On January 27, Beijing time, the Qingdao men's basketball team ushered in the challenge of Zhejiang Chouzhou, before that, Qingdao has suffered a wave of 4 consecutive defeats, although the strength of the two sides is indeed disparity, but Qingdao does not intend to give up easily. In the first quarter, they once led 23:20, but at the beginning of the second quarter, Chouzhou began to blow the counterattack horn, once leading as many as 19 points, they thought that the victory was close at hand, and as a result, in the last quarter, the tough Qingdao pulled the suspense back, but in the end they still regretted losing to Chouzhou 88-93, expanding the number of consecutive defeats to 5 games.
In this campaign, Qingdao small foreign aid Wells was on leave, leaving only the inside core Dacare Johnson a foreign aid to play, the whole game he started 43 minutes, 18 shots 12 cut 30 points, 24 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block of the all-round data, once again showed his inner beast attributes. However, only two players in the Qingdao team except him scored in double figures, and Johnson regretted that he could not stage the plot of a single-rider savior.
Johnson has been with Qingdao for four years since joining Qingdao in the 18-19 season, and what is less well known is that Johnson was almost cut by Qingdao in his first season. Because the performance in the pre-season was not satisfactory, the Qingdao management was ready to terminate his contract, but in the end they chose to give him a chance to show. As a result, Johnson averaged 23.3 points, 14.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.8 blocks in his first season, giving those who questioned him a resounding slap.
Even in the last season, limited by the four foreign aides, Johnson can still contribute 21.7 points, 12.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists to the team with only 24.7 minutes of playing time, and has played well at both ends of the attack and defense, which can be said to be one of the top foreign aides in the league. Last season, Johnson also ushered in the first playoff trip of his career (the previous season could not catch up with the playoffs due to the epidemic), and helped the team defeat the Sichuan men's basketball team in the first round, although in the second round of the fiasco to Chouzhou, but everyone has a great improvement in Qingdao's previous image of fish belly, they have become a dark horse team that cannot be ignored.
Johnson, who was able to renew his contract with Qingdao this season, did not show his own bug offensive aggressiveness in previous seasons, before this game against Chouzhou, Johnson averaged only 16.6 points, 10.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, considering that the playing time was basically the same as last season, Johnson did have a big decline in scoring and rebounding. After Liu Chuanxing left the team, plus the second stage of Gao Shiao also did not play a few games because of the eye injury, there was no good support on the inside line, and it was difficult for Johnson to play out in the case of taking into account wells' offensive firepower.
As of now, the Qingdao men's basketball team is only ranked 16th in the league with a record of 8 wins and 20 losses, and the playoff situation is precarious, and Johnson, as the absolute core of the team's internal line, must continue to maintain the aggressiveness of the past few seasons, otherwise the team's desire to enter the playoffs for three consecutive years may become a phantom.
(Luo Treasurer)