In the women's basketball World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team faced the African runner-up Mali in the second round of the group stage, and the result was that the Chinese women's basketball team soared, defeating the opponent with a 20-point advantage, winning two consecutive victories and entering the Australian World Cup in advance.
This game from the strength of the two sides, should not be on a grade, although the Mali team played more tenaciously, but the Chinese women's basketball team did not give the opponent any chance, the beginning of the game both sides are not good, but the Chinese team quickly adjusted, played a wave of 17-0 attack wave, since then firmly grasped the game initiative, dominate the progress of the game. It should be said that the short passive situation of the Chinese team in this game appeared in the second quarter, the main center Li Yueru went off the field to rest, Han Xu came on as a substitute, the threat of the Chinese team under the basket was greatly reduced, and the Mali team's surprise soldier Koulibaly threw 4 three-pointers in the hot single quarter to chase the point difference to single digits.
In this game, the performance of the two major centers of the Chinese team can be described as a double day of ice and fire, Li Yueru played the highest 33 minutes of the whole team, got the team's highest 21 points and 11 rebounds, plus and minus +26 the highest in the team, while Han Xu only played 7 minutes, got 2 points, plus and minus -6 the lowest in the whole team. Judging from the effect on the field, Li Yueru, who has excellent confrontation ability, is basically an insoluble existence, which has formed a huge pressure on the opponent's internal line. Han Xu, who has poor confrontation ability, has no shooting feel under the opponent's defense, and his footsteps cannot keep up with the rhythm of the opponent, and there is basically no threat at both ends of the attack and defense, and her seven minutes on the field are also the only passive period of time for the Chinese team to play the whole game. In the end, coach Zheng Wei could only put her on the bench.
It should be said that Han Xu's strength is higher than Li Yueru's when she debuted, and she was once regarded as an extended version of Chen Nan, which is the new interior line of the Chinese women's basketball team. But from the current situation, she has not met people's expectations, mainly because her body is too thin, her ability to fight is insufficient, and she has not improved for several seasons. There is still a high talent in the domestic arena to play, but when she comes to the international arena, in the case of confrontation and defense are upgraded, she simply relies on the shortcomings of the shot in the hand to expose, and the first game can be like a fish in the water when the Nigerian feel is hot, but after the feel of this game, it is very difficult to play.
This point is actually the same as wuqian of the men's basketball team. Although the two played not in one position, one inside and one outside, the two as regular season MVP players, both relied on the feel of eating, which is the same. At the same time, the performance of the national team is basically very different from that of the club. The same is true. The main reason is actually the dilemma caused by poor physical confrontation ability and single scoring methods. They all rely on the feel to see the sky to eat, be targeted defense, without the feel can only look at the ball and sigh.
In turn, we look at Li Yueru, from the beginning of the small fat dun has grown into the Chinese women's basketball version of the big shark. Affectionately known by fans as Oniru. When she first debuted, many people were not optimistic about her, the main reason was the problem of slow movement, but from the perspective of the progress of the past two years, Li Yueru's pace and sense of position on the field have been greatly improved, and the confrontation ability has been continuously enhanced, in addition to the offensive end can be integrated into the team and teammates to play with the cooperation, their basketball finishing ability has also been significantly improved, and then the defensive end of the mobile ability and the ability to make up for the position have also been improved. There is a great improvement in both the defense and the reinforcement. Born in 1999, Li Yueru has become one of the world's top big centers. This has been proven both in the Olympic and World Cup arenas. It is estimated that the next step of Li Yueru's intrusion into the WNBA is very likely.
Of course, for both of them are still gradually improving, from the age of both were born in 1999, are representatives of the new generation, Han Xu to improve physical confrontation, increase the threat of the basket, to have the lethality of the basket, and Li Yueru to further improve in the middle shot, so as to expand his space. The joint growth of the two of them is an important guarantee for the continued strength of the Chinese women's basketball team. At the same time, the different styles of the two of them will also raise another issue for the national team coaching staff, that is, what kind of lineup to use to maximize their advantages, rather than the simple rotation strategy of the moment.