Before the semi-final with Guangdong, Liaoning team forward Zhang Zhenlin had mentioned his conjecture about this round of the series in an interview, when he showed that Guangdong team was already an old opponent, played with them many times, and learned a lot about the tactics coached by Du Feng in the national team. The implication is that I know you well enough, and it's time to beat you!
After the conversation, Zhang Zhenlin also proved himself with practical actions, in three games against Guangdong, he cut a total of 52 points and 15 rebounds, helping the team sweep the Guangdong team 3-0, completing revenge at the same time, but also entered the finals!
When the Guangdong team was 0-2 behind, they all knew that they would definitely give it a go, and for the Liaoning men's basketball team, their third game would be extremely difficult to play, but the reality was also like this, Du Feng suddenly changed sides, disrupted Liaoning's original deployment and targeting, thus occupying the initiative on the field, and the score was once 17 points ahead. In the moment of crisis in the Liaoning men's basketball team, it was Zhang Zhenlin who stood up and used his own points to help the team smooth out the point difference or even surpass, and finally won 117-116.
In this series, Zhang Zhenlin's total score (52 points) was second only to Guo Allen's 58 points, beating Ferg, Han Dejun, Zhao Jiwei and others, becoming the second scorer in the Liaoning team! And his role is not limited to the scoring end, on the defensive end, Zhang Zhenlin has the responsibility of defending Weems every game, under his defense, Weems' performance throughout the series is very sluggish, Zhang Zhenlin constantly gives Weems physical confrontation, making it difficult for the latter to score completely easily, and the deadliest mid-range shot can not play out. In addition to restricting Weems, Zhang Zhenlin also has a good effect when defending Zhou Peng, basically there is no problem with single defense.
A player with a height of 2 meters 07, strong athletic ability, can shoot suddenly, can attack and defend, which head coach does not love it? This is also the main reason why Zhang Zhenlin played more than 40 minutes in every game in the playoffs, always able to play a role on the field, and when the offense is not good, there is also defense. Since Zhang Zhenlin joined the CBA, fans have regarded him as the hope of the future of the Chinese men's basketball team, two years have passed, he has been promoted to the ranks of the strongest local front, if it grows at this rate, the 23-year-old Zhang Zhenlin is really expected to succeed Ding Yanyuhang in the future and become the first forward of the Chinese men's basketball team!