Gong Luming takes the first test! The 12-man roster of the Chinese Women s Basketball Team Asian Cup has surfaced, and the old and new are hidden secretly

The change of coaches has come to a critical battle, and Gong Luming was ordered to reconstruct the system in a dangerous situation. The failure of the Paris Olympics has brought the Chinese women's basketball team to a historic turning point. As Zheng Wei stepped down, the meritorious coach Gong Luming regained his coaching staff. The "Iron Coach" who once led the Chinese men's basketball team to the top eight in the world and led the women's basketball team to win the Asian Games championship is promoting the team's innovation with decisive means. Faced with the heavy responsibility of defending the title of Shenzhen Asian Cup in July, the 12-man lineup selected by Gong Luming from the 28-man training roster has begun to show its outline. This combination of experience and potential is about to usher in the first major test after Gong Shuai took office. The inside double towers are firmly at the core, and the offensive and defensive cornerstones under the alternation of new and old

In the center position, the combination of Li Yueru and Han Xu's "Xuanming Two Elders" is still the core that cannot be broken. After being tempered by the Turkish League and the WNBA, Li Yueru not only maintained a dominant data of 15.8 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, but also improved her ability to support her. In the warm-up match against Australia, she gave 6 assists in a single game to revitalize the entire team. "Chinese women's version of thick eyebrows" Han Xu showed deterrence on the defensive end, and has blocked 3.1 times per game in the last three training games. The "Great Wall Defense Line" formed by Li Yueru is still an insurmountable barrier for Asian teams.

The power forward position presents a "one old leads two new" pattern: Huang Sijing was selected as a player and coach. Her height of 1.92 meters is matched with a top ball dealer. During the Paris Olympics, she averaged 8.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists per game, and she can be called the commander on the court; Pan Zhenqi continued the role of "defensive vanguard" and the restrictions on Inner Mongolia's foreign aid in the WCBA finals last season were impressive; 23-year-old Zhang Ru became synonymous with "death entanglement" in Gong Luming's system with her "mad dog-style defense" averaged 2.3 steals per game.

The competition on the front line is getting fierce, and the post-00s star hit the main seat

The small forward position can be called the "meat grinder" of this selection: Although Li Meng was trapped by a knee injury, she is still the only player in the team with FIBA-level strong solver. Her three-point shooting percentage averaged 45% in the match is still a killer move; Luo Xinxin, known as "Durant Jr.", showed comprehensiveness, and her performance averaged 12.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in the warm-up match has already shown a vague succession; the most surprising thing is Yang Shuyu, the Tokyo Olympic three-man basketball bronze medalist, completed a gorgeous transformation, and scored 21 points and 7 in the last two trial games. The quasi-double-double data of assists, the stability of breaking through the ball and the bottom corner three-pointer may become the key to breaking the situation.

The back line changed a lot, and the young player born in the 2000 took the lead

Gong Luming boldly innovated the back line: Wang Siyu has secured the start with his "feeding ability" averaged 7.8 assists per game in the World Cup, and his pick-and-roll cooperation with Li Yueru is still the core of the offensive; Yang Liwei, who experienced Olympic doubts, completed his self-salvation, and his three-point shooting percentage in recent special training increased to 42%, and the ball control stability at critical moments became the decisive needle; the real highlight comes from two new stars born in the 2000s - Chen Yujie, who averaged 3.8 three-pointers per game, and his "microwave" scoring ability may become a substitute surprise; 20-year-old Deng Yuting showed his "little steel cannon" characteristics, and his average per game of 18.2 per game in the confrontation The explosive power of the points allowed her to surpass many veterans to be shortlisted.

Three major suspenses to be solved: Can the palace-style iron army reshape its glory?

The list hides three highlights: First, Li Meng's injury recovery will determine the upper limit of the offensive. If he can recover to 80% of his condition, the Chinese women's basketball team will have the only "strong solution point with the ball" in Asia; second, the role positioning of Zhang Ru and Yang Shuyu, whether the two will be given "3D" attributes, may affect the defensive strategy against Japan and Australia; third, whether Gong Luming's "iron-fisted discipline" can activate team cohesion, it is reported that he has implemented the militarized management of "zero late training and full diet monitoring", which is crucial for teams that have experienced Olympic defeats.

As the Asian Cup approaches, this "old, middle-aged and young" lineup is about to embark on the journey to defend the title. Against the backdrop of the naturalization of Japanese women's basketball team and Australia's eye, Gong Luming's debut not only concerns the ownership of Asian hegemony, but also sets the tone for the Paris Olympic cycle. As insiders of the Basketball Association said: "This is not a simple lineup change, but a key starting point for the Chinese women's basketball transformation from star basketball to team basketball." Fans are waiting and seeing whether this iron coach can write a new chapter of the Chinese women's basketball with a 12-man roster.