In the just-concluded Asian Cup women's basketball U18 final, the Chinese women's basketball team lost 79-96 to the defending champion Australia and missed the championship.
Zhang Ziyu, the super core of the Chinese team, was taken care of all over the court, but still scored 42 points and 14 rebounds.
The first quarter of the game: Australia scored first, at the beginning the Chinese team played a little tight, the opponent used a front defense, double bag Zhang Ziyu, not to easily catch the ball, to Zhang Ziyu brought a lot of defensive pressure, the sports battle only scored 2 points, the free throw shooting rate also declined, Zhang Ziyu basically couldn't play, only scored 5 points in the first quarter, and could only rest.
At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team fell behind 19-22.
Second quarter: Australia continued to improve their physical intensity and played efficient passing and cutting balls, but the Chinese team couldn't hit it or shoot from the outside, and the score was once stretched to double digits.
At the critical moment, he could only go to Zhang Ziyu, Zhang Ziyu staged a "dimensionality reduction strike" under the basket many times, leading the Chinese women's basketball team to chase points, but the other party also realized that it could not be opened for Zhang Ziyu and took care of her.
The score was 42-49 in the second quarter, trailing by seven points.
Third quarter: Zhang Ziyu continued to put on a dozen good performances, and finally tied and overtook the score in the middle of the third quarter, which was the first time that the Chinese team took the lead.
Then Zhang Ziyu went down to rest, and the Chinese team fell into a scoring drought again, and was overtaken by the opponent. The score was 63-68 in the third quarter, and the Chinese team trailed by 5 points.
Fourth quarter: The Chinese team continued to chase points, but the outside line wasted too many opportunities and did not resolutely pass the ball to Zhang Ziyu, and in the last few minutes, Zhang Ziyu did not continue to play. The final score was fixed at 96-79, and the Chinese team defeated Australia by 17 points.
Australia is indeed stronger overall, with stronger physical fitness, precision on the outside, and higher tactical coordination.
The Chinese women's basketball team completely relies on Zhang Ziyu alone, and the level of others is too much worse, defense, breakthrough, and tactics are several levels inferior to Australia, and it is reasonable to lose.
After the game, Zhang Ziyu burst into tears and cried sadly. The little girl has done a good job, and her teammates don't have enough support. Go back and practice your steps again, stabilize your game, and the future will definitely be ours.