Chinese women's basketball team beats Puerto Rico! After the game, two more good news were received, and the top 8 were promoted to the championship
On August 3, Beijing time, in the third game of the women's basketball group stage of the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team finally defeated the Puerto Rico women's basketball team 80-58, so that the Chinese women's basketball team rose from fourth to third in the group, and we retained the hope of advancing to the top 8. After the game, Coach Zheng Wei and Team Leader Yao Ming received two pieces of good news.
First of all, the first good news is that the Chinese women's basketball team is currently in a bright situation in advancing to the top 8. Under the Paris Organising Committee's Quarterfinals rules, the top two teams from the three groups advance directly, and the best two third-place teams from the remaining three groups also enter the Round of Eight. At present, the Chinese women's basketball team has a net win of -1 point after three games in Group A, and the Nigerian women's basketball team and the Australia women's basketball team in Group B are both one win and one loss, so these two teams will compete for the second place in the group, the winning team will advance directly, and the losing team will compete with Canada with minus 26 points to compete for the third place in the group.
Therefore, this group of competition will be more intense, and everyone will not release water. At present, the Australia women's basketball team has a net score of minus 8 points, Nigeria is also minus 8 points, Canada and Nigeria play the last game, the two teams will naturally move seriously, and it is expected that the difference will not be very large.
In addition, the third-ranked Belgium women's basketball team in Group C lost 27 points, and the fourth-ranked Japan women's basketball team lost 37 points, and the Japan women's basketball team basically missed the top 8, and they will face the Belgium women's basketball team in the next game, and the goal of the Belgium women's basketball team, ranked third in the world, is also to try their best to win. Therefore, the Chinese women's basketball team has an absolute advantage. Assuming Australia in Group B defeats France by 1 point, Australia will advance directly as second in the group. Assuming that the Canada women's basketball team wins against the Nigerian women's basketball team with a 2-point lead, then Canada is out, and the third-place Nigeria loses 10 points, and it will be ranked behind the Chinese women's basketball team.
Assuming that the Belgium women's basketball team in Group C defeats the Japan women's basketball team by 1 point, then the Japan women's basketball team is out, the third Belgium women's basketball team loses 26 points, and the Chinese women's basketball team will become the best third place in the three groups, and we will advance to the last 8 as 7th. To sum up, the probability of the Chinese women's basketball team advancing to the top 8 is at least 90%.
The second big news, in the victory over the Puerto Rico women's basketball team, the Chinese women's basketball team played well, our shooting rate rose sharply, the three-point shooting rate reached 39%, the Chinese women's basketball team hit 11 three-pointers in the whole game, and the team's guard line performance was much better than the previous game, the Chinese women's basketball team had 5 people score double-doubles in the whole game, they were Li Meng, who scored the highest score of 18 points, Li Yueru got 14 points and 7 rebounds, Wang Siyu got 13 points and 3 assists, Huang Sijing got 10 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Han Xu had 10 points and 9 rebounds.
In addition, the two substitute guards Yang Liwei and Wu Tongtong both hit a three-pointer at a critical moment, and they also had a tough performance on the defensive end, so the Chinese women's basketball team played its own spirit and showed its fighting spirit in this game. This also brought confidence to the team in the top 8 knockout rounds, especially Li Meng's state has picked up, she scored the highest score of the Chinese team in the whole game, and also contributed 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal, Li Meng hit three points at the beginning, and several breakthrough layups at critical moments also helped the Chinese women's basketball team stabilize the lead, we also need such Li Meng.
In the middle of the game, Coach Zheng Wei conveyed the belief of winning to the players during several timeouts, and she told our players not to let go of every minute on the field, and we must play hard until the end. In addition, when the team leader Yao Ming was in the scoring and defensive state of the Chinese women's basketball team, Yao Ming also stood up to applaud and cheer for the Chinese women's basketball team.
However, assuming that the Chinese women's basketball team can advance to the quarterfinals, we will also meet the United States and France women's basketball teams in the quarterfinals. So we need to prepare for more difficult things in advance, and the road to qualification for the Paris Olympics has just begun.