Chinese Women’s Basketball: regret to stop the quarterfinals
2021-08-05 15:32:12Source: Guangming Net-“Guangming Daily”
Guangming Daily reporter Wang Dong
The Chinese women’s basketball team, which everyone had high hopes for, lost 70:77 to the Serbian women’s basketball team in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics that ended on the 4th, and regrettably stopped in the quarterfinals.
When the final whistle sounded, the women’s basketball girls standing in the field lost their eyes for a while, and the coach Xu Limin looked at them silently. At this moment, everyone had mixed feelings.
With the first strong qualification in the group, this campaign once led by 9 points, but collapsed in the fourth quarter. The departure of the Chinese women’s basketball team was caught off guard.
The performance of the Chinese women’s basketball team in the group stage can be described as “stunning”-successively defeating Puerto Rico, Australia and Belgium, qualifying as the first in the group. According to the rules, the eight teams after qualifying will be drawn again, and the Chinese team will face Serbia-the third runner-up of the Rio Olympics in the quarter-finals.
This game was not easy for the Chinese women’s basketball team. The opponent continued to suppress in the first half, and the Chinese team was always behind. In the late third quarter of the second half, the Chinese team once took a 9-point lead with Sun Mengran’s 3 points and Wang Siyu’s “2+1”. But entering the fourth quarter, the Chinese women’s basketball team suddenly cut off power and was hit by an 11:0 shock wave by the opponent. Although the women’s basketball girls struggled to chase points, but it was still difficult to save the defeat. Before the game, Xu Limin’s tactics of requiring players to “strengthen the breakthrough with points and areas” were not successfully implemented.
Chinese team player Han Xu (right) attacked with the ball during the game.Xinhua News Agency
In the past, the Chinese women’s basketball team created countless moments of glory in the Olympics; now, the end of the quarterfinals has not met everyone’s expectations.
Shao Ting said in an interview after the game that because the team members have not participated in international competitions for nearly a year, everyone cherishes and enjoys the opportunity of the game, “but everyone is still young, and there are too many mistakes at the critical moment.”
Summing up the game, Xu Limin said that this loss was mainly due to errors and rebounding disadvantages. “We have 23 turnovers in this game and 13 opponents. This is a situation that has not been seen in the previous game. We are at a disadvantage in confrontation and ability. And at the critical moment of the game, the opponent can well grasp the situation on the court. From From the above three points, there is still a big gap between us and the other party.”
However, Xu Limin also said that although the Chinese women’s basketball team is a glorious defeat, “Although it ended in failure, the process is perfect. If we all win the game, it’s not in line with the law of things. Our path is beyond imagination, not just First in the group, he also showed his ability extraordinary in the competition.”
From this defeat, Xu Limin also saw the hope of the team. He said: “In this game, the opponents have very strong restrictions on us. It is under such conditions that we once surpassed the score. Facing the European championship team, I saw the potential of the team and the hope of the players in the future. I believe that the Chinese women’s basketball team will stand on the podium of the Olympic Games in the future.”
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