On July 28, Beijing time, the Chinese women's basketball team will usher in the first match of the group stage of the Paris Olympics against the European powerhouse Spain women's basketball team. The Chinese women's basketball team lost to the Spain women's basketball team by 24 points 46-70 in the previous warm-up game. Judging from the recent history of confrontation, the Chinese women's basketball team has played Spain women's basketball team 10 times in the last 10 times, with a record of only 2 wins and 8 losses.
The Chinese women's basketball team encountered huge trouble in the first game, and the team only achieved a record of 2 wins and 11 losses in the warm-up game, and still ended with 7 consecutive defeats. However, coach Zheng Wei finally created a more reliable starting lineup in the final game - Wang Siyu, Li Meng, Zhang Ru, Sun Mengran and Li Yueru. This starting lineup was once able to hold on to the France women's basketball team, and Li Meng's form had not recovered at that time. One reason why the Chinese women's basketball team finally collapsed was that Han Xu didn't play in the second half.
Now facing the Spain women's basketball team, Zheng Wei is likely to sacrifice this set of starters. Zhang Ru played a huge role in this lineup, the face of the Chinese women's basketball team, she is very tenacious on the court, she can defend multiple positions, from one to five. In last season's WCBA Finals, Zhang Ru was impressive in front of Campage, making the latter very uncomfortable.
Zhang Ru will play the role of a sapper in the starting lineup, that is, to play defense, if you can limit and destroy the opponent's offense, the tactics of the Chinese women's basketball team will work.
If the Chinese women's basketball team wants to beat the powerful Spain women's basketball team, the most important thing is to play the inside advantage. Li Yueru was in excellent form, and in the last two warm-up games, she scored 19 points and 12 rebounds and 22 points and 12 rebounds respectively.
Han Xu had an upset stomach in the last warm-up game, and after treatment and adjustment, there is no problem now. Han Xu will also play a big role in the second lineup. I don't know if Zheng Wei will use the Twin Towers to fight together. From the current point of view, Zheng Wei is more accustomed to disassembling the two inner lines.
Veteran Sun Mengran performed remarkably in the warm-up matches, and she competed in the Olympic Games for the third time, including the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sun Mengran was the scoring champion of the Chinese women's basketball team. Sun Mengran has a good offensive ability and can provide fire support to Li Yueru and Han Xu. If Huang Sijing can recover her form, the Chinese women's basketball team is expected to have an advantage on the inside.
The key to whether the Chinese women's basketball team can win depends on Li Meng's state. Li Meng was still looking for a touch in the last two warm-up games, and her movement speed was also slow, and her ball speed was not fast enough. Li Meng is an important ball-handling offensive point for the Chinese women's basketball team. The Chinese women's basketball team needs to rely on her breakthrough to tear apart the defense, rather than playing the role of a fixed-point three-point shooter.
Chinese women's basketball forward Zhang Ru posted a training photo on the field on this day, and wrote: "Dream of Paris, go all out." Her words represent the voice of all Chinese women's basketball players.