China’s World Cup women’s basketball team lost the US team coach Zheng Wei proud of the players!
2022-09-25 12:01:27Source: Xi’an News Network
At noon on September 24th, Beijing time, the Chinese women’s basketball team fought fiercely with the defending champion United States women’s basketball team in the third round of the group stage of the Women’s Basketball World Cup In the end, although Chinese women’s basketball team lost 63: 77 to their opponents, they won a lot of fans and netizens. “Even if defeated but still proud” evaluation.
In the previous two rounds of group matches, the Chinese team had defeated South Korea and Bosnia and Herzegovina consecutively, while the US team had also easily defeated Belgium and Puerto Rico. As the two teams with the strongest overall strength in Group A, the clash between the Chinese and American basketball teams is naturally particularly impressive. After the opening, the American team, which entered the game state quickly, gave a blow to the Chinese girl with a wave of 11: 0. Facing such a start, the Chinese team adjusted in time by was stopped. After that, the main players of the Chinese team such as Wang Siyu and Li Meng began to regain their feeling, repeatedly hit the opponent with a wave of 13:2.
In the second quarter, the United States team, which was ahead by only 5 points, suddenly made a force. The sudden increase in the conflict made the Chinese women’s basketball team very uncomfortable. There were as many as 8 mistake in one quarter, the US Team leading the Chinese team 44:25.
In the third quarter of the game, the Chinese women’s basketball team stabilized and regrouped their mentality and continued to score points through team cooperation. At the same time, they also limited the opponent’s performance on the defensive end. In the second half of the game, the Chinese women’s basketball team scored a total of 22 points, while the United States team scored only 12 points, and the Chinese team chased the score to only 9 points. In the fourth quarter, both teams competed against Maimang. In the end, the Chinese team lost to the United States team by 14 points and suffered the first defeat in this Women’s Basketball World Cup.
After the game, Zheng Wei, the coach of the Chinese women’s basketball team, praised the performance of the team members. He said: “Compared to the United States team, the Chinese team’s confrontation and intensity in the first two group games. The stage is not at the same level. Hopefully the players can benefit from it. Throughout the game, only the first minutes and the last three minutes of the second quarter our team played badly, and the rest of the time was good. I’m proud of the players’ performance!”
In this game, the forward of the Chinese team Li Meng performed well, scoring only 21 points, Wang Siyu hit 3 pointers, scored 17 points and 6 assists, center Han Xu contributed 12 points and 6 rebounds, Li Yueru had 4 points too, 6 Basketballs in. Wang Siyu, who won the second highest in the team, said frankly after the game: “We have no burden or pressure in this game, and we have played ourselves completely. Along with the support of the fans on the scene, I was completely relieved from the heart, and I was completely relieved on the field. Let go.”
The Chinese team did not have a game on the 25th, and on the 26th they will host the fourth opponent of the group, Puerto Rico. In the final round of the group stage on the 27th, the Chinese team will meet their old rival, the Belgian women’s basketball team again. During the group stage of the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team defeated this European opponent 74:62 , but the strength of the Belgian team should not be underestimated. For the women’s basketball team, the game against Belgium is crucial in order to get a better place in the group stage.
Text/Jin Peng, media reporter from Xi’an Press Photo/Xinhua News Agency
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