(Tokyo Olympics) Chinese women's basketball team overtakes Puerto Rico to get a good start to the group stage
China News Service, Tokyo, July 27. The first round of the Tokyo Olympic Women's Basketball Group Tournament began on the 27th.
The Chinese women's basketball team made full use of their height and inside advantage to beat the weakest Puerto Rico team in the group stage by 97:55 and scored a good start.
With the disadvantages of the Chinese women's football team and the women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's basketball girls have shouldered the responsibility of defending the honor of the three major goals.
As the honorary division of Chinese sports, the Chinese women's basketball team won the third and second runner-up of the Olympic women's basketball team in 1984 and 1992.
The strength ranking recently announced by the FIBA shows that the Chinese team is currently ranked third in the world after the United States and Serbia.
However, this team aiming to hit the Olympic medals also faces difficulties: since the successful breakthrough of European powerhouse Spain in the Olympic qualifying game early last year, the young Chinese women's basketball team has not appeared in the international arena for more than 500 days.
This time in Tokyo, due to the strong team opponents Belgium and Australia in the group stage, the limited Puerto Rico team has become the opponent that the Chinese women's basketball team must defeat.
Li Meng, Shao Ting, Sun Mengran, Li Yueru, Han Xu and other main players of the Chinese team all played and caused continuous "kills" at the opponent's basket in the opening stage.
In particular, the young "Twin Towers" Li Yueru and Han Xu used their height advantages to attack the Puerto Rico team's interior in turn to help the Chinese team firmly control the initiative on the court.
At the end of halftime, the Chinese team only allowed their opponents to score 26 points, a lead of 27 points.
In the second two quarters of the game, the Chinese team combined internally and externally, with more blooms, and almost did not give the opponent too many opportunities. The fourth quarter also entered the "garbage time" early.
In this campaign, all 12 members of the Chinese team got the opportunity to play in rotation.
Li Yueru had 21 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, the highest score of the game.
Li Meng had 15 points and Han Xu had 11 points and 14 rebounds.
According to the schedule, the Chinese team will face the Australian team in the second group stage.
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