There is no doubt that the Chinese men's basketball team has been at a low point in a row and has become a spectator in both Olympic Games, and the Chinese women's basketball team has become the expectation of NBA legend Yao Ming and Chinese fans.
As the world runner-up, the Chinese women's basketball team surprised everyone in the 2022 World Cup, and also made everyone look forward to their Olympic Games, thinking that winning a medal should not be a big problem.
It's a pity that the years are a bit unforgiving, and the luck is a little bad. In the first game of the group stage, we faced Spain, and we were in a good situation, still leading in the final moments, and basically the victory was already in our hands. But the scene of the 2019 men's basketball World Cup against Poland reappeared. The Chinese women's basketball team made consecutive mistakes, and the opponent was magical, and the game was dragged into overtime. In the end, the Chinese women's basketball team failed to withstand the pressure in overtime and lost by 1 point. In the game against Poland, we also lost in extra time.
In the second game, facing Serbia, the Chinese women's basketball team was completely out of shape, and finally tried their best and still lost by 22 points.
In both games, Yao Ming went to the scene to watch and guide, but unfortunately, luck and strength seemed to be a little worse.
However, thanks to the competition system, although it has lost 2 in a row, the Chinese women's basketball team still has one game left, in fact, there is still a good chance to enter the top eight. In the next game, our opponent is Puerto Rico, which is not a strong team, as long as we play at our own level, it should not be a problem to win.
Our main competitor is undoubtedly the Japan women's basketball team, they need to face the Belgium women's basketball team, and if nothing else, the Japan women's basketball team will be difficult to win. Of course, it's more important for us to play our own balls so that our destiny is in our own hands.
In fact, our biggest advantage is the inside, Li Yueru is a world-class superstar who plays in the WNBA. Moreover, we also have Han Xu and Li Meng, who are also considered powerful, and the key is how we can give full play to these advantages. For example, in the last game, Li Yueru only scored 8 points on 3 shots, and did not score a point in the second half.
Although it is said that this is the era of three-point shooting, if the hand is too bad and you have to reluctantly shoot three-pointers, and you don't need to put a superstar, it is a bit incomprehensible. Whether it is Zheng Wei or Yao Ming, they are both meritorious figures of Chinese basketball, and they also know that we urgently need this victory. Yao Ming, in particular, has his own opinions on how to make good use of interior players.
That's the guard, I think back then, the one who could pass the ball to Yao Ming the most was Liu Wei, although his independent offensive ability was a little worse, but in fact, as long as the basketball can be given to Yao Ming, basically we can win the game. And now, what our women's basketball team needs is a player like Liu Wei, pass the ball to Li Yueru's hands, let her play her role, then we will basically win the game.