On January 15, Beijing time, Guangdong ushered in the peak showdown with Guangsha, which should have been a focus battle between Mars and the earth, but Guangdong's foreign aid Weems was banned by the league for 5 games because of the last conflict with Liaoning, and it will not come back until the last game with Shanghai in the second stage. And not long ago, the first meeting between the two sides, when Guangdong unfortunately lost to the opponent 86-98, this time the all-Chinese class fought, want to win the whole staff, and experience a wave of 7 consecutive victories of Guangsha, it is indeed very difficult. Sure enough, in the first quarter, Guangdong dug a big pit for itself 21-34, and has been firmly suppressed by Guangsha since then, and finally lost 94-114, suffering a wave of two consecutive defeats in the recent past.
Due to Weems' suspension, coupled with the backcourt core Zhao Rui has not returned because of personal matters, as the backcourt core that Du Feng has focused on cultivating this season, Xu Jie naturally has to shoulder heavy responsibilities, in fact, in the first stage, he scored double-digit points from time to time, even if he returned in the second stage, Xu Jie still got 30+ playing time. Xu Jie started 35 minutes, shot 11 of 19, 7-of-9 from three-point range, slashed a career-high 30 points with 8 assists, and the plus-minus of -8 was also the best of the starting Five Tigers. Under the confrontation with Sun Minghui and Zhao Yanhao, who are top defenders, Xu Jie is not afraid at all. If it weren't for his fig leaf, Guangdong would never have lost 20 points today.
Since entering the second stage, Xu Jie's playing time and season average of 31.3 minutes have been equal, and what is even more valuable is that his data can still be maintained with the season average, averaging 11 points, 2.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game, and is better than the first stage in terms of shooting percentage (44.9%) and three-point shooting rate (44.7%). In these 10 games, Xu Jie has as many as 8 games to break through 30+, which is enough to see that Xu Jie has indeed gained the trust of coach Du Feng, although the performance of these 4 games from January 3 to January 10 is slightly sluggish, and none of the scores have reached double digits, but recently and Liaoning, Guangsha These two games with full of gold, Xu Jie really did not flinch, it is really strong!
It is true that Guangdong has signed a small waili Callado who played for Shanxi last season not long ago, but this Jun still has not yet reported to the team, plus weems and Zhao Rui, the two cores of the backcourt, will continue to be absent for a period of time, and then Guangdong will face Fujian, Tianjin and Qingdao respectively. It is true that the opponent's strength is not too strong, but according to the current strength of Guangdong's lineup, there is indeed no contempt for the opponent's capital, Fujian's small foreign Gordon currently averages the highest 40.3 points in the league, really can not limit him, Guangdong's backcourt line will also be destroyed by him, not to mention Qingdao, Tianjin have double foreign aid, and Tianjin double foreign can be present at the same time.
As for whether Guangdong can survive this difficult time, Xu Jie is definitely an important factor. If you can successfully train Xu Jie this year, then the "black and white short" combination will really all graduate! And Xu Jie, who is only 1 meter 8 tall, can be built by Du Feng to become the main defender of a championship team, which is even more valuable!
(Luo Treasurer)