After contributing a terrifying plus-minus value in the first game of the finals, Zhao Jiwei surprised the audience again in the second game. On the evening of April 22, Beijing time, the Liaoning men's basketball team defeated the Guangsha men's basketball team 99-90, leading 2-0 in the finals, and Liaoning defender Zhao Jiwei contributed 10 points and 13 assists, plus or minus +23. Among them, Zhao Jiwei's 13 assists were not only the highest in the game, but also equaled the second highest record in the history of the CBA Finals.
In the last game, Zhao Jiwei's performance was good. Although the data of 13 points, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 rebounds is not gorgeous, Zhao Jiwei's help to Liaoning on the court is great. In the whole game, his plus-minus value was as high as +37, which means that when Zhao Jiwei was on the field, Liaoning won 37 points over Guangsha. In addition to the icing on the offensive end, his tandem and defense have also brought enough contributions to the team.
This is also a direct embodiment of Zhao Jiwei's importance to Liaoning in this season's playoffs. In fact, Zhao Jiwei is indeed very important to Liaoning, the data shows that the playoffs began to the end of the first game of the finals, when Zhao Jiwei was present, Liaoning could win 16.6 points per 100 rounds, and conversely, when he came off, Liaoning lost 6.4 points per 100 rounds. When helping Liaoning pick down opponents one by one, Zhao Jiwei is making progress like Liaoning. After eliminating Guangdong in the semifinals, Zhao Jiwei said: "Only great opponents can achieve greatness in us!" Thanks to the Guangdong team! Keep punching! "After the finals began, the better Zhao Jiwei was indeed charging with Liaoning.
This time, Zhao Jiwei's help to Liaoning was more obvious. In the first quarter of the game, Guangsha took the initiative to adjust, and the young general allowed to play the odd soldier to cut points continuously, but Liaoning itself attacked in a hurry, and the defensive end repeatedly missed the license. Seeing that Guo Allen's main offensive effect was not ideal, coupled with Guo Allen's fingers wrapped in bandages and still plagued by injuries, Liaoning head coach Yang Ming took the initiative to replace and replace Zhao Jiwei in advance. When Zhao Jiwei came on the scene and took over the organizational responsibilities, Liaoning's offensive scene quickly improved. Fu Hao's outside three-pointer, Morland's basket hooker... All are the results of Zhao Jiwei's assists.
In order to alleviate the fatigue of Sun Minghui and Permission, Guangsha, who lacked major generals, was replaced by Jiang Wen, who usually did not have many opportunities to play. Facing an inexperienced opponent, Zhao Jiwei played more calmly. After accelerating the breakthrough and making the Guangsha two easy layups, Zhao Jiwei turned around and shot from outside the three-point line to create a foul on the opponent and hit three free throws. After helping Liaoning narrow the point gap, Zhao Jiwei's performance after that was even better. With 8 and a half minutes left in the second quarter, when Zhao Jiwei shot three points to help Liaoning narrow the point gap, Guangsha core defender Sun Minghui was obviously dissatisfied with the team's defense of Zhao Jiwei, but Zhao Jiwei at this time was so good at seizing opportunities.
Compared with the attack, Zhao Jiwei's passing is obviously more skilled. At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhao Jiwei held the ball to advance just outside the three-point line, Zhang Zhenlin suddenly ran back and threw off the defender directly into the basket, Guangsha supplementary defense was too late, Zhao Jiwei connected Zhang Zhenlin with a long pass, assisted the latter to complete the air relay, easily completed the attack in the Guangsha penalty area, and fully demonstrated his passing awareness and vision. In the second half of the quarter, Zhao Jiwei broke through the interlude again and again, sending out passes that did not look at people again and again. Fu Hao's continuous basket attacks, Ferge's empty backhand layup, also from Zhao Jiwei's wonderful pass.
After easily delivering 8 assists in the first half, Zhao Jiwei also unconsciously attacked the single-game assist record in the finals, although he did not pay attention to data at that time, he did not know how much the record was, let alone his own data in this game. After the start of the second half, Zhao Jiwei's assists did not decrease, there were 5 and a half minutes left in the third quarter, Ferge was left in ambush at 45 degrees outside the three-point line, Zhao Jiwei looked at the timing and another direct pass, Fergus received the ball as easily as usual training, shooting three points, helping Liaoning extend the lead to 19 points. Other times, Zhao Jiwei's unobtrusive pass assisted Han Dejun's basket to score and also caused a penalty, assisting Zhang Zhenlin to attack again. It can even be said that if it is not too relaxed in Liaoning's big score lead, and the teammates are a little loose on the offensive end, Zhao Jiwei's assists will show a dense climbing trend, after all, many of Zhao Jiwei's balls are passed very well, but the shooting rate of teammates at the end of the game declines, especially some of the close-up basket attacks and empty shots.
But even though many opportunities were wasted by his teammates, Zhao Jiwei still created a record. Zhao Jiwei delivered 13 assists, equaling the second-highest single assist record set by Guo Allen in the CBA Finals last season, only one time away from the record of 14 assists in a single game set by Liaoning star Li Xiaoyong in the 1997-98 finals. But with tonight's performance, Zhao Jiwei still ranked among the top three single-game assists in the history of the CBA Finals, and also let the top three records of single-game assists in the Finals be won by Liaoning players.
After this battle, Zhao Jiwei's plus-minus value reached +23, although it was not the highest in the whole game (the highest was +24), but in the two games, Zhao Jiwei's help to Liaoning on the field was visible to the naked eye. Before the finals, the duel between Guo Allen and Sun Minghui, two super local defenders, was widely anticipated, but the low-key Zhao Jiwei proved with his performance that he was also one of the brightest stars on the stage. As long as he needs, he can shine for Liaoning at any time.