In the just-concluded 24th round of the CBA regular season, Guangdong narrowly defeated Fujian 108:104, and after losing to Liaoning and Guangsha, finally found a little face in the "weak team" and stopped two consecutive defeats. However, the game process is far from being as easy as imagined, and even Guangdong is behind most of the time, with the strength of the second half of the third quarter and the last stage of the fourth quarter, Guangdong still has the upper hand in hard strength and experience, and won the game.
Fujian is the fourth-to-last team in the league, and I didn't expect Guangdong to play so hard, which shows how bad their recent state is.
The first half shot was less than 30% from distance and trailed by 14 points at halftime
In the first section, Guangdong showed the old problem of slow entry. They have scored just 10 points in at least two games this season, and today they are not much better, scoring only 15 points. After holding each other for half a quarter, the team suddenly had an offensive drought, how to play, but Fujian is steady and steady, and gets 23 points.
Although the state of the second quarter picked up slightly, but the feel is still average, the First Half Guangdong team's three-point shooting rate is less than 30%, and the team's outside line is collectively dumb. On the other hand, on the Fujian side, with Gordon's fiery feel, the whole team's attack came alive, scoring 56 points at half-time, helping the team lead the defending champion by 14 points in the first half.
The third quarter climaxed, and the controversial penalty at the critical moment saved Guangdong
The turning point of the game was in the third quarter, Guangdong played a 33:16 in a single quarter, erasing the difference in points in one fell swoop, and even overtaking the score at one point. Among them, Zhou Peng and the uae-league two veterans played a pillar role, scoring 11 points and 10 points respectively, helping the team play an offensive wave. Fujian is indeed a relatively weak team in the league, with obvious deficiencies in the defensive system and concentration, and Guangdong has taken advantage of this to take out its offensive strengths.
In the fourth quarter, the two sides have been deadlocked, and even at the end of the game, the point difference is maintained at about 2 points, in a situation of alternating leading. The goal that decided to play came from Ren Junfei, who received Xu Jie's pass to the three-second zone when the game was over with 42 seconds left, lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground after being fouled by Li Jianghuai, the referee decisively blew a foul, and Guangdong got two penalties and one throw.
In the end, Ren Junfei made one of two free throws, but in the subsequent offensive round, he made up the basket, and Guangdong scored 3 points in this round, completely extinguishing the hope of Fujian's victory.
After the referee blew a penalty for corporal fouls, the Fujian players looked very frustrated, and Chen Linjian also went to talk to the referee about the reason for the penalty. After all, in the decisive stage of the game, being blown for a corporal foul is equivalent to being sentenced to death.
The MVP was lost in the whole game, as if sleepwalking
The best player in this game in Guangdong is the veteran trio - Zhou Peng, Yi Jianlian, Ren Junfei, the three veterans combined to shoot 30 of 48, and jointly scored 79 points, accounting for almost three-quarters of the team's total score. Zhou Peng played best, scoring a team-high 33 points on 12-of-18 shooting and hitting several key three-pointers in the fourth quarter.
And the worst performer was undoubtedly Hu Mingxuan. The last season's Finals MVP seemed to be sleepwalking throughout the game, playing 34 minutes, 1 of 7, losing all 4 shots from outside the three-point line, scoring only 2 points, and 3 turnovers, with a plus-minus of the lowest -16 on the team.
This is not the first time that Hu Mingxuan has crossed this season, it should be said that his state this season has not been very normal, averaging 12.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game so far, shooting only 39.1%, and three-point shooting has slipped to a career-low 30.2%. In the absence of Zhao Rui, Guangdong needs Hu Mingxuan to find the state as soon as possible.