On March 8, the CBA regular season continued, and Beijing Shougang lost to Shandong, failing to reverse, and ending a three-game winning streak. Jeremy Lin played less than 6 minutes in this game, only played the first quarter, 0 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, as well as 1 turnover and 1 foul. This is also jeremy Lin's second appearance this season, with no points in the previous appearance against Zhejiang Guangsha.
In the first quarter, Jeremy Lin killed to the right of the free throw line, stopped the jump shot and missed, then Jeremy Lin instigated, Zhai Xiaochuan assisted Li Muhao to eat cake and put in. Jeremy Lin made a mistake on the left side of the cross, and Liu Yi broke the ball to counter-attack. Jeremy Lin broke through and passed the ball, and Liu Xiaoyu, who assisted in the bottom corner, scored a three-pointer. Zhu Yanxi made a mistake in passing the ball, and Jeremy Lin chased the ball back and broke it back, very positive. In the first quarter of the game, Jeremy Lin did not make many shots, did not score, and was more about organizing and instigating the team's attack. In the second quarter and the second half, Jeremy Lin did not appear, and his stats were fixed at 1 rebound and 1 assist.
It is worth mentioning that Jeremy Lin has not had many opportunities in the near future, the last game against Beijing Control played 16 minutes to score 7 points, the third stage of the big victory over the Xinjiang men's basketball team and Guangzhou, Jeremy Lin played for about 18 minutes, but the overall role is gradually smaller. This time against Shandong, it was completely squeezed to the margins by Gibson and Hamilton.
The 34-year-old Jeremy Lin's overall form is indeed not as good as his peak, and even there is a certain gap from when he played in the CBA two years ago. Jeremy Lin's characteristics are not like many "black and hard" super foreign aid can score crazy, he belongs to the foreign aid who helps the team through passing, of course, this season, Jeremy Lin has also faced Liaoning baskets with 23 points in a single game, as well as multiple 20+ games. However, in the near future, Jeremy Lin has not got many opportunities, and his overall performance and tactical position and role in the team are indeed inferior to Hamilton and Gibson and others.
There are also many fans who ridicule the current Jeremy Lin as a "fake starter", which means that every game starts Jeremy Lin, who looks like the main force, but in fact, the playing time is not as good as other foreign aides, the data and status are not as good as the foreign aid who came on the bench, and the manager trusts him at the critical moment, but just a starting player.
Of course, Jeremy Lin's ability is still there, although he is not young, but his fuel tank still has oil, rich experience can still help Beijing Shougang, fans' expectations of Jeremy Lin are also very good. Especially in order for the team to sign the 4th foreign aid, Jeremy Lin cut his salary to less than $2 million before tax, it can be seen that Jeremy Lin is still very supportive of the team and hopes to help the team achieve good results.