Ge Zhaobao called the wind and rain in the penalty area, lightly becoming the second local player in the CBA this season to cut 40+ in a single game, and at the end of the goji berry water, he had to ridicule: Shanxi plays the inside line, dabao sees you every day.
Not a group of national players in Liaoning Yue, nor a two-zhejiang new star who has made rapid progress, Ge Zhaobao, a forgotten league quality interior lineman, 16 of 23, less than 35 minutes bombed 40 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, the second person in the season since Abdul Shalamu. He is also the fourth local center forward to win 40+ in a single game after Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhelin and Zhou Qi among active Chinese players.
Why Ge Zhaobao? And why is it the battle between Shanxi and Tianjin?
Ge Zhaobao has never been a superstar, and he is not on the league's top interior rankings all year round. Starting in the CBA in 11-12, he averaged just 12 points, six rebounds and 2.5 assists in his best 11 seasons. The 40-point mark is the second 30+ in his career, the first of which was the season's opener.
Last season, he played more than half of the games as a substitute, playing only 20.3 minutes per game, averaging only 9.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. Although he is the captain and the best interior line in Shanxi, in the team, he occasionally has to play as a substitute for the big foreign player Eric Morland.
It is precisely because of this that Ge Zhaobao can be said to be the most often forgotten high-quality interior line in the league, and many people have forgotten that he also participated in the 2016 NBA Summer League that year. At the age of 24, he represented NBDL United, 7 minutes in the last quarter of the first game, 7 points and 1 steal on 3-of-4 shooting, he was not as wooden as he looked, the style of play was very meticulous, versatile, mid-range, and it was very comfortable to play under the blocking and demolition.
Above the threshold of his career, a demonic wind of injury and illness blew down Ge Zhaobao, the great Han of the Three Jins. After returning from Summer United in 2016, he suffered a fracture of the proximal fifth metatarsal of his right foot at an invitational tournament. This injury made him directly miss the most golden two-year rise period, in 09-11 years, he had postponed his career for two years due to fatigue fractures, and two long-term injuries made his movement speed drop sharply, and finally became today's floor stream inside line.
After Yang Xuezeng instructed him to take charge of Shanxi again, many people worried that Ge Zhaobao would not be able to carry it.
Shanxi changed to play double small foreign aid, Ge Zhaobao became the team's preferred internal barrier, and the shortest board of the barrel also determined whether the running bomb system could take root. Surprisingly, Ge Zhaobao scored a career-high 31 points in his first game, and then averaged 19.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game, answering everyone with an all-round performance.
What type of interior line is Ge Zhaobao? Look at the second quarter between Shanxi and Tianjin, when Tianjin scored three consecutive points by Taylor Rochester, Tian Yu and Kenny Burton in three consecutive legs, and the 9-0 point difference widened to 7 points. During this period, Shanxi's outside projection was very bad, the situation could not be opened for a long time, and seeing that the game slipped into a dangerous situation, Shanxi made adjustments, and Kai Feld and Ge Zhaobao joined forces to threaten:
In the first round, Ge Zhaobao blocked the demolition and caused the foul and 2 penalties were all hit;
In the second round, Ge Zhaobao's free throw line was blurred, and Li Jiayi scored with his left hand;
In the third round, Ge Zhaobao blocked again, Feld passed seconds, and the right hand picked the basket and hit easily;
In the fourth round, Felder missed the rebound, played on the left side to block the demolition, and Ge Zhaobao went to the empty basket again.
The poor outside performance made Shanxi sacrifice the inside and outside blocks at the bottom of the pressure box, and Feld finally sent 18 assists in this game, so that Ge Zhaobao had enough to eat. For 4 consecutive rounds, Ge Zhaobao easily scored 8 points with an inexplicable performance, and he was able to shoot down 40 points with nearly 70% shooting rate in the whole game.
Shanxi is the best team in three points this season, and Yang's running bombardment system completely opens up space with fast offense and defense and sharp three-pointers. In order to cope with Shanxi's outside projection, the opponent paid a lot of defensive attention, and therefore constantly broke the inner line by the blocking and demolition of Feld and Ge Zhaobao.
There are many inner lines that can eat cakes, and Ge Zhaobaosheng is in the final technique.
With a height of 212cm and a weight of 116KG, Ge Zhaobao belongs to the heavy inner line that moves slowly and is not known for its physical fitness. The advantage of Dabao is solid, can be said to be a CBA big basic skill, left and right hands balanced, like to use low-level techniques such as back turning, although slow but the rhythm is familiar, very stable. He also has good mid-range and coping skills, which makes it difficult for opponents to cope with one-on-one.
After the arrival of Felder and the acceleration of the team's attack, Ge Zhaobao had a broader space on the inside. This is the rhythm he likes, with his height and weight plus skill, the success rate of the misplaced attack is very high, simply put, eating cake is a very set. Felder always has a way to send the ball to him, and he can always live up to high expectations, and Tianjin, without big foreign aid, can only swallow the bitter fruit due to the three-point power.
