Facing the powerful Australian women's basketball team, the Chinese women's basketball team did not create a miracle, and finally lost 79-96 to the opponent and missed the 2024 Women's Basketball Asian Cup U18 championship.
Although she lost, almost everyone praised a player of the Chinese women's basketball team, she is 17-year-old Zhang Ziyu, in this game, Zhang Ziyu continued to continue her dominance, in the face of the Australian women's basketball team's strict defense of the whole court, she had no fear, in the first quarter only scored 5 points, quickly made adjustments, and cut down 42 points and 14 rebounds of the dominant data.
In the end, Zhang Ziyu was also selected into the best team with her outstanding performance in this Asian Cup, and it is commendable that she also won the MVP trophy of this event.
It can be said that this is a very difficult result, you know, in the World Series, it is rare to give the MVP to the losing side. What's more, there is also a player who has played extremely well on the Australian side, and that is Sears. Throughout the game, this player also performed well, she chipped in 31 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists. But with such an outstanding performance, she couldn't win the MVP, so it can only be said that she met a "basketball monster" like Zhang Ziyu.
Obviously, Zhang Ziyu will become the future core player of the Chinese women's basketball team, and we don't need to worry too much about the women's basketball team. However, for NBA legend Yao Ming, the biggest worry is undoubtedly the Chinese men's basketball team. Nowadays, the men's basketball team has no absolute leading player, whether it is Zhou Qi who came back from the NBA, or Asia's No. 1 point guard Guo Allen, or MVP Mr. Wang Zhelin and Abudu Salamu, it seems that they are still a little short of dominance.
In fact, the men's basketball team has not qualified for two consecutive Olympic Games, lost the gold medal in the Asian Games, and failed to qualify for the Olympic Games. Although Guo Shiqiang has now become the acting coach, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, even if Popovich comes, it is estimated that there will be no way.
Therefore, if the Chinese men's basketball team wants to return to the Olympic Games, it needs Yao Ming and Guo Shiqiang to increase training and strive to cultivate players like Zhang Ziyu. Only with dominance will it be possible to return to the Olympics again.