On April 19, Beijing time, the G4 battle of the WCBA finals began, and the defending champion Sichuan women's basketball team continued to sit at home to face the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team. In the first three games, the Sichuan team fell behind 1-2 on aggregate and has been forced into a desperate situation in the best-of-five finals. In this game, the Sichuan team won the victory with a 26-5 attack wave in the first quarter and tied the score 78-70.
In the past three seasons, the finals have been staged between the Sichuan team and the Inner Mongolia team, and the two sides have hoarded a number of national players and become the two giants of the league. This season, the competition between the two sides is more intense, the first game of the Sichuan team staged a 15-point reversal at the home of Inner Mongolia to take the lead, and the G2 game of Inner Mongolia team regained its strength to win back a city. The G3 game came to the home court of the Sichuan team, and under the condition of Cambage's ban, the Sichuan team of the all-Chinese class led by 15 points in the third quarter under the leadership of the troika of Li Meng, Han Xu and Wang Siyu, but was dragged into overtime by the Inner Mongolia team. In addition, both on and off the field, both sides are full of gunpowder, and the atmosphere was set to the extreme before the G4 battle.
In terms of starters, Sichuan starters: Wang Siyu, Li Meng, Gao Song, Han Xu, Jia Saiqi, and Inner Mongolia starters: Li Yuan, Zhang Ru, Pan Zhenqi, Zhang Qifang, Jones.
The process of the first quarter of the game was jaw-dropping, the two sides did not score a point in a row for nearly three minutes in the opening game, and Sun Mengran took the lead in hitting three points to help the Inner Mongolia team take the lead. However, next, the Inner Mongolia team was completely dumb and was blasted out by the Sichuan team to launch a wave of 15-0 overtake. Although Song Ning cut to stop the bleeding, after that, the Sichuan team made another wave of 11-0 to let the Inner Mongolia team not score a point. Wang Siyu scored 11 points in a single quarter and led the team to a 26-5 lead to end the first quarter. In the second quarter, Song Ning played the role of a surprise soldier, and national players such as Li Yuan and Zhang Ru also broke the scoring drought and narrowed the difference. At halftime, the Sichuan team led 46-30, and Cambage's comeback was very obvious.
In the third quarter, the two sides once again entered a long scoring drought, and the score difference remained unchanged at 15 points. It was the Sichuan team that took the lead in breaking the deadlock, and with Cambage's inside line holding high, the difference was stretched to 20 points for the first time. This is also the first time in four finals that the difference between the two sides has reached 20. The Inner Mongolia team narrowed the gap at the end of the third quarter, and the score came to 61-47 at the end of the third quarter, and Inner Mongolia retained a glimmer of hope. In the final quarter, the Sichuan team played steadily, and the score difference remained in double digits most of the time. Although the Inner Mongolia team fought back to chase single digits at the last moment, it was too late. The Sichuan team ate the benefits of the first quarter in the last three quarters, saving match points 78-70.
Bilateral data
Sichuan team: Wang Siyu 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Li Meng 8 points and 6 rebounds, Han Xu 8 points and 3 assists, Cambage 24 points, 19 rebounds and 2 hats, Wang Xuehao 10 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists
Inner Mongolia team: Jones 24 points, 13 rebounds and 3 hats, Zhang Ru 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Li Yuan 10 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Zhang Qifang 5 points and 5 assists, Song Ning 9 points, Sun Mengran 5 points
After this game, the two sides came to a 2-2 draw, and the deciding game will return to the home stadium of Inner Mongolia again. In the case of Li Meng and Han Xu's limited firepower, Wang Siyu carried the team, Wang Xuehao also became the wonder soldier of the Sichuan team, coupled with the comeback of Cambage, the Sichuan team successfully returned to Inner Mongolia in the finals. In the decisive game, the Sichuan team has the advantage of bench thickness, and the Inner Mongolia team has the home advantage.