With 36 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, Guo Allen welcomed the return of big brother Jeremy Lin to the CBA with a stunning game, Beijing-Liaoning collision, Liaoning new sword moves sharp, Shougang can not lift the knife.
In his 12th season, this was the first time That Allen had scored at least 36+9+8. He scored 5 of 6 three-pointers in the game, almost without a shot, and for the third time in his career, he scored 35 points while shooting five three-pointers. The first two were the final game of the 12-13 season against Xinjiang, guo Allen played a full 48 minutes, contributing 35 points and 6 assists, but the team lost.
The second time was on November 16, 2016, when Guo Allen exploded with 43 points and 8 rebounds, 5 of 8 from three points, and finally let Jamal Franklin score 60 points, 13 rebounds and 21 assists. That's probably one of the strongest slash stats in CBA history, and the other two times could be Eric McClem's record 82 points and Franklin's quadruple-double defeat to Xinjiang.
Guo Allen and Jeremy Lin's friends reunited, and the last time the two played each other was the first match after the resumption of the 19-20 season, which is actually a year and a half ago, but the jianghu seems to have changed dramatically. That year, Guangdong finally turned the tables after the UAE League was injured and fell behind in the first game, preventing Jeremy Lin and Guo Allen from meeting in the finals.
Then Shuhao left the NBDL, and Guo Allen folded in the two-year finals.
When he returned, 33-year-old Jeremy Lin contracted COVID-19 in the offseason and struggled with continuous treatment and isolation. After a long period of preparation, Shuhao finally returned to the CBA, and when he first played Liaoning, he faced young defenders and finally showed the style of the former NBA star defenders. But now, he is opposite Liaoning's strongest backcourt trio.
Guo Allen has practiced hard for three points in the past year and a half, pouring all his energy into modified shots, being ridiculed after the game, and being ridiculed for losing the finals, but he finally exchanged for the unsolvable projection performance of the National Games final. He extended his hand to the CBA game, before this game, his three-point shooting rate was 41.3%, after the game soared to 46.2%, halftime three-point and 4 shots, like adding automatic fire control to the main battle tank, the power is doubled.
This is Liaoning's newly understood sword move, there is no complicated move, as long as you pull out Guo Allen's sword that has been polished for ten years, a flat sand falling goose is also better than the lonely nine swords. Guo Allen spent a year and a half sharpening his sword, and Liaoning also used last season's defeat to find the most suitable sword move, and finally made some lineup adjustments this season.
There were several things last season, one of which was that Ferge played as a substitute for the rest of the regular season after he arrived on the team, and in the second playoff, Guo Allen and Zhang Zhenlin were both placed as substitutes, and the third final main starting lineup was the three guards with Zhang Zhenlin and Han Dejun. This season, Fogg and Guo Allen have returned to form a one-attack and one-defense starting firepower, Zhao Jiwei has combed the second lineup on the bench, and finally, Zhang Zhenlin mainly plays the No. 3 position, and the No. 4 position is played by the comeback Li Xiaoxu, Wu Changze and others.
Liaoning, who is fully integrated, has thus established its own sword stroke routine, the attack is orderly, the starting backcourt firepower is amazing, the substitute stage can no longer see the chaotic play, and the defense of the whole team is always online. Big foreign player Eric Moland also quickly integrated into this rotation system after joining, all players do their jobs and know exactly what needs to be done at the time of day.
As the core hub of the team, the role of the defender is very crucial to the team, and Liaoning's smooth sailing this season is not only due to Guo Allen's further strengthening, but also to the sacrifice of Fergus and Zhao Jiwei. Ferg sacrificed the ball to play defensive backcourt, he usually only prefers offense when connecting the lineup, efficiency is a new career high, and Zhao Jiwei sacrifices the starting position.
The Battle of Jingliao looks like a battle between two defender groups.
Even if Liaoning has Kyle Fogg, who is both offensive and defensive, and Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei, the Chinese men's basketball team backcourt double stars, Beijing has also prepared the double small outside of Jeremy Lin and Gibson, plus veterans Liu Xiaoyu, Fang Shuo and Tian Yuxiang, with a total of 5 defenders in this game. With 8 defenders, singing on stage, Jeremy Lin responding from mid-range at the beginning, Gibson charging off the bench, Beijing's initial strategy seems to be no problem.
Gibson is a small foreign aid with the ability to average 30+ points on the field, and his selling point is actually the attacking firepower, playing only 19 minutes in this game, scoring a team-high 18 points. In the substitute lineup, he and Fang Shuo, Raymond, Zhu Yanxi and other people's outside firepower is quite considerable, and this game also shows almost the same trend as the first leg.
But as the game progressed, Guo Allen's state became more and more courageous, and Jeremy Lin missed shots in succession, and it was difficult for him to cope with Liaoning's high-intensity defense. His partner Liu Xiaoyu also lost the super god performance in the first stage, and the game only played for 5 minutes, and the grain was not harvested.
