87-109！ In the 25th round of the CBA regular season, the leader Liaoning team lost to Xinjiang team in a cold and disastrous way, and the 10-game winning streak was ended. To make matters worse, Liaoning's main striker Zhang Zhenlin withdrew from the game due to injury. Near the end of the second phase of the regular season, Liaoning suffered one of the worst defeats of the season, and paid a heavy price.
Maybe it was the 10-game winning streak that came easier, or maybe it didn't take xinjiang too seriously, resulting in Liaoning being in no state at the beginning of this game. After the start of the game 0-7, the stopped Liaoning team briefly recovered its form under the supervision of head coach Yang Ming, but as the game deepened, the Liaoning team fell behind more and more, and at the end of the first quarter, liaoning team had fallen behind by a full 13 points, and the 19 points in the first quarter also equaled their new season lows. Liaoning wanted to close the point gap in the second quarter, but they did not perform well on the defensive end and were not active in the fight, which led to the first half of the game, Liaoning still trailed by 13 points.
It is not surprising that the Liaoning team has played like this. In the first half, they scored 18 points less than Xinjiang in three-pointers, rebounded 11 fewer than their opponents, and rebounded 9 less than their opponents. When Xinjiang's Abdul Salam had 17 points and 5 rebounds in two quarters, when big foreign aid Mortree contributed 20 points, 11 rebounds and 3 steals in the first half, and Qi Lin also scored 11 points and 5 rebounds, Liaoning only had Ferge scored in double figures in the first half. Guo Allen only scored 6 points, and Zhao Jiwei did not score a point on 0-of-3 shooting.
When such a disparity in data appears in front of you, it is not difficult to understand why the Liaoning team will be so passive. It should be mentioned that the Liaoning team has actually been in a state of flux since last season, and this season, they have been in a state of flux, and this season, they have been the same. In this match with Xinjiang, Liaoning players did not seem excited on the field. On the offensive end, the Liaoning team has limited communication with each other, and on the defensive end, whether they protect the rebounds in the backcourt, fight for the rebounds in the frontcourt, or the speed of the retreat and the fierceness and concentration of the defense, they are obviously inferior to the Xinjiang team that plays as a challenger. When the Liaoning team's three-point shot cannot be opened, breakthroughs and layups have been brushed out of the basket many times, but the Xinjiang team has hit magical goals again and again, the Liaoning team has naturally become passive.
In the third quarter, the Liaoning team was even worse. At 7 minutes and 14 seconds, Zhang Zhenlin basketed to defend The Captain of the Xinjiang Team, Abdul Shalamu, who turned around and picked up the basket, Zhang Zhenlin jumped off the cover but unfortunately stepped on Abu's foot when he landed, resulting in wei foot injury. This is Zhang Zhenlin's first serious foot injury after entering the CBA, and the pain is unbearable, while signaling the Liaoning team doctor to quickly enter the field for treatment, while pounding the floor, how much pain it was at that time can be seen. After the foot was broken, Zhang Zhenlin withdrew from the game, and how serious Zhang Zhenlin's injury was still to be confirmed.
Zhang Zhenlin's accidental injury and Zhao Jiwei's technical foul (before Zhang Zhenlin's injury) also failed to wake up the Liaoning team. After that, Liaoning fell behind more and more, and with 5 minutes left in the third quarter, Liaoning was already 30 points behind. Seeing that Liaoning twin stars Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei were in a sluggish state, head coach Yang Ming did not force the team to turn the tables against the wind, but replaced Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei in advance to avoid injuries to the main players. At the end of the third quarter, still 30 points behind, Liaoning sent a substitute early in the last quarter to play to the end of the game, and in the end, Liaoning also suffered the worst loss of the season, losing 25 rebounds (13 rebounds in the frontcourt) and 15 points of three-point difference, which was also the key reason for Liaoning's fiasco.
Before this game, Liaoning had lost twice this season, once to Shanxi by 8 points and once to Beijing by 23 points. Although the point difference between the loss to Beijing was even greater, in that game, Liaoning team took a rotation of Guo Allen, Han Dejun, Zhang Zhenlin and Li Xiaoxu, but in this game, Liaoning team except for the main center Han Dejun could not play due to suspension and injury, all other players played. Moreover, the overall strength of the Xinjiang team is still far behind the Beijing team, which is currently only ranked 13th in the league, but in the end, the Liaoning team still suffered a fiasco, and paid a huge price for Zhang Zhenlin's injury, which is not a disaster for the Liaoning team whose main center has been injured.
The Liaoning team is not unable to lose, nor can it be unable to defeat the Xinjiang team. In the regular season of the 2019-20 season, Liaoning team has lost to Xinjiang team by 22 points, but in the current way, it is absolutely not what Liaoning wants to see. After all, when they defeated Xinjiang two years ago, Xinjiang was still strong and strong, with double foreign aid and Zhou Qi and other main forces, but now, Xinjiang and Liaoning are in the same situation, but Liaoning has lost miserably again, in the game, head coach Yang Ming roared from the sidelines to frown tightly, and then sat on the ball early, it is not difficult to reflect his helplessness about the state of the team.
Of course, Liaoning's game is not without gains. Youngster Yu Zechen scored 13 points, the last quarter whether it is a breakthrough or three points have a remarkable play, the second game of Zhu Rongzhen returned to the second game with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks, and repeatedly showed the deterrent of the defensive end under the basket, which is one of the few gains for the Liaoning team. But in the end, the gain of this game belonging to the Liaoning team was too little, but the fiasco and Zhang Zhenlin's injury retreat were more heartfelt.
In the second stage of the regular season, Liaoning has 3 games left, and the opponents are Beijing Control, Ningbo and Tongxi. Among them, Ningbo and Tongxi have limited strength, and only Beijing Holdings is slightly competitive. However, after experiencing the post-war of being upset by Xinjiang, I believe that Liaoning will not be careless in the future, after all, the light enemy may have to pay a price, and the heavy price of this scene with Xinjiang is enough to make Liaoning wake up.