HANGZHOU, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — China’s girls’s group defeated Kazakhstan 21-7 to advance to the semifinals, whereas its males’s group bowed out after shedding to Chinese Taipei 22-15 within the 3×3 basketball competitors on the Hangzhou Asian Games right here on Saturday.
China’s girls group began their match with nice momentum and led 12-2 within the early stage, earlier than persevering with to widen the hole and by no means wanting again.
“In the semifinals and final, the opponents will be stronger, and we will be fully prepared,” mentioned China’s Wan Jiyuan.
In the lads’s occasion, Chinese Taipei made a flying begin, main 7-4 with a pair of two-pointers, however reached seven fouls first, giving China free throw alternatives that they did not capitalize on.
Chinese Taipei ceaselessly broke by way of China’s protection and hit two-pointers in a row, earlier than ultimately securing victory.
“We did not play well at the beginning of the game, and our teamwork did not work, but then we played better and better, many of us scored points through assists, and I think that’s a significant improvement for us,” mentioned Chinese Taipei’s Lin Xinkuan.
China’s Liu Yuxuan attributed the loss primarily to poor protection. “They played a game earlier in the day, so their shooting touch was definitely better than ours, and we didn’t do well enough on defense, allowing them to make too many two-pointers,” he mentioned.
China’s girls’s group will face Japan, and Chinese Taipei’s males’s group will go up towards South Korea within the semifinals on Friday.