In the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup final on June 30, Beijing time, Zhang Ziyu of the Chinese team performed amazingly, scoring 42 points and 14 rebounds alone, but unfortunately lost to the stronger Australian team 79-96.
In the first half of the game, Zhang Ziyu showed her scoring ability, although she only made 7 of the first 19 shots, she still scored 19 points and 10 rebounds, helping the Chinese team to only trail by 7 points at the end of the half, and Zhang Ziyu quickly recovered in the second half, once again proving her scoring means, and contributed 23 points on 11-of-19 shooting in the second half.
After all, the basketball game is a team sport of five people, one person's light can not cover up the team's shortcomings, the team's tacit cooperation is the basis for the victory of the game, and at the critical moment of the game, the performance of other team members is also particularly critical, unfortunately the three new stars of the Chinese team Wang Jiaxin, Li Yuwei and Xu Fengwei did not perform well in this game, and their decision-making and execution became the key turning point of the game.
Li Yuwei scored only 6 points on 3-of-6 shooting in the game, and also failed to meet expectations in defense and tandem, and her three-point iron when the Chinese team trailed by 7 points undoubtedly increased the pressure on the team, Xu Fengwei contributed 7 assists, but only 3-of-11 shooting percentage and a highly controversial three-point attempt at key moments made her plus/minus reach -28, which greatly affected the team's overall performance.
On the other hand, as the captain of Wang Jiaxin, he also failed to take on the leadership responsibility in the game, and the poor performance of only 2 of the 11 shots, coupled with the wrong decision-making at the critical moment, made the Chinese team widen the score gap when chasing points, Wang Jiaxin's two unreasonable choices, not only did not help the team reduce the score difference, but made Zhang Ziyu's efforts in vain.
Zhang Ziyu's individual performance is extremely good, but the basketball game is the result of teamwork after all, the loss of the Chinese team in this game, highlighting the importance of teamwork at critical moments, as well as the lack of individual players in decision-making, this game provides a valuable lesson, that is, in team sports, individual flashes can not completely replace the overall performance of the team, and at the same time, the coaching staff's on-the-spot command and adaptability need to be strengthened, unable to effectively deal with the expansion of the disadvantage of the game.
It is not difficult to find in this game, although Zhang Ziyu's personal ability is undoubtedly top-notch, but the victory or defeat of the basketball game often depends on the performance of the whole team, from Wang Jiaxin, Li Yuwei to Xu Fengwei's unsatisfactory performance, you can see the weakness of the Chinese women's basketball U18 team in cooperation, these young players need to learn and grow from this experience, enhance decision-making ability and execution in high-pressure situations, only in this way can we better support outstanding players like Zhang Ziyu in future games and strive for victory together.