On the evening of August 21, the shandong provincial games women's basketball group B final was staged, and Zhang Ziyu, who was only 15 years old and was already comparable to Yao Ming, led the Jinan team to lose 90-91 to Zibo and missed the championship. Zhang Ziyu scored 68 points in this game, but still did not bring the team championship. In the group B final of the Shandong Women's Basketball Championship held on August 17, Jinan also faced Zibo and lost 75-101. At that time, Zhang Ziyu also scored 45 points alone, but still suffered the first defeat in a major event of his basketball career.
In five days, despite scoring 113 points in two games, Zhang Ziyu still lost two consecutive championship titles, and her career prospects have also aroused widespread concern among fans. Many people believe that Zhang Ziyu, who has a crushing advantage in height, leads the team to lose consecutively, which just shows that basketball is a team sport, and the "individual show" may be wonderful, but it may not be able to bring victory. However, Zhang Ziyu still attracted the attention of the Korean media, and they have already made up their minds in advance: "Zhang Ziyu, who has a 'horror' height, will be a disaster for the Korean women's basketball team in the future!" ”
It's not terrible to lose two championships, after all, height is basketball's greatest talent
Due to the recent participation in more competitions, Zhang Ziyu also frequently appears in the field of vision of fans. In addition to the two games mentioned above, Zhang Ziyu also participated in the recently concluded National U15 Youth Basketball League Women's Group Final, Zhang Ziyu shot 31 of 38 in the whole game, handed over 62 points and 13 rebounds of crazy data, led the Shandong women's basketball team to defeat Changzhou Sports School 79-77 and won the championship of this group.
Zhang Ziyu's current height has multiple versions such as 2 meters 23, 2 meters 26, 2 meters 27, but no matter which one is correct, this is an invincible existence in the women's basketball world. Zhang Ziyu's most comfortable way to play now is that his teammates hang the ball high under the basket, and Zhang Ziyu uses his height advantage to catch the ball and attack the basket. This is effortless, the hit rate is also quite high, and the opponent is limited by height and simply cannot form a disturbance when she receives the ball. In the recent National U15 Youth Basketball League, Shandong Women's Basketball Championship, and Shandong Provincial Games Women's Basketball Competition, this scene appeared frequently, which can be called the killer skill of The Jinan team.
However, after carefully studying the characteristics of Zhang Ziyu, the Changzhou team and the Zibo team also formulated the main offensive outside line, so that Zhang Ziyu had to often go out of the three-second zone to participate in the defensive tactics. When Zhang Ziyu's team attacked, the Changzhou team and the Zibo team mainly cut off the contact between other players and Zhang Ziyu as much as possible, so that they could not easily hang the ball under the basket. This forced Zhang Ziyu to often need to pull outside the three-point line to receive the ball, cooperate with his teammates and then enter the basket to receive it. Although the final result is still Zhang Ziyu using his height to attack the basket, the opponent's targeted offensive and defensive tactics still bring huge consumption to the heavier Zhang Ziyu. This is also the main reason why Zibo team recently won two victories over Jinan team and Changzhou team lost to Shandong team.
However, even if she loses two championships in a row, Zhang Ziyu's prospects are still far better than those of her opponents who defeated her. After all, in the basketball world, height is the biggest talent of basketball! Zheng Haixia, a former Chinese women's basketball star, is 2.06 meters tall, Campbage, known as the "former WCBA first center", is 2 meters 03, and the "female magic beast" Glena is also 2 meters 03... These world-class centers already have a strong dominance in women's basketball. Zhang Ziyu, who is about 20 centimeters taller than them, currently has no women's basketball players who can compete with them. What's more, 15-year-old Zhang Ziyu still has room to continue to grow tall!
Zhang Ziyu made the Korean media "panic", and her head coach called for protection for its growth
Like Yao Ming, Zhang Ziyu was also born into a basketball family. Both of her parents were former professional basketball players. Zhang Ziyu's father, Zhang Lei, is 2.13 meters tall and was a member of the Jinan Military Region men's basketball team; his mother is yu Ying, a former women's basketball player, with a height of 1.98 meters. Such genetics and formal basketball training began at the age of 8, so that Zhang Ziyu has attracted much attention from the beginning of his debut.
Zhang Ziyu according to Visual China
Recently, Zhang Ziyu frequently appeared in the competition, which also attracted the attention of the Korean media. A few days ago, South Korea's OSEN News Agency wrote an article introducing Zhang Ziyu: "Zhang Ziyu is a female version of Yao Ming, not only amazing height, personal ability is also super strong. OSEN News Agency said that at present, in addition to park Ji-so, who is more than 1.9 meters tall, the other players are under 1.9 meters, and the media said in frustration: "Zhang Ziyu is a disaster for the future Korean women's basketball team!" ”
Therefore, the recent consecutive losses are not terrible for Zhang Ziyu, as long as she maintains a healthy body, the future will inevitably be the top pillar of the Chinese women's basketball team. Zhu Yan, the head coach of the Jinan women's basketball team B team who led the team to participate in the Shandong Provincial Games, also appealed: "Zhang Ziyu is only 15 years old after all, and now all aspects of her evaluation, praise and worry are there." I hope that everyone can protect her, so that she can first ensure a good body, can fly higher and higher, and contribute to the country in the future. ”
After the end of the Shandong Provincial Games, Zhang Ziyu will be promoted to Shandong Experimental Middle School in September to start her high school career, and she will also take care of her studies and basketball in the future.
Red Star News reporter Jiang Shan
Edited by Ou Peng
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