Guangdong and Zhejiang Chouzhou duel thought that the Guangdong team would complete the double kill against Zhejiang Chouzhou at their home stadium, after all, Zhejiang Chouzhou was full of injuries, and Wu Qian seemed to be a little uncomfortable in this game. But I didn't expect that although I lost by 4 points at 33:37 in the first quarter, I won by 15 points by 36:21 in the second quarter, and Guangdong had an 11-point lead at halftime. In the third quarter, he led the Zhejiang team by up to 14 points, but in the end he did not withstand the pressure in the last 1 minute, and more importantly, Zhou Qi, the core of the Guangdong team, lost all two key free throws in the last 28 seconds, which almost became the main reason for the team's failure. In addition, the last three-point tactics did not choose Du Runwang and Xu Jie, who were the most accurate in the game, but let Weems execute the outside projection, which not only brought the team 3 consecutive defeats, but also created the worst record of the Guangdong team.
As the head coach of the Guangdong team, Du Feng coached this game very much to win, after all, he had lost to the Tianjin team and the Shenzhen team one after another, and wanted to let the Guangdong team usher in the last hope at home in the closing battle of the second stage. Therefore, in the 12-man squad registered for this game, the rotation players are very limited. Zhang Haojia, Huang Mingyi and Zhao Jinyang did not get 1 minute of playing time, and Zhang Hao, as a substitute player on the front line, was completely abandoned after only 8 minutes in this game. Zhang Wenyi played 13 minutes and Marshon Brooks played 15 minutes. Among the starting five, in addition to the veteran Weems who played 32 minutes, Hu Mingxuan, Zhou Qi, Xu Jie and Du Runwang all played more than 35 minutes. It can be seen that the desire of the Guangdong team to win is strong, you must know that a season ago, the Guangdong team is a team that often maintains a five-up and five-down tactic, and the rotation of players is very frequent, and it is rare for players to play more than 35 minutes or even more than 30 minutes.
But I didn't expect that even with the main core in this way, I still didn't win the opponent in my home stadium in the end. Although the Guangdong team had 6 players score double-doubles in this game, Xu Jie scored 22 points, Hu Mingxuan 13 points and 6 assists, Du Runwang 12 points, Marchand 13 points and 5 rebounds, Zhou Qi 26 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists, and Weems 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. But you must know that this is the main starter of the Guangdong team, and the playing time is more than 30 minutes. Although you can take advantage of the opportunity to score, but you can't limit the opponent's score, which is the root cause of losing the lead and causing failure. Although the Guangdong team had 6 players score double-doubles, it did not limit the play of the Zhejiang team's players, and the Zhejiang team also had 6 players score double-doubles in this game. They are: Yu Jiahao 15 points, Lu Wenbo 15 points and 3 steals, Cheng Shuaipeng 25 points and 7 assists, Jones 29 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Perry 13 points and 5 rebounds, Gailey 15 points. However, not all the starters of the Zhejiang team, especially the restriction of the three foreign aides of the Zhejiang team can be said to be a complete failure.
Wu Qian was in the worst state in this game, and in the first half, Wang Shilong basically didn't want to let him appear, but seeing that Cheng Shuai Peng was really a little unbearable, he had no choice but to let Wu Qian replace him for 2 minutes for a short time. Although the Guangdong team lost 4 points in the first quarter of the game, they played very hard, and they were always able to bite the score, and they could reverse Zhejiang at the end of the first half, and they were able to take an 11-point lead, which fully shows that the players have a strong desire to win. In the last two quarters, the Guangdong team actually lost due to lack of physical fitness, and the starters barely got enough rest time in the third and fourth quarters, especially Zhou Qi, who was the core of the team's inner line, could only play about 25 minutes per game, but almost all of the last few games were more than 30 minutes. From the last 28 seconds, the key two free throws were all missed, indicating that the physical decline was very serious, although Zhou Qi scored a key 3-point before the last 5 seconds, but it was obvious that this ball was thrown to the basket with all his strength, and it depended on luck if it didn't go in.
In the last quarter of the game, although the Zhejiang team chased the score to 92:94 and was only 2 points apart, it was still behind for the next nearly 5 minutes. Even after the score was tied at 103-103 at 7:35, Guangdong soon took the lead again, and then there were alternate leads, but Guangdong seemed to control the rhythm of the court. It's a pity that when there is still 1 minute left in the time, the Guangdong team seems to have changed a little psychologically, after all, the home team led by a big score, and at the last moment was overtaken by the Zhejiang team, rewriting the score to 120:109 to lead by 1 point. At this time, there is only 1 minute and 2 seconds left, and all the tactical core of the Zhejiang team revolves around the small foreign aid Jones, as long as the Guangdong team restricts Jones's play, Wu Qian will not be able to play key balls in this game, Cheng Shuaipeng's physical fitness is also affected, and the breakthrough efficiency at the last moment has also decreased significantly. Yu Jiahao was restricted by Zhou Qi on the inside, and Lu Wenbo's only means was three points on the outside, so the Guangdong team should put defensive pressure on Jones. This basically guarantees the victory in hand.
It's a pity that the Guangdong team did not completely limit Jones's play, and let Jones score 8 points alone in the last 1 minute and 2 seconds, which is also the key to completely killing the game. In addition to not restricting Jones's play, the Guangdong team itself also made mistakes that should not have been made in the final 1 minute. With 29 seconds left in the game, Guangdong only trailed Zhejiang by 3 points 119:122. At this time, the Guangdong team had the ball, and Zhou Qi caused Cheng Shuaipeng's foul when he made a layup, and these two free throws were very crucial at this time. Before this free throw, Zhou Qi's free throws were 5 of 6 free throws, and the shooting rate reached 83.3%, but he didn't expect that the last two key free throws were all iron, and the Guangdong team entered the line in advance and gave the ball to the Zhejiang team, and the result was to choose foul tactics again, and there were still 23 seconds left in the time, but the Zhejiang team still chose to let Jones catch the ball, and finally hit both free throws. The score gap was widened to 5 points, and after the Guangdong team paused, I thought that Du Runwang would choose to execute the most critical three-point projection, after all, Du Runwang was high, and the shooting rate in this game was okay.
As a result, the Guangdong team chose Weems to execute the outside three-point shooting, although he did not shoot the rebound and was grabbed by Xu Jie, but Xu Jie's three-way non-stick completely consumed the time to only 5 seconds. Choosing to foul again doesn't seem to make any sense. In the end, the Guangdong team bid farewell to the last game of the lunar calendar in 2023 with some regrets on their home ground.