Pay attention to this detail, the opponent of the Chinese women's basketball team made this small gesture, and then the other players loudly reminded their teammates to "zip, zip". Then the other party was still making this gesture, and due to the language barrier, they didn't know that we had seen through this tactic.
So what is zipper tactics? It is to ambush your team's strongest attack point near the baseline, use the center's off-ball cover to lift up vertically to receive the ball and attack, and if the opponent is blocked by the screen, shoot directly. Because it is similar to a zipper, it gets its name.
Generally, the opponent will not be completely blocked, so take advantage of the time difference that is slowed down, and then play an arc top block with the striker on the opposite side, expanding this position advantage, which will make the opponent's forward have a dilemma defensive choice.
When the girls of the women's basketball team saw through it, Sun Mengran first stuck in front of the opponent, preventing him from easily reaching the predetermined position to provide cover for the main attacker attached to the bottom line, which also bought time for Wu Tongtong to stick to the opponent's main attacker.
Then Wu Tongtong also went crazy to confront, blocking the line she was lifting, and although she was finally judged to have committed a foul, it completely ruined the attack.
Then the opponent sent the sideline ball, and Yang Liwei immediately reflexively did not guard against the serve, and turned to prevent the opponent's center from receiving the ball.
Then Wu Tongtong still fought strongly, did not let the opponent easily pick up, and forced her out from under the basket three steps away, this time she could not directly attack the basket, and dribbled the ball 5 times before hitting the basket again, winning enough time for Han Xu to protect the frame.
This perfect defense is the epitome of the spirit of the women's basketball team, and I mentioned in the last video that the root cause of the women's basketball team's fiasco against Serbia is the two major drawbacks of "not catching the ball" and "not harassing the ball", and asked for more diffusion to wake them up.
In particular, it was pointed out that compared to the 2022 World Cup, the women's basketball team has lost a variety of variations that can be used to press defense on the spot after scoring. I don't know if the help of the brothers and sisters really worked, and the girls of the women's basketball team all changed their views in this game, and they lost from a 22-point defeat to a 22-point victory.
For example, Li Meng, who did not chase with all his strength in the last game and let the opponent easily receive the ball, predicted the opponent's hand-to-hand cover in advance, and blocked the opponent's receiving route with long and short arms, directly destroying the first opportunity, coupled with Zhang Ru's continuous defense, causing the opponent to violate the rule for 24 seconds.
Another example is Yang Liwei, this time he was extremely close to the ball and even knocked the ball away, forcing the opponent to pick up the ball and already have the logo in the midfield, unable to attack directly.
There was no harassment in the last game, Yang Liwei, who stood in place and waited for the opposing player to command the attack, directly led the opponent's defender in this game, and continued to harass in the midfield.
Even after Li Yueru scored a free throw, the whole team pressed on the spot, Zhang Ru didn't let the ball be the first time, and even if he did, he was forced to the corner of the midfield, Li Meng immediately tacitly cooperated and frantically attacked. Li Yueru and Huang Sijing's formation immediately deflected with the ball and intercepted the offensive opportunities on the strong side. Wang Siyu kept going, sprinted up from the bottom line, and cut off the guard's contact point. In the end, the opponent's big diagonal line was thrown to the farthest point where there was no threat, wasting the opponent's 9 seconds of offensive time, destroying the opponent's original tactics, and the opponent could only end in a random three-point shooting.
This once again confirms that the last fiasco is purely a matter of spirit, if you can achieve this kind of intensity, you will not accumulate a net score of -23 due to the fiasco, and even once again the group qualification is doubtful...