As early as last season, Liu Zheng, who transferred from Guangsha to Shanghai, did not play the standard he should have, averaging 8.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, which was the worst performance of his career, and this season, in the case of li Chunjiang, the former mentor of Guangsha, Liu Zheng's state in the first stage was not much better, and none of the 12 games (one game did not play) did not score to double digits, if it were not for maintaining a certain influence on the defensive end, I am afraid that Li Chunjiang would have been beaten into the cold palace long ago. However, during this window, Li Chunjiang seemed to be interested in allowing the Guangsha disciple to strengthen his offensive aggressiveness, and after the second stage began, Liu Zheng also began to increase his desire to attack.
After scoring 20 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in the game against Xinjiang on December 29, Liu Zheng continued to play the peak of the Guangsha period in the latest game with Ningbo Fubon, and he started for 28 minutes in the whole game, scoring 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks on 6 of 11 shooting, filling his data column, which can be said to be the biggest contributor to Shanghai's victory. From the second stage, Liu Zheng can average 12.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game when the playing time is increased to 25.1 minutes, and the shooting rate is 53.1%, and the fly in the ointment is that his three-point shot still seems to have not found the accuracy, only 28.6%.
As one of the strongest treasure island players in the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team, Liu Zheng has indeed experienced a certain decline in overall performance since leaving Guangsha to join Shanghai, including Chen Yingjun and last year's Tanhualang Lin Tingqian, who has a great deal of catching up with his "Taipei first man", and the reason why Shanghai has taken liu Zheng and dug him up from Guangsha with heavy money is that he has taken a fancy to the all-rounder hidden in him, and the second stage finally ushered in the recovery of Liu Zheng. It also allowed the team to see the possibility of impacting the championship this season.
As of now, Shanghai temporarily ranks second in the league with a record of 14 wins and 3 losses, second only to Liaoning with 15 wins and 2 losses, how thick is their lineup? For example, such as Ju Mingxuan and Dong Hanlin, who can directly start in other teams, but they are beaten into the cold palace, and sometimes even the 12-man roster cannot be entered. For Liu Zheng, such a golden oil player, and a veteran who has experience in the finals, is indeed an important piece of the puzzle on their way to the championship, can play without the ball can defend, really to the key playoffs and even the finals, he will definitely regain Li Chunjiang's trust, so this time in the second stage to gradually increase the role, in fact, it is reasonable!