19:35, Zhejiang Lion vs Liaoning Flying Leopard.
The 2021-2022 Finals are likely to be written in CBA history because it's boring and almost suspenseful.
When the news of Hu Jinqiu's broken spleen and missed the finals came, many people felt that the dream of the lions to hit the CBA championship again was slim; and when the bad news about Zhao Yanhao came unexpectedly, the ending seemed to have been written long ago.
At 3:0, the night of the match, people had to sigh infinitely because of Hu Jinqiu: the labor model who missed only 7 games in 7 seasons was injured at the most important moment - and his importance to the lions was well known.
Before the final showdown comes, we will talk about:
In just a few years, how did Hu Jinqiu grow into a pillar of Zhejiang Lions and even the backbone of Chinese basketball?
In fact, there are many stories behind it, but people rarely have the opportunity to hear the low-key Hu Jinqiu tell himself - this time, we take the opportunity to go back to his past, turn out bits and pieces, and tell everyone about the past of good youths that everyone does not know...
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The first interview with Hu Jinqiu was in 2014, when he scored 17.4 points and 12.3 rebounds at the U17 World Youth Championship, helping China's national youth to a record 7th place.
During the interview, everyone found that this 17-year-old boy with a height of 200CM+ was completely different from the basketball teenagers that everyone usually contacted:
In 2012, Hu Jinqiu, a former Zhejiang Lions youth team, did not even know about the CBA; Liu Jizeng, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team in the U17 World Youth Championship, told him that he could be the rebounding king with 15 rebounds, and he knew that basketball was originally calculated.
Everyone compared him to Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was trying to grab rebounds, and Hu Jinqiu had a calm face because he had never seen "Slam Dunk Master".
When Hu Jinqiu said that he had given up Tsinghua High School in order to help his family reduce his burden and choose to play in Hangzhou Bay, he said and said that he also cried.
It wasn't until later, when the teenager from Korla, Xinjiang, told the story of his coming out of the farm that we didn't know — what the tears he shed when he mentioned the choice that determined the fate of his basketball career meant.
In addition to attending Korla Huashan Middle School and playing basketball on the school team, Hu Jinqiu, a 15-year-old teenager, also has to pick cotton, hops, fragrant pears, and fragrant pears in the cotton fields, and the income from these extra jobs can be used to subsidize the family and help the ordinary workers of the Xinjiang Construction Corps to spend their poor days.
In order to compete for the first place and get an extra chicken leg reward, Hu Jinqiu is the only one of all people who does not wear gloves and is not afraid of burrs, and directly uses his hands to pick up hops.
In addition to playing wildly in the Taklamakan Desert, the cement basketball court next to his home is also his world.
Hu Jinqiu only had his first pair of basketball shoes when he was 15 years old.
Until then, his sneakers had been hand-stitched cloth shoes by his mother with the soles, and dad had nailed a layer of tire skin to be considered a pair of "basketball shoes".
At that time, Hu Jinqiu would never have thought that when he came back, he would be called "son doll" by everyone.
"Son doll" is the Chinese vernacular of Xinjiang and other places, is the Xinjiang people's praise for men, is called this title, indicating that the man is brave, bold, talking, righteous, is a grandfather.
A boy, when he was 14 years old, had grown to a height of 204cm, which was destined to attract attention, so Hu Jinqiu was not only selected into the school team of Huashan Middle School in Korla City, but even recruited CBA scouts.
Miao Shoushou, who is now the general manager of Zhejiang Guangsha Lion Club, still remembers that he received a Friend's WeChat message saying that there was such a child in Xinjiang, and on the second day he bought a plane ticket and rushed to Xinjiang.
Although the time to observe Hu Jinqiu was not long, Miao Shoushou, who had a unique vision, gave him a high evaluation -
"In addition to his good physical fitness, I found that he has a strong understanding of basketball, a particularly good sense of ball, and is a malleable talent. However, I didn't expect him to reach such a high level so quickly, which was inseparable from his acquired efforts. ”
Almost, at first glance, Miao Shoushou was sure that this doll Zhejiang was going to be fixed!
From the mouth of the physical education teacher of Huashan Middle School, he learned that Hu Jinqiu's clothes and 50-size sneakers were very difficult to buy, so Miao Shouning called the club and asked the logistics director to deliver suitable shoes and clothes to Korla on the same day.
But at that time, Hu Jinqiu had other options — the school he attended was the best junior high school in all of Korla; Miao Shoushou now remembers Hu Jinqiu's results in the second-year exam:
"692 points, 3rd in the whole grade."
