On December 30, Beijing time, in a focus battle in the 16th round of the 2021-22 CBA League regular season, Guangsha almost reversed it with a maximum lead of 27 points, and finally won 94-91 against Beijing. Much-anticipated Beijing star Jeremy Lin was sluggish, playing 20 minutes and 8 seconds and only delivering a dismal answer of 2 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Before the start of the competition, all the media used "Sun Minghui challenged Jeremy Lin" as the biggest gimmick of the game. That's no problem, Jeremy Lin is famous and is one of the most popular stars in the CBA today, and Sun Minghui is regarded as one of the best defenders in the country, meeting for the first time this season, almost everyone is looking forward to it, they can rub a fierce spark.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Sun Minghui was in full shape, and he helped Guangsha play a dream start with a three-pointer of 45 degrees on the oblique side. Beijing's tough overall defense did not work, Guangsha continued to extend the lead, more than halfway through the first quarter, Sun Minghui hit a fluttering three-pointer on the left outside, 12-2, the first quarter past 7 minutes, Beijing only 2 points into the account, they were forced to call out a timeout. But unfortunately, whether in the opening stage or after the suspension adjustment, Jeremy Lin failed to respond as the core of the team. Yannis replaced him early with Gibson, intending to change the situation on the pitch.
In fact, Jeremy Lin's slump on the offensive end lasted for nearly the entire game. Jeremy Lin's only score tonight came more than a minute into the second half, when he found a hole in the Guangsha defense and hit a layup. Throughout the game, Jeremy Lin shot 1 of 6 from two-point range and 1-of-0 from three-point range, scoring only 2 points and making 2 turnovers. In the second half of the game, Beijing frantically chased the stage, Andyanis simply abandoned Jeremy Lin and let Gibson control the rhythm on the field.
Add to that the 2019-20 season before that, which is Jeremy Lin's second year for Beijing, and tonight is the equivalent of his worst game in more than a season. The reason for this is that there are naturally two aspects: subjective and objective. First of all, Jeremy Lin is not in good shape today, the naked eye is not excited enough, a small amount of passion and strength are also put on the defensive side in order to execute the coach's intentions, and the attack is very weak. Speaking of opponent factors, Guangsha did enough homework before the game, and the defender line took care of Jeremy Lin, pinning his characteristics of sometimes easily stopping the ball, and exerting extreme pressure on him, making it difficult for him to have room to play.
Whether Jeremy Lin is good at using this topic in the CBA has been wildly discussed two years ago. The question is still to be seen from two perspectives. Beijing is a team that emphasizes the whole, and Yannis needs a helmsman rather than a super attacker, which can also be seen in his previous approach to reinforcements. As a former NBA player who has experienced big scenes, Jeremy Lin is naturally capable of the heavy responsibility of a backcourt commander. But his shortcomings are also obvious, compared to the black-skinned foreign aid, Jeremy Lin's physical fitness is relatively mediocre, the impact is limited, and it is difficult for him to bring a strong enough offensive effect to the team.
Many people say that they need to give Jeremy Lin more time to adapt to the CBA, which is not nonsense, after all, the current Jeremy Lin is just unstable, not useless. In the first match of the second stage, Beijing faced the strong Liaoning, and although many of the opponents were absent, the competitiveness was still not to be underestimated. Jeremy Lin returned to his debut and delivered a satisfactory answer, he played 34 minutes to contribute 23 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists to Beijing, which is the brightest star on the field. In the last round of Beijing and Tongxi, the opponent's competitiveness was too weak to be used as a reference for evaluation. Today is a moment when Jeremy Lin fell into a trough, after all, whether it is regular time or critical time, he has not been able to bring the expected help to Beijing.
Beijing's morale was greatly frustrated by losing to its rival Guangsha, after all, after a window of reinforcements, Beijing's goal is to hit the top four, or even climb to a higher peak. At the same time, Jeremy Lin's downturn has also sounded the alarm for the team, and if he can't break out for a long time, it will be difficult for Beijing to compete with the two top two in Liaoning and Guangdong.