The New Year's War between Guangdong and Liaoning ended with a 95-115 defeat. At the end of the first stage, Guangdong ranked second with 11 wins and 2 losses, and just after playing 4 games in the second stage, Guangdong's record of 12 wins and 5 losses dropped to seventh. From guangdong's 13th victory over Beijing on November 14 to Guangdong's tragic defeat by Guangsha in the 14th round on December 26, what did the Guangdong team experience in these 40 days? The defending champion has become a bully and is about to start working hard for the playoffs, what happened to the Guangdong team?
Let's first review the three games that Guangdong lost in the second stage:
On December 26, Guangdong defeated Guangsha 86-98, this game Ren Junfei was absent, which was also the first game of the new season in Weems, he had 23 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists on 8-of-14 shooting, but Guangdong was played 27-10 in the first quarter, although Sun Minghui was sent off, but Guangdong team has not been able to erase the point difference. Xu Xin, who had high hopes, started this campaign and scored 2 points and 1 rebound, and Su Wei was also injured in this game.
The technical statistics of the two sides are as follows: Guangdong team rebounded 37 times, assisted 25 times, shot 81 shots and shot 35.8% of the time, including 22.5% of the three-point shots of 40 shots, 82.6% of the 19 of 23 free throws, 11 steals, 20 turnovers, 1 block, and 32 fouls.
The Guangsha team rebounded 44 times, assisted 21 times, shot 58 shots and shot 48.3% of the time, including 28.6% of the three-point shots of 21 shots, 90% of the 36 of 40 free throws, 16 steals, 25 turnovers, 7 blocks, and 23 fouls.
On December 28, Guangdong defeated Shanxi 99-125, and Ren Junfei, Su Wei and Zhao Rui were absent. The original coach went crazy with three-pointers in this game, scoring 28 points on 8-of-16 shooting, which was simply unstoppable. It was also Guangdong's biggest fiasco of the season.
The technical statistics of the two sides are as follows: Guangdong team rebounded 43 times, assisted 22 times, shot 68 shots and shot 31 of 45.6% shooting rate, including 47.8% of 23 three-point shots, 86.7% of 26 of 30 free throws, 3 steals, 23 turnovers, 5 blocks, and 18 fouls.
The Shanxi team rebounded 45 times, assisted 29 times, shot 94 shots and shot 43 of 45.7% from the field, including 46% of the three-point range of 50 from 23, 90% from 16 free throws, 11 steals, 9 turnovers, 5 blocks, and 26 fouls.
On January 1, Guangdong defeated Liaoning 95-115, and Su Wei and Zhao Rui were absent. In this game, Liaoning team Guo Allen, Fogg, Zhao Jiwei and Fu Hao played well, while the Guangdong team was in a slump overall, Yi Jianlian only scored 3 points, and the first quarter was beaten 28-10, which was worse than the first quarter of the loss to Guangsha.
The technical statistics of the two sides are as follows: Guangdong team rebounded 41 times, assisted 29 times, shot 75 shots and shot 33 of 44% shooting rate, including 34.4% shooting rate of 32 three-pointers, 85.7% shooting rate of 18 of 21 free throws, 6 steals, 17 turnovers, 7 blocks, and 19 fouls.
Liaoning rebounded 50 times, assisted 22 times, shot 90 from the field and shot 50 percent from 45-of-45 shooting, including 43.5 percent from 10-of-23 three-point range, 71.4 percent from 15-of-21 free throws, 11 steals, 8 turnovers, 7 blocks, and 20 fouls.
It seems that the 3 games lost have key players absent, but from the technical statistics, the Guangdong team has a big gap with the opponent in rebounding, shooting percentage and hit number, especially in the three-point shot. In addition, the Guangdong team also did a very poor job in the control of errors.
The rebounding is worse than the opponent because the Guangdong team's inner line is relatively poor. Yi Jianlian, who came back from a major injury, has limited playing time, does not dare to exert too much force, and still needs time to recover, and these few games Su Wei is not there, the inside line newcomers Xu Xin and Zhang Mingchi can not be counted on for the time being, and zeng Fanri's playing time is also very small, so the rebounds are exploded.
The opponent's shooting rate is high, which is a problem of defense, especially the defensive problem of the outside line. The Guangdong team's own shooting percentage is low, it is a lack of practice, and it has not yet entered the state of the game. In the 40 days of the offseason, the national team had games, and there was a lack of systematic training during the quarantine period, and the players who stayed behind did not seem to be practicing well now, and the shots of Hu Mingxuan, Du Runwang and others were not good. Including many mistakes, there are also factors such as lack of training and lack of joint training.
Let's take a look at the victory over Jilin again. On December 30, Guangdong defeated Jilin 116-99, and Su Wei and Zhao Rui were absent. In this game, Jilin team Jiang Weize and Li An played well, especially Jiang Weize three-pointers 9 shots 6, a lot of fairy balls have scored, if Jones is in better shape, this game Guangdong team still can not win. However, the Guangdong team Yi Jianlian, Hu Mingxuan, ren Junfei all performed well, and Yi Jianlian got the long-lost luxury data of 25+16.
The technical statistics of the two sides are as follows: Guangdong team rebounded 45 times, assisted 33 times, shot 74 shots and shot 45 of 60.8% shooting rate, including 50% of 26 three-point shots, 13 of 15 free throws, 86.7% shooting rate, 4 steals, 17 turnovers, 5 blocks, and 18 fouls.
The Jilin team rebounded 34 times, assisted 22 times, shot 83 and shot 36 of 43.4 percent from the field, including 35.7 percent from 10-of-28 three-point range, 89.5 percent from 17-of-19 free throws, 11 steals, nine turnovers, three blocks, and 18 fouls.
From this victory, it can be seen that when the Guangdong team has rebounding protection, the data, especially the shooting rate, is greatly improved, which shows that the biggest problem of the Guangdong team is still rebounding.
In the second stage, Guangdong still has 11 games, and it is foreseeable that their next games will not be easy to play. In terms of the internal line, the gradual aging of Yi Jianlian and Zhou Peng is an inevitable topic, Su Wei does not know when he will come back, and Xu Xin and Zhang Mingchi need to grow up as soon as possible.
On the outside, Zhao Rui, who is expected to be absent due to private affairs, will have several more games to return, Hu Mingxuan and Xu Jie face no substitutes, and the once luxurious defender line in Guangdong suddenly feels that no one is available.
Du Feng said in an interview after last night's game that any coach will drool when he sees the lineup of the Liaoning team, which should be his true words, indeed the current Liaoning team is strong and strong, whether it is the inside or outside line, the main force or the substitute, are the strength of the national team or quasi-national team players, and the Guangdong team has lost unjustly.
In the second stage of the game, Guangdong team also needs to face strong opponents such as Guangsha, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jilin and Shanxi, and if Guangdong team is still in this state, their ranking is likely to fall into the playoff competition area.
Of course, we believe in the adjustment ability of the Guangdong team, believe in Du Feng's adaptability, and the more no one is available, the more it can reflect Du Feng's ability as the best coach.
It is expected that by the third stage, Ma Shang, Tang Jie, and former dunk Wang Tong can all play, after the run-in, the Guangdong team is neatly staffed, Du Feng can start five up and five down, then the Guangdong team is the real strength of the embodiment, and can compete with the luxury division Liaoning team.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Zhu Fangyu will sign an inside big outside to solve the problem of the current team's poor rebounding, do you think Guangdong team needs big foreign aid?