The second game of the Chinese women's basketball group stage against Serbia, starters: Wang Siyu, Yang Liwei, Li Meng, Zhang Ru, Li Yueru.
This battle is a life-and-death battle for the Chinese women's basketball team to qualify, and it is also a battle of revenge.
In the 21st Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to Serbia in the knockout round and missed the semifinals.
The Chinese women's basketball team fell behind 17-23 in the first quarter, tied 22 in the second quarter, and trailed by 5 points in the first half.
In the first half, both towers had excellent performances, Li Yueru had 8 points and 8 boards, and Han Xu contributed 9 points.
Entering the second half, I thought that the Chinese women's basketball team could continue to be anxious with Serbia, and even tie or overtake.
I never thought that the Chinese women's basketball team was powered off in the third quarter, and only scored 11 points in a single quarter, but it also limited the opponent to only 17 points.
The Chinese women's basketball team, which was behind double digits, did not create a miracle in the final quarter, but continued to be suppressed by Serbia at both offensive and defensive ends.
In the end, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to Serbia 59-81 and suffered two consecutive defeats in the group stage.
In the group stage, the Chinese women's basketball team scored a net loss of 23 points and ranked at the bottom of Group A.
Throughout the game, all aspects of the Chinese women's basketball team were completely destroyed by Serbia.
rebounds 32-40; assists 16-20; Steal 3-8.
In particular, the Chinese women's basketball team was 8-of-34 shooting, with a pitiful shooting rate of less than 24%, while Serbia was 7-of-11 with a shooting rate of 64%.
In terms of the scores of each player, there are no obvious strong points, and the main core is all extinguished.
Including Li Yueru, who scored 31 points and 15 boards in the first game, suffered from no ball in hand, and only scored 8 points and 11 boards in 25 minutes with only 3 shots.
Li Meng scored 10 points, Han Xu scored 11 points and 7 boards, but Wang Siyu became a fig leaf, contributing a team-high 11 points plus 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
In the final game of the group stage, the Chinese women's basketball team will face Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico are not soft persimmons, having lost 62-63 to Spain and Serbia by just three points.
The matchup between the Chinese women's basketball team and Puerto Rico will determine who will be the third place in the group, and it is expected to qualify as the third place in the group.
As for Serbia and Spain, they both advanced to the quarterfinals with two wins, and the next two teams will face off directly, with the winner group topping.
It is expected that the Chinese women's basketball team lost to Serbia and even suffered a big defeat, and this is not the end of the world.
That is, no matter what the final result is, the Chinese men's and women's basketball teams must seriously think about how to catch up with the pace of world basketball.
Because the fact of consecutive losses proves that Chinese basketball is gradually moving away from the world-class level, or even out of reach.
From last year's World Cup runner-up to this year's Paris Olympics group stage qualifiers, the decline of the Chinese women's basketball team is extremely shocking.
In particular, Li Meng, who has always been the outside core, was only selected for the best team in China for the Olympic Women's Basketball Qualifying Tournament at the beginning of this year, and now she seems to be faltering.
The impact of public opinion turmoil in the past, as well as the troubles of injuries, made LeBron no longer dream.
There is also Han Xu, who has competed in various major competitions in recent years, running back and forth between China and the United States, which has long made her body seriously overdrawn, so the Olympics have not seen her dominance on the inside as before, and she has shot 2 of 10 and 1 of 5 three-pointers against Serbia, and her offensive efficiency is extremely low.
In other words, if Li Meng and Han Xu and Li Yueru choose to play in the WNBA instead of participating in the long-term training camp of the Chinese women's basketball team this year, the technical and tactical level and physical condition may not be as bad as they are now, but unfortunately there is no if!