Not surprisingly, Liaoning once again defeated Guangsha 87-73 in the third game of the finals, and the championship was close at hand. If there is no mercy and no gentleman sweep, then Liaoning will lift the second championship trophy in team history in the next game.
In the third game of the finals, Yang Ming continued to use veteran Li Xiaoxu as the starting No. 4 position. However, the second brother also "repaid" the trust of the head coach in the same way as the previous game, and continued to get 0 points.
Li Xiaoxu started 22 minutes and 29 seconds in this game, got 0 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal; in the last game, the first game was 6 minutes and 9 seconds, scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, blocks were all hung up, not even a foul; and in the first game of the finals, Li Xiaoxu, who started with 23 minutes and 55 seconds, only got 3 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and had 5 fouls.
That is to say, in the three games of the finals, Li Xiaoxu, as the main force of the team, only scored 3 points in total. Of course, in the face of Guangsha, which lacks Hu Jinqiu and Zhao Yanhao, the Liaoning team does not need Li Xiaoxu to score too many points to help the team, but the second brother occupies so much playing time but has almost no contribution, and it is inevitable that "lying" is too obvious.
When the outside world is unanimously optimistic that Liaoning can win the championship without any effort, Yang Ming can let veterans such as Li Xiaoxu and Han Dejun start every game for the sake of face, but symbolically starting let them play a few minutes each game, and other times to give young players experience or hone it? Zhu Rongzhen, Yu Zechen, Wu Changze, Liu Yanyu... With so many young interior players, none of them have ever been given playing time.
And even looking at the entire playoff period, Li Xiaoxu averaged 20 minutes per game, only 2 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.5 steals, 0.4 blocks, shooting 33.3%, three-point shooting rate of 16.7%, and only 2 free throws in 8 games, none of which hit a single shot, and the free throw shooting rate was 0.
Some fans said that Li Xiaoxu's role on the field is not reflected by the data, but throughout the playoffs, Li Xiaoxu's total plus-minus is -2.1, PER ranks 85th among all 96 players with statistics, and the lowest among the players in the finals of the two teams.
If such a performance can still start the game and play more than 20 minutes per game, the author has to suspect that Yang Ming is playing a big game for Li Xiaoxu.
Previously, in an entertainment program, Liaoning team coach Yang Ming was spat on by football star Fan Zhiyi: When Liaoning won the championship for the first time, Yang Ming did not play for a minute in the finals but lifted the championship trophy, which caused the audience to laugh. Although it is a complaint, it is also a fact.
Today, Li Xiaoxu, who has played for Liaoning for 15 seasons, has also reached the age of retirement, and he did have the level of averaging two doubles per game at his peak, but now he is really powerless because of injuries and the impact of age. If you can let the second brother participate in the championship as the main force, lifting the trophy and successfully retiring is also a decent way.
In this way, Li Xiaoxu will not be spat at as a champion like Yang Ming was originally complained about. If this is the case, when guangsha encounters a discount in combat strength, it can also be regarded as the Liaoning team pushing the boat along the water and giving the second brother enough respect.