"Zhao Rui's injury is slowly recovering, and the time for him to return to the team is getting closer and closer, and I believe that Zhao Rui will definitely appear on the field in the third stage." I also hope that everyone will give Zhao Rui more encouragement and hope that Zhao Rui can return to the team as soon as possible. ”
For the third stage, whether Zhao Rui can play is worried about the hearts of countless fans. Today, Zhu Fangyu, general manager of the Guangdong men's basketball team, has given a positive answer.
The reason why Zhao Rui can return is so concerned is because he is an indispensable person in the Guangdong men's basketball team. Both the record and the data prove it. In the first stage of the CBA, Zhao Rui played 12 games, and Guangdong achieved a record of 10 wins and 2 losses, and finally ranked second in the CBA with a record of 11 wins and 2 losses. In the second stage of the CBA, Zhao Rui played only 1 game, and in his absence, the Guangdong men's basketball team won 9 and lost 5, which was only the level of a marginal team in the playoffs, and did not have the dominance that a defending champion should have.
The data also reflects the importance of Zhao Rui. In the 3 games in which Zhao Rui played, the Guangdong men's basketball team averaged 99.7 points per game, with an average of 91.7 points per game and a net win score of 8 points. In the second stage of the CBA, zhao Rui was absent from 14 games, the Guangdong men's basketball team averaged 102.9 points per game, conceded an average of 99.2 points per game, and the net win score was only 3.7 points.
With or without Zhao Rui, the net win score difference was as much as 4.3 points. This situation occurs because Zhao Rui's defense is too important to the Guangdong men's basketball team, and he is an indispensable link in the team's defensive chain. At 1.95 meters tall, Zhao Rui is very strong, fast and explosive, and is the number one defensive gate on the outside line of the Guangdong men's basketball team. He can limit the top local defenders such as Guo Allen and Wu Qian very well, and when the Guangdong men's basketball team encounters super foreign aid, he is often the first choice for defense. No one in the Guangdong men's basketball team can replace Zhao Rui's role at the defensive end, which is also the key to the team's overall defensive level has dropped significantly.
From the perspective of average score per game, without Zhao Rui, the firepower of the Guangdong men's basketball team has not dropped but has risen. However, the Guangdong men's basketball team's two-point and three-point shooting rate has declined, and the efficiency has been significantly reduced. This is because Zhao Rui is an important offensive launch point for the outside line of the Guangdong men's basketball team, especially his impact on the basket is not available to Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie and others. Zhao Rui is absent, and the impact of the Guangdong men's basketball team on the basket has weakened significantly, and it has become easier to defend.
In fact, Zhao Rui's absence is also considered to be a major reason for the poor performance of the Guangdong men's basketball team in the second stage. Because of this, public opinion hopes that Zhao Rui can return in the third stage, because he can improve the level of the Guangdong men's basketball team at both ends of the attack and defense. With him, the Guangdong men's basketball team is expected to return to the level of championship competition and launch an impact on the four consecutive championships. Otherwise, the Guangdong men's basketball team's dream of fighting for the championship can only be shattered in advance, after all, in the absence of Zhao Rui, it is easy to collapse when encountering a strong team, and it is painfully flattened by the Liaoning men's basketball team and the Guangsha men's basketball team.
It is often said that the times create heroes, but heroes can also change the direction of history to a certain extent. Today's Zhao Rui is exactly like this for the CBA, he has become a person who can change the pattern of the championship. In the current pattern, the Liaoning men's basketball team is the most popular team, and the Guangdong men's basketball team can only bow to the wind, and the prospect of winning the championship is extremely bleak. But if Zhao Rui can return normally as Zhu Fangyu said, the Guangdong men's basketball team can rebound in the trough and become the number one favorite to win the championship.