China's 17-year-old female version of Owen is released! Is she a perfect match for 2.23 meters Zhang Ziyu? Medal rush for next year's World Junior Championships

Li Xilin's basketball lore

2024-07-03 09:55Creators in the field of sports

Zhang Ziyu, who is 2.23 meters tall, was on fire in the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, she led the Chinese team to win the runner-up, and scored 42 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block in the final, and she averaged 35.0 points and 12.8 rebounds per game throughout the game, with a shooting rate of 71.4%, and she occupied the first place in the scoring list, rebounding list and efficiency list. In the end, Zhang Ziyu won the MVP.

However, this event also exposed a problem, Zhang Ziyu lacked good helpers around him and lacked the support of outside players. If Zhang Ziyu had a good helper by his side, maybe the Chinese team could beat the Australian team in the final, after all, the team was only 4 points behind in the fourth quarter. In fact, there are still many good seedlings of the Chinese U18 women's basketball team in this age group who did not participate in the Asian Youth Championships, because they went to compete in the World Student Games, and they are divided into the Chinese women's basketball red team and the Chinese women's basketball blue team.

These players gathered all the elite players of the Naigro women's basketball team, including Dong Yinuo, who ranked second in Naigco. The 17-year-old 1.75-meter-tall guard is known as the "female version of Irving", helping Tsinghua High School win the Naicao League championship, playing an average of 25 minutes per game throughout the season, scoring 11.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.4 steals.

Dong Yinuo is a very flexible defender with strong breakthrough ability, a big heart, and the courage to fight tough battles. After entering the national competition in this year's Naigao League, Dong Yinuo ushered in a crazy outbreak, facing Shenzhen No. 2 experiment in the 1/4 finals, Dong Yinuo had the help of God, and he shot all 11 shots and scored 25 points. In the semifinals against the defending champion Yali High School, Dong Yinuo broke out again, scoring 26 points and leading the team to the final.

In the final against Jiyuan No. 1 Middle School, Dong Yinuo scored consecutive points at the critical moment in the final quarter to help the team equalize, and finally Tsinghua High School won the game thrillingly. Although the MVP of the final was won by Liang Yaqi, who scored 24 points and 15 rebounds, Dong Yinuo's play is also crucial.

Dong Yinuo and Liang Yaqi were both selected for the Chinese women's basketball team to compete in the World Student Games, and missed the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup. And in the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, we also saw the gap with the Australian team.

The Australian team players are tall, have solid technical skills, and have strong fighting ability, and no one in the Chinese team scored a double-double except for Zhang Ziyu. It is actually reasonable for the Chinese team to lose to their opponents. After all, there are still many outstanding players at this age group who did not participate in this competition, such as Dong Yinuo, who went to play in the World Student Games.

Dong Yinuo is a sharp defender, if she has this attack point, Zhang Ziyu's burden can be lightened. Of course, if Dong Yinuo becomes Zhang Ziyu's teammate in the national team, then she also needs to practice how to feed Zhang Ziyu. Just like the Chinese men's basketball team had Yao Ming back then, how to feed Yao Ming is a skill that other men's basketball players need to practice. Some defenders have been criticised for not passing the ball to Yao Ming so well.

Looking forward to next year's U19 World Youth Championships, Zhang Ziyu will face more strong opponents, and it will be difficult for the Chinese U19 women's basketball team to achieve good results. Zhang Ziyu himself needs to improve his ability in an all-round way, and of course, an excellent seedling like Dong Yinuo is also likely to be selected for the Chinese U19 women's basketball team. Zhang Ziyu will also have better helpers.

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