On July 22, Beijing time, the women's basketball warm-up match in Reims, France, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the France women's basketball team 76-93. Here's how the game looked at each quarter:
In the first quarter of the game, the two sides quickly entered the state, Sun Mengran scored first for the Chinese team, and then the two sides took the lead alternately. Li Yueru made a basket and Sun Mengran hit a three-point shot, and Wang Siyu made a layup to overtake by 1 point. After Li Meng's layup and three-point scoring 5 points in a row, the France women's basketball team hit two three-pointers in a row, Sun Mengran scored inside and Li Yuan hit a three-point shot, Li Yueru hit an inside line to gain a 3-point advantage, France women's basketball scored 4 points in a row, and Luo Xinqian hit a rebound. At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese women's basketball team led by one point at 25-24.
Entering the second quarter, Han Xu scored inside points one after another to help the Chinese team maintain its advantage, but the France women's basketball team blossomed more and gradually overtook the score. China's offensive efficiency fell in this quarter, scoring 19 points in a single quarter, and ending the first half with a two-point lead by France at 44-46.
Yibian fought again, Li Yueru attacked the inside line frequently, Yang Liwei and Sun Mengran also scored one after another, but the Chinese team continued to score less than 20 points in a single quarter, and only scored 15 points in the third quarter, creating the lowest score in a single quarter of the four-quarter game. France continued to exert its strength, playing a 10-0 attack wave to stretch the difference to more than double digits, and China trailed by nine points at 59-68 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Chinese team entered with a nine-point gap, and France once played a 10-0 offensive to extend the lead. Li Yueru continued to chase points inside, and Yang Liwei hit a three-point shot to chase a gap of 10 points, but after that, France played another 6-0 offensive to lay the victory, and finally China lost the game 76-93.
The Chinese women's basketball team had as many as 22 turnovers in this game, while the opponent France women's basketball team only had 6 turnovers but 13 steals.
The starting lineup of the Chinese women's basketball team in this game is Wang Siyu, Zhang Ru, Li Meng, Sun Mengran, and Li Yueru. In terms of player performance, Li Yueru played 29 minutes, shooting 9 of 11 and scoring 22 points and 12 rebounds; Li Meng played 33 minutes, shooting 4-of-10 from the field and scoring 13 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists; Han Xu came off the bench for 9 minutes, shooting 2-of-3 and scoring 9 points. The France women's basketball team had four players in double figures, Ayayi 10 points, Bedion 13 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Cherry 12 points and 2 rebounds, Johannes 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
In the Olympic qualifying tournament in February this year, the Chinese women's basketball team lost 50-82 to the France women's basketball team. Prior to this game, the Chinese women's basketball team had only a 2-10 record in this summer's warm-up match, losing 57-79 to the Belgium women's basketball team in the last game, and only Li Yueru scored a double-double. With the end of this game, the Chinese women's basketball team's record in this summer's warm-up game is fixed at 2 wins and 11 losses.
However, the purpose of the warm-up game is mainly to run in the team, find problems and train newcomers, and the Chinese women's basketball team can accumulate experience through the game, find its own shortcomings, and prepare for the next official competition. The first group stage of the Chinese women's basketball team at the Paris Olympics was played at 19:30 on July 28 against the Spain women's basketball team.