Beijing Shougang lost to Liaoning 95-103 on the evening of the 7th. In this game that is considered to be full of gold by the outside world, the performance of Shougang defender foreign aid Jeremy Lin is not strong. Especially in the crucial fourth quarter, when the team needed someone to stand up and continue to increase points on the offense and create continuous pressure on the opponent, Jeremy Lin failed to play such a role. In recent games, Jeremy Lin's performance has fluctuated, which has gradually increased the number of voices questioning him from the outside world - is Jeremy Lin okay in the end?
Jeremy Lin's stats in the last four games are as follows: played 20 minutes against Guangsha, 2 points, 1 of 7, 0 of 3-point shooting, 0 free throws, 5 assists; played 29 minutes against Shanxi, 22 points, 6 of 16, 5 of 10 three-pointers, 7 free throws, 8 assists; played 22 minutes against Jilin, 12 points, 4 of 9, 2 of 6 three-pointers, 2 free throws, 8 assists; played 28 minutes against Liaoning, 17 points, 16 shots, 6 three points, 2 shots of 3 points, 4 free throws, 4 assists.
As can be seen from these data, Jeremy Lin's state is rebounding. Playing Guangsha this ball is the worst game for Jeremy Lin. In the past, Shougang coach Yannis would habitually leave the last few minutes of the final quarter to Jeremy Lin to control, but this game, Jeremy Lin did not play even a minute in the final quarter. This is a clear sign that the Shougang coaching staff trusts Gibson's state more at the moment. After playing Guangsha, Shougang lost to Shanxi, but this time Jeremy Lin showed the aggressiveness of the attack and the desire for the game from the beginning, and his scoring and on-field efficiency have been greatly improved. Jeremy Lin clocked in early for the third quarter when playing jilin team, and he wrote on social media after the game: "I know that entering the CBA season in this way is not what I imagined. ”
Overall, Jeremy Lin is trying to improve his state, and his self-adjustment ability is still excellent. But it must be admitted that his lethality on the field has decreased. In the 2019-2020 season, one of the main ways to score is to create a kill and thus go to the free throw line. That season, Jeremy Lin averaged 7.7 free throws per game, but so far this season, Jeremy Lin has only had 3.7.
This is a very obvious change, and the reason for this can be understood this way: on the one hand, Jeremy Lin needs to re-adapt to the scale of blowing this season. Because the scale of blowing penalties this season is more relaxed, some penalties that may have been penalties before are basically not blown now. When Jeremy Lin didn't get a blow after breaking into the inside line, his scoring had to rely more on long-range shots. As for the breakthrough, it is no longer his strong point.
Jeremy Lin's first season with Shougang, although his explosiveness and physical ability have declined compared to the NBA period, he can still maintain a certain speed and rhythm advantage in the alignment. But this season, when Jeremy Lin experienced so many difficulties and twists and turns before the second stage, his physical condition dropped very significantly compared with his first season in China, which greatly affected his performance.
But Jeremy Lin is a very mature player after all, which is reflected in his reading of the game and self-adjustment. Self-adjustment is not only his state, but also his adjustment of the style of play. For example, assists and effective points, in the last four games, he has only had less than 5 assists in one of the last four games. In these games, Jeremy Lin is the key player of the opponent's bag, but he has increased the number of points, including many connections with the twin towers Li Muhao and Fan Ziming, which is a direct reflection of the adjustment of his playing style.
Of course, there are also many things that data can't visualize, such as defense. Jeremy Lin defended against the opponent's foreign aid many times, which continued his first season of the year, although the defensive effect was not as good as before, but as a team foreign aid, it was rare to invest so much energy to defend the opponent's key players. This is also an important reason why the Shougang team values Jeremy Lin. Yannis once said: "Jeremy Lin went through a lot of things before this season, he is a player who is willing to defend and puts a lot of energy into defense. He doesn't value statistics, which is rare for players of his caliber. Such an evaluation is not low, which shows the status of Jeremy Lin in Yannis's heart.
However, objectively speaking, Jeremy Lin's current state and physical ability are difficult to reproduce in the short term when he played for the Shougang team. It is precisely for this reason that after the introduction of Jeremy Lin, the Shougang team also renewed Gibson and signed Brown. They want more defenders to rotate to keep the team attacking and aggressive. Now it seems that this is perhaps the most pragmatic choice for the Shougang team.
Text/Beiqing Sports Song Xiang