The Chinese U18 women's basketball team lost to Australia in the final and missed the championship, but Zhang Ziyu scored 42 points and 14 rebounds in the final, and was still selected for the best team and crowned MVP. However, Zhang Ziyu was not particularly excited after the game, and she hid her face and cried after losing. At the press conference after the game, Zhang Ziyu took the initiative to review the shortcomings. In addition, Zhang Ziyu's next competition was also exposed.
Zhang Ziyu is 2.23 meters tall and is known as the female Yao Ming. She led the Chinese U18 women's basketball team to defeat Indonesia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea all the way to the final. However, Australia are the stronger team overall, with players with excellent physicality, good individual skills and a lot of experience in the game. Zhang Ziyu encountered strict defense, and his teammates did not support enough. According to statistics, Zhang Ziyu played 5 games in this game, averaging 21.6 minutes per game, 35 points, 12.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.6 blocks, with a shooting rate of 71.4% and a free throw shooting rate of 55.6%.
At the post-match press conference, Zhang Ziyu took the initiative to review the first comment on the game: "Everyone played very united and worked very hard in this game. There were times when I didn't play so well on the pitch. There were a lot of goals that weren't scored. I did work hard. Through this game, I also found a lot of my shortcomings, and I will continue to work hard when I go back. ”
This is the first time Zhang Ziyu has represented the national brand in the competition, Zhang Ziyu said: "This competition is very important to me, and the training value is also very large.
In this competition, I have also improved a lot. I guess I found a lot of shortcomings. Then there will indeed be regrets, and I will make up for this regret next time, and I will work harder to improve myself. ”
The Chinese U18 women's basketball team has qualified for the World Youth Championships next year, and some lineup adjustments may be made at that time, after all, some players of the right age will go to the World Student Games.
Zhang Ziyu was also asked how she felt at this event, she said: "I was really nervous at the beginning, and then it slowly turned into excitement, and I was still nervous in the last game. ”
In addition, as for what improvements she plans to make in next year's World Youth Championships, she said: "After that, where I want to improve, I first want to improve my skills, and I want to score at one time, and I don't want my error rate to be so high." And thank you very much for your support and concern for me. As for releasing your own pressure, there is indeed pressure, and it will also turn pressure into motivation to play every game. ”
Zhang Ziyu's next appearance is to play in the preliminaries of the women's group of the 2024 National Sports Traditional School League (High School Group), which will be held from July 22 to 28. Zhang Ziyu wants to represent Jinan Sports School in the competition. In last year's Youth Association, Zhang Ziyu led the Jinan Sports School Team to win the championship.