On the evening of April 13, the CBA semi-final Guangsha and Shanghai played the first game, with the sharp attack in the last quarter, Guangsha won the opponent 108-93, leading 1-0 on aggregate, winning the opening red. Hu Jinqiu played extremely stable, and together with Okafor to control the inside line, he shot 8 of 11 in the whole game, shooting 72.7% from the field, plus 6 of 6 free throws, cutting 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals, and contributing to the victory.
For Hu Jinqiu's role in the Guangsha team, the regular season MVP has explained everything, as a "labor model" he has worked hard over the years, attacking and defending in the absence of internal reinforcements. With Hu Jinqiu sitting on the inside line, Sun Minghui, Zhao Yanhao and other outside shooters can make bold shots, and the blocking and demolition tactics between Daqiu and them have also become a killer.
In the last 10 meetings between Guangsha and Shanghai, Guangsha has won 9 of them, especially two moves in the regular season this season, all of which guangsha won. However, this season's Shanghai team with the arrival of Li Chunjiang, just like a complete change of team, the combat effectiveness soared, the two sides met for the first time in the regular season, Guangsha won, but only won 6 points; the second meeting, including Wang Zhelin and many of the main players in a large area of rotation, Hu Jinqiu also only played a section, so even if Guangsha won shanghai by 42 points, there was not much reference value.
The playoffs and regular season are completely different intensities, especially on the inside, and the basis for Guangsha and Shanghai to win is who has the upper hand in Hu Jinqiu's move with Wang Zhelin. A large part of the reason why Shanghai eliminated Shenzhen in the last round of the series was that Shen Zijie failed to restrain Wang Zhelin and let the king, who was already good at attacking, tear through the defense line.
But how easy is it to prevent Wang Zhelin? Not to mention that Wang Zhelin has comprehensive offensive skills, Li Chunjiang knows Guangsha very well, after all, almost all of the players in This batch of Guangsha are brought out by him. Therefore, in the first quarter, Hu Jinqiu did not have many opportunities, and only got 4 points in a single quarter.
Fortunately, Okafor shared the pressure of Hu Jinqiu, and he brought great trouble to Wang Zhelin on the defensive end, and it was difficult for Wang to directly single "American Wang Zhelin" successfully. Wang Zhelin limited to give Hu Jinqiu a chance to breathe, who, while focusing on defense, seized the opportunity to single out Wang Zhelin with 3 minutes and 53 seconds left in the second quarter, and after a slight shake, he went out from under Wang Zhelin's armpit to try to get a low hand basket, only to be fouled by the king and use the free throw to get the score.
Hu Jinqiu, who had completely eased up, began to kill on the inside line, and at the beginning of the third quarter, he jumped high, grabbed the rebound in front of Wang Zhelin's head, and the two eyes and a black actually directly knocked Okafor away, and then scored on the basket, which can also see how strong Hu Jinqiu's current confrontation is. In the next round, Hu Jinqiu added two more points to widen the point difference to double digits.
The personal attack was fully opened, making Shanghai quite jealous of Hu Jinqiu, who pulled slightly to the side, often attracting two defenders, which opened up the offensive space for Sun Minghui and Zhao Yanhao. In addition, due to the accuracy of the middle shot, Hu Jinqiu was very powerful when he and Sun Minghui did the blocking and demolition, for example, there were 2 minutes and 51 seconds left in the third quarter, Hu Jinqiu attracted Luo Hanchen after the demolition, Sun Minghui played the big Feng Lai, slightly retreated to shoot, three points hit! This trick has been tried and tested between two teammates who have been playing together since their youth days. In the last quarter of 2 minutes and 21 seconds, this time it was Sun Minghui who burst to the bottom line after blocking and dismantling, and passed the ball to Hu Jinqiu before the circle was formed, Hu Jinqiu dropped the bag, and the point difference was opened to 10 points again, basically locking in the victory. Wang Bo, who was standing on the sidelines, also waved his fists, extremely excited.
This is the terrible thing about Hu Jinqiu, after playing the Olympic Games for the Chinese three-man men's basketball team in the offseason last year, he has made great progress in shooting rate and offensive skills under high confrontations, and the improvement of personal ability has benefited his teammates a lot. For the blocking and demolition of Hu Jinqiu and Sun Minghui, Li Chunjiang could not have no targeted arrangement, but he could not prevent it, which was similar to the classic blocking and demolition of Utah's second old Ma Long and Stockton. In the last section, Guangsha scored 34 points, of which Sun Minghui, who scored 15 points in a single section, deserved to be the first to remember the merits, but it was also inseparable from Hu Jinqiu's contribution.
In the third quarter, Hu Jinqiu also passed a good ball for Okafor: Hu Jinqiu encountered a bag clip at the bottom line, he passed the ball to Okafu who was standing at the top of the arc, Okafor dribbled the ball and rushed to Wang Zhelin, just at the moment of physical contact between the two suddenly turned to the basket, and the Shanghai players under the basket had long been held back by Hu Jinqiu, and could only watch Okafu score.
Defensive end, Hu Jinqiu is even more dedicated, from time to time to supplement and directly oppose Wang Zhelin, but also caused a lot of trouble to Feng Lai, the whole game, Feng Lai 3 three-point shots on the outside line are all deflected, he will encounter the interference of Hu Jinqiu's long arm as soon as he shoots. Coming to the low position, Feng Lai could not take any advantage, and in the last section he tried to sit and beat Hu Jinqiu, but he did not move after several times. In this campaign, Hu Jinqiu also sent the team's most 4 steals, reflecting his defensive enthusiasm.
In the first few seasons of his debut, Hu Jinqiu was ridiculed by the outside world as the "cake king", and he did not like this title. Today, Hu Jinqiu has grown into the strongest local striker with hard training, and now no one calls him "Cake King".
At the end of the game, Hu Jinqiu said that Li Chunjiang was once his coach, hoping that Brother Chun would be all right in Shanghai, and also hoped that he and his teammates would not disappoint each other, yes, for the mentor, the best way to pay tribute is to beat him, the next game, Li Chunjiang will definitely have some adjustments, and Hu Jinqiu will still be strict.