Chengdu, January 2 (Xinhua) -- On january 2, the 2021-2022 China Women's Basketball League (WCBA) finals began the second leg of competition. Defending champion Inner Mongolia reversed Sichuan in the last quarter, narrowly winning 87:86 and winning the WCBA championship this season 2:0.
The whole game was full of ups and downs, and Sichuan, who had no way back, opened the first leg to sweep away the haze of defeat in the first leg, and Han Xu, who scored only 11 points in the first game, scored 13 points in the first quarter and scored 21 points in the half to help the team lead. Although Inner Mongolia relied on defensive counter-attacks and multi-point blossoming in the second quarter to turn the score back to 41:34. But then, Zhao Xuetong, Han Xu and Li Meng teamed up to score 13 points to help Sichuan end the first half with a 47-42 lead.
In the third quarter, the Inner Mongolia attack was once helpless, Li Yueru could not receive the ball, and the outside pitcher was dumbfounded, and it was not until the 4th minute of the quarter that the scoring drought was broken. Sichuan, on the other hand, took a 52:42 lead under the leadership of Li Meng and Han Xu. Li Meng, who spent his 27th birthday on the same day, staged "extreme operations" from the end of the third quarter, retreating from the middle shot, pressing the whistle three points, "2 + 1"... Her heroic performance allowed Sichuan to maintain its lead until the end of the quarter.
At the critical moment of the last quarter, Inner Mongolia began to exert its strength. Famous Player Yang Liwei hit three three-pointers in a row, contributing 16 points in a single quarter. Another reversal hero was Shen Yi, who scored a long-range three-pointer and a decisive jumper to help the defending champion reverse the score.
In the final moments, the two teams fought to an 83 draw. Inner Mongolia took the lead by Huang Sijing hitting a key three-pointer. Subsequently, Sichuan fouled consecutively, Inner Mongolia won 4 free throw opportunities, although only hit one point, but Sichuan Team Li Meng's several long-range shooting attempts also failed. With 1 second left in the game, Li Meng finally hit a three-pointer to chase the score to 86:87, but Sichuan failed to foul in time when defending the bottom line, and the game fell.
Inner Mongolia's Yang Liwei scored 30 points to win the Finals Most Valuable Player; Shen Yi contributed 22 points. Regular season most valuable player Han Xu "cut" a game-high 33 points; Li Meng handed over a "double-double" statistic of 30 points and 10 assists.
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Editors: Liu Ning, Yu Sihui, Ji Jiadong
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