In the final of the 2021 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team played against the old rival Japan women's basketball team. In the end, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the Japanese team 73-76 and ranked second. The game was very sticky, the Japanese team led by 1 point in the last minute, Yang Liwei made a fatal mistake, and finally the Chinese team lost by 3 points. The Japanese women's basketball team also won the Asian Cup for five consecutive times.
Chinese women's basketball team
At the beginning of the game, Yang Liwei and Li Yueru scored consecutive attacks, and the Chinese team led 6-0. Eight minutes into the game, Japan scored the first point of the game with a layup. Li Yueru has an absolute advantage on the inside, and after turning around and scoring from the basket, the Chinese team led 10-2. After the suspension returned, the Japanese team's core construction period papermaking scored consecutive points, and the Japanese team narrowed the point difference to 3 points. At the critical moment, Huang Sijing scored 5 and a half consecutive points on the field, and the Chinese team pulled away the score again. Japan then narrowed the point difference to 2 points, and the Chinese team made a mistake in the last attack, and the Chinese team led 2 points 21-19 to end the first quarter.
Li Yueru
At the beginning of the second quarter, the naturalized players of the Japanese team hit three points, and the Japanese team surpassed the score. Yamamoto Mai scored 2+1, and the Chinese team quickly adjusted the lineup. Yang Liwei assisted Han Xu to score, and the Japanese team followed the three points to color. The Chinese team was slow to hit the outside line, and the Japanese team took advantage of the situation to widen the point difference to 7 points. The Chinese team made continuous mistakes, and Li Yueru struggled to support the inside to help the Chinese team chase points. The Japanese team was full of mistakes, and the Chinese team relied on free throws to tie the score. With more than 40 seconds left in the second quarter, Huang Sijing hit a three-point shot from the outside and the Chinese team rebounded 39-36.
In the first half of the game, Li Yueru had 11 points and 7 rebounds on 5-of-7 shooting, Huang Sijing hit 2 three-pointers to get 8 points, Zhang Ru had 6 points and 3 assists, Yang Liwei had 4 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds, and Han Xu had 4 points and 2 rebounds.
Capping
The third quarter of the game is very fierce, the confrontation between the two sides is very fierce, the score has been deadlocked, Huang Sijing's three-point outside line continues to output, and the Chinese team bites the score. In the final stage of the third quarter, the Chinese team forced the Japanese team to make mistakes, Yang Liwei and Li Yuan scored on the basket, and the Chinese team took the lead again. Japan then hit a three-pointer, and in the final moments of the quarter, Li Yuan hit a three-point whistle, and the Chinese team led by five points at 57-52.
Huang Sijing
At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, Li Yuan took the lead in throwing and scoring. Japan then scored five consecutive points, and the point difference was narrowed to two points. The Chinese team made consecutive mistakes, and the Japanese team blossomed inside and outside, and once again surpassed the score. With 5 minutes left in the game, the Chinese team trailed by 5 points, and Xu Limin asked for a timeout. After returning from a timeout, Huang Sijing hit the fourth three-pointer, and the Chinese team equalized the score. Less than a minute into the game, Li Yueru assisted Yang Liwei to score a layup, and the Chinese team rebounded the score. In the last minute, the Chinese team trailed by 1 point, Yang Liwei made a fatal mistake, and finally the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the Japanese women's basketball team.