At that time, in addition to tsinghua attached middle school, there was also a Xinjiang men's basketball team competing with the Zhejiang Guangsha Lion Club; according to Hu Jinqiu's score, he could be admitted to Tsinghua high school.
Hu Jinqiu once wrote a short story of his own, detailing this crucial life choice at the age of 15.
At that time, the Xinjiang men's basketball team also provided good conditions, promising his parents to provide a residence in Urumqi, but the young Hu Jinqiu's desire to go out to see the outside world was particularly strong, so there were 2 options left -
Hangzhou and Beijing, Urumqi were excluded first.
Miao Shoushou and Ye Xiangyu, the club's general manager at the time, discussed that they should fully show their sincerity to Hu Jinqiu and let the children voluntarily stay.
Next, Hu Jinqiu's family accepted the invitation of the Zhejiang Guangsha Lion Club to come to Hangzhou, Miao Shoushou took them to tour the West Lake and the Zhuanling Hidden Temple, ye Xiangyu also had dinner with Hu Jinqiu's parents at the club base, and at that time, he clearly gave the goal:
"In 2 years, Hu Jinqiu can enter the national youth."
Later, Hu Jinqiu also went to Tsinghua High School to see, at that time his mother very much hoped that he could continue to study, enter the university, Hu Jinqiu himself also had a vision for the university, but in the end, the sensible Hu Jinqiu considered the family's financial difficulties and wanted to share the pressure for his parents earlier-
"I have to grow up, and I can't let my mother suffer anymore."
With this idea, Hu Jinqiu finally chose Hangzhou, a vibrant city on the southeast coast of China.
But Hu Jinqiu's mother was still unwilling and suggested that her son toss a coin to listen to Providence, and as a result, the result of tossing the coin 3 times was actually a Zhejiang male lion -
"It's really fateful, heaven let me go to Guangsha."
The coin of fate helped Hu Jinqiu finally make a decision, but Hu Jinqiu always remembered his mother's tears, at that time, the mother and son cried together, which is why Hu Jinqiu still shed tears whenever he was interviewed about choosing to come to Zhejiang Lion.
"He started late and was exposed to professional basketball for more than a year. When I came, my basic skills were similar to those of the 13-year-old three-team players. ”
Miao Shoushou recalled.
However, Hu Jinqiu's biggest advantage is hard work, in order to keep up with the progress of other team members, he practices every day, leaving early and returning late, and the coach is willing to help such a diligent child; and Hu Jinqiu himself, the idea is actually very simple:
"It's just gritting your teeth, you can't look down on it."
Three months after arriving at the Zhejiang men's basketball team, Hu Jinqiu made an exception and went to Guoshao; 2 years later, a good teenager turned into a good youth, so we saw the Hu Jinqiu who transformed into Sakuragi Hanado at the U17 World Youth Championship.
Miao Shoushou's plan for him at that time had been achieved, but Hu Jinqiu's professional basketball career was just beginning at this time.
In the 2015-2016 season, Hu Jinqiu landed in the CBA and played 41 games in his first season and scored 5.8 points and 4.7 rebounds.
No one would have thought that Hu Jinqiu had become an indispensable internal pillar of the Zhejiang men's basketball team since the second season, with an average of 19+8 quasi-double-doubles and a shooting rate of 63%+.
Fans were also pleasantly surprised to see the big man improve every season.
A few years ago, Hu Jinqiu and Lin Zhijie, the soul of the Lions, were both roommates, and Lin Zhijie's calm, strong and courageous character had a great influence on Hu Jinqiu;
Although not the oldest player on the team, when Hu Jinqiu took over the responsibility of captain, the 24-year-old soon became accustomed to carrying the entire team on his shoulders, and even after undergoing spleen suture surgery, Hu Jinqiu, as the captain, did not forget to remind his teammates to carry equipment and equipment colors in the team's WeChat group.
For the general manager Miao Shoushou and Zhejiang Guangsha Lion Club Hu Jinqiu has always been grateful, it is they who gave themselves the opportunity to come out of the Great Northwest, have the opportunity to play the CBA, and see the new world.
"That's why he insists on playing and having to do his best to help the team."
In 2020, 23-year-old Hu Jinqiu married, and his wife Wang Lu, a former swimmer, graduated from Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics.
Along the way, Hu Jinqiu's efforts, Wang Lu are all in the eyes.
For example, from the beginning of landing in the CBA, Hu Jinqiu always gave people the impression of thinness, the reporter looked at his data in the 2016-2017 season, when he was 210CM tall and weighed 90KG, and this season his data has been updated to 211CM in height and 111KG in weight; hanging meat on his body also harmed his wife——
"With him, he weighs a lot and I gain weight, and I only have a chance to lose weight when he's away."
