The Shanghai men's basketball team, which has been insisting on heavy investment in the past few seasons, finally "blossomed" this season, relying on the outstanding performance of Wang Zhelin, Liu Zheng, Franklin, Feng Lai, Ren Junwei, Shanghai once achieved 28 wins and 10 losses in the regular season, the third best result in the league, and won the advantage of bye in the first round of the playoffs, and in the quarterfinals facing Shenzhen, which has a strong momentum this season, Shanghai directly swept it, showing its strong side even more. Not enough in the semi-finals to usher in the championship favorite Guangsha competition, Shanghai still highlighted its own childishness.
In the first showdown between the two sides, Shanghai relied on the excellent performance of Guangsha's former general Liu Zheng, and in the first half has been deadlocked with Guangsha, and Liu Zheng has also played an influence on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the face of the old master, but unfortunately, in the breakthrough basket at the end of the third quarter, he injured his foot, and did not play again after that, which also made Shanghai lose after that, but it is undeniable that Li Tianrong, a first-year youngster who was ordered to come up in the third quarter, cut 8 points in 4 shots in only 3 minutes of playing time, which really scared Out Guangsha a cold sweat. If it were not for the sudden awakening of Guangsha in the last quarter, Shanghai would really have won this first victory under the leadership of Li Tianrong, a strange soldier.
Fortunately, in the comparison before the 3 sets 2 win system, in the semi-final 5 sets 3 win system, Shanghai still has room for adjustment, but they must also be prepared that Liu Zheng may miss this round of the series due to injury, even if he can play, the effect is estimated not too good, instead of this, Li Chunjiang is better to make some personnel scheduling adjustments in the subsequent games, and Li Tianrong, who served as a surprise soldier in the first game, may be the X factor affecting the trend of this series. Unlike other rookie players who have always been taking the youth team system, Li Tim Wing had experience playing in the Australian NBL League (New Zealand Destroyers) before entering the CBA, although there was very little playing time, but Lee Tim Wing took the lead in feeling the physical confrontation of this high-intensity game, so this time, Li Tim Wing did show a more mature side than other young players.
The entire regular season played, Li Tianrong in only 21.6 minutes of playing time, can average 11.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.2 per game, the three shooting rates are 56.5%, 40.6% and 90.9%, to know that some veterans who have been in the CBA for many years, can not score double-figures, and among the 180 clubs, Li Tianrong, a rookie who has just entered the league, can show such a high offense, it is not easy.
However, considering that he did not play much in the two games of the regular season Guangsha (the first game played Guangsha in the 7 minutes of playing time 2 shots 1 points, the second game in the 22 minutes of playing time, 9 shots 4 scored 11 points), want to suddenly in the playoffs such a high-intensity game, play a plug and play effect, not only to let the coach Li Chunjiang take a lot of risks, Li Tianrong himself also need to bear great psychological pressure, but already in the passive Shanghai, can only hope for Li Tianrong, after all, compared to Yuan Tangwen, Luo Hanchen, his offensive ability is undoubtedly the stronger one.