Today is the last game day of the CBA League's second regular season of the season, and after playing today's game, all teams can enter a short vacation and wait for the start of the third stage of the game.
The Shandong team ushered in the challenge of the Shanxi team today. This season's Shandong team is not as powerful as last season, the main reason is that they changed the head coach, let Gong Xiaobin leave temporarily, and arranged for Xu Changsuo to take office. Xu Changsuo had previously mainly led the youth team, and did not have experience with the adult team, so the performance was very mediocre.
Shandong has been plagued by the problem of too small a rotation lineup this season, with too many playing hours for the main players and the inability of substitute players to provide more contributions. But in this game, Shandong's substitute foreign assistant Gillenwater gave a response. In the face of Shanxi's three-point attack, Shandong's team played steadily and steadily, without falling behind.
Shandong's starters are still strong, core center Tao Hanlin contributed 18 points and 10 rebounds of double-double data, while Gillenwater came off the bench for only 26 minutes, cutting 45 points and 8 rebounds, helping Shandong to suppress the Shanxi team's rotation lineup.
Throughout the second half, the two teams played inextricably, and it was not until the last minute that the winners and losers were divided. In the end, Shandong defeated Shanxi 116-112, ending the regular season in the second stage perfectly.
Recently, Shandong coach Xu Changsuo was deeply involved in rumors of dismissal, after all, his coaching level has triggered widespread complaints from fans. In the last few games of the second stage, the situation of the Shandong team improved, so Xu Changsuo's position was once again stabilized.
But if there is still no obvious change in the Shandong team in the third stage, then Xu Changsuo's dismissal after the end of this season will be an inevitable situation.