After 28 years, the Chinese women's basketball team returned to the World Cup (World Championship) Round 4.
Today at 17:30, the girls will face their old rival Australia and continue to write the history of this generation.
Australia, the host of this event, we can imagine the difficulties that will be encountered. However, it is difficult to pass the pass, and I have always been full of confidence in this Chinese women's basketball team.
The Chinese women's basketball team and Australia have previously played each other in the warm-up match, when we defeated the opponent by 7 points; At last year's Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team won 76-74, and in the earlier women's basketball Asian Cup group stage, the Chinese women's basketball team won 82-64.
It is worth mentioning that in the 1994 Women's Basketball World Championship, the Chinese women's basketball team eliminated Australia in the semifinals and reached the final.
Host? Say hit is also hit.
Australia beat the Belgian women's basketball team in yesterday's game. I watched the game in its entirety and met a familiar stranger...
41-year-old world-class star: Lauren Jackson, today we will talk about her.
Speaking of her, this scene at the Beijing Olympics 14 years ago:
Jackson, under the eyes of the whole world, has a heartless embrace for Yao Ming... She looked at Yao Ming affectionately, her eyes were full of admiration, she liked a person, and her eyes really couldn't hide...
However, the big Yao who had a heart was not fascinated by this blonde and blue-eyed exotic beauty, but only politely hugged back, but the scandal between the two had been passed down for many years.
How long has Chairman Yao been kneeling on the washboard for this, we don't know, nor do we dare to ask.
But what is certain is that long before Da Yao did not play in the NBA, Ye Li was already a white moonlight in his heart that could not be shaken. Lauren was just wishful thinking, nothing more...
More than 10 years later, it is really interesting to look at the past.
In 2022, the Australian big man who is full of longing for love, like a flower and a jade, and the beautiful Australian hero at the Beijing Olympic Games has now become a pile of staggered two-lineup rotation.
In 2022, Dayao, who led the team to play at home at the Beijing Olympic Games, is even more easy to feel the passage of time. He had changed from Yao Ming to Nu Zhao Riyue, and her daughter Yao Qinlei had already stood tall.
The only constant is probably only his love for Ye Li...
In view of the fact that the brothers always say that Di Ge is not doing the right thing, so we can no longer talk about Chairman Yao's emotional story...
After all, basketball bloggers. (hahaha)
Yes, Lauren Jackson is still playing for the Australian women's basketball team, which is an incredible thing.
She is a player of the same era as Dayao, and she is 41 years old this year...
Not confused year, it is reasonable to say that it is the age of Xiangfu's godson, but she is still wearing a national costume and standing on the stage of the World Series, facing Belgium yesterday, the substitute scored 12 points in 14 minutes, which vaguely shows the style of FIBA's first center that year.
If you know something about women's basketball, you'll know some of her achievements:
3 WNBA MVP, 3 WNBA scoring champions, 2 WNBA championships... She has participated in a total of 4 Olympic Games, won 3 silver medals and 1 bronze medal, and in the World Cup, she is the "Elder of the Five Dynasties".
She is the premier "superstar" in the Australian and even world women's basketball world, and led the team to win the gold medal at the World Championship in 2006.
In fact, the accomplished Lauren retired in 2016, later married to a police officer, and is now a mother of two.
In 2021, she was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame with Wade and others, and in terms of comprehensive achievements, she is the first person in Australian basketball.
How easy is it for an "old" woman with two children who has reached the age of 40 to come back?
So why are you still playing this year?
"Once on the basketball court, I become very confident that basketball will naturally become a part of me. I know I can bring that confidence to the girls on the team, I can help them, and that's what I want to do. With my talent and ability, people know I can do this. ”
It's Lauren Jackson's expression that it's really hard to get to this point without enough love and hard work. Because, she really doesn't lack anything...
But if only from the game level, it is very simple, the Australian women's basketball team needs her.
The host team will inevitably have higher requirements for results, and Lauren's game experience and role in the dressing room are indispensable in this team.
Especially after Campbell has other things to do, basketball is only a side business, the Australian women's basketball team has a great loss in strength...
Therefore, the 41-year-old Lauren Jackson, who is also excellent in shape, can be said to be in danger.
If you only look at the competitive state, she is indeed no longer the courage of the year, and the Chinese women's basketball team can use her speed, especially the change of defense after the blocking, to do more articles.
The experience of Lauren Jackson, a player, deserves respect. But the game is the game, it's a "war", and it's the best respect to give each other their all.
Therefore, I look forward to a wonderful showdown and look forward to the Chinese women's basketball team going one step further!
As for Lauren and Yao Ming, it must also be another focus of this game, I don't know if they will meet.
Time flies, 14 years have passed.
No more talking about the past, just greetings, and then just one word, long time no see!