The women's basketball team was beaten by France by 20 points in the first half! Drive low and go low, and there are many big mistakes
In the women's basketball qualifiers for the Beijing Olympics on February 10, the Chinese women's basketball team fought fiercely with the French team in the first quarter, and the situation was a little sluggish. In the opening stage, the Chinese team's internal and external offense was blocked, the outside firepower could not be effectively played, and the interior offense also frequently hit the wall; At the same time, the defense of the main players of the French team was not in place, and these factors combined to prevent the women's basketball team from showing the offensive power it should on the court, resulting in a 10-17 deficit at the end of the first quarter.
Entering the second quarter, the Chinese team's mistakes have not been effectively controlled, and they are relatively passive and uncomfortable under the rhythm of high-speed offensive and defensive transitions. In the face of the French team's sharp singles ability, it is difficult for the women's basketball team to organize an effective counterattack to chase consecutive points. In the 8th minute of the game, the score gap had widened to 13-25, and then the offensive and defensive ends failed to find their feelings until the halftime whistle, and finally fell behind the opponent French women's basketball team by a huge score of 24-44.
The first half was particularly prominent in the heart of the French team, Johannes, who showed an irresistible competitive advantage in the first quarter. Although the Chinese team once adopted a targeted defense, Johannes still maintained a high shooting percentage and repeatedly hit difficult three-pointers in high-intensity confrontations. His brilliant performance not only reduced the Chinese team's scoring to 12 points (4-of-7 shooting), but also greatly boosted the morale of the whole team, improved the excellent performance of other French players, and put the opponent in a situation where there was nothing to do.
The Chinese women's basketball team collapsed en masse in the match against the French team. The shooting performance of the main players of the guard line, Wang Siyu and Yang Liwei, is worrying, the former is only 1 of 5 shots, and the latter is only 1 of 4 shots; Huang Sijing also felt cold in her hands, scoring only 1 point on 4 shots. Han Xu, the pillar of the inner line, encountered an unprecedented predicament, with no hits in 2 shots, and the overall shooting rate of the whole team was surprisingly low. Especially when Han Xu was defending on the other side, it was particularly difficult to face the French team's long-arm and long-arm defense, which also greatly weakened the women's basketball team's offense at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
In addition, the problem of mistakes of the Chinese team in this game is particularly serious. Whether it is a pass or an inside attack, it can often be detected and intercepted by the opponent, and this high frequency of mistakes seriously affects the effective play of the offensive line. At the end of the half, the whole team had a total of 9 turnovers, especially the guard line was difficult to find the rhythm of the game, which was one of the main reasons why the Chinese women's basketball team was completely suppressed by the opponent in this game.
Despite the team's poor performance, Li Yueru became a rare bright spot. Although she only had one chance, she contributed six points and four rebounds on three shots. Compared to the previous match, Li Yueru's improvement is very obvious, although the crosshair is not very good, her influence on the game has improved significantly compared to before.