On the evening of April 1, Beijing time, the first leg of the CBA League's playoffs 12-8 series shanxi men's basketball team defeated Guangzhou Dragon Lions 120-101, taking a step forward on the way to promotion.
In this game, the Shanxi men's basketball team played more actively at the beginning, and the strict defense allowed the Guangzhou team to only get 15 points in the first quarter, one of the important reasons is that the core player of the Guangzhou team, Chen Yingjun, has been very restricted, which has to mention the Shanxi team's defensive tip Zhang Chunjun. Chen Yingjun averaged 19.1 points and 9.2 assists per game in the regular season, and was selected to the All-Star Game and the Best Regular Season Team, and his personal performance was very outstanding. However, in the opening stage, Under the tearing of Zhang Chunjun, Chen Yingjun played very hard, and even some were at a loss, only 1 goal was scored in the first quarter 5 shots, only 2 of the 7 shots in the first half, Guangzhou team only relied on Liv to fight alone and could not narrow the point difference, Shanxi team controlled the overall situation and won the game steadily.
Zhang Chunjun, born in 1987, is about to turn 35 years old, compared to other veterans of similar age such as Yi Jianlian and Han Dejun, Zhang Chunjun who came out of the college student league can only be regarded as a small person, and has not been used correctly in Shanghai for a long time in the past few years, especially in the middle of this season, he was abandoned by Shanghai Jiushi to become a free agent, and it was Yang Xuezeng who guided his beloved apprentice to bring his beloved apprentice to the Shanxi team.
Zhang Chunjun was a big contributor to Sichuan's defeat of Liaoning to win the championship that year, and zhang Chunjun, whose main task was originally defense, was the local first scorer in the Sichuan team finals.
The previous starter of the Shanxi team was Jia Hao, but after the arrival of Zhang Chunjun, Yang Xuezeng guided Zhang Chunjun to put Zhang Chunjun into the starting lineup, although the personal data is not obvious, but Zhang Chunjun is present when the Shanxi team scores higher, the defensive points are less lost, as a defensive tip Zhang Chunjun's role is never reflected in points.
In this game, Zhang Chunjun not only limited Chen Yingjun's play to a normal level, but even his own offense also came out, and Zhang Chunjun got 12 points and 9 rebounds on 4-of-7 shooting in the whole game, of which 6 rebounds in the frontcourt were particularly critical.
Perhaps some fans questioned zhang chunjun too old before, but for the Shanxi team that lacks playoff experience, Zhang Chunjun's experience is very important, and even after the fourth quarter of the spell to cramp the down-and-down massage, Zhang Chunjun, who was still a little hesitant, was taken back to the field, first stubbornly pestering Mason and then fighting the rebound in the front court and creating a foul to get a free throw opportunity when he was close to the second cramp, Zhang Chunjun, who was called the CBA sweeping monk by Su Qun, performed too well, and Yang Xuezeng's guidance was very much needed for the veteran's experience and defense.