Sweeping Tianjin 2-0 and advancing to the second round, Guangdong's performance in the first round of the playoffs was still very relaxed. Facing Tianjin, which returned to the playoffs after many years, Guangdong showed the strength of the defending champions, and the teams in both games have stretched a lead of more than 20 points, including the first game, the team has led by nearly 40 points, and the advantage is very obvious. In the game, the Guangdong team improved its offensive and defensive intensity, more efficient in terms of coordination, few mistakes, high shooting efficiency, compared to the regular season, the Guangdong team in the playoffs is a more terrifying team. When they enter the game, the team will hit consecutive shots and quickly open up the point difference, and while they play an efficient offense, the team also maintains strength on the defensive end, and there is no obvious weakness at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. When facing Tianjin, Guangdong won two games in a row with great ease, swept the opponent 2-0 with a large score, and successfully advanced to the second round.
In the first round of the game, a number of Players of the Guangdong team performed well, of which Weems was definitely the MVP of the Guangdong team in the first round, he played a historic performance in the first game, with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in the 11 shots, and in the second game, Weems got 19 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in 13 shots, and in the first round of the series, Weems was able to get 23 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game, with a shooting rate of 79.2%. Although Weems' performance declined in the regular season, after entering the playoffs, Weems once again showed his strength and became the best player in the first round of the Guangdong team.
And Zhou Peng in the first round of the game, he also has a good performance, he scored 23 points in the second game, a total of 11 of 13 shots, the efficiency is also very high. In the first game, Zhou Peng had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-8 shooting. In two games, Zhou Peng averaged 19 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, shooting 76.2%, and his performance in the game was also very eye-catching, and he was the hero of the team's promotion to the next round.
Hu Mingxuan and Zhao Rui also played very efficiently in these two games, among which Hu Mingxuan averaged 10.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, shooting 60% of the time. Zhao Rui, on the other hand, was able to get an average of 13.5 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists per game, shooting 69.2%. These two players became the core of the team's organization in the game, and they were also the offensive strong points in the backcourt, their shooting rate was more than 60%, and they played a crushing performance against tianjin's backcourt.
As the core of the team, the UAE League is good at adapting in the first round of the playoffs, and his performance is only average. The data shows that in a total of two playoff games, the UAE League can average 12 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, shooting 38.9% from the field and 33.3% from three-point range. For the UAE, playing in the playoffs again, he still needs some time to recover and adapt.
Xu Jie became a surprise for the Guangdong team in the first round, and in last year's playoffs, his performance was very bad, his shooting efficiency was very low, and his presence in the game was not very strong. However, in this year's playoffs, Xu Jie became one of the best players on the team bench, and in the series against Tianjin, Xu Jie averaged 14 points and 2 steals per game, shooting 56.3% and shooting 60% from three-point range.
Compared with last season's playoffs, Xu Jie's progress is very obvious, his shooting efficiency is higher, his presence in the game is also stronger, and at key moments, Xu Jie can also help the team in the game. Xu Jie's rapid growth has made the lineup rotation of the Guangdong team more flexible, and in this year's playoffs, Guangdong team wants to win the championship, and the team also needs Xu Jie to perform.
The regular season performance was bad, the playoffs were like a bamboo, and the Guangdong team once again opened the mode of impacting the championship. After sweeping Tianjin 2-0 in the first round, facing Zhejiang in the next round, whether Guangdong can play such a dominant performance again is worth looking forward to.