In the focus battle between Liaoning and Beijing Control, both teams were absent from many main players.
Zhang Zhenlin chose to continue to be exempt from the game after hanging the exemption card in the game against Shandong, citing a muscle strain.
Due to the indispensability of offense and defense, Zhang Zhenlin has been used as a donkey for the production team this season, averaging 39 minutes per game, contributing 18.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steals, and has played more than 40 minutes in 7 consecutive games.
Considering that after Liaoning played Beijing Control, there are only two games left in the second stage, and Zhang Zhenlin may miss these two games to avoid aggravating injuries and accumulate energy to prepare for the Asian Cup qualifiers at the end of this month.
Although Zhang Zhenlin's performance in the national team in the past was not satisfactory, his physical talent can still achieve dimensionality reduction in the Asian arena, averaging 11.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.3 blocks at the Asian Games last year, and he is the team's rebounding king, steal king and block king.
In short, if there is no injury or illness in the future, Zhang Zhenlin will definitely play in the Asian preliminaries, and he will still be the core forward of the Chinese men's basketball team.
According to well-known domestic media sources, although the squad for the Asian preliminaries has not yet been officially announced, the players selected for this training camp have been notified.
In a recent interview, Zhao Jiwei said that even if he is not in good physical condition, he will insist on reporting to the national team after the second stage, and indirectly announced that he was selected for the Asian preliminaries training squad.
It seems that the Chinese men's basketball team still has not made up its mind to completely rebuild, and the old lineup should be used in the Asian preliminaries, that is, familiar faces such as Zhao Jiwei and Zhou Qi will be there, and at most super newcomers like Yang Hansen and Lin Wei will be added.
However, don't blame the Chinese men's basketball team for not choosing to renew, the opponents in the Asian preliminaries are menacing, and they can't afford to make drastic changes now.
The Japanese men's basketball team has announced the squad, in addition to Yuta Watanabe and Keisei Tominaga, 10 of the 12 players who participated in the World Cup last year, such as Yuki Kawamura, Yuki Tomiyatsu, Yudai Baba and naturalized center Hawkinson, who all shined in the World Cup.
And the Chinese men's basketball team is playing away, if we don't go all out, it will be difficult to win the Japanese men's basketball team that is in high morale after getting a direct ticket to the Paris Olympics.
This is also a big challenge for Qiao Shuai, if he loses to the Japanese men's basketball team, Yao Ming will have to leave the class together with him.
In the 21 World Preliminaries, the Chinese men's basketball team, under the leadership of the then coach Du Laoda, defeated the Japanese men's basketball team by a total of 49 points in two away games.
Speaking of Zhao Jiwei, how do you feel that he needs to recuperate more than Zhang Zhenlin? His entire face was hit hard, and those who don't know think that he just came back from Ukraine.
This season's CBA has returned to a full home-and-away system after a long absence, and the regular season has been increased to 52 rounds in one go, which can be described as a long and intensive schedule.
Over time, each team has suffered a wave of injuries of varying degrees, and the players have to persevere even if they are physically and mentally exhausted.
In particular, Zhao Jiwei needs to be more tired, because Guo Allen has retired injured in a few games after his comeback, and Liaoning is basically the only one who supports the local guard line.
Because of this, Zhao Jiwei, who barely had time to catch his breath, lost 10 pounds during the season without deliberately losing weight, and his cheeks were sunken.
It's really not good, Liaoning can let Zhao Jiwei rest in the next two games, if the team only wants to sit in the second position in the league at this stage!