27 points were scored! The warm-up match threatened to find a way to crack Zhang Ziyu, and the Japanese coach gave the answer in the main match

Before the semi-finals of this Asian Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team had actually played against the Japanese women's basketball team in the warm-up match. Although the Chinese team won both games, the flaws were still exposed.

At that time, the head coach of the Japanese women's basketball team Gaines said in an interview after the first game of the warm-up match that he had found a way to crack Zhang Ziyu, but he would not say it. After losing again in the second game of the warm-up match with the Chinese women's basketball team, the Japanese women's basketball team regained their face in the Asian Cup. In the first quarter of the game, the two sides fought against each other, and the two sides tied at 27. The one who helped the Japanese women's basketball team carry the offensive banner was Gaines' "secret weapon" - Tian Zhong, who was only 19 years old and 1.72 meters tall. Previously, she scored double-digit points against Australia and New Zealand, two teams that advocated physical confrontation.

In this game, against the Chinese women's basketball team, Tian Zhong was fully fired in the first quarter. During the 6-minute playing time, he made 8 of 9 shots, 5 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 21 points. It is no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for the sudden outbreak of Tian Zhong, the Japanese women's basketball team might not have been able to compete with the Chinese women's basketball team in the first quarter.

In this game, Tian Zhong made 10 of 16 shots, 5 of 9 three-pointers, scored 27 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals during the 30-minute starting time. Under her leadership, the entire Japanese team made a three-pointer rain (16 of 34 three-pointers). But even though Tian Zhong was so fierce, the Chinese team could not give her too many confrontations. After the whole game, the Chinese team only made 11 fouls (20 for the Japanese team). Anyone who could give Tian Zhong a point of confrontation, or even some fierce fouls, would not make the Japanese women's basketball team feel so hot outside the three-point line in this game.

Gaines helped the Japanese women's basketball team to reach the finals. Even though the opponent was Australia they had encountered in the group stage before, if the Japanese team could continue to maintain such a hot feel against the Chinese team, it is not that there is no chance to win Australia, which is not a genuine national team, and win the gold medal in this Asian Cup. If the Japanese women's basketball team finally reaches the top, then Gong Luming's sarcasm to Gaines (he threatened before the game that "I hope the Japanese women's basketball team will not be as incompetent as they do in the second half against Australia") will be discussed by fans for a long time in the future.

Da Center became Gaines' secret weapon this game, which inevitably reminds people of the fact that last year, Yuki Kawamura, who almost helped the Japanese men's basketball team to beat the French men's basketball team, was also only in his early 1.7 meters tall. At that time, he made crazy moves against France in the Olympic Games, caught the Gaul Rooster off guard, made 6 of 15 three-pointers in the whole game, scoring 29 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

On the other hand, the Chinese men's and women's basketball teams are still playing this old traditional position-falling tactic, and their outside shooting is a mess. If this continues, both the men's and women's basketball teams will derail with world basketball and their combat power will continue to decline.