Yi Jian joined forces to take the lead, Hu Mingxuan, Ren Junfei, Zhou Peng and Weimus fought bloodily, and the Guangdong team, which had lost two consecutive battles and fought backwaters, finally rebounded. After a 116-99 victory over Jilin, the Guangdong team, which had suspended Zhao Rui in turn, avoided three consecutive defeats and won the first victory in the second stage of the regular season. The bench of the Guangdong team finally stopped worrying about the clouds and began to "clear the sky".
In the past two games, Guangdong team has lost to Guangsha team and Shanxi team, and it has been embarrassing to lose one game after another. In the match with Guangsha, the opponent's main defender Sun Minghui was expelled from the game in the first quarter, but the Guangdong team still did not seize the opportunity, and finally lost with a 12-point difference; against the Shanxi team, the Guangdong team was suppressed by the opponent in the whole game, and finally lost by 26 points. After losing these two games, Guangdong also suffered the first regular season two consecutive losses in the past four years, it is worth mentioning that the last time they had such a situation dates back to December 13, 2017, when Du Feng was still coaching the men's basketball team and had not yet returned to Guangdong to lead the team to rebuild the dynasty.
The rare losing streak will obviously have an impact on the Guangdong team. If it continues to lose, even if the Guangdong team has a deep foundation, its confidence will inevitably be frustrated. Therefore, this game with Jilin team is also very critical, one is that this is the game for Guangdong team to end the losing streak and regain confidence, and the other is that this is the last game of Guangdong team in 2021, and the next game they will face the powerful leader Liaoning team, so this game with Jilin is a good opportunity for Guangdong to hone the lineup and prepare for the peak showdown of Liaoning and Yue in advance.
The Guangdong team also knows better than anyone the seriousness of losing again. To this end, facing the former giant killer Jilin team, facing this opponent who has defeated itself at least once in each season in the past three seasons, The Guangdong team has been extremely involved from the beginning. Veteran Yi Jianlian took the lead, the "big brother" fired continuously outside the three-point line, coupled with the signature high jumper, Yi Jianlian once single-handedly resisted the Attack of the Jilin Team and supported the Guangdong Team. In the state of divine courage, Yi Jianlian scored 18 points in the first half, giving the Guangdong team great support. In the second half, Yi Jianlian was again an aerial relay, and it was a foul, and the firepower was not reduced. But the performance of the offensive end is not the whole of Yi Jianlian's game, the defensive end and dirty work, Yi Jianlian did not do less. Card slots, grab rebounds, cover, protect the basket and send out blocks... Yi Jianlian did not miss any detail that could change the game.
As a thirty-year-old man, Yi Jianlian's investment in the field is impressive. Teammates did not shoot, he struggled a little for the Guangdong team to fight for the rebound in the front court, to create a second attack opportunity; Jilin team center Li An held the ball high, Yi Jianlian continued to interfere, did not give the opponent any opportunity to easily play the ball. If it is a newcomer, such a defensive attitude is not surprising, after all, the newcomer must fight to defend if he wants to get playing time, but this is the signature star of the CBA, the leader and pillar of the Guangdong team, and he does this to win a victory, let the Guangdong team stop the bleeding in time, and no longer let the haze and loss of the losing streak continue.
Yi Jianlian's attitude has obviously driven a group of teammates. Other times, we can see Zhou Peng's inseparable image of Jones on the defensive end, we can see the resoluteness of the comeback Ren Junfei on the attack basket, we can see Hu Mingxuan's decisiveness on the offensive end, and we can also see Weems' outstanding play in tandem... Even in order to win this game, Guangdong coach Du Feng has become different, he still reminds and even roars at the players on the sidelines, but when the players make mistakes, he either silences or continues to encourage, compared with before, Du Feng's attitude has become more relaxed. When Guangdong is nervous, the best coach Du Feng also knows how to adjust the mood of Guangdong players.
In the end, Guangdong, which had three military lives, successfully won Jilin and avoided three consecutive defeats (the last three consecutive losses in the regular season was on December 27, 2015). After the game, Yi Jianlian and other players finally showed a long-lost smile on their faces, which is not difficult to see the joy brought to them by this game.
However, this victory is still not enough to make Guangdong too happy. They understand better than anyone that the strength of the Jilin team is not outstanding, although the Jilin team has caused trouble for the Guangdong team many times in the past three seasons, but the Jilin foreign aid Jones has been in poor offensive form since the return of the second stage, and this Jilin team is far from the strongest of them. In the whole game, Jilin relied on the excellent performance of local players such as Jiang Weize, Ang Lee, Jiang Yuxing and Cui Jinming and Guangdong, and Guangdong did not perform well when defending Jilin defender Jiang Weize, and was scored 24 points by the opponent, shooting 6 of 9 from three-pointers. At the same time, Guangdong also had a large number of mistakes in the first three quarters, and Jilin repeatedly seized the opportunity to fight back. Moreover, even if the combat effectiveness is not too strong in Jilin, Guangdong still played until the fourth quarter to truly control the game.
Guangdong's opponent in the next game, Liaoning, is much stronger than Jilin, and even much stronger than Guangsha and Shanxi, which Guangdong lost to before. Also today, Liaoning also played a game. Although they were chased by Fujian in the fourth quarter, they still won by 19 points in the end, and after Guo Allen was robbed of power in the last quarter with fouls and technical fouls, this also shows how good Liaoning is, which is not doing its best. Although the Liaoning national players are still recovering their physical fitness, from the perspective of the state of the field, they are better recovered than the Guangdong national players. Moreover, unlike Guangdong, which has suffered a wave of injuries (which has not been seen for a long time), Liaoning's current lineup is very neat, and the depth and physical fitness are better. In a game of strong dialogue, the advantages of depth and physical fitness may also allow Liaoning to take more initiative.
To this end, although Guangdong avoided three consecutive defeats, whether they could compete with the Liaoning team in the New Year's Day battle still needed to be tested in actual combat. In this match between Guangdong and Jilin, Liaoning head coach Yang Ming spied on the military situation in advance in the stands of the scene, recording something with a pen while watching the game, obviously preparing for the upcoming Liao-Yue duel. Guangdong, which has finally rebounded, can it survive the pass of Liaoning? The New Year's Day battle on January 1, 2022, will also give the final answer.