China News Agency, Beijing, September 23. The 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup will compete in the second round of the group stage in Australia on the 23rd.

Following the victory over South Korea with 107:44 in the first game, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina with 98:51, winning two consecutive group matches and winning the opponent by an average of 55 points per game.

In the next game, the Chinese women's basketball team will face the world's No. 1 US team.

　　In the international basketball arena, the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's basketball team is a mysterious team that rarely appeared in international competitions in the past.

But since the team naturalized WNBA star Jonker Jones in 2019, its overall strength has changed dramatically.

　　Jones was born in the Bahamas in 1994 and is well-rounded.

He entered the WNBA in 2016, was named an All-Star the following year, and became the season rebounder.

After joining Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jones almost single-handedly made this team, which had never entered the European Championship finals before, finished fifth in last year's European Championship.

　　The Chinese women's basketball team has never met Bosnia and Herzegovina before.

In the first round of the group stage on the 22nd, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost 58:82 to Puerto Rico, which is considered to be the weakest team in the group.

However, Zheng Wei, the coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, believes that the results of this game are not informative.

Against the Chinese team, Bosnia and Herzegovina should make adjustments and show different strengths.

　　When the battle between China and Poland began, the situation on the field was as Zheng Wei said.

With Jones' outstanding personal ability, Bosnia and Herzegovina started with a 5-0 lead.

Afterwards, although the overall strength of the Chinese team dominated the score, it was still unable to get rid of the opponent, leading by 5 points at 26:21 in the first quarter.

　　In the second quarter, the Chinese team with obvious advantages in the inside line and more blooming points gradually opened and widened the score gap. After ending the first half with a 50:31 lead, the third quarter widened the score gap to 36 points (82:46) , the fourth quarter only allowed the opponent to get 5 points, and finally won a big victory with a score difference of 47 points (98:51).

　　In this game, the Chinese team outperformed their opponents in terms of shooting percentage, rebounds, assists, steals and other data.

There are still 5 players in the team who scored in double figures: Han Xu 18 points and 8 rebounds, Li Meng 17 points and 3 assists, Li Yueru 13 points and 9 rebounds, Wu Tongtong and Yang Liwei each scored 12 points.

For Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jones contributed a team-high 17 points and 9 rebounds.

　　The 12 teams participating in the Women's Basketball World Cup will be divided into two groups, and the top four of each group will advance to the quarterfinals.

The Chinese women's basketball team is in Group A with the United States, Belgium, South Korea, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Puerto Rico.

　　In the other two games of Group A that day, Belgium defeated South Korea 84:61, and the defending champion United States defeated Puerto Rico by 64 points (106:42), refreshing the Chinese women's basketball team just created the day before. The biggest point difference of 63 points in a single game in the World Cup.

At present, the Chinese and American basketball teams have won both games, Belgium and Puerto Rico have 1 win and 1 loss, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and South Korea have lost both games.

　　At 12:30 on the 24th, Beijing time, the Chinese women's basketball team will face the strongest opponent in this group and the world's No. 1 American team in the third game of the group stage.

In the 2018 World Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the US team by 12 points in the group stage, which is also the smallest point difference in the history of the two teams.

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