(Tokyo Olympics) The Chinese women's basketball team regrets that Serbia misses the top four coaches: turnovers and rebounds are the main reason
China News Agency, Tokyo, August 4 (Bian Liqun) In the quarter-finals of the women's basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics on the 4th, the Chinese women's basketball team lost 70:77 to the Serbian women's basketball team, unfortunately missed the semi-finals.
On August 4, local time, Chinese team player Li Yueru (middle) made a layup during the game.
On the same day, in the women's basketball quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team lost 70:77 to the Serbian women's basketball team and stopped in the quarterfinals.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
The Chinese women's basketball team was in excellent condition in the previous 3 group matches and achieved a complete victory record. In the first game, they defeated Puerto Rico 97:55, and the second game 76:74 narrowly defeated Australia to advance ahead of time. In the final game, they defeated the Belgian women's basketball team and grabbed the group place. one.
In the top 8 draw, the Chinese women's basketball team was drawn to Serbia, and Australia played against the United States in another game in the same half.
It is worth mentioning that the Chinese women’s basketball team ranked third among the top 8 teams recently updated by the FIBA, while the host Japanese team in the other half ranked second, and the US team in the same half ranked second. one.
This game, Li Yuan, Li Meng, Li Yueru, Shao Ting, Han Xu and other players all appeared.
As soon as the first quarter of the game came up, the Chinese women's basketball team was a bit slow and fell behind 0:4 at the start. It was not until Han Xu made two free throws to open the deadlock. After that, the Chinese team strengthened its defense and tied the score for a time. The first quarter ended the Chinese team 14: 16 is temporarily behind.
In the second quarter, the Chinese team didn't feel good and missed a few consecutive three-pointers until Sun Mengran hit a three-pointer.
Since then, the Chinese team's offensive gradually chased the score to 26:28. Sun Mengran made another three-pointer to overtake the score, but then the Sevilla team also hit a three-pointer and used the last attack to score at the basket. The Chinese team ended the halftime. 33 :35 behind Serbia.
Changing sides to fight again, the two sides are inextricably difficult to resolve, but after that, the Chinese team shot a wave of offensive waves from inside and outside. After three quarters, the Chinese team led by 9 points 58:49.
As soon as the last quarter of the game came up, the Serbian team used the Chinese team’s mistakes to chase the score by 11 points.
After the game, player Li Yueru shed tears of unwillingness. “I always thought that there would be a good result to bring back to China. I didn’t want to stop there. It’s a bit regretful.” She also said that the team is very young and has the courage to make a comeback in the next Olympic Games. Hit better results.
In summing up the game, head coach Xu Limin said that this loss was mainly due to errors and rebounding disadvantages.
"We have 23 turnovers in this game and 13 opponents. This is a situation that has not been seen in the previous game. In addition, the opponent grabbed 16 offensive rebounds and clearly felt our weakness in confrontation and ability. . And at the critical moment of the game, the opponent can well grasp the situation on the court. From the above three points, we still have a big gap compared with the opponent."
However, Xu Limin also said that although the Chinese women’s basketball team was defeated, “Although it ended in failure, the process is perfect. If we all win the game, then it’s not in line with the law of things. Our path is beyond imagination, not only in the group. One, he also showed his ability beyond the ordinary in the game."
From this defeat, Xu Limin also saw the hope of the team.
He said: "In this game, the opponent's restrictions on us are very strong. It is under such conditions that we once surpassed the score. Facing the European championship team, I saw the potential of the team and the hope of the players in the future. I believe that the Chinese women's basketball team will stand on the podium of the Olympic Games in the future." (End)