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In the WNBA regular season, Dallas Wings lost 88: 78 to Indiana Mania

6:38pm, 3 August 2025Basketball

In a WNBA regular season game ended this morning, Dallas Flying Wing lost to Indiana fanatic 88:78 at home and suffered two consecutive losses. Chinese player Li Yueru played the worst game with the Flying Wings, with 8 minutes and 27 seconds playing time and 3 points and 3 rebounds. Whether it is playing time and score, it is the lowest in Xiaobao Flying Wings' career. There are too many things to summarize in this game.

Including today's game, Li Yueru has not started in three games, scoring 8 points in the first game and 7 points in the second game. Although the score is not high, it is still a matter of course. The game only has eight minutes of playing time, scored 3 points on 1 of 5 shots, and the rebound was pretty good, grabbing 3 rebounds, including 1 frontcourt rebound. Xiaobao's touch is indeed not online in this game, and he made 1 of 3 three-pointers. Some opportunities are indeed bad, but you have to say that there are indeed not many opportunities. In a team like the Flying Wings, center players have to grab all opportunities. Moreover, the head coach of the Flying Wings trained Li Yueru to the space-type center. The head coach's arrangements were her intentions, but Xiaobao herself needed to adjust it.

But there is one thing worthy of praise. Li Yueru is the only three players in the team with positive and negative values. Although the touch is not good, Xiaobao's role on the court is still quite good. Fans who often watch Li Yueru's games should be very clear that her main job now is to work dirty and tiring, cover, pick-and-roll, and rebounding. These things cannot be reflected in the data. The game time in this game is reduced, which is most likely because the Flying Wings did not follow the opponent's footsteps in the last game, but this is not entirely because of Li Yueru. If someone else is replaced, it may not be better than her.

Xiaobao still needs to improve. This game is the worst game in Li Yueru's career, and she is currently in a trough. But I believe that players of her level can quickly adjust and strive to perform well in the next game. What do you think about Li Yueru’s performance?

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