On July 1, Beijing time, the semifinals of the Women's Asian Cup began, and the defending champion Japan defeated New Zealand 88-52 by 36 points, easily reaching the final. The Japanese women's basketball team ranks second in Asia, winning all the last five Asian Cups, and after reaching the final again, the Japanese team naturally aims to win six consecutive titles. However, from the perspective of strength, the Chinese women's basketball team is the biggest opponent of the Japanese women's basketball team, we won the runner-up of the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup, and it is also the number one team in Asia, and the absence of core players such as Li Yueru and Huang Sijing has made the strength of the women's basketball team decline, but the Chinese team is still the favorite to win the championship.
The semifinals of the Chinese women's basketball team and the Australian team are also attracting attention, and the Australian team ranks third in Asia and has a good strength. In the first half, the Chinese women's basketball team led by 3 points 35-32, in the first quarter, the women's basketball team led by 7 points, only allowing the Australian team to score 11 points, and the performance on the defensive end was very tough, and in the second quarter, the Australian team began to chase points, Han Xu performed well and helped the women's basketball team stabilize the situation.
After the start of the third quarter, Australia's Sherf hit a shot, leaving only one point behind. Subsequently, although the Chinese women's basketball team grabbed the rebound in the front court continuously, it did not grasp it, and the Australian team scored 2 points to overtake the Chinese team. The referee is too dark, Li Meng caused the opponent to foul, but the referee blew Li Meng an offensive foul, the Australian home whistle is too obvious, but the Chinese women's basketball team is not afraid of 5-on-8. Although the referee was unfavorable to us, the women's basketball players were very powerful, and Han Xu scored a 3-pointer at the top of the arc, the difference was 8 points, and directly stopped the Australian team.
At the crucial moment, the referee snatched the game again and sent Australia a free throw. Subsequently, the Australian team changed its offensive style and hit consecutive mid-range shots, the difference was chased to 3 points, and the Chinese women's basketball team was suspended. Subsequently, the Chinese women's basketball team opened a wave of flow, widening the point difference to 10 points, and throughout the third quarter, the women's basketball team exploded 18-11 in a single quarter, and the state was very good. For Australia, there is not much time left for them.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jin Weina hit 3 points, the difference has reached 15 points, and the Chinese women's basketball team completely exploded the Australian team. Subsequently, Australia scored 2+1, but it didn't take long for Pan Zhenqi of the women's basketball team to return the 2+1, and as the game time became less and less, the possibility of the Chinese women's basketball team reaching the Asian Cup final became more and more likely.
Although the Australian team narrowed the point gap, the women's basketball team was very consistent and eventually won the game 74-60, winning by 14 points. In this way, the Chinese women's basketball team will meet old rival Japan in the final at 12 noon on July 2, and the last Asian Cup final, the women's basketball team lost to Japan to win the runner-up, and this year's goal is naturally revenge. However, unfortunately, the captain of the women's basketball team, Yang Liwei, was injured in the game, looked more serious, and was helped off the court, hoping that Yang Liwei was okay, and also hoped that the Chinese women's basketball team could end the Japanese team's 5-game winning streak.