On April 26, Beijing time, when the 2021-22 CBA regular season came to an end, Zhao Jiwei helped Liaoning team lock in the first place in the regular season and entered the playoffs, and Zhao Jiwei was successfully selected for the best regular season team with his excellent performance. After entering the playoffs, Zhao Jiwei continued his excellent performance during the regular season to help Liaoning eliminate Shanxi and defending champion Guangdong to reach the finals. In the finals, Zhao Jiwei's performance was even more outstanding, Zhao Jiwei not only helped Liaoning team sweep Guangsha team 4-0 with a total score of 4-0 to win the second crown in team history, but also ranked first in the team in terms of performance quality during the finals and won the MVP of this season's finals.
Throughout the 2021-22 CBA League, from the regular season to the finals, Zhao Jiwei's performance is impeccable. During the regular season, Zhao Jiwei played a total of 37 games and averaged 14.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 2.2 steals per game, and was selected as the best team in the regular season. After entering the playoffs, Zhao Jiwei, as the core defender of the Liaoning team, sorted out the team's attack in an orderly manner and became the number one contributor to Liaoning's sweep of Guangsha team 4-0 in the finals.
In the finals G1, Zhao Jiwei performed very comprehensively and contributed 13 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals. In the finals G2, Zhao Jiwei's performance and data output contributed 10 points, 1 rebound, 13 assists and 1 steal, and 13 assists in a single game was also the second highest number of assists per game in the history of the finals. In the finals G3, Zhao Jiwei contributed 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, helping Liaoning to defeat Guangsha again to obtain "championship points". When it came to the finals G4, Zhao Jiwei continued his previous state to contribute 20 points, 1 rebound, 8 assists and 3 steals to help the team once again capture Guangsha to lock up the championship. How stable and efficient Zhao Jiwei has been in this season's finals is evident, and it is absolutely deserved to be named the MVP of the finals. It is worth mentioning that Zhao Jiwei still won the MVP of the finals as a substitute player.
Looking back at the 2017-18 CBA Finals, although Liaoning swept guangsha 4-0 to win the championship, Zhao Jiwei's overall performance that year was difficult to say that the ideal output was only 6.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.0 steals, and only contributed 1 rebound and 1 steal in the G3 games of the finals that year. After four years, Liaoning has now swept Guangsha 4-0 to win the CBA championship. But this time, Zhao Jiwei is no longer a "supporting role" in the finals, but has become the absolute core of the Liaoning team. It is precisely because of the existence of Zhao Jiwei that people should have more confidence in Liaoning's road to defending the title next season.