Beijing time on December 17, the NBA regular season continued, the Rockets lost to the Knicks 103-116, and in this game, the Rockets' potential center, known as "Little Jokic", the No. 16 show Shen Jing hit the wall, has scored double figures in 4 consecutive games, and the last game has just set a new career scoring high for him, this campaign 3 shots 0, only scored 1 point, only gave 1 assist but made 4 mistakes.
In the post-game press conference, Rockets head coach Silas also pointed out the reason for Shen Jing's poor performance. "Mitchell Robinson is a very good defender, he is very tall, when Shin Kyung does the move, he doesn't move at all, I think 7 days and 5 games also have an impact on Shin Kyung, he looks a little tired, he can't jump, it's not easy to match Robinson." Silas said.
Lack of physical strength and confrontation is a major weakness of Shen Jing at present. Although he is a young player, it is reasonable to say that he should be physically energetic, but one is that the Rockets are back-to-back combat, and the other is that Shen Jing's body is still thin among NBA players, and once the intensity of the internal confrontation is large, then his physical strength will accelerate the loss. This may also be the reason why Silas has not let Shin Kyung play the starting, but whether Wood is absent or not, he has let Shin Kyung play as a substitute. After all, the degree of confrontation of the second team is usually smaller than that of the starting lineup.
Therefore, the lack of physical strength and confrontation is also the first weakness of Shen Jing at present. To solve this problem, it is more difficult in a short period of time, and it is necessary for Shen Jing to increase his strength and endurance through long-term training, of course, considering that he is only 19 years old this year, there is still plenty of time to improve himself.
Shen Jing's second weakness is that his playing style has begun to be gradually noticed and familiarized by opponents. Shen Jing's footsteps and interior skills are very good, the style of the ball is mature, often able to deceive opponents with fake moves, and he himself said that he wants to learn dream steps with Olajuwon. However, it should be noted that once the opponent is familiar with Shen Jing's playing style, adopts a more cautious defensive strategy, and does not eat Shen Jing's fake moves, then he is prone to embarrassment.
For example, in this game, Mitchell Robinson is standing on the inside line with his hands held high, and because of the obvious height advantage, he can completely cover Shen Jing, which naturally makes the latter play very uncomfortable. And want to solve this problem, Shen Jing needs to increase his offensive skills, especially to try to develop his own long-range shooting ability, once the inner line can not rely on fake actions and footsteps, then decisively pull to the outside line to shoot, and the height and weight of the opponent stronger than Shen Jing, often may not be able to keep up with the ability to move, Shen Jing can use the strengths to avoid weaknesses, with the way of projection to defeat the opponent.
For a rookie player, especially for a player like Shin Kyung, who has been very smooth since entering the NBA, hitting the wall is sometimes a good thing, which allows him to see his shortcomings clearly and improve his pertinence. Shin Kyung's previous games have shown and proven his talent, and although the ball is not played well, Rockets fans should still have confidence in his future.