One more day, the CBA Finals are about to kick off. As the two most outstanding defenders in the playoffs so far, Guo Allen and Sun Minghui, are also about to usher in a head-to-head confrontation.
Born in 1993, Guo Allen is 3 years older than Sun Minghui, which can be described as a young fame, and has been sitting on the throne of the first local defender since 2015. Sun Minghui began to transform into a top defender in the league from the 19-20 season. Therefore, in the past two years, every encounter between the two has attracted great attention from the outside world, and this season has further evolved.
Throughout the regular season, Sun Minghui's playing time dropped from an average of 33 minutes per game last season to 29.6 minutes, and the score was 16.6 points, only 1.1 points less than last season, while assists reached a career high of 8.8 times, 1 more than last season, and the biggest improvement was the three-point shooting rate, reaching 40.5%, 10 percentage points more than last season!
According to statistics, this season, Sun Minghui scored a total of 132 points with a fixed-point jumper, and the scoring rate per round reached 1.294, ranking first in the league (including foreign aid), while he scored 266 points with the ball in blocking and dismantling, ranking in the top five in the league. This shows that Sun Minghui has made great progress in projecting and using blocking and demolition scores, and to try to prevent surprise throws like before is simply sending points to him.
In the playoffs, Sun Minghui averaged 27 points per game, ranking first among all local players, and after Hu Jinqiu's spleen bleeding season reimbursement, he became a "lone hero" in the third game of the semifinals, and the whole game swept a career-high 45 points! Among them, 7 of 10 shots from three-pointers, 10 of the free throws from 12 free throws, especially in the Shanghai team to chase the score, Sun Minghui endured the pain of the foot, rushed to the inside line again and again, showed a strong desire to win, and finally led the guangsha that was almost exhausted to sweep through Shanghai, and the team advanced to the finals for the second time in team history.
This season' Guo Allen has also become more mature, not only in terms of heart, but also in terms of playing style. This season, Guo Allen's three-point shooting rate reached 38.5%, a new high in nearly five seasons. When Guangdong once caused trouble for Guo Allen with multiple packages and delays in the semifinals, making him 0 of 6 three-pointers in the first game and 1 of 9 in the third game, he frequently used emergency stop shots to end the attack, a move that made opponents invincible.
Guo Allen's role in Liaoning is self-evident, he is really able to tear through the opponent's defense line with his own strength. At the end of the second stage of the regular season and the beginning of the third stage, Guo Allen was absent due to injury, and Liaoning's attack was stumbling, it was difficult to form an effective kill, and he was once defeated three times in a row, losing the top position in the list, until Guo Allen returned to stop the decline.
In the first quarter of the game against Shanxi, Guo Allen exploded with 40 points and 10 assists, becoming the first person in history, averaging 24.2 points per game so far in the playoffs, ranking second in the local after Sun Minghui, fully demonstrating his super attacking power. This season, Guo Allen's side is like a cloud, but Liaoning still needs him to join hands with Zhao Jiwei to connect Zhang Zhenlin, Fogg, Morland and so on. In addition, Guo Allen also bears the heavy responsibility of defending the opponent's outside sharp knife, so the confrontation between him and Sun Minghui is very exciting.
For Guo Allen, compared to the finals dominated by Hudson four years ago, this time will be his perfect opportunity to win the FMVP. And if guangsha wins the championship in the end, Sun Minghui is naturally the biggest favorite of the MVP in the finals.
It is worth mentioning that both Guo Allen and Sun Minghui have an obsession in their hearts at this time, after the defeat in the finals last season, Guo Allen cried bitterly and said: "I hope to win a championship for Liaoning fans"; Sun Minghui wrote the jersey number of Daqiu No. 21 on the boots after Hu Jinqiu's season reimbursement, and he also wrote on Weibo: "I will desperately fight for you and for this collective." "Both have a mental drive and will not give up until the last minute.
Therefore, Sun Minghui and Guo Allen, a pair of defenders who are very similar in style, personality and circumstances, are bound to rub a fierce spark in the finals, especially in the situation that Hu Jinqiu is reimbursed for the season, and Zhao Yanhao may not be able to qualify for the finals due to concussion, the hard confrontation between the two top local defenders has become the most eye-catching focus of the finals, which is stronger or weaker? There will be answers soon.