When Jeremy Lin and Gibson were unable to play a sustained explosive performance, the game was scorched to the end of the third quarter, and Beijing gradually could not swing the knife in his hand. The trouble of the lineup rotation ensued, first of all, the backcourt, Liu Xiaoyu could not get on the 5 defenders, the double small outside was limited by the foreign aid rule can only be one, Fang Shuo replaced, Tian Yuxiang also had to divide the rest of the time.
Under the rules of 4 sections and 4 foreign aid, the double small foreign aid is a very risky system, and Beijing can play only two sets of lineups with liaoning, one is the small foreign aid plus the twin towers, and the other is the small foreign aid with excellent offensive firepower with the shooter group and the inner high point. Barely surviving until the end of the third quarter, Beijing is a small foreign aid with Fan Ziming or Li Muhao, but it has to face Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei, Zhang Zhenlin, Li Xiaoxu and the big foreign aid Moland.
The twin towers at the beginning of Beijing can ensure that a big man and the defender complete the big delay, but only one person is left in the twin towers in the second quarter of the third quarter, and the defensive power is greatly reduced. In the first half, Gibson felt good with the substitute lineup and could still win points, but after the team's physical fitness declined, the opposite double control took a big foreign aid, the defense pressed to the half, Beijing was clamped in all directions, and the mistakes were repeated.
The swords collided three times, and Beijing did not move.
Liaoning only used 3 defenders, did not let Yan Zhiqi and others come up to the top for a few minutes, Yang Ming guided the use of a similar shortening rotation to maintain combat strength. Shrunk the defender, but in the front and inside line of the battle is full, 4-5 with 5 people, small forward 3 people, always maintain the height of the lineup, when Beijing rotated to a small foreign aid with a tower, the balance on the field was completely broken.
In short, Liaoning's first achievement is naturally counted on Guo Allen, but the strategy is actually to win the vitality of the inner line, Zhang Zhenlin keeps running, Fu Hao plays big and small, Li Xiaoxu three-point soars, Moland transfers the ball to assist, and Han Dejun guards the rebound. On the contrary, the double small outside weakened Beijing's strongest twin-tower formation, and the rotation configuration of the defender group could not reach the ideal state, taking care of one or the other.
Liaoning wanted their opponents to turn the game into a conversation between defenders, and Beijing did. Therefore, watching the Liaoning sword move contain the trend of heaven and earth collapse, the sky fell, and the big man in Beijing sat on the bench. Liaoning attacked and defended properly, running smoothly, but Beijing contradicted itself, before the double small outside met Liaoning's strongest defender group, they had suffered two defeats, namely 3 points to lose Guangsha, 112-118 lost to Shanxi.
These two battles are very representative, only 9 points against Guangsha in the first quarter, and a big battle against Shanxi. By the way, in the second stage, Beijing has scored more than 100 points in 3 games, the defensive team has begun to fight with the opponent, a team that is good at attacking positions and has a twin-tower configuration really forgot what its strongest move is.
Not only that, since the fight for the attack should be to grab the start, good at combing the attack but the lack of personal firepower Jeremy Lin was not put into the bench, the state of the fiery attack threat of Gibson, why can't he play the starter? Secondly, the adaptation problem of Liu Xiaoyu, Fang Shuo and Shuang Xiaowai can be considered.
Beijing's contradictions were also encountered by Liaoning last season.
In the finals, although Liaoning signed three foreign aides, the big foreign aid was not in the rotation, and the double small foreign aid became the main configuration of the team. Although both OJ Mayo and Fogg can play the No. 3 position, Liaoning did not actually exert the full power of the inside line when facing Guangdong without Yi Jianlian, but was pulled back by the sudden arrival of Guangdong's big foreign aid Jason Thompson.
At the National Games, with the combination of Zhou Qi and Han Dejun, Liaoning suddenly became bright-eyed. They finally found the style, the defenders sang on stage to shine the whole field, but the pillars supporting the team have always been the inside line, and the team's overall tactics are based on the inside line, so they have found a big foreign aid Moland this season.
Beijing-Liaoning war, Beijing played very hard, but the double small outside, 5 defenders, seemingly gorgeous, but not at all Beijing style, and then a small Barry Brown, Beijing in the end what moves really can not see through. While they are looking forward to solving the team's offensive problems with better defenders, they seem to have overcorrected.
Like Liaoning, the attack combination of their 3 defenders is the team's top card, but they have not forgotten that the internal advantage is the basis of the squad, signing a big foreign aid, hoarding the front line, and moving forward steadily. Beijing should also be like this, Fan Ziming's ability to read the game is a strong foundation for this season, with big foreign aid or big man, to ensure the power of the basket, and then collect defenders is more secure.
Rao is the rotation chaos, Beijing and Liaoning still fight to the end, this season's Beijing actually has a lot of shining places, but the reality may be more urgent. Halfway through the regular season, they are currently only 11 wins and 8 losses, ranking 9th in the league, easy to change the way of playing, how long will it take to get out of a new path?
Beijing wants to invite the league's strong teams to watch the drama, how can this pillar of the inner line collapse.