About the semi-final against Japan, Gong Luming, the China women's basketball head coach, remarked: "In major international tournaments, all kinds of "tactics" are on display—whether it's bluffing or trying to pump themselves up, these are methods coaches often resort to. But in the end, what really matters is strength. We hope he can show the same drive he had in the first half (in the game against Australia), instead of the incompetence he displayed in the second. "