Last night, the Chinese women's basketball team officially began its women's basketball World Cup qualifiers in Belgrade, Serbia, and the first opponent was Nigeria.
Nigeria is the latest women's basketball Africa Cup champion, but in terms of overall strength and competitive level, there is still a big gap with the Chinese women's basketball team. In the whole game, the Nigerian women's basketball team did not find a good way to score, more relying on consciousness and physical fitness in playing, and all techniques were used very generally.
In this way, the Chinese women's basketball team is actually trying to run into the lineup and make every effort to ensure that it gets the opening red. In the first half of the game, the Chinese women's basketball team has led the double-digit point difference and did not give the opponent too many opportunities. Although it did not completely shake off the opponent, the Chinese women's basketball team still firmly controlled the rhythm of the game.
Li Meng played across the board in the second quarter, hitting multiple hits from outside the three-point line that crushed the confidence of the Nigerian women's basketball team. In the third quarter of the game, Han Xu stepped forward, hit multiple shots from mid-range and long-range, and it was almost impossible to defend with a high shot, and the point difference was also stretched to about 20 points.
In the end, the Chinese women's basketball team won easily 90-76, but the players and coaches were not satisfied. In the last quarter of the game, the Chinese women's basketball team relaxed, the quality of defense declined, so it was chased by the Nigeria women's basketball team. Zheng Wei, the new head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, saw that the momentum was not right, and quickly called a timeout, reminded the players, and rearranged the way of play.
In an interview after the game, the Chinese women's basketball team also said that it only played a good half of the game, and the performance in the second half and even the final moment was not good enough, and if it faced a stronger opponent, it may suffer a reversal. The current lineup of the Chinese women's basketball team has been running into for several years, and it also won the 6th place in the 2018 Women's Basketball World Cup, and this year is hoping for a breakthrough.