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On June 30, Beijing time, the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup final was passionately staged, and the Chinese team sat at home to face the Australian team. Two years ago, the Chinese team lost by 26 points and missed the sixth consecutive championship. Today, they vow to do their best to regain their glory.
In this tournament, the Chinese team performed well and firmly topped the group with a record of winning all three games. Among them, the rise of Zhang Ziyu has become the biggest highlight. However, after the opening, the Australian team was extremely fierce and tried to curb Zhang Ziyu's play through fouls. Despite Zhang's predicament, the rest of the Chinese team stepped up, especially Li Yuwei, who frequently broke into Australia's interior when Zhang Ziyu was not on the field, scoring repeatedly and earning valuable points for the team.
Fierce defense! Australia fouled Zhang Ziyu as soon as the ball opened.
Surprise Soldier Emerges! This ball, Li Yuwei broke through and tore through the Australian defense and scored a layup.
Australia's tight defense in the first quarter significantly limited Zhang's shooting touch, as he hit just one of five shots, scored five points, and grabbed three rebounds. Li Yuwei had a steady performance, scoring 4 points on 2-of-3 shooting. At the end of the first quarter, Australia led 22-19. The Chinese team needs to be flexible in their strategy to cope with Australia's tight defense and tacit passing coordination.
Zhang Ziyu relied on secondary offenses and inside attacks in the third quarter to help the team chase points and complete the overtake. However, Australia tried its best to fight back to enter the final quarter with a slight lead, and Zhang Ziyu turned back and ran on the court in the final quarter to no avail, and the Chinese team made consecutive mistakes, and Zhang Ziyu received his fourth foul and had no choice but to go off the court and then did not play again. In the end, the Chinese team chased the score to no avail and unfortunately lost.
Australia's starters: Shears, Dees, Bobangi, Schaumfoy, Williams
Chinese team starters: Xu Fengwei, Wang Jiaxin, Li Yuwei, Zhang Ziyue, Zhang Ziyu