In the 1/4 final of the Olympic women's basketball team, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the Serbian women's basketball team 70-77 and missed the final four. The Chinese women's basketball team won all three games in the group stage, and fans began to look forward to Olympic medals. This campaign against the European Championship champion Serbian women's basketball team, the Chinese women's basketball team played well in the first three quarters, with a 9-point advantage to enter the final quarter. Just when everyone thought that the Chinese women's basketball team was stable, the situation on the court suddenly changed, and the Serbian women's basketball team started to play a wave of 11-0, and the game situation was instantly reversed. At the decisive moment, the Chinese women's basketball team had problems at both ends of the attack and defense, and the Serbian women's basketball team became more and more courageous. In the end, the Chinese women's basketball team swallowed a bitter defeat. The main reason for the loss of the Chinese women's basketball team is undoubtedly that there are too many mistakes, up to 23 times in this game, 10 times more than the opponent!
In the group stage, although the Chinese women's basketball team won all 3 games, the hidden dangers were obvious, that is, there were too many mistakes. In the group stage of 3 games, the Chinese women's basketball team averaged 19.3 errors per game, ranking first in the tournament. However, relying on tenacious defense, the Chinese women's basketball team has reduced the impact of a large number of mistakes. In the first three quarters of this game, the Chinese women's basketball team still made many mistakes, reaching 17 times. However, after the mistake, the active defense can be limited to curb the opponent's attack, and the Chinese women's basketball team can always bite the score. At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese women's basketball team played a small offensive climax, Li Meng's three points, Wang Siyu's counterattack 2+1, and Sun Mengran's three points, in one fell swoop to establish a 9-point lead. In the last quarter of the decisive victory, the Chinese women's basketball team seemed to be carrying the burden of wanting to win and afraid of losing, and the handling of the ball became hesitant.
The serbian women's basketball team, which was behind, stepped up and received very good results. It took only 2 minutes and 35 seconds for the Serbian women's basketball team to play a wave of 11-0, surpassing the score. In the following time, the game basically entered the rhythm of the Serbian women's basketball team, and the Chinese women's basketball team mainly relied on individual singles, and the defensive system was also disrupted. In addition, in a passive situation, Xu Limin's adjustment seems to be a little slow, and Li Yueru and Li Meng are too late. In the fourth quarter of the game, the Chinese women's basketball team made 6 mistakes, and Serbia only made 2 mistakes. Throughout the game, the Serbian women's basketball team scored 15 points using mistakes, including 8 points in the fourth quarter. This game can be said to have infinitely magnified the shortcomings of the Chinese women's basketball team, that is, it lacks a real ball-holding core and a defender who can control the field.
The Chinese women's basketball team seems to be balanced in three lines, but compared to the interior line and the front line, the backcourt is worse. Yang Liwei and Wang Siyu are attacking defenders and are not good at passing the ball. Li Yuan belongs to the traditional point guard, but she is often hesitant to handle the ball. Especially in the process of passing the ball to the inside line, it is very poor. In this game, Yang Liwei played 21 minutes and 46 seconds, and made 3 mistakes. Li Yuan played 30 minutes and 17 seconds and made 3 mistakes. Defenders can't control the rhythm very well, and the Chinese women's basketball team can only rely on the overall operation of the ball. However, when facing strong teams, the passing of the Chinese women's basketball team is always a problem, and there are often low-level mistakes. However, relying on tenacious defense, the Chinese women's basketball team has improved the fault tolerance rate and reduced the opponent's scoring of mistakes. But when encountering a more tenacious Serbian women's basketball team, coupled with their own defensive problems at key moments, every mistake of the Chinese women's basketball team has become very deadly.
In the four Olympic games, the Chinese women's basketball team averaged 20.25 errors per game, which is by no means the performance of a strong team. This Chinese women's basketball team is very young, and their performance at the Tokyo Olympics is good enough, which is worth affirming. However, in order to achieve good results in the next 2022 World Cup and 2024 Olympic Games, and strive to stand on the podium, the Chinese women's basketball team must pay attention to the problem of mistakes and solve them. If the short board of the defender can be strengthened, the Chinese women's basketball team is not afraid of any strong team.