Last night's CBA semifinals Liaoning team defeated Guangdong 92-79, taking the lead by a score of 1-0. Guangdong only scored 24 points in the half, especially in the second quarter, only 10 points, a win or loss problem is not big, but the whole game has been suppressed to fight without any ability to fight back, or many people expected. Guangdong team trailed by 23 points at halftime, I don't know if Du Feng shouted out the famous saying of "20 points is a fart" in the locker room, the third quarter Guangdong team briefly counterattacked, but the Liaoning team was stronger and finally ushered in a fiasco.
In the regular season this season, Guangdong team fell out of the top four for the first time in 20 years due to personnel injuries and foreign aid problems, and the direct consequence of this record was that they met the Liaoning team with the highest demand for the championship in the semi-finals in advance, and the two teams have met many times in history, and each other is an imaginary enemy to hedge the championship. Through the first game last night, the strength of the Liaoning team is much higher, if Ren Junfei and Ledo can not come back as soon as possible, it is not unusual for the Guangdong team to be swept.
The depth of the Guangdong team's once enviable five-up-and-five-down lineup is now unusable. Let's review last night's high-profile battle and see where the Guangdong team lost?
Liaoning rebounded 46 times (including 13 rebounds in the frontcourt), assisted 26 times, shot 32 of 74 shots, shooting 43.2%, 7 of 27 three-pointers, shooting 25.9% of three-pointers, 21 of 29 free throws, shooting 72.4% from the free throws, 13 steals, 16 turnovers, 1 block, and 29 fouls.
Guangdong rebounded 44 times (including 10 rebounds in the frontcourt), assisted 19 times, shot 24 of 64 shots, shooting 37.5%, 11 of 30 three-pointers, 36.7% of three-point shooting, 33 free throws and 20 of 20 free throws, 60.6% of free throws, 5 steals, 23 turnovers, 4 blocks, and 25 fouls.
Judging from the full-court data, the Liaoning team in this game has a large lead in the number of assists, shooting percentage and free throw shooting rate, steals, mistakes and other data, and the only fig leaf for the Guangdong team is to shoot slightly better three-point shots.
Let's take a look at the players on both teams and the points scored by the main players.
Liaoning team eventually had 12 people on the field, except for Yan Zhiqi, Wu Changze and Zhou Juncheng, who played in garbage time, the remaining 9 people played the most time Zhang Zhenlin 42 minutes, and the least Han Dejun 14 minutes.
Guo Allen had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists on 3-of-13 shooting, Fogg had 13 points and 6 rebounds on 3-of-7 shooting, Zhang Zhenlin had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 4 steals on 3-of-8 shooting, Zhao Jiwei had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists on 3-of-10 shooting, Fu Hao had 16 points and 5 rebounds on 7-of-10 shooting, Cong Mingchen had 10 points and 2 rebounds on 4-of-8 shooting, and Moland had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists on 5-of-9 shooting.
Guangdong team finally had 11 people on the field, in addition to Zhao Jinyang is in the real garbage time on the court, Zeng Fanri, Wang Xinkai, Du Runwang is also in the basic situation has been determined, in the first half including the third quarter of the Guangdong team also has the idea of chasing points, Guangdong team only 7 people play, that is to say, Guangdong team is using 7 people to rotate against Liaoning team 9 people rotation.
Yi Jianlian had 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists on 2-of-8 shooting, Weems had 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 turnovers on 5-of-13 shooting, Zhao Rui had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-9 shooting, Hu Mingxuan had 14 points, 3 assists and 4 turnovers on 4-of-10 shooting, Zhou Peng had 8 points and 4 rebounds on 2-of-11 shooting, and Xu Jie had 10 points and 3 rebounds on 3-of-7 shooting.
Looking at the shooting rate alone, most of the players of the two teams have not played well, only Fu Hao, Cong Mingchen and Moland on the Liaoning side have better shots, and the Guangdong team only has Zhao Rui passed, especially Zhou Peng and Yi Jianlian's shots are ridiculously poor.
There is also a statistic about the scores of the substitute players of both sides, the 4 main substitutes of the Liaoning team scored a total of 45 points, and the Guangdong team scored only 17 points on the bench, and the lag of the Guangdong team was all-round.
Based on the above situation, the Guangdong team's defense in this field is actually OK, especially against Guo Allen's defense. Liaoning averaged 115.5 points in the previous two playoff games, scoring 92 points this game, while Liaoning's shooting rate in both fields dropped a lot compared to the previous round against Shanxi.
Despite The Liaoning team's big victory, Guo Allen played quite depressed in this game, after his arc top three-point shooting rate was as high as 62.5%, but his three-point shot was 6 of 0, played 37 minutes, 3 of 13 shots, 5 of 10 free throws and only scored 11 points. Usually very accurate three-point shots, all of this game hit iron, and many of them are empty shots, indicating that he is more impatient in this game, or he is fighting with himself.
