started playing as a substitute! Li Yueru played better and better, and a serious injury to her competitor made room for her:
The Chinese women's basketball team is training in Europe, but the main center Li Yueru has not returned to the team yet. She is still in the United States, working hard to gain a foothold in wnba.
This is Li Yueru’s second challenge to wnba. She was not satisfied with staying in the country and earning a high salary, but she competed for the championship with the Sichuan team with Han Xu and Li Meng every year. She just went to the Turkish League the previous season and performed well. But after coming to the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks, she still had to start from the bench. Not only was the team still doubtful about her ability, but also because the Sparks had the newly drafted second overall pick Brink.
However, Li Yueru slowly adapted to the team and the WNBA arena by only relying on the substitute for 10 minutes per game. Finally, in the game against Seattle on June 12, Beijing time, Li Yueru came on as a substitute for 24 minutes, making 6 of 9 shots and 6 free throws. He scored a team-high 18 points and 7 rebounds. After the game, he also got the lead. The coach praised him for "making great progress".
However, Xiaobao's playing time returned to more than 10 minutes in two consecutive games since then, and she only scored 2+3 and 5+7.
On June 19, against the Connecticut Sun, Li Yueru broke out again. He played 26 minutes and scored 11 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 5 of 6 shots.
Li Yueru’s increased playing time and sudden outburst were due to a major event in this game: Brinker was injured and left the field after playing only more than 4 minutes in the first quarter. After the game, he was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Will miss the next WNBA season.
For the Los Angeles Sparks and Brink, this is unfortunate; but for Li Yueru, this is undoubtedly her opportunity.
What a pity! Li Yueru was blown away in her first start and missed the opportunity to get up quickly.
Sure enough, in the game against the New York Liberty two days later, Li Yueru made her first start in her WNBA career.
But unfortunately, her opponent this time is former WNBA regular season mvp Jones. This Jones joined the WCBA and played for the Inner Mongolia team last season. In the playoffs, he averaged 29.3 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. The most classic game of Jones' short WCBA career was when he faced Han Xu in G3 of last season's finals and scored 47 points and 10 rebounds, helping the Inner Mongolia team defeat the Sichuan team 95-89 in overtime.
I don’t know whether it was because the opponent was too strong or because he was too nervous for his first start. Li Yueru did not play well in this game and encountered foul trouble early on.
Less than 3 minutes into the third and fourth quarters, Xiaobao received his fourth and fifth fouls of the game respectively.
In the end, Li Yueru made only 1 of 3 shots in the game, scored 3 points with only 1 three-pointer, and also had 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. Jones scored 22 points. It's a pity that
failed to seize this opportunity to rise to the top quickly, but given that Brink will be injured for the entire season, there is still a lot of time for Li Yueru. And with Li Yueru’s hard work and ambition, I have confidence in her. Come on, Xiaobao!
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