Japanese media: Fortunately, James from the Chinese women s basketball team did not come. She made two key three-pointers in the last final

After the Japanese women's basketball team successfully advanced to the Asian Cup final, they quickly became heroes in the minds of the people of the country, frequently appearing in the headlines of major media. At the same time, Tian Zhong's performance made her an absolute star in the eyes of Japanese netizens. It is worth mentioning that in the process of reporting on this victory, Japanese media "Basketball World" specifically mentioned Li Meng, a Chinese female basketball player who was absent due to failure to participate in the Asian Cup. While praising the victory of the Japanese women's basketball team, the media mentioned Li Meng in a text, saying that this was a shocking victory, marking that the Japanese women's basketball team returned to its due height. They recalled the pain of the last Asian Cup final, especially Li Meng made two key three-pointers at a critical moment, which was affectionately called "women's James" by Chinese fans, and felt fortunate that Li Meng did not appear in the game this time.

Earlier, Japanese media revealed that the Japanese women's basketball team believes that Li Meng's absence is a huge positive news, and at the same time, her outstanding performance in the last Asian Cup final made her opponent feel scared. Li Meng performed very well in that game, especially in the last quarter, scoring 12 points alone, and using those two key three-pointers to help the Chinese team reverse the situation. It can be said that she is definitely an indispensable core figure in the Chinese team's championship process.

In this Asian Cup, Li Meng missed the semi-finals because she was not selected for the national team, which just allowed the Japanese team to gain a clear advantage from the outside and scored 29 points with a score of 16 of 34 shots. However, the Chinese women's basketball team frequently missed three-pointers at the critical moment when they wanted to catch up with points in the fourth quarter. This triggered heated discussions among Chinese netizens, who left messages saying: "Li Meng's performance after she was absent is obvious, which may not be easy to see in normal times, but it is obvious when facing the battle between Japan and Australia. Playing basketball well is essential, just like Li Meng of our Chinese women's basketball team, her skills are excellent, but the basic skills of these players are somewhat lacking."

" Since the first quarter, the Chinese team has followed the rhythm of the Japanese team, and its tactics are still single, and it is overly dependent on inside attacks. The Japanese women's basketball team's feel is extremely hot, and our team can really shoot Li Meng, who was three-pointer, was absent, which made the situation even more difficult. "

"The performance was too bad, the coach's guidance was insufficient, our height and the interlude attacks in the inside were not able to perform, and the result was that the Japanese team was led by the rhythm and made three-pointers, which was speechless. If Li Meng was present, the situation might be different. "

There is no doubt that Li Meng's breakthrough ability and three-point shooting skills, especially his career three-point shooting percentage, was about 38%, which should be an important weapon for the Chinese team to crack the joint defense tactics of the Japanese women's basketball team. It is precisely because of her absence that the outside offense has been single and weakened. Although Yang Shuyu scored 19 points in the game, her efficiency is relatively low, with only 4 of 1 three-pointer performance. If any of Li Meng or Li Yueru can make their debut, the balance of victory may be tilted towards us.

In my opinion, in the critical stage of chasing, the Chinese team urgently needs star players who can score alone at critical moments. Whether it is breakthrough score or three-point shooting, the one who can perform best at this point is still our "James Dream".