Cong Mingchen is a surprise soldier in this game, but the winner is Fu Hao. It should be said that the Guangdong team in this game is acceptable for The scores of Guo Allen, Zhang Zhenlin, Zhao Jiwei and Moland, which are all planned, but Cong Mingchen's sudden outbreak and Fu Hao's steady play are caused by defensive negligence.
In the early part of the first quarter, the shooting rate of both sides was not high, the point difference was not pulled, in the case of the Liaoning team's three-point shot, Cong Mingchen's three-point shot was eye-catching, and in the second quarter, he scored 7 points in a row to completely open the point difference. It can be said that he played the role of a strange soldier in this game, and the defense of this point Du Feng is obviously not ready.
In the regular season, Liaoning's two wins over Guangdong, Fu Hao scored a total of 57 points. He scored 16 points in the game, the highest in the game, and the shooting rate was as high as 70%, including 2 three-point shots in the whole, in the second and third quarters of the Guangdong team to chase the key moments, he used three-pointers to make the Guangdong team brake.
Speaking of the defense of the Guangdong team, let's look at the offense, only 79 points were scored in this game, and the shooting rate of the whole team was as low as 37.5%, which should be said to be unbearable. There is basically no fast attack in the whole game, the number of mistakes is 7 times more than the Liaoning team, I think the root cause of all this is that the physical ability can not keep up, and the main reason for the physical ability to keep up is the lack of rotation players.
The impact of Ren Junfei and Ledo's absence is too great, if Leto is there, don't expect him to explode for three points, as long as he plays normally, he can also let Weems rest half a quarter every quarter. Weems played 36 minutes, only scored 13 points on 5-of-13 shooting, but there were 5 mistakes, you know that in the first playoff game in Tianjin, he scored 27 points on 11 shots, and in the two games in Zhejiang, he scored 33 points in total, and the shooting rate was very high. It is clear that he is more hesitant to play this game, Weems is 35 years old, the next day's tight schedule of a game, and two consecutive single extensions, his physical fitness has been greatly affected, which also directly affects his state.
The second fly comeback can reduce the pressure on Zhou Peng, and at the same time can effectively limit how to deal with Hao. Zhou Peng played 33 minutes in this game, shooting 2 of 11, including 5 of 0 in the first quarter and 0 in the second quarter. Usually, the tactic of the Guangdong team is to use Zhou Peng to punish the misalignment in the low position, and this move did not work. In the last game against Zhejiang, Zhou Peng played 42 minutes, and it was clear that his physical fitness had not recovered in this game. If erfei came back and let Zhou Peng rest for ten minutes, the effects at both ends of the attack and defense would be different.
In addition, the second fly can be in the same position as Fu Hao, the two play in a similar position, the playing style is able to be inside and outside, and the second rebounding is very active, and the confrontation and speed of the second fly can give Fu Hao a certain limit at both ends of the attack and defense.
Similarly, the downturn of Yi Jianlian is also one of the reasons for the loss of this game. Yi Jianlian played 24 minutes in this game, scoring 12 points on 2-of-8 shooting, and he played 32 minutes against Zhejiang in the last game. Du Feng in this game has actually been quite protective of Yi Jianlian, knowing that Yi Jianlian has a large physical problem, almost every 2 rounds will replace Yi Jianlian for a rest, but when the UAE League came off the field, Su Wei and Zeng Fanri could not complete the defensive task at all, basically fouled, and Had to du Feng replaced Yi Jianlian again. Morland's defense against Yi Jianlian in this game is also excellent, basically putting the UAE League outside, and the UAE League did not perform well on three-pointers last night, especially in the first half, 1 of 4 shots.
At the same time, due to the lack of help from the Guangdong defender players, the UAE League did not have the opportunity to empty the inside or easily lay down, and the opportunity to play low singles was basically absent, and the defense of the Liaoning team was very targeted. However, the UAE's role in the defensive end is still very good, his defense and rebounding are quite good, if not limited by physical fitness, his performance will be even better.
The root cause of the Guangdong team's passive play in this game is the lack of personnel, missing two key rotations, so that the whole team is physically weak, thus falling behind in all directions.
This round of the series is going to play 5 games, this loss does not mean the end, what is needed now is to make changes and deal with it in time, if Ren Junfei and Ledo can come back tomorrow, the situation will be greatly improved. If the two of them can't come back, the Guangdong team still needs to increase the rotation, even if the situation is backward at that time, it is necessary to give Zeng Fanri, Du Runwang, Wang Xinkai and even Tang Jie time, even if they are allowed to top three or five minutes, they can also give Yi Jianlian, Zhou Peng, Weimus and other veterans to usher in valuable rest time.
G2 will start tomorrow night, and we will see what changes Du Feng will make.