2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, women's basketball 1/4 final, China vs Serbia, the final Chinese women's basketball team lost to the opponent 70:77, stopping in the top 8. Watching this game, to be honest, the Chinese team really lost too much, they were originally 9 points ahead of the opponent at the end of the third quarter, and the result was a 12:28 in the last quarter, which was directly reversed by the opponent. The game exposed a lot of problems with the Chinese team, especially the defenders.
In this game, the Chinese women's basketball team made a total of 22 mistakes, which was twice that of the opponent. The team has so many mistakes, mainly because the ability of defenders is too poor, especially Li Yuan and Yang Liwei, which is simply a crime on the field. Li Yuan is only 170cm tall, defensive defense is not, the attack is completely to see the sky to eat, there is no breakthrough, shooting is not ok, but also a variety of mistakes, as a point guard, only know to take the ball through the half, the ball is a disaster, this game, she is plus or minus -10, a total of 3 mistakes 4 fouls, shooting only 4 of 1. And Yang Liwei is not much better, the game is a mistake, the game is 4 shots 0, 1 point did not score. (Yang Liwei's previous performance in the game was also a mess)
In addition, the Chinese team lost this game with great hope of winning, head coach Xu Limin guidance also has an unshirkable responsibility, Mingming 2 big defenders Li Yuan and Yang Liwei on the pit, the result is that he forced them to play 52 minutes on the field, and the most stable defender of the Chinese team Wang Siyu only got a total of 9 minutes of playing time, to know that Wang Siyu is definitely the strongest point guard of this Chinese women's basketball team, she has excellent ball quotient, can suddenly shoot and pass, against Australia' game, still cut 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists after injury, Even after playing 9 minutes in this game, he still had 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, with a plus-minus value of +3. With such an excellent defender, he did not use it, but he went to the two big pits of Li Yuan and Yang Liwei, and finally led to the collapse of the Chinese team in the fourth quarter. (The best time for the Chinese team to play was when Wang Siyu was on the field, and Wang Siyu even had a minute of playing time in the fourth quarter was fished)
Secondly, Xu Limin's coaching also made a mistake, that is, to let the bench play for too long, especially in the fourth quarter, the 31-year-old Shao Ting has bottomed out in physical fitness (Shao Ting played 30 minutes 12 of 6, with 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals), but he still put it on the court, and the final result was that the defense was targeted by the opponent and continuously broken by the opponent. By the last 1 minute or so, the head coach was on Li Yueru and other main forces, and it was already too late. Of course, This time Li Meng did not play well, scoring 6 points in 2 of 9.
To be honest, I like the Chinese women's basketball team, but the team should also accept criticism if there is a problem, the Chinese team has the opportunity to advance to the top 4, but our mistakes are too many, Li Yuan and Yang Liwei's problem is not a day or two, the next time we compete in the Paris Olympics, can we not take them with us?