The Chinese women's basketball team faced the New Zealand women's basketball team in the first game of the Olympic qualifying tournament in Xi'an tonight, the New Zealand women's basketball team is currently ranked 23rd in the world, and the Chinese women's basketball team is ranked second, the last time the Chinese women's basketball team played against New Zealand was in the 2023 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, when the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the opponent 80-46 in the group stage, in the first quarter of today's game, both sides fought fiercely, but the shooting rate was not high. In the second half of the first quarter, the Chinese team seized the opportunity of the opponent's mistakes, made a steal and played a fast attack, and made fouls on the opponent's inside, took advantage of free throw opportunities, and gradually opened the point difference, and the first quarter of the game ended, and the Chinese women's basketball team led 22:12.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Chinese team played a steal fast attack, which boosted morale, and then Li Meng forcibly broke through the inside line to play 2 + 1, and the point difference widened again, after Han Xu came on the court, it obviously attracted the opponent's firepower, Li Meng continued to cause damage on the opponent's inner line, exerted pressure, and played 2 + 1 in a row, Han Xu hit three points outside, and the inside breakthrough also scored frequently, the Chinese women's basketball team led by 31 points at most, and at halftime, the Chinese team led by a big score of 53:22.
Entering the second half, the Chinese team with a big score lead is more and more relaxed, Li Yueru and Yang Liwei have excellent performances, on the other hand, the New Zealand team, the offense can not find too good a force point, and the defense can not effectively resist the attack of the Chinese team, and there are some mistakes from time to time, the score difference continues to be widened, and at the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team leads with a score of 75:34.
Entering the final quarter, the Chinese team, which is leading by a large score, is also adjusting the run-in lineup to see how to cooperate with the most reasonable, and the score on the field is not important, the important thing is the cooperation between the players and the tacit understanding of the drill. It is worth mentioning that the Chinese women's basketball team hit the whistle ball in all three quarters. In the end, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated New Zealand with a score of 94:47 and welcomed the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon with a big victory.
I wish you all a happy Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon and all the best in advance!