Shanghai opened the scoring in the playoff semifinals, losing to Guangsha 93-108. Although the Shanghai team continued to close the score in the fourth quarter and once overtook, from the perspective of the whole game, it was still the Guangsha team that occupied the initiative on the field most of the time. Even though Li Chunjiang was once the manager of Guangsha and was particularly familiar with several of Guangsha's core players, the Shanghai team still failed to win the first victory of the series.
Although It is said that Wang Zhelin and Feng Lai of the Shanghai team only got 30 points and 13 rebounds together, not as good as Guangsha interior line Hu Jinqiu's 22 points and 8 boards, Andao Kafu's 20 points and 14 boards, but the shortcomings of the Shanghai team in this game appeared in Franklin, the former "triple-double king" has now become the "Iron King", only 12 points in 4 of 14 shots, plus or minus -15, and the offensive efficiency is quite low.
Getting lost in Franklin this season on the offensive end is no accident, but a long-term situation. The regular season average of 15.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game is basically a new low since he joined the CBA, shooting 41.5% from the field and only 30.8% from three-point range. You know, in the shanxi and Sichuan team period, Franklin is a foreign aid who averages 30+ points per game, even last season in Shanxi team, he averaged 24.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 9.4 assists per game.
In the playoffs, Franklin shot only 38.5% from the field, averaging 5.3 assists per game but 2 turnovers. Whether the Shanghai team can win the game, the key depends on Franklin's point, if he can play out, most of the Shanghai team can win the game, if Franklin continues to play iron attributes, it must be a loss. In this game, Franklin shot 14 and 10 irons, can such a shooting rate help the team? Obviously not.
In this game, The Shanghai team is not without opportunities, the third quarter once overtook the score, but the last quarter collapsed with the injury of the defensive tip Liu Zheng. In addition, as a core small foreign aid, Franklin is the engine of the Shanghai team, but now it has become the biggest shortcoming of the team, if he can play the past level, the Guangsha team will not be able to surpass the score again in the last quarter. In this way, Franklin is likely to leave Shanghai next season.