On January 27, Beijing time, the 28th round of the CBA regular season, Shenzhen defeated Beijing 104-97, ending the second stage of the regular season with a victory, and achieving the first regular season sweep in team history. Shenzhen foreign aid Booker performed well, in the 36 minutes of playing time, Booker shot 35 points, 9 rebounds and 13 assists of the quasi-triple-double of 35 points, 9 rebounds and 13 assists, making a great contribution to the team's victory.
56.2 seconds before the final match, the Shenzhen team fell in front of the field and the ball was handed over to Booker. Shen Zijie went up to the line to prepare for cover, Booker suddenly accelerated with the ball, he did not use Shen Zijie's cover, but directly from the left side to get rid of the opposite Liu Xiaoyu. Zhai Xiaochuan and Brown quickly made up for the defense under the basket, but they could not stop Booker at all. Booker, who took off on the ground with full horsepower, relied on his super waist and abdomen strength to complete a super difficult glide to the basket, and caused the Beijing team to foul and complete a 2+1. Booker roared in anger to celebrate, Shenzhen team Ru Shuai Qiu Biao is also a passionate shout, Shenzhen team bench is even more screaming, if nothing else, just because Booker's ball is super wonderful and critical.
The goal was indeed crucial because it became an attack that killed the game. Before Booker scored, Beijing had just chased a 3-point deficit with a breakthrough layup by veteran Liu Xiaoyu. If Shenzhen does not win again, Beijing will have a chance to tie the score. At this time, Booker did not give in as much humility as the previous round, he chose to attack with the ball himself, and finally continued his fiery state of this game. After this goal was scored, Booker seemed to insert a dagger into the heart of the Beijing team, because whether it was from the importance of changing the trend of the game or from the momentum of the completion of the ball, Booker gave the Beijing team a huge blow, so that the game was completely in the hands of the Shenzhen team.
In fact, Booker was putting a lot of pressure on the Beijing team throughout the game. In this second match with Beijing, Shenzhen's big foreign aid Salinger missed the game due to injury, and Booker became the only foreign aid in the team. After the last fiasco against Zhejiang and the poor personal performance, Booker is holding his breath to prove himself and help the team to end the second stage of the regular season perfectly. So facing the old rival Beijing team, Booker broke out. In the first verse alone, Booker, who has unlimited fire rights, finds himself back. Facing Tian Yuxiang at the top of the arc, Booker changed direction to dribble and then dribbled behind him, and after continuous fake moves, successfully used the rhythm change to get rid of his opponent and hit the three-pointer with ease. In the last moments of the first quarter, Booker's three-point shot feel was still there, and because of his excellent performance, Shenzhen was able to resist the attack of the well-formed Beijing team.
But Booker can not only shoot, his breakthrough, advancement, tandem are not bad, these weapons, Booker in the second quarter has a good show. Steals to advance the counterattack, his teammates who fake shot real pass assists quickly layups; Jeremy Lin defended himself, Booker completed a difficult left-handed lever layup after a sharp change in dribble; breakthrough Raymond, he turned around and shot the basket easily; after breaking through into the Beijing three-second zone, Booker assisted teammates with a clever pass to cut the dunk... In front of the Beijing team, which is strong in defense and has the fewest points per game, Booker is very relaxed.
For this offensive arrow figure of the Shenzhen team, Beijing team coach Yannis is the focus of care. From Tian Yuxiang in the opening to Raymond, Jeremy Lin and Brown later, the Beijing team adopted a wheel war defense. When necessary, the Beijing team will also frequently adopt the method of wrapping and sandwiching Booker, forcing him to be forced to pass the ball far from the three-point line, in order to weaken the offensive threat of the Shenzhen team and weaken the power of Booker on the offensive end. But even so, there is still no restriction on Booker, after playing in the first half, he got a comprehensive data of 18 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, all three of which are the highest in the Shenzhen team at halftime.
Such a Booker can't help but be reminiscent of him last season. Last season, the unrecollected foreign aid joined shenzhen after the start of the season, when he did not get attention, but the debut against Zhejiang scored 37 points, and then frequently cut 30+ performances, so that the small man born in 1993 and only 1.86 meters tall quickly gained widespread attention. After that, after he scored 40 points and 12 assists against Shanghai, 40 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists against Shandong, and 52 points and 8 assists against Qingdao, he also helped the rebuilt Shenzhen team to show competitiveness again. The playoffs and the Beijing narrow road met, he bombed 44 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, if it were not for Shen Zijie's lack of opportunity to play, the game deer death who may not be sure.
Now in beijing, Booker's state is still hot. In the game, the only thing that can stop him may be injury. In the third quarter of the game, Booker suffered a neck injury in a round, and was forced to go down for treatment at one point, but was unable to play in the second half of the third quarter. But after the final re-appearance, Booker was still the unstoppable Booker. After being blocked by Brown, he directly snatched Brown in the next leg to complete a dragon, assisting He Xining and Shen Zijie to score successively, and Booker made consecutive foul penalties afterwards. In the last 4 minutes and 6 seconds, he shot three points under the cover of Brown and completed the penalty, once again winning the direct dialogue with Brown, and also taking over the Shenzhen team's attack and taking over the game again and again.
After playing the game, Booker also played his best game of the season. In the first 27 rounds of the season, he has scored 30+ performances 5 times, but the overall number of performances is limited. Moreover, the opponents in those 5 30+ games were either not as strong as the Beijing team, or Booker's play was not as comprehensive and vigorous as today, and he still led the team to win. With him once again erupting on the offensive end, the Shenzhen team finally waited for his return.
This season, Booker's overall performance is not as good as last season, and he currently only has 17.7 points and 7.7 assists per game, which is not as good as last season's 26.2 points and 7.6 assists per game. One is affected by the decline in playing time, and the other is that Shenzhen's use of foreign aid after the configuration of double foreign aid, the training of local players are different from last season, which affects Booker.
In this game, Booker broke out again after having unlimited firing rights, once again proved his strength, and this may also give the Shenzhen team some new inspiration in the use of him. In the Shenzhen team, where the local players have general ball holding ability and the performance of the big foreign aid Salinger this season is not ideal, Booker, who has a good singles ability, may also be able to help the Shenzhen team go further if he can have a more stable play.