This year's WCBA has been divided into two groups, A and B, which overall has helped improve the quality of the games. However, there is one team for which this does not apply, and that is the Sichuan women's basketball team. Sichuan women's basketball team has made another big investment in signings this season. After retaining the core lineup from last season's championship-winning team, they signed Jones from their biggest rival, Inner Mongolia women's basketball team, as well as Jinniina, Zhang Manman, and other players who have previously been selected for the Chinese women's national basketball team. Players like Jinnana can only play as substitutes for the Sichuan team. So far, Sichuan women's basketball team has achieved 16 consecutive victories, with an average winning margin of 25.2 points. More terrifyingly, their two major foreign aid signings, Cambage and Jones, have not yet played, but they already have such a significant advantage. It remains to be seen how powerful the Sichuan team will become when these two players are in place.
In the latest round of matches, the all-Chinese lineup of Sichuan women's basketball team eventually won a big home victory over Shijiazhuang with a score of 100:57. In fact, if Sichuan had really gone all out against Shijiazhuang, a team not as strong as themselves, the point difference in this game could have been 60 points. In the first quarter alone, Han Xu scored 9 points, grabbed 3 rebounds, and blocked 1 shot, showing her versatility. However, in the following three quarters, her playing time and on-court performance did not seem as intense as in the first quarter, because the game simply did not require her to exert herself.
Sichuan women's basketball team eventually won by a large margin of 43 points at home, achieving their 16th consecutive victory and continuing to top the standings. In this game, the veteran Gao Song scored the highest for the team with 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists. Li Meng also contributed 15 points and 2 steals, while Han Xu finished the game with 17 points and 5 rebounds.
Sichuan women's basketball team has now extended their lead to four games. Besides their own excellent performance, this is also due to Shanxi women's basketball team losing at home to Shanghai women's basketball team today. Shanxi women's basketball team lost by a big margin of 62:79, mainly because they dug themselves a hole of 10 points in the first quarter, falling behind 14:24. They failed to recover in the following three quarters. Mitchell of Shanxi women's basketball team scored the highest of the game with 28 points, but Shanghai's performance was more comprehensive, with four players scoring in double figures, including foreign aid Kazzola with 21 points. As a result, Shanghai women's basketball team still ranks third and has narrowed the gap with Shanxi team.
In another focus match, Beijing women's basketball team faced Jiangsu women's basketball team. The two teams fought fiercely, with Beijing leading by only 2 points in the first half at 36:34. However, in the third quarter, Jiangsu women's basketball team opened up their outside shooting, scoring a high 27 points to reverse the score and enter the fourth quarter with a 4-point lead. But in the fourth quarter, Beijing strengthened their defense against Jiangsu's outside shooting, causing Jiangsu's outside shooting to collapse, scoring only 13 points in the entire quarter. Eventually, Beijing women's basketball team staged a comeback, winning 78:74 against Jiangsu.
The latest standings show that Sichuan women's basketball team is ranked first with 16 consecutive victories, followed by Shanxi team in second, Shanghai in third, and Dongguan women's basketball team in fourth. This season, Inner Mongolia women's basketball team, which suffered significant losses in their lineup and was a finalist last season, is ranked fifth with only 9 wins and 6 losses, effectively out of the championship race. Zhejiang women's basketball team is ranked sixth, followed by Beijing, Jiangsu, and Shandong women's basketball teams.