Against Shanxi, the outside three points and the bottom line of the inner line are already two cups of poison, and you must choose one. The most headache is that Ge Zhaobao not only eats cakes, but also knows how to make cakes, strong and powerful cover, and excellent strategies are very threatening. In the last game against beijing twin towers, Ge Zhaobao scored 22 points and 7 rebounds, while delivering 6 assists.
Ge Zhaobao, who is in excellent form, seems to have been waiting for an opportunity to continue to erupt, and then, Tianjin, who also uses double small outside and also likes to shoot three points, collided. Before the game, Shanxi's three-point shooting rate and number of shots were second in the league, three-point shooting was 1st in the league, and the three-point team with quality and quantity was guaranteed. Only after consecutive defeats to Guangdong, Shenzhen and Beijing, the three-point skill bar cooled down, and they shot only 8 of Tianjin's three-point 31 shots, giving the first place in the three-point shooting list to Tianjin.
Tianjin currently shoots an average of 12.4 three-pointers per game, averaging 37.5 three-pointers per game, accounting for 45.7% of three-pointers, all of which are the first in the league. Unlike Shanxi, Tianjin's three-point quality is not high, before this game, the three-point shooting rate was only 32.6%, the 19th place in the league, and the feel fluctuated greatly.
Two three-point teams collide, and the plot is unexpected.
Shanxi's three-pointer was completely inaccurate, and after the fourth quarter of the game, he shot 6 of 28 and shook the basket. On the Tianjin side, Tian Yu personally shot 8 three-pointers, and the whole team generally shot 20 of 47 shots, if it were not for a few last-minute serve mistakes, they should have ended the battle in regular time.
Tian Yu, 25, is one of Tianjin's largest spacemakers, appearing in the CBA in the 19-20 season, averaging 9.2 points per game in 18.2 minutes, 43% from three-point range last season and 1.6 three-pointers per game with 52% three-point shooting this season. In this battle, he set a career record for three-point shooting in a single game, and the difference of 2 points set a new personal scoring record.
Mengzikai, who is similar to Tian Yu's age, is also good at shooting from a distance, and the two entered the first team in the 18-19 season at the same time. Mengzikai shot 42.1 percent from three-point range in his rookie year and 40 percent from three-point range this season. The forward star, 26-year-old Shi De Shuai, also shot 41% from three-point range in the peak 18-19 season.
In the past three seasons, Shi De shuai's three-point shooting rate has dropped very rapidly, corresponding to the average score per game from 19.7 points to 11.3 points per game. This is very inconsistent with the law of recent years, with the absence of foreign aid, most of the team's core player data is improving, but the coach seems to be struggling in the tactical system.
All the teams that play small ball are actually very dependent on the inside line, when the offensive threat of the coach declined, the big foreign aid was not there, and the team's newly introduced Zhang Zhaoxu, Li Jiayi and so on were not known for their attack. Therefore, in this three-point game to completely suppress Shanxi, Ge Zhaobao slashed 40 points to force the suspense, and finally entered the overtime.
The more you shoot three-pointers, the more important the interior and rebounds become.
Tianjin can only grab 42.1 rebounds per game, 16th in the league, 27.8 defensive rebounds, 17th in the league, can not protect the rebounds, it can not play the transformation of the clouds and water like Shanxi. Coupled with the low success rate of the internal attack, Tianjin is walking on one leg, unlike Shanxi, which actually has a guaranteed backup.
Ge Zhaobao's brilliance is on the one hand, and The key player who is more low-key in Shanxi is the starting big forward Xing Zhiqiang. In extra time, Yang Xuezeng guided a big hand, and Ge Zhaobao, who scored 40 points, actually sat on the bench, while Xing Zhiqiang of 205CM replaced the center, and Shanxi sacrificed the desperate move of the five small lineups. He took all four points from the inside and free throws, while his teammates made 2-of-3 three-pointers from the outside.
Similar in height, the same is the space before, Xing Zhiqiang weighed 109KG, which is heavier than 91KG Tian Yu and 93KG Mengzikai. After being promoted as a starter this season, he averaged 11.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game, averaging 2.8 three-pointers per game, and many times his key three-pointers and rebounds are the team's winners and losers.
Shanxi has risen this season, and the running and bombing style has brought the longest 7 consecutive wins at present, and also equaled the team's record of consecutive wins. Running bombardment does rely on but by no means equals three points, in the space maximization system, they also have a 64.5% basket shooting rate, ranking 4th in the league, shooting 37.3% from mid-range, 5th in the league, and the proportion of three points is actually only 36.9%, the 5th in the league.
Under the cloak of the three-point brigade, Shanxi's comprehensive efficiency is the core element. Tianjin played a few beautiful games after the second stage of the double foreign aid joined, but to be as competitive as Shanxi, they also needed a stable internal and external connection between Felder Ge Zhaobao, and tian Yu, Mengzikai, Shi Deshuai and others were needed to improve their projection accuracy while having a tougher basket performance, so that the opponent's defense could lose sight of one or the other, so that the three-point rain would always fall.
Shanxi's next game against Guangdong, the 23 three-point shooter group and Now 40 points Ge Zhaobao, how will Guangdong choose?