Today the women's basketball team started the first game of the Asian Cup, and in this game, in fact, our opponent is only the Philippines, and there is not much difficulty in this. You have to know that the first quarter of the women's basketball team led the Philippines 35-17, and after this quarter, it came directly to garbage time. And in the half, we scored 69 points, but only 29 points on the other side. At the end of the game, the women's basketball team finished the Philippines 143-52.
And this game Yang Liwei is definitely a highlight. You must know that Yang Liwei cut 15+4 steals in 6 minutes and completely dominated the game. But there is no way, after all, we are strong in defense, and the Philippines does not have any ability to fight back. Only in the last quarter, Yang Liwei's hand feel is not very good, but she still scored 21 points, the highest in the team.
More critically, our three-pointer in this game was too exaggerated, 12 of 22 in the whole game, shooting 55%, which is basically a training game. Of course, in addition to the three-pointers, the offensive end is crushed by points, the defensive intensity is crushed, and there is no suspense in rebounding.
Even against the Philippines, the dominance of the women's basketball team is also very exaggerated, and the aggression of the whole game is very similar to the American men's team. All kinds of pressing, fast attack, inside and outside cross cover, three-point shooting technique. Of course, this is only against the weak team to show such dominance, and then against Japan and Australia, in fact, we still need to raise our great vigilance.
Anyway, the game just let them find their form, adapt to the rhythm of Asia, and that's it. After all, we do have some regrets at the Olympic Games, this time out of the Asian Cup, we also brought a psychological advantage, to ensure the mentality of the whole team, because our goal is to win. It is worth mentioning that if we win the first place in the group, we can directly advance to the final. The third and second places will be played out to determine the final spot in the semi-finals.