On December 27, Beijing time, Xinjiang lost to Zhejiang 102-107, suffering 5 consecutive defeats, while Zhejiang won 2 consecutive wins. In the first quarter of this game, Xinjiang still had the advantage, and the team exploded 29 points in a single quarter, 8 points ahead of Zhejiang. However, in the next two quarters of the game, Zhejiang team occupied the initiative, they scored more than 30 points in a single quarter, while Xinjiang only had 40 points in the two quarters, and at the end of the first three quarters, Zhejiang held a double-digit lead. In the last quarter, the Xinjiang team worked hard to narrow the point gap, and once narrowed the score gap to single digits, but unfortunately, the performance of the Zhejiang team in the last moment was still more stable, and the Xinjiang team did not complete the reversal. In the end, Zhejiang team also narrowly defeated Xinjiang team with a 5-point advantage and won this game.
The performance of the Xinjiang team in this game is still very good, especially the foreign assistant Mortree, who made his debut for 40 minutes in this campaign, got 27 points and 13 rebounds in 12 of 19 shots, in addition to 2 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks, played a performance that filled the data column, and the debut can be described as a very successful.
In addition to Mortree, Tang Caiyu got 15 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in this campaign, while Qi Lin also had 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and 5 players in the whole team scored in double figures.
However, it is a pity that because the team's performance in the second and third quarters was too poor, the Zhejiang team successfully opened the point difference, which also led to the fact that the team still failed to win the game in the case of 5 players scoring in double figures, and finally lost to Zhejiang. At present, Xinjiang has suffered 5 consecutive defeats, so far in the new season, the team's record is 3 wins and 11 losses, ranking at the end of the league, and the probability of the team entering the playoffs this season is getting smaller.
On the Zhejiang side, their big foreign assistant Nicholas Rakosevic performed very well, he also made his debut this season, in the 33 minutes of the bench, he got 27 points and 20 rebounds of 27 points and 20 rebounds on 12 of 20 shots, completed his debut well, and gave the team a large degree of help on the bench.
Wu Qian played 31 minutes off the bench, 20 points in 7 of 14 shots, the performance was also very good, Cheng Shuaipeng scored 21 points, Zhu Xuhang also scored 15 points, the whole team scored 4 people in double figures, of which 3 scored 20 points, in the overall play, Zhejiang team is also very good, which is also the key to the team's victory.
After losing 3 games in the first stage, the team's record also fell out of the top four in the league, and the return of the team's foreign aid this time contributed to the improvement of the team's strength. In the first game, the big foreign player Nicholas Rakosevic got a double 20 performance of 27+20, and his personal form was very good. In the follow-up matches, if they can continue to play such a performance, then they will also be strong contenders in the top four of the season, and Zhejiang has the strength to do this.