In the semifinals of the FIBA U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup held in Shenzhen, Zhang Ziyu, a supernova who is only 17 years old and already has a height of 2.23 meters barefoot, led the Chinese women's basketball team to defeat the South Korean team by 18 points and advanced to the final with a record of 4 wins. The opponent that the Chinese team is about to face in the final is the Australian team, which narrowly defeated the Japanese women's basketball team by 5 points in the semifinals. As the group leaders of Group A and Group B, the two teams will finally meet in the final, which is bound to be a strong dialogue between the tip of the needle and Mai Mang.
It is worth mentioning that the final of the Chinese U18 women's basketball team and the Australian team can be called a fateful duel - two years ago, the last U18 women's basketball Asian Cup final was against these two teams, and the strong Kangaroo Army also won the Chinese team by as many as 25 points and won the championship strongly. The defending champions made a comeback, and this time their dominance was not as good as before, and in the semi-finals with Japan, the Australian women's basketball team fell behind in the second and third quarters, and relied on the final quarter to complete the reversal.
On the contrary, 11 of the 12 players in the team this time are the new Chinese U18 women's basketball team that participated in the continental competition for the first time, and this time the road to promotion is very easy, with an average of 28.5 points per game in 4 games. Moreover, this is obviously not the full strength of this Chinese team. Considering that the schedule of the game system is very tight, except for some rest time after directly advancing to the semifinals as the leader of Group B, the rest of the time is almost a game, so the head coach Wang Guizhi has strict restrictions on the use of Zhang Ziyu, and the average playing time is only 20.9 minutes per game, even so, "Female Yao Ming" still handed over a large double-double report card with an average of 33.3 points and 12.5 rebounds per game, with a terrifying 81.6% shooting rate, and the average points and rebounds per game are the first in the game.
In the internal dialogue with a group of people who are about 1.8 meters tall, Zhang Ziyu obviously has a feeling of standing out from the crowd, as long as she can get the ball in the low post and successfully complete the turn, her basket singles seem to be in the empty basket, and the dominance under the basket is undoubtedly displayed. On the final stage, Zhang Ziyu will usher in the big test of this tournament - the Zhengyin center in the Australian women's basketball team is also a star player, the 1.92-meter-tall No. 10 Laura also averaged 20.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, with a shooting rate of 63.6%, Laura's average points per game ranked second on the list, and rebounds ranked third. As the tactical fulcrum of the Australian team, Laura's performance is a barometer for the Kangaroo Army, which has been confirmed several times in previous performances, and she is also the only presence who is expected to challenge Zhang Ziyu in the paint area.
It's not that Laura can smooth out the 30cm height difference between Zhang Ziyu and Zhang Ziyu by herself, but as the defending champions, the Australian women's basketball team is well-trained and physically strong, and how much trouble will they bring to the Chinese team through overall joint defense and conscious attrition? Zhang Ziyu, who has been smooth sailing, what kind of report card can he hand over when facing this opponent who will theoretically bring some trouble? And the other girls of the women's basketball team, can they give enough help and vitality support by Zhang Ziyu's side? In the direct conversation between the top two scorers of this tournament, the answer will be revealed soon, so let's wait and see!