113-98, the Tianjin men's basketball team beat the Guangzhou men's basketball team, and MengZikai played a huge role. Playing 34 minutes, Mengzikai scored 21 points. It was also efficient, with Mengzikai shooting 8 of 15, including 4 of 9 three-pointers. Defensively, Meng Zikai's performance was also very eye-catching, grabbing 8 rebounds and giving a terrifying 7 assists.
With 7 blocks from 4 three-pointers in a single game, Meng Zikai was the third local player to get this data, and the other 2 were Sun Yue and Moko. In the 2015-16 season, Sun Yue scored 19 points and 7 blocks against the Foshan men's basketball team (now the Guangzhou men's basketball team) and scored four three-pointers. In the 2005-06 season, in the Bayi men's basketball team's victory over the Guangdong men's basketball team, Moko scored 4 three-pointers, scored 12 points, and also sent 7 blocks.
Compared with the two famous hosts, Mengzikai also became famous in one fell swoop. In fact, Mengzikai has been outstanding for a long time, as if he is the top local striker level. So far this season, Mengzikai has averaged 1.1 blocks per game, ranking 9th in the CBA, and this number of local players who are better than him is a center. With a 43 percent shooting percentage from three-point range, Meng Zikai's statistic is also among the best among local forwards.
The performance is outstanding because Mengzikai is talented. Mengzikai was born into a sports family, and his father was a basketball player. Mengzikai is 2.05 meters tall and has inherited his father's excellent athletic talent, with fast speed and flexible movement. Like his father, Mengzikai also has a soft feel and can shoot at medium and long distances. It is worth mentioning that Mengzikai's twin sister Meng Zixuan is also an athlete and plays for the Tianjin women's volleyball team.
It is also inseparable from the efforts of the day after tomorrow, Mengzikai entered the Tianjin men's basketball team step by step, and continued to make progress. In his debut season, Mengzikai averaged 7.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. Last season, the stats rose to 11.6 points, compared to 12.4 this season. With a three-point shooting percentage of 43%, Mengzikai became the top high-altitude battery in the CBA, still defensive.
In the debut season, mengzikai scored double-doubles in a single game, and last season, he scored 29 points in a single game. To Mengzikai, he was unknown for a long time, no one paid attention to it in the CBA, he did not even get the attention of the national team, and he did not even enter the Chinese men's basketball training team. This situation is largely related to the performance of the Tianjin men's basketball team.
The Tianjin men's basketball team is a well-known fish belly in the CBA, which has missed the playoffs for many consecutive seasons, but often counts down. Competitive sports, vegetables are the original sin, and the Tianjin men's basketball team is synonymous with the bad team and has been ridiculed. Players who play for the Tianjin men's basketball team are also not recognized, and even if they play gorgeous data, they are considered brushes.
But from the perspective of Mengzikai's game, this is not the case, he has excellent strength. At 2.05 meters tall, Mengzikai is also good at shooting three points, which can open up space for the team. The ability to block is outstanding, and Mengzikai can also play a huge role in defense. Such a Mengzikai deserves a national team place, and head coach Du Feng should give him a chance.
It is not difficult to see that the CBA does not have good players in the championship team, and some weak teams and playoff marginal teams also have strongmen. The original coach of the shanxi men's basketball team, the three-point shooting rate this season is as high as 46%, often shooting 5 three-pointers in a single game, and there are many games in which the single game scores 25 points. In the 2019-20 season, the original coach was also the CBA's three-point king, hitting 10 three-pointers in a single game that season. However, the original coach has not been selected for the national team and cannot realize his dream.
Jiang Yuxing of the Jilin men's basketball team, physical fitness, good at breaking through, can also shoot three points. For three consecutive seasons, Jiang Yuxing has averaged more than 14 points per game, and has scored 20+ in 7 consecutive games this season. On the defensive end, Jiang Yuxing is also very active, able to keep an eye on the opponent's arrow figures. Playing at the level of a first-class striker, Jiang Yuxing became famous, but he also failed to be selected for the national team.