Wang Lu said that Hu Jinqiu has never eaten pork, only beef or chicken, and they don't go out to eat much on dates, and keeping their mouth shut is Hu Jinqiu's most basic self-discipline.
Moreover, he usually increases his strength and works together to achieve the effect of muscle gain.
After this spleen injury, everyone turned over the attendance rate of Hu Jinqiu's previous CBA career, and only missed 2 games in the regular season of 7 seasons.
Speaking of this Wang Lu is heartbroken, in fact, Hu Jinqiu has also had various injuries in these 7 seasons, has had fever, and has had bad feet, but he feels that he can endure and persist, so he will not say and continue to play.
She also remembers that once, Hu Jinqiu injured his knee, and the film showed that there were broken bones in his knee, and Hu Jinqiu still insisted on playing, and as a result, the knee injury worsened and the game was lost.
"At that time, I had an argument with him, and I said that I must take a leave of absence, and I can't compare any more. He ended up playing anyway. ”
Wang Lu can also understand that Hu Jinqiu always wants to help the team - as a captain, he needs to stand up.
As Hu Jinqiu played better and better on the court, his stage and identity also increased, and hu Jinqiu left a deep impression on more people in the 3X3 basketball game of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
As the highest player among all the players participating in the Chinese 3X3 men's basketball team, Hu Jinqiu took on most of the offensive tasks, scoring more than 50% of the total scores of the whole team, and also played the most time, in this basically anaerobic sports state of the game Hu Jinqiu played to the end can only bend down and gasp, fans even commented that he was tired into Yao Ming's memes, Hu Jinqiu said himself, not tired:
"I'm still young, so I can relax after a sleep."
However, Wang Lu cried when she watched the TV broadcast, because she knew that Hu Jinqiu's temperament was very tolerant and persistent, and she would not let everyone see it easily and let everyone worry about him.
"This time he couldn't hold back, showing such a painful expression, indicating that he was really tired."
Hu Jinqiu, who returned from the Olympic Games, was originally full of harvest this season, MVP, the best team, all-star starter, and together with his teammates, helped the Zhejiang Lions to rush to the semifinals for the third time in history, and once again pointed to the big stage of the finals 4 years later.
Unexpectedly, what followed was an abrupt stop.
Because Hu Jinqiu ruptured his spleen in G2 in the semifinals, he needed surgery and at least 3 months of recuperation.
For the CBA model who has participated in the CBA since 2021, the 3X3 basketball game of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the 3X3 basketball game of the National Games and the new season, and has basically no rest throughout the year, this forced vacation came unexpectedly and helplessly.
Originally, Hu Jinqiu even thought of being discharged from the hospital as soon as possible and going to the scene of the game to cheer for his teammates who participated in the finals, but he did not expect that his condition made him not even allowed to watch the live broadcast of the game, because it would affect his heart rate index and was not conducive to recuperation.
Now Hu Jinqiu can only wait for the results of the game every time and cheer for his teammates remotely in the hospital.
Miao Shoushou's vision for Hu Jinqiu is bright, as long as he takes a good rest after the operation, this injury will not leave sequelae, and according to Hu Jinqiu's personality, the setbacks encountered this season, after which he will redouble his efforts to find it back.
"This will definitely be a new start for Hu Jinqiu and for the team."
In fact, for Hu Jinqiu, his future career also has more special significance.
Last year, Hu Jinqiu became a father and had cute twin sons.
Although the children are currently more than 1 year old and the time spent with their fathers is less than 1 month, they have been able to point at their fathers on tv screens by watching the live broadcast of the game; in order to allow children to see more close-ups of their fathers-
"I'm going to score more points, perform more, and try to get more shots."
Now Hu Jinqiu, in addition to setting an example for the whole team as a captain, as a father, must also set an example for the children, so that the children can see the spirit of their fathers working hard for their dreams and goals.
He also insisted until he could play with his children.
Hu Jinqiu walked out of the desert by tossing 3 coins, stepped on the professional basketball court from the cotton field, worked hard every day, each step was closer to his life goal, diligent and down-to-earth, low-key forward, and changed his fate with struggle.
Such a youth, whether you knew it before or did not know it, deserves praise.
Copyright notice: The text comes from the "Hourly News" and slightly modified, the original title is "Good Youth Hu Jinqiu: Three Coin Tosses Fate Let Him Come to Hangzhou, Twin Sons Can Only Recognize Him on TV", the original author Cao Linbo; The picture is provided by Osports and a small number of website screenshots. If you have any doubts about copyright, please deal with it immediately, and if other media or self-media need to reprint, please communicate in advance.
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