In a game between Guangdong and Fujian that ended earlier, if it were not for the veteran Ren Junfei's key frontcourt rebounds, Guangdong would have really overturned the ship in the gutter, but in the end they still won 108-104 without any danger. In the case that Zhao Rui continued to be absent and Weems could not play because of the ban, it should have been an excellent opportunity for Hu Mingxuan to come forward, and as a result, he only hit 1 goal in 7 shots in the whole game, 4 of the three-point shots, only 2 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists, and the plus-16 plus or minus value was also the worst one in the whole team.
In fact, this is not the first time that Hu Mingxuan has encountered a downturn in the outside line, since January 1 against Liaoning in the three-point line outside the 7-of-2, the next seven games, Hu Mingxuan has not hit more than 2 (including 2) three-pointers, including two games simply do not shoot three-pointers (January 3 to play Tongxi, January 8 to play Jilin). This game only scored the lowest 2 points in the tie season, and it is also the fourth time that Hu Mingxuan has scored less than 2 figures in the last five games.
As a new star in the backcourt that Du Feng focused on cultivating, Hu Mingxuan joined Guangdong in the 17-18 season. He was able to score 5.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists, gaining the full trust of then-coach Yunus, and after Du Feng returned, Although Hu Mingxuan's average score fell to 4.5 points per game in the following season, he averaged more than double digits in the 19-20 and 20-21 seasons, and last season he scored a career-best 13.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists, shot more than 40% of the target in two consecutive seasons outside the three-point line, and won the Championship of the All-Star Three-Point Contest.
In the playoffs, Hu Mingxuan continued to maintain his offensive aggressiveness, raising the stats to 14.2 points, and in the finals with Liaoning, he also won the first FMVP award of his career for his excellent offensive form. It is reasonable to say that with the baptism of last season, Hu Mingxuan should make himself a higher level this season, and as a result, the season has come to the present, Hu Mingxuan seems to have encountered a bottleneck, in addition to the number of assists 4.7 times to the career best, the average of 12.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game is lower than last season, and the best three-pointer has also fallen to 30.2% this season, which is the lowest in his career.
Looking at the 24 games played for Guangdong this season, Hu Mingxuan only had 4 games with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%, of which 3 games were at the beginning of the first stage, that is to say, so many games in the second stage, Hu Mingxuan was basically based on playing iron, after shooting the best 6 of the season on December 30 and Jilin that game, Hu Mingxuan also seemed to have exhausted his own hot hand, taking the three-point shot as his "routine operation". If this is a case where there are two foreign aides sitting in, it is understandable, after all, they are competing with themselves for the ball, but at present, the only foreign aid in Guangdong, Weems, has been banned, and Zhao Rui has not returned, which is an excellent opportunity for Hu Mingxuan to continue to show his "sharpshooter" attribute, but the successive shooting iron really seriously affects his shooting confidence.
Guangdong still has 4 games to play, if Zhao Rui still can't return, Guangdong backcourt heavy responsibility will have to be handed over to Hu Mingxuan, and I hope that he can rely on these few games to get himself back to last season's hot hand as soon as possible, if it really continues to slump, Guangdong this season is afraid that it will really be far away from the championship!