In the first game of the group stage of the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the Spain women's basketball team 89-90 in overtime. In this game, the Chinese women's basketball team was in the lead most of the time, and made consecutive mistakes in the final moment to drag the opponent into overtime and lose, which can't help but remind people of the 2008 Olympic Games, the men's basketball team faced the world's second Spain, once led by 14 points into the fourth quarter, but was frantically chased by the opponent in the fourth quarter, and the men's basketball team was beaten by the opponent after the game entered overtime and lost the game. Li Yueru played a world-class performance in this game, she scored 31 points, 15 rebounds (10 frontcourt boards), 1 assist and 1 block on 9-of-16 shooting. At the last moment of the game, Yao Ming continuously emphasized not to foul and not to foul, but the women's basketball team finally gave the opponent a 2+1 and a 3+1 opportunity in a row, which made Yao Ming helpless. Let's take a look at what media people say?
1. Mai Suifeng: Lose in the details
Mai Suifeng wrote: The Chinese women's basketball team fought a whole game, and lost in overtime in many details, including continuous fouls at the last minute of regular time, 3 points behind in the last few seconds of overtime but 2 points, and more than 4 seconds left 1 point behind but no foul was fouled.
Such a defeat may be more demoralizing than a 20-point defeat, because you can clearly touch the victory, but you witness the loss.
Although I don't want to admit it, the Chinese women's basketball team does play a bit like the men's basketball team, and the defeat in this overtime game is also reminiscent of the defeat in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
But the game is not over yet, the Chinese women's basketball team should continue to work hard, play the next games well, and there is still a chance!
2. Wang Shenwei: Why don't you go up to the Twin Towers?
Media person @王珅葳 wrote:
It is not clear why Han Xu did not play at all in overtime, and even basically sat on the bench in the fourth quarter. There is also the problem of continuous exposure in the last moments of the back line, why no substitution adjustments have been made. And then there's our biggest inside advantage, why the twin towers aren't on the court.
As for the tactics of not fouling at the last moment and playing two points behind three points, it is even more incredible, is it just for a small score and less loss? Is there a difference between losing 1 point and losing 3 points?
3, Inspector Zhao: I was aggrieved when I lost
Media person Inspector Zhao wrote: The women's basketball team lost to Spain in the first game, this ball lost uncomfortably and resignedly, and we only had to make one right choice at the last moment of regular time, and we all won, but almost every defensive round made the wrong choice. Today, Li Yueru had 31 points and 15 rebounds, a godlike performance, but she lost, but she lost, and she was aggrieved.
I thought that today was the perfect moment for Li Yueru's career.
4. Yongfang: The gap between the domestic league is too big
Media person @Yongfangfang posted a comment:
As someone who has watched some of the domestic women's basketball league scenes, the gap between our daily confrontation and speed is too big with the international competition, our players lack continuous high-level games, the national team can only rely on the recent warm-up games to find the state, and it takes longer to adapt to the rhythm of the Olympics, which may be the reason for too many mistakes in the first game.
One thing to say, Li Yueru is currently the brightest star in Chinese basketball
5, Su Qun: Xiaobao is outstanding
Su Qun commented: Xiaobao tried his best, but the Chinese women's basketball team ran out of ammunition at the last moment and lost its position. This is a strategically important game for Spain, with a win almost reaching the quarterfinals, and a loss full of uncertainty. This game reflects the real situation of the Chinese women's basketball team in the past few months, Xiaobao who is out alone is outstanding, Han Xu, Li Meng, Huang Sijing, Yang Liwei, Wang Siyu, these World Cup heroes are not their original self for various reasons. Look at the next game against Serbia, a battle against the water.
6, the city in the south of the Yangtze River: The whole audience is supported by Li Yueru
Media person @江南的城 wrote:
This game proved that young players can go out and stay abroad will improve, look at Li Yueru, play in the United States, come back to Paris to play the Olympics, the whole court is supported by her.
7. Xue Sijia: We have to go out
Xue Sijia wrote: If you can go out, let's go out, look at Li Yueru, the performance is really great, but it's a pity that it's hard to support alone.
8, Duan Ran: Li Yueru reminds me of the United Arab Emirates
Basketball commentator Duan Ran wrote:
Today's Li Yueru, who scored 31 points and 15 rebounds, became the most headache for Spain on both offensive and defensive ends, and really gave it his all. Watching Li Yueru's performance, I can't help but think of the UAE in the '19 World Cup against Nigeria.
9. Sheng Zhe: How to distribute physical energy should be done well
Media person Sheng Zhe wrote:
The women's basketball team was physically exhausted, and the victory in her pocket was taken out. In the next games, how we distribute our physical energy and how we can give more support to the interior line, I am afraid that we have to think more urgently. It can be seen that these girls are more or less affected by injuries and diseases, and their physical condition is really not very good.
Come on, we're just getting started.
10, Ji Mengnian: This kind of defeat is the worst
Sports Weekly reporter Ji Mengnian commented: The boiled duck flew. In a major tournament, this kind of defeat is the worst, and the confidence and fitness will be greatly affected because of this defeat.
Don't always stare at 23 mistakes, Spain is a team that is very good at making mistakes, and the Chinese women's basketball team has always been very bad at error control. Why don't you care more about 9-of-20 three-pointers, and in the next game, "can you maintain such shooting efficiency?"
Such a defeat is really too hard to swallow, and the girls of the Chinese team only have 48 hours to adjust.
11, Liu Yuechun: No one thought that Wang Siyu would score 2 points
"Five Star Sports" reporter Liu Yuechun wrote:
I think when Wang Siyu passed out this 2-point shot, everyone didn't expect it, including Li Yueru, who made an inertial layup, and the tactics were not unified, and then they were all stunned, because this situation has been experienced too little?
12, Fu Zhenghao: Yao Ming is distressing
Media person Fu Zhenghao MVP wrote: Yao Ming went from a smile to a painful emoji! Every time I encounter this kind of situation where the duck flies to the beak again, just looking at the big changes in Da Yao's expression, I can't help but feel sorry for Da Yao for three seconds. The 2019 World Cup men's basketball team led by 3 points by 12.5 seconds and was dragged into overtime by Poland, the men's basketball team in the semifinals of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games was reversed by the Philippines by 20 points, and the women's basketball team at this Olympic Games was reversed with a 4-point lead with only 27 seconds left.
But no matter how indignant and speechless Da Yao was, as the team leader, he not only had to clean up his mood, but also tried his best to appease the girls of the women's basketball team to help them adjust their mentality and prepare for the next game as soon as possible. In 2008, the men's basketball team was dragged into overtime by Spain and reversed, and in the 2002 Asian Games final, the Chinese men's basketball team led by 7 points with only 30 seconds left but was dragged into overtime by Korea and reversed.