In this season's CBA Finals, Liaoning swept guangsha with an aggregate score of 4-0, and was crowned the CBA championship for the second time in team history. Zhao Jiwei was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the Finals with his outstanding performance, and he believes that he is still far from the "top of the mountain".
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In the finals 4 games, Liaoning coach Yang Ming did not arrange Zhao Jiwei into the starting lineup, but his playing time and core position in the backcourt have always been important. On the pitch, he can always comb the team's attack with accurate passes. In four games, he delivered a total of 31 assists, reaching 13 in the second game. In terms of individual scoring, Zhao Jiwei is also very efficient, shooting more than 50% of his 3-point shots in 4 games, including 4 of 5 3-pointers in the 4th game, scoring 20 points and 8 assists in 22 minutes.
According to the rules announced by the CBA League before the start of the season, players from championship teams with the highest individual average performance quality value in all finals will receive FMVP. If the indicators are the same or the difference score is within 0.5 (exclusive), the total score of all the matches in the finals is the main reference value, and the one with the most total scores is elected. Performance quality values are calculated as: points - two-point shots - 0.8× three-point shots - 0.3 × free throws + 0.3 × offensive rebounds + 0.2 × defensive rebounds + 0.5 × assists + 1.5 × steals + 0.7 × blocks - 1.2 × errors. After the first three finals, Zhao Jiwei ranked behind Moland in this statistic. With a high shooting percentage of 7 of 9 in the fourth game and an excellent performance of multiple assists, Zhao Jiwei finally completed the overtaking. Fans agreed that the results were well deserved.
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Winning the Most Valuable Player Award in the Finals, Zhao Jiwei frankly said: "This award is not only for me personally, but also for our whole team. We are united, everyone is working hard to play the game well, to play the finals well, and everyone is the most valuable player. ”
This year is already the 9th season that Zhao Jiwei has represented Liaoning in the CBA, and in the previous two seasons, Liaoning's consecutive championship failures made Zhao Jiwei feel regretful. "This win may be a kind of compensation. The Liaoning team has not been easy in recent years, has been climbing and rolling upwards, and has experienced two years of situations that we think are not very good. Everyone can still have a belief, from the coaching staff, the players are holding back a momentum, want to continue to rush. Zhao Jiwei once posted on his personal social media: "The biggest enemy is himself, there are not many people at the top of the mountain, I want to go and see." Winning the championship again, he said: "Today we are standing at this moment, but I am still far from the top of the mountain." ”
After completing this season's CBA journey, Zhao Jiwei has new tasks. The Chinese men's basketball team plans to participate in the 2023 World Cup qualifiers on June 30, against Australia and Chinese Taipei, as an important player in the national team's defender line, Zhao Jiwei will continue to embark on the journey.