On December 15, Beijing time, the CBA regular season continued, Liaoning men's basketball team 86-79 Nanjing men's basketball team, Zhang Zhenlin's performance in this game was sluggish, playing 25 minutes and 54 seconds, 2 of 11, including 3 points and 2 of 0, 4 points, 2 assists and 1 rebound. In the second quarter, due to the failure of the defensive end to meet expectations, Zhang Zhenlin was replaced and left the court as if in a state of confusion, which caused heated discussions among fans.
In the third quarter, during Blakeney's singles period, he continuously named Zhang Zhenlin to hit 2 three-pointers 1-on-1 to find the state, and Li Xiaoxu assisted in the defense period, Blakeney continued to hit 3 points, and Nanjing once tied the score 63-63. In the fourth quarter, Lopez did not let Zhang Zhenlin start the game, and after Fu Hao and Cong Mingchen rotated, Zhang Zhenlin adjusted and returned to the game, except for a basket shot, there was no other statistical progress.
From the entire first stage and the beginning of the second phase, in fact, Lopez has never controlled Zhang Zhenlin's playing time, among them, an average of 40+ minutes per game is the norm, but after a scene of Li Xiaoxu as if complaining broke out in the second quarter, Zhang Zhenlin was replaced, and rarely played for 3 minutes without returning to the game.
Among them, Lopez began to output on the bench, and fans could not know the specific content, but during that period of time, Lin Wei continued to catch counterattacks and shoot 3 points, and there were problems with Farr's defense, and after the pause, Zhang Zhenlin was replaced and left the court, Obviously, Lopez was dissatisfied with the defense on the court and Zhang Zhenlin's relatively hesitant handling of the ball.
Zhang Zhenlin was named by Blakeney in the third quarter, perhaps he hoped to limit Blakeney's touch through single defense, but in a short period of 4 of 4, this small foreign aid completely opened up the offensive state, fortunately Zhao Jiwei and Fogg did a very good job in the fourth quarter to grab the start, a wave of 23-10 small climax to regain the initiative of the game.
Many fans may think that Zhang Zhenlin is mainly in the No. 3 position in the Liaoning system, and it is understandable that there are not too many rebounds and frames, but as an absolute core player, Zhang Zhenlin cannot be seen in many top defense rounds, which may also be one of the main reasons why Li Xiaoxu complained about the camera, he grabbed 3 people under the basket alone, Zhang Zhenlin is the second height on the Liaoning court, and Fogg retreats if he misses the shot, which may also be an important factor for Zhang Zhenlin to only have 1 rebound in the whole game.
missed the three-point shot, Cong Mingchen also had multiple rounds of impact under the basket in this campaign, and Zhang Zhenlin's physical fitness was completely better than Cong Mingchen, but 7 of the 11 shots floated on the outside to shoot, and 0 free throws in the whole game, maybe he needed to play more diverse.
It is worth mentioning that the Liaoning men's basketball team lost to Guangsha in the last game, Zhang Zhenlin's sluggish state was complained by fans, and many media people commented that Zhang Zhenlin needed to play more aggressively after the three-point shot could not be opened.