Malaysian pitcher "overheated" Vietnamese women's basketball team bid farewell to 2022 FIBA 3X3 Asian Cup

After failing to win over overrated rival Uzbekistan, Vietnam's women's basketball team entered the second and final group match against Malaysia.

Coach Trat Thi Nguyet Nga's side will need a win and then wait for the result of the last game to boost hopes of playing on.

The game started with a tug-of-war with brilliant scores, giving a wonderful game to the audience.

As there is no physical difference between the two sides, the Vietnamese team competes fairly with their rivals in the ASEAN region by virtue of Nguyen Thi Jintian's "hot hand".

But in the middle of the game, when neither team felt it, Pei Jinren and his teammates encountered the problem of teammate mistakes.

In the last three minutes of the game, the Malaysian team began to heat up. In a series of successful under-the-basket stages, although Jin Ren and Yu Hou scored well, the gap was too big to equalize.

In the end, Vietnam's women's 3x3 basketball team lost to Malaysia 9-15, ending the journey of FIBA 3x3 Asian Cup in 2022.

That way, the portal of Vietnamese basketball team at the 3x3 champion is closed.

Particularly with the female team, this is a survey identified from the beginning with a physical target and an effect on experience, they've achieved an objective when Uzbekistan encounter is one of three basketball teams of three-three-top-ten-ten-dollar football.

Against Malaysia, the girls in red played even harder and kept a tug-of-war for two-thirds of the time. Unfortunately, physical fitness and team errors prevented Vietnam from winning.

"We know this is a highly qualified and challenging tournament, so the competition's psychology is always very comfortable. The players are determined to play hard in the spirit of rubbing and experience,", The female captain of the Vietnamese team shared.