China News Service, September 24th. On the 24th, Beijing time, the 2022 FIBA ​​Women's Basketball World Cup ushered in a focus battle.

The Chinese women's basketball team, which had won two consecutive group matches, faced off against the world's number one women's basketball team, the United States.

In the end, the stronger American women's basketball team defeated the Chinese women's basketball team 77:63.

　　In the first quarter of the game, the U.S. team took the lead to take an 11-0 lead, and then Li Yueru played continuously to the basket to help the Chinese women's basketball team find the offensive rhythm and approach the score.

Neither team scored in the next three minutes.

But with Plum and Atkins scoring points, the US women's basketball team led 18:13.

　　In the second quarter, the Chinese women's basketball team continued to form a stalemate with the U.S. team in the opening stage, and for a while, the score was tight. However, from the middle of this quarter, the Chinese women's basketball team's shooting percentage dropped, and the U.S. team took advantage of the situation to widen the difference to 10 points. Above, after halftime, the Chinese women's basketball team trailed the US women's basketball team 25:44.

　　After changing sides and fighting again, the Chinese team’s offensive state has rebounded. Li Meng, Wang Siyu and Han Xu continued to score points from inside and outside. The American team’s offensive slowed down. The Chinese women’s basketball team scored a 22:12 point difference in a single quarter, and the third At the end of the quarter, the Chinese women's basketball team narrowed the difference to less than 10 points at 47:56.

　　In the last quarter, Wilson and Gray helped the U.S. team re-open the score 7-0, and the Chinese team regained a score of 14 points.

Wang Siyu made another three-pointer, Han Xu made a steady shot, and the Chinese team chased back to single digits, but Wilson made successive kills to stabilize the situation. In the end, the Chinese team lost 63:77 to the US team.

　　In this game, Li Meng played well and scored a game-high 21 points, and Wang Siyu, who connected the team's offense, also scored 17 points. Facing powerful opponents, the Chinese women's basketball team played the team's style despite difficulties.

　　After the game, Wang Siyu said that against the U.S. women's basketball team, the team has no mental burden and let go of the game. "The more this moment is, the more opportunity to show yourself. The World Cup is a platform for everyone to show themselves equally and bloom themselves."

　　In the next game, the Chinese women's basketball team will face the Puerto Rico women's basketball team.

Looking forward to the future, Wang Siyu said that the team's goal is to "play a further game and make progress through the game." (End)