in the bottom corner, Williams chased after him, and Xu Fengwei also returned a three-point shot, and the two sides drew 8:8. Dees hit a three-point shot, Zhang Ziyu made a foul on the opponent, and hit two free throws, Shao Mufoy hit Zhang Ziyu, 13:10, 5:23 seconds in the first quarter Zhang Ziyu went to rest. When the score became 18:14, Zhang Ziyu played again, immediately scored on a mid-range shot, and then caused a foul and caused the opponent to foul two free throws and was substituted again. In the first quarter, Australia led 22-19.
In the second quarter of the game, Hu Yifan came up to score 2 points first, Sears also hit a layup, Xu Fengwei caused a foul free throw, and made both free throws to chase the score to 23:24, and then Australia played a 6:0 climax, Australia led 30:23. Zhang Ziyu was forced to come back, and immediately scored 2 points by throwing himself, the opponent hit a three-point shot, Zhang Ziyu scored another 2 points, and in the next round, Williams took advantage of the Chinese team's mistake to score a layup, 35:27, the Chinese team paused, and Zhang Ziyu went to rest. After the timeout, Xu Fengwei made a layup, Australia hit a three-point shot, Wang Jiaxin responded with a three-pointer, 38:32, and then Australia played a 6:0 scoring climax, leading by 14 points at 46:32. Zhang Ziyu played again, scored 10 points in a row with free throws, chased the score closer, and was fouled by the opponent at the last moment and scored 3 points with a basket, and at the end of the half, the Chinese team fell behind by 7 points at 42:49.
Zhang Ziyu was severely tested today, Australia was crazy to wrap up, although Zhang Ziyu scored a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds in the half, but the shooting rate was not high, 7 of 19 shots, 5 of 10 free throws. The rest of the Chinese team did not play well and had to change in the second half.
In the third quarter, Zhang Ziyu scored consecutive points on the court, and Australia suddenly attacked a short circuit, and was overtaken by the Chinese team with a wave of 23:11, 63:60. However, Australia's Myers led Australia to eight consecutive points with a 100-shot shooting rate, leading China by five points at 68:63 at the end of the third quarter.
In the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, Zhang Ziyu scored 4 points in a row, but Australia can always play the offense in return, and then Zhang Ziyu continued to attack under the basket and did not score, and Australia played a counterattack to open up the difference, and at the critical moment, Zheng Xinru scored three points and chased the score to 74:78. Then Zhang Ziyu committed four crimes and could only be played. After Zhang Ziyu got off the field, the Chinese team missed many attacks in a row, and the score difference widened and widened, and finally Australia defeated the Chinese team 96:79 and lifted the championship trophy.
In the whole game, Zhang Ziyu scored 42 points and 14 rebounds, and none of the rest of the Chinese team scored double-doubles. As soon as the game ended, Zhang Ziyu cried on the spot! The little girl has indeed done her best!
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