Olympic women's basketball - Japan lost by 27 points, Nigeria and Australia both won and China missed the quarterfinals

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The performance of the women's basketball team in the East in this Olympic Games is embarrassing, although they won the team's first victory by a big score over Puerto Rico in one game, but due to the defeat of the first two games, they still missed the quarterfinals. It's incredible that the goal difference in the group stage made them sit third by a narrow margin! What exactly causes such an outcome? Let's take a look.

In the group stage, the Eastern Powers team scored a total of 228 points, conceded 229 points, and scored 1 point. Due to the unfavorable results of other group matches, the women's basketball team of the Eastern Powers was finally eliminated with the third place in the group with the worst result and failed to advance to the quarterfinals.

In the group stage, the women's basketball team of the Eastern powers lost to Spain and Serbia in the first two rounds, and only won the first victory in the final round.

In Group B, Nigeria defeated Canada 7970 to secure a 2-1 record to advance, overpowering the Eastern powers.

Belgium defeated Japan 8558 in the final round of Group C, with a goal difference of 0 points, and successfully surpassed the Eastern powers to advance to the quarterfinals.

Teams need to learn from the lessons in order to compete better in future international competitions. On August 4, Beijing time, in the final round of the Olympic women's basketball group stage, the women's basketball team of the Eastern Powers defeated Puerto Rico with 8058, with a record of 1 win and 2 losses, ranking third in Group A.

The women's basketball team of the Eastern powers has won a bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, a silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and a quarterfinals at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Australia eventually defeated France to become second in Group B, further squeezing out the Eastern giants women's basketball team.

The victories of Belgium and Nigeria directly affected the qualification situation of the women's basketball team in the eastern powers, showing the uncertainty of the outcome of the match.

The poor performance of the women's basketball team in the East at this Olympics reflects the gap with other strong teams.

In the match against Puerto Rico, Li Yueru scored 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, showing her ability as a leader on the court.

In the first two games, Li Yueru failed to play at the level she should have, so that the team finally missed the top spot in the group.

Compared to the competition of other groups, the situation in Group A is slightly more complicated. At the end of the group stage, there was an unbelievable situation in the Group A standings: a goal difference of one point, one loss, one win and one place, but they finished in third place.

At this time, many people are wondering: is there some kind of miscalculation? Or is there such a special situation in the official regulations?

In any case, this result directly affected the qualifying situation of the women's basketball team of the eastern powers. Let's break it down.

Ranked third and eliminated

At the end of the group stage, the women's basketball team of the Eastern Powers scored a total of 228 points, lost 229 points, and scored 1 point on a goal difference. Although this data is not very outstanding, in the eyes of fans, the strength of the women's basketball team in the eastern countries should not be underestimated.

I believe many people remember that after the group stage of the 2021 men's European Championship, there was a team that advanced to the round of 16 with the "worst result", causing an uproar.

In the women's basketball competition of this Olympic Games, a similar situation occurred in the women's basketball team of the eastern powers. When the group stage was over, the experts said that "it is enough to enter the top 8 with such a performance".

After the official announcement of all the standings, it was found that the women's basketball team of the Eastern Power could only rank third.

After seeing this news, women's basketball fans in the big eastern countries were very surprised. After all, after the first two rounds of the group stage, the women's basketball team of the Eastern powers lost the matches against Spain and Serbia.

In the final round against the weaker Puerto Rico, it was under the leadership of Li Yueru that he won his first victory. In the game, although the women's basketball team of the eastern powers occupies the initiative.

But the Puerto Rico team also showed great tenacity. After the game, Li Yueru also said in an interview: The reason why the team lost the first two games was mainly because of their poor performance.

When facing two strong teams, Spain and Serbia, Li Yueru, the main point guard of the women's basketball team in the eastern countries, was not in good shape. In addition, the overall lack of offensive strength in both games was also one of the reasons for the defeat.

In this game, the women's basketball team of the Eastern powers performed relatively better on the offensive end. Although the offensive tactics are diverse and played quite beautifully; However, the players still have problems such as holding the ball for too long and making mistakes in passing.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, the "post-90s" players are in excellent shape. In particular, Yao Ziyao, Gao Songsui and Gao Songyue have a high degree of tacit cooperation, and they have played beautiful cooperation tactics many times.

Yao Ziyao was even hotter, scoring a team-high 28 points in this game. It's a pity that Yao Ziyao was not in good shape in the first two games, and she was a little confused on the court.

Despite this, in the battle with Puerto Rico, Yao Ziyao successfully regained her form and proved her strength with practical actions. In this match, Ko Songsui also played well.

Although she didn't have a great scoring performance, she always caused problems for opponents on the defensive end. In addition, in this game, Li Yueru also showed the ability to be a leader.

She took responsibility against underdogs and played good statistics. If Li Yueru had such a state of play in the first two games, I believe the results would have been different.

Reasons for elimination

Judging from the group record of the women's basketball team of the Eastern powers: 2 losses and 1 win, 5-7, and a goal difference. Although this data is not too outstanding; However, when you study your opponents during the same group match, you will find that the goal difference is 1 point.

During the same group match, the opponents compete fiercely over the goal difference. In Group B, Nigeria defeated Canada 79-70 in the match between Nigeria and Canada; Canada won by 13 points against the Eastern powers.

It stands to reason that Nigeria should have a higher advantage against the big teams in the East. In Nigeria's match against the Eastern Powers, the result was 74-87. Although the Nigerian team emerged victorious.

But the 13-point advantage is the same as Canada's 13-point advantage. This is especially important when the group is tied on a goal difference.

In addition, the situation was similar when Belgium played Japan in the final round of Group C. Belgium defeated Japan 85-58 in the final round; Japan also won by 27 points against the great teams of the East.

Although it may seem like nothing is wrong; But in fact, there is a clear gap in strength between the Japan team and the eastern powers. In Belgium against Japan, there were also problems such as changing the main players.

As can be seen from these two examples, even there is a clear difference in strength between the strong and the weak teams; But the weak team can still cause problems for the strong team. This also means: no matter how strong the team is; There is also no guarantee that every game will be won.

It is precisely for this reason that Li Yueru said in an interview: As a player, you have to go all out to face every game. After all, the result of the game still depends on actual actions to prove.

There are other factors to take into account when summarizing the team's performance. After all, every game also needs to rely on tactical deployment, coach guidance, etc. to achieve good results; And it's not enough to rely on the individual ability of the players.

To sum up: the women's basketball team of the Eastern powers lost the first two games in the group stage; The main reasons are poor personal form, overall lack of offensive strength, etc. And after losing two games, you can only hope for a goal difference.

Luckily: a 51-point advantage against Puerto Rico; In the end, it successfully eliminated traditional powerhouses such as France and United States to advance to the quarterfinals.

However, if you want to reach the semi-finals or even compete for medals; The women's basketball team of the great eastern countries must sum up the lessons and take precautions. After all, the next knockout round will face stronger opponents.

epilogue

It is really regrettable that the women's basketball team of the Eastern powers is out this time, the team has achieved brilliant results in history, but now it has returned home in the group stage. Hopefully, they can learn from this defeat and improve their game as they bounce back in future matches. What do you think of this outing? Do you have any ideas or suggestions? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss, don't forget to like and support!