On July 22, Beijing time, the U17 Women's Basketball World Championship being held in Mexico entered the final day of competition. The final was between the United States women's basketball team and the Canada women's basketball team, the United States women's basketball team in the previous semifinals against the France women's basketball team, the first half of the score behind, the third quarter and a half of the game United States women's basketball team behind 15 points, at this time the United States women's basketball team pressed the whole court, the France women's basketball team made frequent mistakes, the United States women's basketball team turned over, and finally won the opponent by 18 points. The Canada women's basketball team trailed by double digits in the first quarter, gradually catching up with the opponent, and reversed Spain in the final minute to win 77-73 to enter the final.
In the first quarter of the game, the two sides were strangled together at the beginning, and the tough defense of both sides made it difficult for the opponent to score, so the offensive efficiency was low. The United States women's basketball team tried a lot of outside shots, but the three-point shooting percentage was low, only 1 of 8 shots, and the United States women's basketball team led Canada 16-14 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the United States women's basketball team on the basis of good defense, the rapid conversion offensive ability is stronger, frequently play fast counterattacks, Canada made consecutive mistakes, the beginning of the United States women's basketball team played 6:2, the pause back Canada offense improved, but the United States women's basketball team's defense was too oppressive, half time, the United States women's basketball team 41:30 Canada. The United States women's basketball team shot just 1 of 11 from three-point range, and Canada shot 2 of 9.
Back in the second half, the Canada women's basketball team scored six points under the strong attack, and the United States women's basketball team still couldn't shoot on the outside, and could only break through under the basket. In this section of the game, the Canada women's basketball team showed good tactical execution, they combined inside and outside, the score difference was reduced to 3 points, the United States women's basketball team still resolutely attacked the basket, with the United States women's basketball whistle three-point shot, the third quarter of the game ended, the United States women's basketball team 59:51 Canada.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the United States women's basketball team opened with strength, continued to maintain its defensive intensity, the offensive end of the basket resolutely rushed and slammed, more than three minutes to hit the opponent a wave of 10:0, has a 69:51 lead of 18 points, Canada seems to be unable to keep up with the physical strength, the rhythm obviously cannot keep up with the opponent, five consecutive minutes without scoring, there is little hope. The game then went into garbage time, and finally the game ended at full-time, United States Women's Basketball 84-64 Canada.
The Chinese women's basketball team did not participate in the U17 Women's Basketball World Championships, and last year's U16 Chinese women's basketball head coach Li Xin coached and abandoned most of the best players in the youth league and changed to the popular small fast spirit tactics. As a result, in the U16 Women's Basketball Asian Championships, the Chinese women's basketball team only achieved one win and three losses, ranking sixth in Asia, setting the worst result in history, and thus missing the U17 Women's Basketball World Championships.
Zhang Ziyu's physical characteristics, the lower the age, the greater the threat, because this is the general height of players is less than 1.90 meters, the strength is also insufficient, and the three-point shooting ability is not strong. The United States women's basketball team shot 3-of-20 three-pointers and the Canada women's basketball team shot 3-of-15 three-pointers. Zhang Ziyu is definitely a big killer in this U17 Women's Basketball World Championships, if the Chinese women's basketball team can organize it well, it should be feasible to enter the top four of the World Championships!