In the 27th round of the CBA regular season, the Guangzhou men's basketball team defeated the Shanxi men's basketball team 111-105. Guangzhou foreign aid TJ- Lif shot 18 of 27, bombarded 43 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, Zhu Mingzhen 17 points, 10 boards and 6 assists, Chen Yingjun 24 points, 9 boards and 17 assists; Shanxi foreign aid Felder 33 points, 7 boards and 7 assists 5 steals, Yuan Shuai 16 points, 3 boards and 4 assists, Xing Zhiqiang 13 points, 8 boards and 2 steals.
That's right, we are talking about Chen Yingjun today! Let's take a look at his last three games: Jan. 20 vs. Beijing Controls, Chen Yingjun 12 points, 4 boards and 19 assists; January 22 vs Shandong, 26 points, 6 boards and 22 assists; January 25 vs Shanxi, 24 points, 9 boards and 17 assists. With 17+ assists in three consecutive games, Chen Yingjun became the first player in CBA history to do so!
In the past three games, Chen Yingjun has delivered a total of 58 assists, which is a fairly rare statistic even in the NBA. In the game against Shandong on January 22, Chen Yingjun had 22 assists, which was the second highest number of assists in a single game in CBA history, after Li Qun's 28. Li Qun's record dates back to the 1999-2000 season, 22 years ago.
For many fans, they have not seen Li Qun's game. Chen Yingjun's 26 points and 22 assists in a single game are already magical enough. He is the fourth player in CBA history to score and assist double-20, after the previous three being Fortson and Jeremy Pargo (Guangsha) and Franklin (Shanxi). Franklin and Fortson each took the double 20 twice.
So far this season, Chen Yingjun has played in 27 games for Guangzhou, averaging 20.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 10.1 assists and 2.7 turnovers per game. You read that right, averaging 10.1 assists per game this season is an exaggeration. Prior to this, CBA local players have never averaged 20 points + 10 assists per game in the season, and Guo Allen's average of 23 + 8 per game last season is relatively close.
In addition, Chen Yingjun shot 50% from the field, 41.2% from three-point range and 80.6% from the free throw line this season. With a true shooting percentage of 62.5 percent, he ranks 19th in the league and ranks 15th in the league with an offensive efficiency of 127.9. At present, the Guangzhou men's basketball team ranks 7th in the league with 17 wins and 10 losses, and Chen Yingjun has the opportunity to compete for the regular season MVP!
A brief introduction to Chen Yingjun, born on June 9, 1993 in Taiwan Province of China, he is 1 meter 83 tall. In the 2017 CBA Draft, Chen Yingjun became the first talent show. In his first season in the CBA, he averaged 10.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. Over the next two seasons, Chen averaged 2.2 assists per game and 4.8 assists per game.
In the 2020-21 season, Guo Shiqiang became the head coach of guangzhou, chen Yingjun's organizational ability was completely released, and the average assist per game soared to 7.4 times in the season, and more than 10 times this season. As we all know, Guo Shiqiang was an organizational defender when he was a player, and in the 2003-04 season, he averaged 7.6 assists per game, breaking the record of cBA local players at that time.
Chen Yingjun has several masterpieces this season, on October 31, 2021, Chen Yingjun made a layup and won 95-94 against Jilin in Guangzhou! On November 7, Guangzhou defeated Tongxi 115-101. Chen Yingjun shot 13 of 21 and 5 of 10 from three points to achieve a career-high 34 points, and he was named player of the third week with an average of 28+12 per game.
Chen Yingjun can have today's performance, inseparable from his efforts. I believe that this Guangzhou men's basketball team and Chen Yingjun will get better and better, come on!