On April 8, Beijing time, the CBA officially announced the best sixth man - Wu Qian of the Zhejiang men's basketball team. Wu Qian defended the award, he was the league's best sixth man last season, he played 50 games for Zhejiang this season, 24 of them starts, and his re-election caused controversy, many people thought it should be Zhang Ning.
Zhang Ning has played 50 games for the Shanxi men's basketball team this season, of which 29 games have been played as a substitute and 21 games have been played as a starter.
At 12 noon, the CBA officially announced the Player of the Month for March - Zhang Ning, who played in 12 games, won 8 of them, averaged 22.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists in 33 minutes per game, and was able to shoot 3.3 three-pointers per game with a 43% shooting rate, and he was elected the best player of the month for the first time in his career.
Zhang Ning unfortunately failed to be selected as the best sixth man, he averaged 32 minutes per game this season, scored 18.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.1 blocks, shooting 55% from two-point range, 37% from three-point range, and 2.3 three-pointers per game. He is also the points king of the Chinese 3x3 basketball team.
It is worth mentioning that in the key card battle against Tianjin, Zhang Ning played 37 minutes, 9 of 21, 4 of 5 three-pointers, 13 of 14 free throws, scored 39 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, and fought until his legs cramped to create a new career high score for Shanxi to lock up the playoff spot.
Wu Qian averaged 30.5 minutes per game this season, scored 15.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.7 steals, with a two-point shooting rate of 52%, a three-point shooting rate of 37%, and an average of 2.7 three-pointers per game.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream