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00:01Corner three goes up off the rim and Chyna comes up with it.
00:07Yangshu Yu using the pick.
00:16Honshu thought about it, fakes the handoff, looking to go one-on-one.
00:20Uses her length and misses the reversal though.
00:28San Antonio will line one up.
00:32Not this time for her.
00:40Zhang Mamman.
00:48They go inside to Honshu.
00:52Shot clock winding down.
00:54Fade away.
00:56It's the back iron.
00:57Girantes comes up with the rebound.
01:00Kind of a slow start for both these teams.
01:03We did mention it.
01:04They had the day off yesterday.
01:06Not like they're sluggish, but sometimes it takes you a little while to get going.
01:12San Antonio uses her foot speed.
01:14Except for her.
01:15Except for her, exactly.
01:17Except for her.
01:18Played as a teenager in the 2022 edition, where you mentioned Puerto Rico made the quarterfinals.
01:25Plays professionally in France.
01:27She's going to join basket long and play in the Fibonese EuroLeague competition.
01:30It's going to be exciting to see the progression that she makes, especially this coming year.
01:36Being able to play in one of the top teams professionally in Europe.
01:40I mean, just that take right there is a tough shot between two bigs.
01:44Yeah.
01:45Zero fear.
01:46You know, that's the beauty of sometimes being young, right?
01:49You have no fear.
01:50Yeah, you have no fear.
01:52You don't weigh the pros and cons of stuff.
01:54You're just like, eh, who cares?
01:58You know, that jumper is long for China.
02:03Guilantes, looking to turn the corner, goes up, oh, hits the back iron.
02:12Hanshu
02:18extra pass
02:20sidestep
02:22still have time
02:24Hanshu now
02:25and Hanshu knocks down
02:29how good has she been
02:31she's shooting 55%
02:34from three point range
02:35in this tournament Kristen
02:36obviously you know her well
02:38working with her in New York
02:40for the Liberty
02:44Trinity San Antonio
02:45off to a very good start
02:47for Puerto Rico
02:49has all six of their points
02:53oh wide open
02:54no one stops the ball
02:57miscommunication there between
02:59McGee Stafford and Jones
03:03but yes to get back to your point
03:04Hanshu yeah she's an incredible shooter
03:06her for her size
03:09it's not quote unquote normal
03:12oh absolutely
03:13and a great form
03:14like there's nothing
03:15mechanical that you would want to change
03:17about her shot
03:18oh Girantes
03:22you know you talk about the big three
03:26on both these teams
03:27Girantes
03:27San Antonio
03:28McGee Stafford
03:30for me they have to step up
03:32and have a big game
03:33and then there's a response though
03:34by China
03:36as Nuo Jingyu
03:38says hey you know what
03:40what you can do
03:41I can do too
03:42yeah
03:47Girantes
03:50fading away
03:53can't get it to go
03:58and China now
04:01looking to extend their lead
04:06Shu Yu
04:08finds a cutting
04:09Chen Mingling
04:13offense coming easily
04:15for China
04:15in this game
04:16they only average
04:1769 points a game
04:19heading into this one
04:2013 points already
04:22at the five minute mark
04:23in the first
04:26San Antonio
04:27is fouled
04:27and
04:28I don't know how she did
04:29have a half
04:30past half course
04:34but
04:35she's going to head to the free throw line
04:36and take three
04:38I'd like to see a replay on that
04:39maybe she just
04:42let's have a look here
04:43yeah the closeout
04:44yeah
04:45and then
04:46you know she's just too fast
04:47so she just kept going
04:49trying to catch herself
04:52but yeah you know
04:53it's such a point of emphasis
04:55over quite a few years now
04:57by FIBA to
04:58and in the WNBA
04:59the NBA basketball
05:00really everywhere
05:01to protect
05:02protect shooters
05:04and you know
05:05as a defender
05:06you have to be able
05:07to let them land safely
05:16so San Antonio
05:17now with nine points
05:18nine of their twelve
05:20yeah a little bit of full court press here
05:24from Puerto Rico
05:25Hanshu
05:25drive and kick
05:30wow
05:31another three ball
05:33for Zhang Manman
05:34China
05:35perfect
05:36from behind the arc
05:38to start this game
05:39with four different people
05:40knocking down a three point shot
05:42beautiful pick and roll execution
05:43between Girantes
05:44and McGee
05:46Stafford
05:47another three
05:49can they stay perfect
05:50they cannot
05:50Hanshu
05:51pulls down the rebound
05:53Manman's gonna pull again
05:55that one is short
05:57Girantes
05:58looking to push
05:59well I kind of shot
06:01that
06:02that last two point
06:03layup bucket
06:04for
06:05Stafford
06:06was her first
06:07and
06:07oh
06:08Stafford misses the easy one
06:10the first shot attempt
06:11ended up making it
06:12they need to get her involved
06:13even if she does have
06:14a big defender on her
06:16good hands
06:18defensively
06:19for Puerto Rico
06:20it will stay
06:21with China
06:22underneath the basket
06:25there's that three ball
06:26by Zhang Manman
06:31and entering for the first time
06:33is Zhang Ziyu
06:35the young and the teenager
06:37only started playing
06:39professionally basketball
06:40a couple years ago
06:42and
06:43you know
06:43what they do
06:44defensively changes
06:46when she checks into the game
06:47they also play offense
06:48a little bit differently
06:49as well
06:49but how many times
06:50have we seen this
06:51coach checking her in
06:52for this specific
06:54out of bounds play
06:55yeah
06:55I mean how
06:56there's three on the ball
06:57or three on her now
06:59I don't know how else
07:00they're gonna defend this
07:02they just throw it up
07:03look at this
07:03keep it up high
07:04like what can you do
07:05there's nothing you can do
07:07try and put more pressure
07:09on the inbounder
07:10but you can't
07:10you know
07:11she moves off the line
07:12I don't know
07:13it reminds me
07:13oh gosh
07:14there was a play one time
07:16where they used to like
07:17pick up a person
07:18a player
07:19from the out of bounds
07:20I think it happened in France
07:21I promise you
07:22it happened in France
07:24same alignment
07:26but it's like a cheerleading thing
07:28like you pick them up
07:29they shoot
07:30yeah
07:31I honestly think it happened
07:33with Tarv
07:35in the women's game
07:36in the women's game
07:37yep
07:38I'm gonna have to
07:38fact check that
07:39yeah we're gonna have to
07:40ask Antoine Campo
07:43one of our FIBA colleagues
07:46he would know
07:52so sideline out of bounds
07:5315 on the shot clock
07:54China with a four point lead
07:57again winner
07:59will advance
07:59to the quarterfinals
08:00they will face France
08:01tomorrow
08:04Yang Shuyu
08:05kicks it
08:09mid-range jumper
08:10is off
08:15and Gonzales
08:18now Melendez
08:22and China now
08:24in that zone
08:24whenever
08:27Ziyu is in the game
08:29it's a great
08:30heads up
08:32pay by Melendez
08:33to tip it to her
08:34teammate
08:35on the offensive rebound
08:36and
08:37miscommunication
08:38yeah for sure
08:39yeah
08:39a little bit of both
08:42well other than
08:44really McGee Stafford
08:46and that layup
08:47Puerto Rico
08:47having trouble
08:48getting good looks
08:49inside the key
08:50because of China's
08:52height
08:52the rim blockers
08:57the substitution's
08:58coming in
09:03Joss Aichi is in
09:04for China
09:07as well as
09:08Tong is easy
09:09in Puerto Rico
09:13trying to put some
09:14pressure
09:15trying to create
09:15some turnovers
09:18and they do just that
09:19they do have numbers
09:20on the break
09:21Gonzales will go
09:22all the way
09:23easy lane
09:24for two
09:24for Puerto Rico
09:29and they get
09:30another one
09:31back-to-back
09:32steals
09:41Gonzales
09:42oh
09:44swatted
09:45out of here
09:45by Jung Ziyu
09:48we kind of had
09:48the perfect angle
09:49I was like
09:50oh where is she
09:50going
09:50she picks it up
09:56fearless though
09:56I love that
09:58a lot of guards
09:59are afraid to drive
10:00in there
10:00because they don't
10:00want to get
10:01their shot
10:01yeah true
10:03Girantes
10:03lines one up
10:04and in
10:09beautiful shot
10:10and Puerto Rico
10:11takes the lead
10:13they've got five
10:14points from turnovers
10:15right now
10:17final two minutes
10:18in the first
10:23corner pocket
10:24three for Chyna
10:25not this time
10:26again
10:27looking out to run
10:29Melendez
10:29looks to be
10:30aggressive
10:31a little too much
10:32that's what you
10:33got to do
10:33you got to beat
10:34Chyna down the
10:35court before they
10:35can get their
10:36defense set
10:37and take away
10:38easy looks
10:39around the basket
10:40they go inside
10:43takes her time
10:44and lines it up
10:46Jung Ziyu
10:51and Chyna
10:51back in front
10:52by one
10:52she's got four
10:53points
10:59Girantes
11:02gets it to
11:03Roma
11:03they swing it
11:03around
11:04Gonzalez
11:05following her
11:06own shot
11:06she knew it
11:07was off
11:07saves it
11:08great hustle
11:10and
11:11unfortunately
11:12they turn it
11:12over
11:13Jung Shuyu
11:14little Euro
11:15step
11:16beautifully done
11:17with the left
11:17timeout
11:18on the floor
11:22for Puerto Rico
11:25and here's the
11:26fast break layup
11:27for Jung
11:28and Chyuu
11:29she's been having
11:30a great tournament
11:30for them as well
11:31I know we're talking
11:32about the other players
11:33but Jung Shuyu
11:34especially in those
11:35two last games
11:36where they had two
11:37wings
11:37Jung Shuyu
11:38was a big part
11:39of that success
11:42giving a little bit
11:43of a guard punch
11:44for them
11:44ooh
11:44coach Batista
11:46not too happy
11:47very happy
11:47yes
11:49alright let's have
11:50a listen
11:50into the timeout
11:51the race
11:54close to the
11:55a
11:55Get back, get her back.
11:58How do you want to be fouled?
12:00Let's go, Manny.
12:0642.
12:07Score defense force.
12:08They are at this.
12:18I'm entering.
12:20I'm going to enter.
12:32All right, China with a three-point lead.
12:3765 seconds left here in the first.
12:40But Puerto Rico has done a nice job forcing some turnovers
12:45and making the most of it.
12:48And I think that's exactly what they need to do to win.
12:50They need to force China to get uncomfortable, disrupt their rhythm,
12:57and try to get out and run.
12:59And China in a zone as Imani Nagui Stafford draws the foul.
13:17So baseline out of bounds, 14 on the shot clock.
13:27Nice little turnaround.
13:28Oh, that was nice.
13:30Great footwork.
13:31Taking her game back to the good old days.
13:36She played at University of Texas, right?
13:38Was in the WNBA, drafted into the WNBA.
13:41She's a professional now in Puerto Rico.
13:44And deflected by Stafford.
13:48She's doing a nice job trying to get around.
13:51Yeah.
13:51I mean, you have to, right?
13:52Yeah.
13:52You stay behind there.
13:53You're going to be dead.
13:58So I thought the sub was for Stafford.
14:00I was like, no, what are you doing?
14:01Leave her in.
14:02Not on this out of bounds.
14:03Don't you guys know better?
14:04Yeah.
14:06So here's that infamous baseline out of bounds play.
14:12You see Stafford's not even facing her defender.
14:18Oh.
14:21Gamble just a little too much there.
14:23Yeah.
14:24You can't gamble.
14:25You have to put insane pressure on the passer.
14:28So that pass doesn't arrive so directly, so easily, so quickly.
14:33Slight differential between game clock and shot clock.
14:37Trying to still in this zone.
14:42Durantes, tough pull up.
14:44Can't get the friendly roll, but guess who's there to clean it up.
14:47And unfortunately, she steps out of bounds.
14:49Only her first offensive rebound, right?
14:52So a player that's averaging over four offensive boards today a game.
14:58Clearly, it's unusual, I think, that that was her first.
15:01And it's because of how tall Chyna is.
15:04Chyna doesn't even attempt to take the shot.
15:06That's a little bizarre.
15:09There's 2.6 on the clock.
15:11You can definitely get a dribble off.
15:14I would have checked it from half court, but.
15:17All right.
15:18That's the end of the first.
15:19Puerto Rico, 21, Chyna.
15:21You mean more similar?
15:23I'm like, is that a typo?
15:24Yeah.
15:24But no, actually, you know what?
15:28Nikki Stafford does have, we've talked about that.
15:31She does average more offensive rebounds.
15:32Yeah, yeah.
15:32Her offensive rebounds.
15:33Yep.
15:35All right.
15:36Second quarter underway here in Berlin Arena.
15:39Puerto Rico, nice pick and roll action, and Safford cannot.
15:43That was a nice little set out of play.
15:47Stoppage in between quarters.
15:52Come on, shoot.
15:54Hands it off.
15:57Yang Shuyu.
15:59Yang Shuyu.
16:01And she's not really known as a three-point shooter.
16:04She has a good-looking shot, but even in this tournament, I think she's only made one three-pointer heading
16:09into this game.
16:10Well, she's hit two from that left wing, so I'd say that's her favorite spot.
16:15Beautiful.
16:16I mean, that shot is so pretty.
16:18Speaking of bigs who have a nice shot, I really, her form is great too, Nikki Stafford.
16:24Yep.
16:32Lu Yuan asking for a pick.
16:36Nobody helps her on the drive, has to throw it up.
16:38And that will stay with China.
16:41So, good hustle to keep the ball alive.
16:51Nobody boxed out.
16:54Tong Ziting.
17:01Shuyu goes inside to Han Shu.
17:06That one was a little heavy.
17:08San Antonio.
17:15Nice pass inside.
17:19San Antonio uses her foot speed and goes right by.
17:24We've said this from game day one.
17:26We think she's, you know, one of the quickest guards in this tournament.
17:33Han Shu.
17:34I don't even think she jumped on that shot.
17:37Probably not.
17:39She doesn't need to.
17:41She's got five points now, four-point lead for China.
17:50San Antonio.
17:51San Antonio.
17:53Three ball.
17:55Off for Puerto Rico.
18:05Han Shu.
18:08Looking for help here.
18:11Get it to Li Yuan.
18:13Shot clock winding down.
18:14She's going to line one up from the wing.
18:16Can't get it to go, but again, another crash.
18:19All right.
18:20By Tong Ziting.
18:20Well, you know, it's like those taller guards.
18:23It's really difficult to box out.
18:25They have a little bit of a height advantage.
18:27They're running in from the three-point line.
18:29Or outside the key, I should say.
18:34As Pagan has to pick up her foul.
18:36And there is the young'un playing at her first World Cup.
18:39I wonder how long her career is going to be.
18:41Oh.
18:42Another offensive rebound for China on the miss of Han Shu.
18:47Two.
18:50Almost stolen away.
18:53And that one is turned over.
18:55You have to imagine that.
18:56Just the presence of Trinity San Antonio caused that turnover.
19:03But she won't be credited with this steal.
19:05She will not.
19:06Five steals a game.
19:09And it's not as though she's lazy and cheating.
19:12You know, sometimes there are players who get a couple steals a game
19:16and it's because they're actually not defending hard.
19:19Pick and choose.
19:20Yeah.
19:21When to play defense.
19:22Ball watching.
19:23Oh, man.
19:24Oh, they said it's tipped.
19:25Oh, look.
19:26She's walking the other way.
19:31Refs are going to talk about it.
19:32Yeah.
19:33Okay.
19:33Yeah.
19:34That's the right call.
19:37Coaches didn't need to use a challenge for that one.
19:42That's something, too, you notice.
19:44You know, refs, which they work as a team as well, right?
19:48And...
19:53Honshu from the free throw line.
19:54Can't convert it.
19:55Off a little bit in this quarter.
19:57She's had some good open looks.
19:59Only two of seven in the game.
20:01Four rebounds.
20:04Long two for Guirantes is off the mark this time.
20:12Drive and kick.
20:13Extra pass from the top.
20:15Shot fake.
20:16Step through.
20:17Lost the ball.
20:18And Puerto Rico out in front.
20:21And that's a definitely...
20:22That's definitely going to be...
20:23Yeah.
20:25You have to make a play on the ball and you can't really do it from behind either.
20:31You know, we haven't seen a lot of unsportsmanlike calls this tournament.
20:35Which is good.
20:36I think players are also not committing that foul as much either.
20:41Yeah, they're not.
20:41Like, you know, maybe they foul, but it's more when, you know, it is in the front court
20:46and they know that it's a four on three situation.
20:49It's like, okay, I'm going to take one then.
20:50Not in like a fast break.
20:52Yeah, that one was very obvious.
20:54Nice.
20:55As San Antonio knocks down the first.
20:58Now has 12 points.
21:08Misses the second.
21:09Well, 12 points already.
21:11She's a good free throw shooter too, so it's kind of rare to see her miss.
21:14But they will get the ball back.
21:16So it could be a four point swing for Puerto Rico.
21:22Depending on what kind of a look they can get here.
21:24And both coaches going deep into their bench early in this game, Chris.
21:28Yeah, you know, we talked about this earlier.
21:30Fatigue settling in.
21:32Although they had a day off yesterday.
21:34I mean, they played a lot of games in a short amount of time.
21:36And in five, six days.
21:41Benitez ties it up.
21:42That way coach checked her into the game.
21:44Her first touch of the game.
21:46She knocks down a three point shot.
21:50And here, they're in his zone.
21:55Honchu thought about, decides to drive.
21:57A little sidestep.
21:58Did you teach her that?
21:59I did not teach her that, but that was nice.
22:03And Trinity San Antonio tried to go coast to coast.
22:07Misses the layup.
22:08And cherry picking the other way is Chyna.
22:14Luo Xinyu adding two more.
22:19Stafford.
22:20She's going to try a three.
22:21Oh, my goodness.
22:23Why not?
22:25You know, I question whether she would be able to bring out the bigs of Chyna
22:30with her outside shooting.
22:32Because she hasn't really.
22:33She's attempted a couple threes, but.
22:35She doesn't look to shoot outside the key.
22:37I mean, she should definitely take more after that.
22:38Yeah.
22:38And you said it.
22:39She has a good looking shot.
22:40Like her form, technique, right on point.
22:43Another turnover for Chyna.
22:46Struggling with turnovers a little bit here.
22:48Is Chyna as they now have six.
22:52The runner no good from San Antonio.
22:55And now Chyna looking to push in transition.
23:03Honshu alone.
23:05Turn around.
23:07And gets two to go for Chyna.
23:11One point lead.
23:13She's got seven points now.
23:15Three for nine from the field.
23:23Gonzalez gives it to San Antonio.
23:27Let's try another three.
23:29That one is heavy.
23:33Yang Shuyu.
23:36Hits the handoff.
23:37An offensive foul.
23:39I'm not sure who that, who was that on?
23:42I need a, I need a replay.
23:46Let's have a look here.
23:47Oh, the handoff.
23:50I think she hit.
23:51She got hit in the head a little bit, no?
23:53San Antonio got hit in the head, right?
23:55Yeah, yeah.
23:55Wasn't intentional by any means.
23:57No.
23:59I mean, that's unfortunate.
24:00That's just like a.
24:01Yeah.
24:03I don't know.
24:04What could you have done differently?
24:07You know.
24:14It's a one point lead for Chyna.
24:15A little over four minutes left to go here in the first half.
24:18Again, if you're just now joining us, the winner of this game will play France tomorrow in the quarterfinals.
24:24Loser, unfortunately, it will be the end of the run.
24:26It's at 2.30 game?
24:27Yeah.
24:28We do know the times as well, so we can let you know as this game goes on.
24:32And Roma is fouled.
24:34Chyna number one, Chyna Roma.
24:40My god.
24:41Sight was fouled.
24:42Sight was fouled.
24:47My god.
24:50Chyna in that zone.
24:55San Antonio in traffic.
24:59My goodness.
25:01The level of difficulty of that shot.
25:05through three defenders now this is her world we are just living in it here today
25:1118 points in a but you know in the win on game day three for her and another turnover
25:18she's the one yep can they finish oh no should have passed faith and just taken it up herself
25:24on that one absolutely she she's the one who deflected that pass so we'll see if they
25:35if they give her the steal but she's everywhere defensively
25:51they go inside nice cut right down the gut
25:55one point lead for china you know since she jumped on the scene two years ago
26:05obviously very used to double teams coming to trap her so it has to be able to pass
26:13solis is fouled i don't think that's on jean ziyu because that looked like all ball might be here
26:22yeah okay yeah i was like there's no way
26:30so jean manman picks up the personal
26:35denise solis at the line
26:44and china has yet to shoot a free throw
26:50this game this is free throw number seven
27:01they are six for seven shooting eighty six percent
27:04number four
27:07three taking the lead by one
27:20two on one opportunity and
27:23doesn't matter much you can do
27:24it's almost a perfect miss because you know what throw it up bounces right to her
27:33san antonio
27:35san antonio looking at the ball inside roma turnaround jumper off the glass
27:39is it on purpose i don't know but looks the same in the
27:43on paper yeah on the scoreboard
27:48wang step back three was wide open and hesitated
27:53and now turning to san antonio turns it over
27:58yang shuyu with good hands i got a two on one fast break up
28:01and two points for luo shinyu timeout on the floor
28:13for puerto rico
28:17as china
28:20now in front
28:21well they took a little lead puerto rico went on a run and then china last two possessions
28:31let's have a listen in
28:32and
28:33um
28:43and
28:50and
28:51and
28:51and
29:13and start doing going that way you move to lower side
29:26well there it is today eight points already her tournament average and the thing is she averages
29:31eight points a game and i don't even know if she averages eight minutes a game so yeah i was
29:38just looking at her yeah talk about efficiency when she is on the court heading into this one
29:43she was averaging 12 and a half minutes a game like we said eight points four rebounds a game
29:49shoots 50 she's actually played really well it's just that game against czechia where she had a
29:54really you know her minutes struggled yeah she struggled her minutes were not not effective at
30:00all against czechia but they won the game so it doesn't matter
30:05an unforced turnover here for puerto rico coming out of that timeout that's definitely not
30:11no that was not drawn up like one of the probably pet peeves of all coaches you use a timeout
30:17and
30:18out of the timeout what do they do turn over the ball and then if they give up some points
30:22here
30:30oh almost turned over shot clock winding down they have to get it off
30:36can't get it to go and puerto rico pulls down the board gerontes looking to attack
30:41gets downhill easy scores two for puerto rico they're back in front by one
30:5190 seconds left here in the first half and an offensive foul as zhang ziyu trying to post up and
30:59get
30:59out of that position but sometimes and i feel for her too she kind of looks at the referee like
31:04this is what you're supposed to do to post up though let's take a look let's have a look here
31:10that's a very tough call going against her i understand because if it was a player who was
31:15her height that arm would not have hit in the same spot so zhang is going to have to go
31:21to the bench
31:22with her eight points
31:25yeah i agree with you a lot the taller players often get called for a lot of fouls it's just
31:32yeah it's not fair it is what it is blocked and china
31:44with a chance here to regain the lead
31:50shuyu kicks it out and this communication here
31:54as china tried to get the ball to the corner
31:58shinyu trying to make the extra pass to the corner but
32:04wong siu was already cutting
32:07so another turnover for china 10 turnovers this half
32:13yeah and and i you know i think about six here in the second quarter seven actually seven in the
32:20second quarter yeah it's a lot
32:26so you're counting the turnovers no it's a job
32:29i was watching the game i didn't look at the screen
32:31yeah
32:34bonita's
32:36oh just rolls out
32:39thought she was going to get the friendly bounce but does not
32:44hesitation drive baseline and nifty finish with the reversal
32:49for wong siu
32:52china back in front by one puerto rico
32:56will take the last shot before the half is up
33:00guirantes definitely going to go one-on-one here
33:04look to shake and bake a little nice little crossover
33:07yep uses her body overshot it but not in time
33:13there is stafford trying to get the award
33:17and after 20 minutes of play china in front by one
33:2441 to 40 over puerto rico again winner moves on they will play france tomorrow in the quarterfinals
33:33it's going to be a it's going to be an interesting second half it is going to be a very
33:36interesting
33:37second half you couldn't really be any closer as we get to take a look at the shooting percentages
33:42china staying hot from three point range but they have not been aggressive and got to the free throw line
33:48and on the other hand 44 is a very clear what's that yeah exactly we're too old for that
34:14all right welcome back to berlin arena fiba women's world cup
34:21qualification game here between china and puerto rico
34:25winner will move on and play france tomorrow in the quarterfinals and she's off folks
34:33well it left her feet on that one it was a turnover and an easy two-point opportunity
34:38a rare miss there for yang shuyu oh the hustle by benitez to get back and not give up an
34:49easy open look
34:52a nice two-point opportunity
35:08a nice three-point opportunity
35:18baseline out of bound here
35:19baseline out of bound here
35:20sideline, Honshu hands it off, five on the shot clock, Honshu for three, and
35:42McGee Stafford pulls down another rebound, which is strange, not the same when you're
35:52going up against China, Durantes just overthrows the ball to Solis, might have had a little
36:02too much air on that pass, so a couple turnovers for both teams here to start, very quick substitution
36:10as well, for Coach Batista, Melendez in the game, he went with a little bit different starting
36:17lineup as well, no Jones and Benitez getting the start in the second half, Mingling, looks
36:26like they're trying to post up Honshu, and is that deflecting, was not deflecting, it was
36:35so bad pass by China, and they're going to make a sub, so Ja Saichi comes in, so three turnovers
36:56total this first minute and a half, two for Puerto Rico, one for China, Durantes, nice
37:06little step back, and a foul on the rebound, San Antonio, ball will stay with Puerto Rico,
37:18San Antonio, San Antonio might be the smallest player on the floor, did crash right now, and
37:25that's four fouls for Zhang Mama, so she heads to the bench, and Wong Siyu comes in for China,
37:35Benitez gets it to San Antonio, pick and roll up top, little floater, can't get it to go,
37:42and fights again for the rebound, she is everywhere, very, very exciting, I don't,
37:53does not look like it at all, they're going to have to heave, turn around, she needed to be a
38:00little
38:01bit more aggressive there on that possession, Wong Siyu, setting up a horn set,
38:15hands it off, the drive and take is good, for Ja Saichi, now China with a three point lead, Ja
38:31Saichi with her first
38:32points of the game, Benitez catching shoot from the top, where has she been, what in the world, she's come
38:44in
38:44twice now, and just, I know, shots fired man, tied at 43, Honshu, heavy on that shot, San Antonio pulls
39:02down the board,
39:02she's going to look to push the pace, ooh, nice little hezzy, kicks it out for three extra pass,
39:08Girontes, that one goes around and out, this place would have probably lost their minds,
39:14especially the fans right in front of us.
39:19Benitez only played six minutes a game in the previous three games, had not scored a single point,
39:24six points already for her, two of three from three point range.
39:29Yeah, I'm going to need her to shoot it more.
39:31Well, you know, we talked about this before the game, the first half as well, the big three from both
39:37these teams had to, have to have a good game, you know, this is the World Cup, this is a
39:41qualification
39:42for the quarter finals, you know, there's no, there's no going back, you have to show up in these moments,
39:49and they absolutely did, but then it takes one or two other players, and you have to be productive
39:56when you're on the court, and that's exactly what Benitez has done for this Puerto Rican team today.
40:05Shot clock, drive and kick, and off once again for three, is China Marsato looking to push,
40:15to find Gonzalez.
40:20Deontes.
40:25Stafford.
40:26Oh, my.
40:27Talk about the hustle.
40:28She knew her shot was off, and started going after the board before it even touched the rim.
40:36And there.
40:39She can't hold onto it.
40:41I do like that it was a, a no call though.
40:45Even though she, she did run into the Chinese card underneath.
40:48Yeah, I agree with you.
40:49I like the no call.
40:50Yeah.
40:55Kind of like that they're playing Bad Bunny for Puerto Rico.
41:05All tied up here in Berlin.
41:0943 apiece.
41:10Trying to try to get something going.
41:12Almost.