China defeated Japan 73-71 in the women’s basketball Asian Cup final women’s basketball and returned to the top of Asia after 12 years. On the 4th, China Women’s Basketball returned home triumphantly. I interviewed Zheng Wei, the coach of China women’s basketball.
Beiqing Daily: the outside world thinks that playing the Japanese team is the most difficult game. Does the whole team also think so?
Zheng Wei: Actually, we think the most difficult match in the Asian Cup should be the semi-final host Australia. Although the lineup of Australia is somewhat different from that of last year’s World Cup, four World Cup players are retained. More importantly, the team’s playing style and system are very mature, and the new players are almost seamlessly connected. The opponent is also a 10-person rotation, and the overall strength is very strong. We played a warm-up match with Australia before the start of the Asian Cup, and we lost 19 points at that time.
Before playing the Australian team, we made an ideological mobilization, because our group match was not very smooth and the whole mentality of the team might be a little low. However, after this mobilization, the cohesion of the whole team became stronger, the execution on the court is also very good. The average score of the Australian team before was 80 to 90 points, but that game was controlled by us at 60 points, which showed that our play was successful.
