In the second round of the CBA 2021-22 playoffs, the Shanghai men's basketball team, which ranked third in the regular season, won 87-82 in the second game of the series with the Shenzhen men's basketball team, which ranked sixth in the regular season and swept Shandong to advance in the first round, thus completing a clean sheet against the opponent with a large score of 2-0, becoming the third team to advance to the semifinals.
Different from the confrontation battle between the two sides in the first leg, the main theme of the second game is full of elements such as defense, confrontation, and mistakes, and the Shanghai men's basketball team and the Shenzhen men's basketball team have evolved the game into a suffocating defensive war, with a shooting rate of 36.1% to 32.5% on both sides, and a three-point shooting rate of only 20%, and what is even more surprising is that the two teams have 22 and 19 mistakes respectively, and the scene was once very chaotic. And the referee in this game of blowing penalty scale very much encouraged the player physical confrontation, the game once appeared every round of the player fell to the ground of the average, Gu Quan is to protect Franklin directly hit the billboard on the sidelines, the scene is very heart-wrenching.
Under such a fierce confrontation, in addition to the rational use of techniques and tactics, it is also a test of the player's willpower, the so-called narrow road to meet the brave to win, rather than complaining about the scale of the referee, it is better to come up with their own attitude, which is also the charm of the playoffs. At least in this game, Shanghai boss Wang Zhelin showed his attitude.
The king who once had an unbalanced mentality, who saw that the general trend had gone, attacked with all his might, gave up defense, and ignored his stomach disappeared, and was replaced by a king with unusually firm eyes. The three shots in the game are telling. Shot one, a and Shen Zijie at the same time jumped to compete for the rebound, both did not fight for the first point, and then the king jumped like an arrow off the string, struggling to fight for this rebound, to know that the king speed is not known for flexibility, even the commentary is amazed that the king's speed can be faster than the big bird, can only say that when Wang Zhelin threw himself into the game, he stimulated the full potential of his body.
In the second shot, when Vonle began to swim in the third quarter because of continuous losses, and even refused to participate in the attack, the king gritted his teeth to face the opponent's bag clip, carrying the ball straight to the inside line, even if he fell clumsily to the ground, there was no intention of flinching. In the third shot, the king earned all the way from the three-second zone to the free throw line when scrambling for the teammate's wrong ball, and after several conversions, the king gritted his teeth and fought outside the three-point line, and finally took the actual control of the ball in the midfield position, and passed the ball to his teammates in the moment of falling to the ground.
Even if the ball was eventually blown off the field, it at least ruined a potential opportunity for Shenzhen to switch attacks. More importantly, Wang Zhelin's attitude of leading by example and taking the lead has infected every player in the Shanghai team, and the boss has shown his attitude with practical actions. Naturally, everyone is striving to be the first, and in the case of the poor performance of the two foreign aides, the heroism of domestic players has supported the Shanghai team. Seeing this scene, I believe that the old teammates of the Fujian team will be envious and crying, how have they ever seen such a king? It can only be said that the times create heroes, and now Wang Zhelin has really grown up and has the temperament of a leader.
After the game, Wang Zhelin, who was in a good mood, also updated Weibo, affectionately confessing to the teammates of the Shanghai men's basketball team: "The team can come to the final four, and the mood is like a GIF!" Thank you to everyone in the Shanghai Long-term Family, it is everyone's efforts to overcome the difficulties all the way! Brothers, keep rushing! Wang Zhelin, who has stepped on the stage of the final four for the first time in his career, has ushered in the best opportunity of his career to prove himself, and he has come here and has no reason not to go further.
In contrast, Shen Zijie, who was lifted to the same height before the game, was much inferior, and although he fought until six fouls left the game, he only had 5 shots in the whole game, and when the team was the most difficult, his weakness of no projection ability was infinitely magnified. Not to mention the loss of the first game, which is not unrelated to the infighting he caused, and the hurtful words he said to He Xining eventually led to the team's first game being reversed under a big advantage, and it had a subtle impact on the second game.
Once upon a time, as the new generation of men's basketball national team inside the king and the big bird have been criticized because of the problematic part of their personalities, but in this series, we see Wang Zhelin, who has been reborn, has a fire in his eyes, and vows to win the game, but Shen Zijie seems to be the problem child who can't control his emotions. This time, it was Wang Zhelin who won, both in terms of personal performance and ability to lead the team.
I hope that Wang Zhelin, who has ushered in the transformation, can get better and better, and maintain such momentum in the follow-up games. As for Shen Zijie, I hope that the big bird can go back to summarize it well, don't say that he is not wrong, just point out the mistakes of his teammates on the field, he is not small, and he must learn to take on the responsibility of leadership.