On April 7, Beijing time, the CBA League 8 into 4 first game Liaoning men's basketball team 116-104 defeated the Shanxi men's basketball team to achieve a start. In the whole game, Liaoning's 6 players scored in double figures, and Guo Allen scored 40 points and 10 assists, but the defensive end needed to give special praise to Moland, and it was the blue-collar interior line's diligent defense that contained Shanxi's counterattack at a critical moment.
The third quarter once led to 22 points, it seems that Liaoning's Guo Allen and other main players have the opportunity to clock in the fourth quarter, but shanxi team is not incompetent, as the top scoring team in the CBA league you give a little sunshine He will be brilliant, in the fourth quarter Shanxi team played a wave of 16-2 quickly narrowed the backward point difference to less than 10 points, Yang Ming can not sit still.
Liaoning's third energy-saving point difference was due to Guo Allen's continuous scoring, while the defensive end of Liaoning also put a lot of pressure on Shanxi. The effect of Fergus's leadership after Guo Allen's break at the beginning of the fourth quarter was obviously not enough to deter the opponent's defense, and it was obviously not enough to rely on shooting without a breakthrough, and the defensive ability of the interior Fu Hao was not enough.
Yang Ming's change of lineup reaction is to use Guo Allen and Moland to win Ferge and Fu Hao, this set of targeted substitutions immediately improve the quality of both ends of the Liaoning team's attack and defense, Guo Allen can provide sharp points, and Moland's effect on the defensive end is also fully demonstrated.
In the whole game, Moland got 13 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals on 6-of-9 shooting, the data is not particularly brilliant, but the advantages of Moland's defensive control area have been greatly reflected, which is what the data cannot show.
Before this game, I deliberately looked at the use of Liaoning's internal players, Yang Ming put Zhu Rongzhen and Wu Changze outside the 12-man list, and the Only 12-man list of Liaoning's 12-man team was Han Dejun, Li Xiaoxu, Fu Hao, and Moland. Shanxi is also a team with strong internal strength, and the previous defeat of Guangzhou team was to rely on fierce rebounding to eliminate the team coached by Guo Shiqiang. It takes a lot of courage to face Shanxi team Yang Ming with only 4 pure inside lines, of which Moland has become the most critical link in Liaoning's inner defense.
Liaoning's only goal this season is to compete for the title, and Moland has been questioned before, but the defensive role in the playoffs is even more important, which can reflect the value of Moland. At the end of the fourth quarter, Yang Ming slapped Moland's ass fiercely, which showed that Moland did a good job and achieved Yang Ming's expected effect.