With 22 points and 5 assists in 23 minutes, Yang Liwei, captain of the Chinese women's basketball team, returned to his best condition. Although the Guangdong women's basketball team lost 79-96 in the first leg of the WCBA league semifinals, Yang Liwei's performance was impeccable. She played one of the masterpieces of the season, shooting 8-of-16, 4-of-9 three-pointers, and making 2 free throws, scoring a game-high 22 points from the Guangdong women's basketball team.
The overall strength of the Guangdong women's basketball team is indeed inferior to the defending champion Sichuan women's basketball team, after all, the opponent gathers Han Xu, Li Meng, Wang Siyu and Gao Song, as well as super foreign aid Cambage, forming the league's most luxurious Big Five.
In the first round of the Guangdong women's basketball team, foreign aid Oduda shot 6 of 15 and only scored 15 points and 8 rebounds. Huang Sijing was 2-of-7 and only had 6 points and 12 rebounds. Yang Shuyu made 4 of 13 shots and only had 9 points and 5 assists. The three main players of the Guangdong women's basketball team have not played well. Only Yang Liwei played in good shape.
Yang Liwei, the captain of the Chinese women's basketball team, has been the starting point guard of the Chinese women's basketball team for a long time, and was injured in the women's basketball Asian Cup last year, and then returned to participate in the Asian Games. Yang Liwei gradually found her form in the WCBA league this season, and she had a wonderful performance of 16 assists in a single game, setting a record for the number of assists in a single game in the WCBA this season.
Yang Liwei also has the ability to score 20+ points in a single game, and she is a very versatile defender. Yang Liwei is a senior player in the Chinese women's basketball team, and has won 2 Asian Games championships (2018, 2023), 1 Asian Cup championship (2023), 1 World Cup runner-up (2022), 1 Asian Championship runner-up (2015), and 2 Asian Cup runners-up (2019, 2021) in his national team career.
In the league, she helped the Guangdong women's basketball team win the championship once and the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team won the championship twice. This season, the Guangdong women's basketball team will end the operation to assist Inner Mongolia and return to the Guangdong women's basketball team.
The Guangdong women's basketball team finished third in the regular season and successfully reached the semifinals and met the defending champion Sichuan women's basketball team. It is difficult for the Guangdong women's basketball team to break through the Sichuan women's basketball team. But for the Chinese women's basketball team, it is good news if several national players can play well.
Yang Liwei's form is back, and the titan who once won the MVP of the finals is the favorite under the guidance of Zheng Wei. Yang Liwei was cut from the Los Angeles Sparks training camp last year because of the national team competition and lost the opportunity to play in the WNBA.
This year, the Chinese women's basketball team will prepare for the Paris Olympics, and Yang Liwei is unlikely to impact the WNBA. For Yang Liwei, after playing in the league, he should concentrate on preparing for the Paris Olympics, striving to shine in the Paris Olympics and be recognized by more people. 2025 may be Yang Liwei's best chance to impact the WNBA.
Yang Liwei, who has returned to his peak form, will be a perfect match for Han Xu and Li Meng in the national team. The peak women's basketball team Wang Siyu, Yang Liwei, Li Meng, Huang Sijing and Han Xu are the super starting five tigers.