Sichuan Women's Basketball Team beats Henan Women's Basketball Team to end the regular season
On the evening of March 14, at the Chengdu Shuangliu District Sports Center Complex, in the final round of the 2023-2024 WCBA (China Women's Basketball League) regular season, the Sichuan Yuanda Meile Women's Basketball Team defeated the Henan Yaoxin Sports Women's Basketball Team 128:50. The regular season ended successfully with a 16-game winning streak.
The last three regular season games of the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team were all held at home. Before this game, they had achieved a 15-game winning streak. The strength of the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team is far superior to that of its opponents. In previous matches between the two sides, the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team once defeated its opponents with a score of 105:55.
This game is quite relaxing for the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team, and the warm-up atmosphere before the start is relatively active. After the game started, the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team took a 13:2 lead by virtue of its height advantage inside. Subsequently, with 3 minutes left in the first quarter, the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team replaced all the starting players. "Five for five" is really rare. The team's main players got a chance to rest. At the end of the first quarter, the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team led 35:12, basically sealing the victory.
In subsequent games, the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team gave young players more opportunities, and all 12 people on the roster got playing time. The Henan women's basketball team, ranked last in the league, was unable to recover and fell behind 23:67 at the end of the first half. In the end, the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team also won with the largest point difference of the season - 78 points, ending the regular season journey.
In a game that ended earlier, the Inner Mongolia Women's Basketball Team, the biggest competitor for the Sichuan Women's Basketball Championship, defeated the Liaoning Women's Basketball Team. In the end, the two teams had the same record of 34 wins and 2 losses, but the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team was not as good as its opponent in the two games against the Inner Mongolia Women's Basketball Team, so it ranked second in the standings. This is also the second consecutive season that the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team ended the regular season with a 16-game winning streak.
Looking back at the overall data of the regular season, the Sichuan Women's Basketball Team showed strong offensive strength. Ranked first in the league in points per game, point differential per game, assists per game, and blocks per game.
After the regular season ends, the league will enter the playoffs. The Sichuan Women's Basketball Team, which is at the top of the standings, will have a rare break in the first stage of the playoffs. They will wait for the winner between the Shanxi Women's Basketball Team and the Beijing Women's Basketball Team to challenge in the second stage. It is worth mentioning that the Sichuan Women’s Basketball Team has adjusted its home court. Starting from March 29, the Sichuan Women’s Basketball Team will move to the Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium to start the remaining schedule of the playoffs.
