On April 11, Beijing time, the G1 match of the WCBA finals began, and the regular season champion Inner Mongolia women's basketball team sat at home to face the defending champion Sichuan women's basketball team. In this game, the Inner Mongolia team played a good game in the third quarter and once led by 15 points, but the Sichuan team broke out in the last quarter to complete the reversal and defeated the Inner Mongolia team 90-85.
This is the third consecutive season that the two sides will meet in the finals, the 2021-22 season Inner Mongolia women's basketball team swept 2-0 to win the championship, and last season the Sichuan women's basketball team won the championship for the first time in history. This season, the two sides still play the role of the giants, with a regular season of 34 wins and 2 losses, a record of 1 win and 1 loss, and the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team ranks first in the small score advantage. In the knockout stage, both sides won two consecutive 2-0 quarter-finals and semi-finals opponents. In terms of personnel, both sides have many national players and top foreign aids, representing the ceiling level of the Chinese women's basketball team.
In terms of starters, the starting five tigers of the Inner Mongolia team are Li Yuan, Zhang Ru, Sun Mengran, Pan Zhenqi, and Jones, and the Sichuan women's basketball team sent Wang Siyu, Li Meng, Gao Song, Cambage, and Jia Saiqi.
In the first quarter of the game, the two sides tested each other in the opening stage, and the score rose alternately. The twin towers of the Sichuan team did not show their power, but the Inner Mongolia team counterattacked very resolutely. Halfway through the first quarter, Inner Mongolia foreign aid Jones made two three-pointers to lead the team to establish an advantage. The Sichuan team played a little loosely, and Li Meng was dumb on the offensive end, and the Inner Mongolia team led 25-21 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Li Yuan's 2+1 and Zhang Qifang's three points helped Inner Mongolia establish an 8-point advantage. After the Sichuan team took a timeout, Cambage led the team to chase the points on the inside, and the two sides entered a tug-of-war. At halftime, the Inner Mongolia team led the Sichuan team 49-41, and Li Meng's score was unbelievably zero.
In the third quarter, Yibian fought again, and Han Xu and Wang Siyu blossomed inside and outside to help the Sichuan team narrow the difference. However, Zhang Qifang of the Inner Mongolia team showed the best sixth man performance, and then hit three points to stop the bleeding, and then Pan Zhenqi continued to fire, and the score difference was double. The two sides were a little emotional, and the offenders were flying all over the sky. Jones scored a double-double in a single quarter, and Zhang Ru made steals again and again, helping the Inner Mongolia team lead by as many as 15 points at 76-61. In the final quarter, the competition entered a white-hot battle, basically on the confrontation at half time, and the thickness of the bench in Inner Mongolia was severely tested. The Sichuan team closed the score 15-1 in a wave. Although Jones stopped the bleeding, the momentum of the Sichuan team couldn't hold back, and Li Meng's 2+1 final decision ended the suspense. With a 29-9 attack wave in the final quarter, the Sichuan team won 90-85 away.
Bilateral data
Inner Mongolia: Jones played 40 minutes and made 12 of 19 shots, 29 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Zhang Ru 11 points, 3 rebounds and 8 steals, Li Yuan 16 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, Zhang Qifang 17 points and 3 rebounds, Sun Mengran 7 points and 5 rebounds, Pan Zhenqi 3 points
Sichuan: Li Meng 14 points, 3 assists and 2 steals, Cambage 21 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Wang Siyu 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Han Xu 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Jia Saiqi 3 points, Gao Song 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Wang Xuehao 7 points and 2 rebounds
After this match, the Sichuan team took the lead in the best-of-five finals, which adopted a 2-2-1 format, and the G2 match will continue to be played at home in Inner Mongolia. After losing the first game, the Inner Mongolia team lost its home advantage, and if the next home game cannot be held, it is likely that the finals will end at the home stadium in Sichuan.