CBA league eighteenth round, Shandong High-speed 117-100 upset victory over the luxury team Shanghai Sharks, burst out the biggest cold goal of this round, if Xu Changsuo won the championship coach Li Chunjiang is a self-help, Tao Hanlin faced Wang Zhelin to cut his career for the first time double twenty plus is a milestone, Hudson's long-range cannon is incorruptible and old, then Liu Yi's tearing defense for Franklin can be called Shandong High-Speed Beverly.
In the second stage of the CBA League, Shandong High Speed actually has a lot of changes with the first stage, the return of double foreign aid Hudson and Gillenwater, the head coach of the coaching team Gong Luming in place, while the two foreign assistant coaches Leyden and Tommy have also entered the role, Shandong High Speed's tactics are more abundant, the tactics are more targeted, Xu Changsuo is more flexible in employment, in this context, Shandong High-speed starting lineup, there is also a new figure, this is Liu Yi.
In the first stage of the regular season this season, due to the unexpected departure of Gong Xiaobin, the runaway king, Shandong Expressway was forced to change the coach, rookie coach Xu Changsuo took office, because he was too unfamiliar with the team, Xu Changsuo was more conservative in employing people, more used are the players he led by the youth team in the past, and Liu Yi, as a draft player in Shandong basketball history, obviously did not enter Xu Changsuo's field of vision, in fact, after Liu Yi joined the Shandong team last season, although he is a CBA rookie, he is a player that coach Gong Xiaobin focuses on training Due to the height restriction, he changed from the third position in the university period to the front guard shaker, and because the third position of the Shandong Expressway is its short board, Liu Yi has a very important position in the team's tactical system, especially in the defensive end to give the team a lot of help. He played 45 games in the season, averaging 12.6 minutes per game and 4.1 points per game, making him one of the best players in last season's draft.
And this season, Liu Yi has been in a situation of being shelved. He played only 40 minutes in the first ten rounds, averaging only a pitiful 4 minutes per game. Many fans familiar with the Shandong team have been critical of Xu Changsuo's snub of Liu Yi, believing that his performance last season was enough for him to enter the tactical territory of Shandong Expressway, and he was more trustworthy than Ma Guanghan, Wang Wenyu, Wen Yanxing, etc.
Fortunately, everything is developing in a good direction, Liu Yi was snubbed in the eleventh round of the league and improved, in the face of the pressure of performance and the shortage of personnel caused by injuries, Xu Changsuo was forced to start to luck Liu Yi, in the game against the Liao basket, Liu Yi got 25 minutes of playing time, although the team lost to the powerful Liao basket, but Liu Yi still showed a good state, in the confrontation with the opponent foreign aid Fogg, its physical strength and strong confrontation ability, the advantages of tough style began to show, This conquered coach Xu Changsuo to a certain extent. He has had a steady playing time in the next two games against Ningbo and Guangzhou.
After the start of the second stage, the first game against Jiangsu Kendia, Liu Yi missed the game again, so that the fans had a little worry about his prospects this season, not enough to face Qingdao Guoxin in the second game, Liu Yi still played as scheduled, but also let the fans breathe a sigh of relief, this game has also become a highlight of Liu Yi this season, because his main task in this game is to defend the opponent's strong small foreign aid Wells, as a result, he did not live up to the trust of the manager, relying on strong defense to make Wells play very passively, The ability to dominate the game has dropped significantly, although it has also scored 27 points, but it has not helped for the team's victory, and after this game, Wells has fallen into a low state for two consecutive games, leaving Liu Yi with the sequelae of his strong defense. In this game, he was able to lock the qinglong in the end, and Liu Yi could be described as a great achievement. He was also affectionately known as high-speed Beverly by Shandong fans for this tear-off defense.
This game against the luxury version of the Shanghai sharks, Liu Yi's main task became to defend the opponent's strong small foreign Franklin, which is another difficult task, as the league's long-established small foreign aid, the famous triple-double king, Franklin in the league can be described as a storm, the difficulty of defending such a player can be imagined, but from the game process, Liu Yi once again successfully completed his task, Franklin played for 23 minutes, the whole field shot one, including three-pointers 2 shots 0, just rely on a few free throws to get 7 points, Although Liu Yi also paid the price of 4 fouls, his defensive effect can be seen.
From being snubbed to now becoming a defensive tip, from Gong Xiaobin to Xu Changsuo, Liu Yi has always proved himself with actions, careful fans will find that as an "outsider" liu Yi is not from the Shandong youth training system, Liu Yi is already the only seedling of the team to introduce players, (Qiao Wenhan is not fully based on it now) In recent seasons, The Shandong team under Gong Xiaobin has been carrying out external reinforcements, from Tian Jiafu, Sun Henan, Liu Dapeng in the 19-20 season, to Jing Haoyang and Diao Chenghao in the 20-21 season. Si Kun, but the introduction of these players is more like picking up the pieces, and in the end it all ends in failure, and only Liu Yi who came through the draft has a firm foothold, especially after Liu Yi joined The King of Shandong last season, the team is facing the problem of unpaid wages for a season, but Liu Yi is not affected by these factors, but with a good professional attitude, not only helps the team to get good results, but also makes steady progress and finds his foothold in the league. For Shandong basketball, Liu Yi is obviously a treasure found in the draft.