On January 9, Beijing time, the 20th round of the 2021-22 CBA League regular season, Liaoning defeated Tianjin 106-88, ushering in six consecutive wins. Rising star Zhang Zhenlin performed eye-catchingly, playing 34 minutes and 50 seconds, scoring a season-high 30 points and scoring 8 rebounds.
Liaoning have always disliked playing noon games, and in the past two seasons, they have had more than one problem of slow start in noon games. Today is also the case, the luxurious Liaoning actually in the opening stage of the first quarter, by the all-Chinese class of Tianjin occupied the field advantage. When the star Guo Allen is on leave, and the foreign assistant Fergus is not good, who can become the key person to change the situation on the field? Nova Zhang Zhenlin gave the answer.
Halfway through the first quarter, Zhang Zhenlin first used the advantage in the speed of action to get rid of the defense and hit a long two-point shot. In the following round, Zhang Zhenlin used the rhythm change to find Tianjin's defensive vacancy, made a layup and hit another shot, scoring 4 consecutive points, and Liaoning equalized the score. From this moment on, Liaoning finally woke up, driven by Zhang Zhenlin, two veterans Li Xiaoxu and Liu Zhixuan hit three points respectively, and the situation on the court was instantly unbalanced. With 2 minutes and 20 seconds to go before the end of the first quarter, Zhang Zhenlin received a split from Li Xiaoxu in the bottom left corner, shot three points again, 27-18, Liaoning not only reversed the situation on the field, but also quickly pulled the score apart.
Zhang Zhenlin's real shine is the second section. In this section, Tianjin offered a double foreign aid lineup, with two outside attackers Kenny Burton and Rochester leading the attacking lineup. Although this arrangement is of great benefit to the offense, at the defensive end, loopholes follow. In most cases, foreign aid cannot be expected to bring high-intensity personal defense, not to mention that Rochester, who is responsible for keeping an eye on Zhang Zhenlin, is short enough. Zhang Zhenlin seized the opportunity and chased after Tianjin's defensive "depression". A two-pointer, a three-pointer, almost all of them are scored against Rochester's heel defense, which can be described as a "murderous heart". Zhang Zhenlin scored five consecutive points, Liaoning has taken a huge lead of 42-26, and the suspense of winning or losing the game is fading.
Since playing for Liaoning in the CBA league last season, Zhang Zhenlin has become a hot supernova in The Chinese basketball world. In his debut season, Zhang Zhenlin showed his talent, playing 59 games for Liaoning, averaging 13.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, and also provided a single 46-point explosion performance in the much-anticipated Liaoning-Guangdong War. An important reason why Zhang Zhenlin has attracted countless fans is that he is the most talented dunk in the history of Chinese basketball, and his dunk has become a beautiful scenery on the CBA field.
Today is zhang Zhenlin's most enjoyable performance time this season, and naturally there are three wonderful dunks in a row. Towards the end of the first half, Zhang Zhenlin became the only protagonist on the field. Liaoning was preparing to carry out the final attack in the first half, Zhang Zhenlin received a pass from Zhao Jiwei under the basket, swung past the defenders, and completed the end with a dunk. This is not the end, the attack and defense conversion Tianjin has a low-level mistake, Zhang Zhenlin dribbled the ball facing the front of the field a wide open field, a gliding after the two hands slammed, pushing the atmosphere of the game to the climax. Throughout the game, Zhang Zhenlin sent a total of 5 dunks.
Perhaps the requirements for genius are bound to be more demanding, and the focus of attention this season is whether Zhang Zhenlin can continue to make progress. In fact, this is not an easy task for a player who has averaged 13.9 points per game in a rookie season. At the beginning of the season, Liaoning star Guo Allen was temporarily unable to play, Zhang Zhenlin was given more opportunities to handle the ball, and he also showed his talent in attacking with the ball. However, in the strong as Liaoning squad, the young Zhang Zhenlin can not yet have unlimited right to fire qualifications, when Guo Allen returned, double foreign aid returned, the main rotation of injury returned to the team, Liaoning lineup unprecedented luxury. It is an undeniable fact that Liaoning's number one goal today is to compete for the championship, not to temper Zhang Zhenlin.
This puts forward higher requirements for Zhang Zhenlin, who must redouble his efforts in training and improve the stability of his shots in order to play a high level in the limited handling opportunities. Today, Zhang Zhenlin wasted no time in proving himself that he already had the ability to become the team's top scorer. Zhang Zhenlin exploded for 22 points in 19 minutes of the half, scored 30 points and 8 rebounds in 34 minutes, and sent 5 wonderful dunks. This is the first time Zhang Zhenlin has scored 30+ this season, and he has once again shown the top offensive level of the local area.
After the end of the last round of matches, Liaoning coach Yang Ming had hinted that Guo Allen played a role as a foreign aid in the Liaoning team, and now it seems that the yellow-skinned foreign aid of the Liaoning team is not only Guo Allen.