The Chinese team lost 70-77 to Serbia and missed the tokyo Olympic women's basketball final four, which should be said to be a disappointing result for fans. After all, he also received 9 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Chinese team was beaten 11-0 by the opponent and directly led to a reversal of the game. It is a pity that the Chinese women's basketball team did not qualify for the final four, but from the overall performance since the group stage of the Olympic Games, the performance of the Chinese team is still remarkable, especially the two games against Australia and Lectra Belgium, playing a rare momentum of Chinese basketball in recent years. This young team, with an average age of only 25 years old, is still full of hope for the future.
Shao Ting
Since the Olympic defeat, the Chinese women's basketball team has continuously brought surprises to fans. Consecutive victories over the United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea, with a record of three consecutive wins directly qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese women's basketball team has added a bright color to Chinese sports under the shadow of the epidemic. At the same time, it also makes fans more full of expectations for their performance in the Olympic Games. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games were postponed for one year. In a year, the training and preparation of the Chinese women's basketball team have been carried out in an orderly manner.
In the three group games of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese women's basketball team was impressive at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. 42 points to beat Puerto Rico, 2 points to beat Australia, 12 points to beat Belgium, averaging 82.3 points in three games, second only to the United States with 86.7 points; 63.7 points per game, the lowest of the 12 teams. The Chinese team's oppressive playing style makes the opponent extremely uncomfortable, and the mentality of the women's basketball players is relatively peaceful, and in the last moments of the Australian team, Li Yueru scored two free throws to complete the kill; and the Belgian team in the fourth quarter, the Belgian team continued to chase points to narrow the point difference to 3 points, and the Chinese team withstood the pressure to maintain the lead to the end.
Han Xu
The three consecutive wins in the group stage invisibly raised the appetite of fans, and the call for the Chinese women's basketball team to impact the final four and even the medal was very high. Objectively speaking, although the Chinese team has won a complete victory, its performance is not perfect. Too many mistakes are the biggest problem of the Chinese women's basketball team. Under the pressure of the opponent, the Chinese women's basketball team made an average of 20 mistakes in the two games after the group stage. Moreover, the final quarter is often scored consecutively by opponents. This problem existed in the matches against Puerto Rico, Australia and Belgium, and the quarter-final performance against Serbia was even more pronounced. The 0-11 start of the fourth quarter directly buried the lead of the first nine points.
The Chinese women's basketball team is not without a chance to enter the final four, and the mistakes and offensive disadvantages at key moments let the opportunity slip away from the side. For the women's basketball team, fans should have more understanding and tolerance. After all, their average age is only 25 years old, Han Xu and Li Yueru are only 22 years old, and Li Meng is 26 years old. Three years later, at the Paris Olympic Games, they are in the year of playing, both technology and experience are in a mature stage, and the future of the "golden generation" of the Chinese women's basketball team is still full of hope.
Xu Limin
As the head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, Xu Limin has poured a lot of effort into this team, and he has commanded with injuries at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and the mobilization during several suspensions is full of passion. After the Olympic Games, it is not known whether Xu Limin will step down like the women's volleyball coach Lang Ping. No matter who coaches the Chinese women's basketball team in the future, they all hope that the women's basketball team can continue the current tactical style, integrate more European and American teams, improve the team's confrontation ability, especially break the method of pressing defense. In the 2024 Olympic Games, look forward to the return of the Chinese women's basketball team!