Zhang Ziyu is a fig leaf
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On the evening of June 30, in the final of the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, the Chinese team lost to Australia. Although Zhang Ziyu got 42 points and 14 rebounds, the lack of effort from his teammates directly ruined the game.
It's hard to imagine a 17-year-old girl who scored more than 50% of the team's points in a basketball game, and yet, the team lost. The final score of the Chinese team against Australia was 79-96. Compared with Zhang Ziyu's 42 points, the other team members scored a total of 37 points, and none of the team members scored 10 points.
Australia has always been a strong team for the Chinese team. Their women's basketball team was once the second best in the world after the U.S. women's basketball team. Their national teams all have the strength to break into the top four in the world.
The national team, which played against the Chinese team, adopted a mode like a meat bun when defending Zhang Ziyu. When Zhang Ziyu did not receive the ball, a tall player interfered with him in front of him, and once Zhang Ziyu got the ball, another player quickly made a pinch attack to block Zhang Ziyu's turn and force him to pass the ball to the outside line. After Zhang Ziyu shot, the players in front of her desperately used their bodies to resist her, making it impossible for her to get close to the basket to grab the rebound in the front court.
When attacking, he took advantage of Zhang Ziyu's slow turn and frequently hit the basket from both sides behind him. At the same time, after winning the ball, he resolutely played fast and tried to complete the attack before Zhang Ziyu's defense was not in place. Moreover, in the game, the Australian team fully embodied its solid basic skills, the combination of internal and external skills, and the characteristics of the small cooperation of two or three people, so that the Chinese team could not find a way to crack it.
Of course, our players' lack of basic skills, lack of clarity of mind, lack of physical reserves and other old problems are constantly amplified on the field. In the end, it was reasonable to lose.
It is said that basketball is following the old path of football degeneration, which is not unreasonable. In the past decade, in addition to the first team of women's basketball struggling to support, the men's basketball team has slipped from eighth in the world to eighth in Asia.
Now, the women's basketball team has a Zhang Ziyu and has become one of the few fig leafs. As everyone knows, his parents used to be famous basketball centers in China, and their heights reached 213 cm and 198 cm respectively. 17-year-old Zhang Ziyu is more than 220 centimeters tall. It can be said that such basketball seedlings are hard to find.
In this competition, if the Chinese team does not have Zhang Ziyu, let alone win the runner-up, I am afraid it will be difficult to even qualify from the group. Without Zhang Ziyu, the Chinese team will be ranked behind Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Chinese Taipei and other teams.
You might as well watch the situation on the field when Zhang Ziyu was at the end of the break. That's called chaos, that's a dish, that's called a slaughter. Therefore, it is Zhang Ziyu who is supporting the whole team by himself.
The incompetence of other players also reflects the overall decline of Chinese basketball from one side. In the match against Australia, Zhang Ziyu was two heads higher than the opponent, and the defender and other outside players couldn't pass the goal. When the opponent attacked, the outside line frequently lost position, and watched people hold the ball and smash the goal.
Judging from this competition, Zhang Ziyu still needs to improve, and there is still a lot of room for improvement. The strength and level of other players have long lagged far behind other Asian countries.
After all, basketball is a collective sport, and no matter how high Zhang Ziyu's level is, she is just a player with outstanding characteristics. The next step is to play outside of Asia, and the other four players play hard to win. Nowadays, judging from the overall situation of Chinese basketball, it is unrealistic to train a capable helper for Zhang Ziyu in the short term.
July 1, 2024
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