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An expected victory did not surprise everyone. In the second game of the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup qualifier held last night, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the Mali women's basketball team 84-64 and advanced to the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup.
This game, like the first game against the African champion Nigeria, is not suspenseful, but the game once again exposed the old problems of the Chinese women's basketball team, which is really worrying.
In the first game against Nigeria, the Chinese women's basketball team led by 27 points after the first three quarters, but the whole team suddenly lost power in the fourth quarter and scored only 2 points in 4 minutes, especially the starting center Li Yueru, although the whole game played well, cut the highest 19 points in the whole game, but the performance in the fourth quarter did not dare to compliment.
This game against Mali once again exposed the old problem of the Chinese women's basketball team's lack of concentration in the fourth quarter. In the last quarter, the offensive end of the Chinese women's basketball team fell into the "power outage mode", only 2 points in the half quarter, Mali took the opportunity to close the score, fortunately, Yang Liwei made a decisive shot, and the Chinese team regained the lead of more than 20 points.
Fortunately, the opponent of the Chinese women's basketball team is too weak to pose a threat, if it is a strong team, can the Chinese women's basketball team win so easily?
Whether it is former coach Xu Limin or current head coach Zheng Wei, the problems of inattention and weak offense in the fourth quarter of the Chinese women's basketball team have not been solved.
In the whole game, starting center Li Yueru started with 32 minutes and 54 seconds, 8 of 14 shots, 5 of 6 free throws, and cut 21 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, including 6 frontcourt rebounds, plus or minus of the game's high +26.
In an interview with reporters after the game, Li Yueru talked about his expectations and prospects for the World Cup: "First of all, we must hope that our results will be better than the last World Cup, and then our goal is to walk better than the front at every step." ”
In the last World Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team finally ranked sixth. Li Yueru's "hope that our results are better than the last World Cup" means that the Goal of the Chinese Women's Basketball Team in this World Cup is to enter the top five. Of course, it is good to have a goal, but the chronic disease of the Chinese women's basketball team is not solved, and to achieve the top five goals, it is really a sweat for them.
There is still the last game left in the World Cup qualifiers, the opponent is the French team that blocked the Chinese team in the top five in the last World Cup, and now the Chinese women's basketball team that has qualified in advance is lightly armed, facing the old opponent, the goal is naturally to avenge a arrow and advance to the World Cup with a total victory.
Good luck to the Chinese women's basketball team, come on!