Secondly, the crux of our team's defeat to Spain in the warm-up matches was that the other team had constructed a mature system, while we relied too much on individual star players.
Whether it's men's or women's soccer or men's or women's basketball, Spain's brilliant achievements in both sports have attracted global attention.
Spain's success is partly due to its model of youth training as a cornerstone, and partly because the women's soccer and basketball programs have emulated the success of the men's programs.
Just yesterday, the Spanish men's basketball team suffered an unexpected defeat against Australia. Despite the team's loss of talent after the departure of the Gasol brothers, the team still maintains an edge in defense and quick transitions.
The Spanish women's basketball team, whose style is similar to that of the men's team, beat the Chinese team in a warm-up game, and even without a big center and the absence of their core players, they caught the Chinese team off-guard with their full-court pressure and quick transitions.
In short, the success of Spanish soccer and basketball stems from the advantages of the system, while our two major ball games are overly dependent on the legendary "sages" and "blessed generals".
Further, despite our women's basketball team's clear dominance inside, the 14 turnovers at halftime were unbelievable.
Today, China's starting lineup for Li Meng, Li Yueru, Sun Mengran, Yang Liwei and Wang Siyu, this lineup gives the first impression is speed.
Yang Liwei's return is of particular concern, her status will directly affect the performance of our backline, and even the game winners and losers.
In the opening seven minutes of the game, there was a hole in our interior defense, and Spain took advantage of it to stop the Chinese team.
At the end of the first quarter, our country led 22:13, Li Yueru contributed 8 points and 3 rebounds, and more importantly, activated the team's outside.
In the second quarter, Spain accelerated the pace of the offense, our errors increased significantly, after 6:0 scoring climax, Coach Zheng Wei pause to adjust.
At halftime, although China led 37:33, 14 turnovers overshadowed the lead. Wang Siyu's five turnovers were reminiscent of that No. 5 player in women's basketball two years ago.
Fourth, our team lost because of the inadequacy of the backline.
In the second half, China's advantage in the interior remained the same, Han Xu replaced Li Yueru and performed well under the basket. Despite the luxury of the Spanish coach's lineup, the absence of the main center put the best women's basketball coach in Europe in a difficult situation.
However, in the fourth quarter our team's penchant for strong inside play and risky threes allowed Spain to complete the comeback.
In the last five minutes, Spain started to tighten up and the two sides engaged in a tug-of-war.
Yang Liwei's three fouls nearly put China on the ropes.
Spain's pressure was relentless in overtime, and the only effective way for our team to score was on free throws.
Spain continued its fourth-quarter surge and took firm control of the initiative. Gustafsson showed a true level of play as a center on both offense and defense.
Our women's basketball team's loss was rooted in the performance of the backline, which failed to live up to its standards, from turnovers to defensive blocking.
Li Yueru was a one-trick pony, contributing 31 points and 15 rebounds.
Han Xu played a tough second half, contributing eight points.
Sijing Huang scored nine points and was a cold-shooting 3-of-5 from three-point range.
Li Meng scored 13 points and had 11 assists, playing the role of point guard.
After losing a crucial game, the possibility of our women's basketball team advancing to the last eight is almost zero, which means they could meet strong teams such as the United States, France and Australia in the first round of the knockout round.
Our women's basketball team's dream of a Final Four seems to have been shattered, and rebuilding has become inevitable, even imminent.
