On September 29, Beijing time, the Women's Basketball Asian Cup will usher in the third day of competition, at 9 pm, the Chinese women's basketball team and the Australian women's basketball team will stage a peak showdown, the winner won the first place in the group, directly advanced to the final four of the Asian Cup.
In the two group games that have ended, the Chinese team defeated the Philippines with 143-52, 91 points, and 124-50, 74 points, and ushered in two consecutive wins. Australia's first game against Chinese Taipei did not show a very strong performance, and it also trailed Chinese Taipei by 1 point at halftime 33-34, and although it finally defeated Chinese Taipei, it only won 11 points. In the second group game, the Philippines was defeated 120-56, and judging from the performance of Australia in these two games, the chinese team was not as strong on the scene.
In the last two meetings between the Chinese women's basketball team and the Australian women's basketball team, they have won victories. The most recent encounter was in the group stage at the Tokyo Olympics, when they won 76-74 against Australia through free throws from Shao Ting and Li Yueru in the final moments. The last meeting was in the 2019 Asian Cup group stage, when it was also decided at the last minute, when the game was 10 seconds left, the Chinese team sent a sideline ball, Shao Ting turned around 5 seconds before the final game to hit the basket, so that the Chinese team beat Australia 70-69, before the game at that time, no one thought that the Chinese team could beat the Australian team, and finally the Girls of the Chinese Women's Basketball Team broke everyone's doubts and defeated the powerful Australia.
Although the Chinese women's basketball team has won the last two games against Australia, it is important to know that they won in the final moments of the game. Further back, at the 2018 Women's Basketball World Cup, when the Australian women's basketball team defeated the Chinese team 83-42. So in today's game, it is not easy for the Chinese women's basketball team to win.
In addition, the current Chinese women's basketball team is still weakened compared to the lineup during the Tokyo Olympic Games, and Shao Ting and Sun Mengran in the team did not enter the big list due to injuries and age problems. In addition, although forward Li Meng entered the final Asian Cup 12-man list, before the team went out, because things did not go with the team, so the Chinese women's basketball team was 11 people to compete in the Asian Cup. Although the team is missing several main teams for the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team is still very strong.
In the team strength list selected before the game, the Chinese women's basketball team ranked first, and in the player strength list, the Chinese team's center Li Yueru was also ranked first, so the Chinese team should play the advantage of the inside line. On the other hand, the Australian team, their team of Sammy Whitcomb is the absolute core, has a good three-point characteristics, so this game the Chinese team must strictly guard against Whitcomb's three-pointer, if you can strangle the Australian team Whitcomb this point, then the Chinese team will win very easily.
Since Xu Limin took over the Chinese women's basketball team, it can be said that there has been a qualitative leap in the team's mental outlook and desire to win on the field, and this game is very worth looking forward to! The day after tomorrow is the "Eleventh" National Day, I hope that the Chinese women's basketball team can once again win the Asian Cup after ten years, adding color to the birthday of the motherland!