On January 28, Beijing time, the second phase of the CBA finale, the Shandong men's basketball team won the Shanxi men's basketball team 116-112, a perfect ending. In previous games, whether the Shandong men's basketball team won or lost, the first thing the fans did was to scold Xu Changsuo, but after this game, there were still many fans who rarely praised Xu Changsuo, especially a substitution in the final period of the game, which was the key to winning this game.
Before the game, the outside world is still more optimistic about the Shanxi men's basketball team, the ranking of the Shanxi men's basketball team is also in the front, and the Shandong men's basketball team is difficult to win when facing a team that ranks higher than itself. However, after the game began, the Shandong men's basketball team quickly entered the state, the first quarter of the game they led Shanxi 27-23 by 4 points, the second quarter of the game, Shandong men's basketball team continued to play steadily, there was no major problem, and at the end of the half, the score advantage was extended to 8 points. In the third quarter, the Shanxi men's basketball team found its state, got 38 points in a single quarter, narrowed the point difference to 2 points, and in the final decisive quarter, the two sides came and went, and the score was staggered, but the last moment was the Shandong men's basketball team laughing to the end.
In this game, if you want to say that the key to the Shandong men's basketball team to win the game can only be said to be The state of Giron wat "open and hanging", the whole game, he only played 26 minutes, he scored the highest 45 points in the game, the efficiency of the sky. In the whole game, he shot 9 of 13 from two-pointers, 6 of 7 from three-point range, shooting a total of 75%, and he also got 8 rebounds and 3 assists, a very comprehensive performance, and in the last moments of the game, it was his outstanding performance that prevented the Shanxi men's basketball team from counterattacking, and killed the game with a layup, And Gyllenwater was the hero of the Shandong men's basketball team.
After this game, the fans' evaluation of head coach Xu Changsuo has also improved, no longer a one-sided condemnation, and some fans have also affirmed Xu Changsuo's command of this game. In fact, the reason why there will be fans to affirm Xu's guidance is mainly because of one of his key substitutions, which dominated the trend of the game. When there were still 3 minutes left in the game, the Shandong men's basketball team led by 1 point at 98-97, with a mistake by Hudson, Xu Changsuo replaced him, and the fiery Gillenwater in this game replaced Hudson, Hudson was replaced at this critical moment, and he was still dissatisfied, after all, he was the team's "number one scorer", and replacing him at such a critical moment was rare throughout the season. However, it turned out that this substitution was really the right one, and Gironwert dominated the victory in the last moments.
In the last 3 minutes of Gironwart's appearance in place of Hudson, he scored 10 points, with baskets, three points, and even 3+1 shots, especially when the last 30 seconds of the game were left, the two sides were tied 112-112, and it was a breakthrough layup by Gyllenwater that killed the game. Speaking of this game alone, Xu Changsuo's final substitution is absolutely no problem, and replacing Hudson at a critical moment requires a lot of courage.