Before the first round of the game between Guangsha and Shanxi, many people were predicting that Guangsha would be "stolen" by Shanxi without Sun Minghui and Zhao Yanhao, but the reality is that although Shanxi played quite well in the first quarter, Guangsha still relied on the strong individual singles ability of new recruit Jordan Floyd to bite the point difference, and blasted out 12-2 in the first 2 and a half minutes of the second quarter, expanding the difference to 7 points.
In the second quarter of Shanxi, the defensive end collapsed across the board, and Guangsha played a huge lead score of 40-22 in a single quarter, and in the third quarter, Shanxi's decline was more obvious, in the face of Zhu Junlong + Zhao Jiaren's double-high front, Zhang Ning and Yuan Shuai, who were a head shorter than them, had no way to do this.
Yuan Shuai only played well in the first few minutes of the first quarter, and once made people think that he was going to control the whole court, but as the game deepened, Yuan Shuai in the last three quarters only scored 14 points, and 3 of 11 three-pointers in the whole game, which was lower than the season average. Zhao Jiaren and others took turns to consume Yuan Shuai, pinching Yuan Shuai's off-ball catch for three points, not hesitating to pay for fouls and not letting Yuan Shuai shoot easily, plus Yuan Shuai himself was not treated by the referee, which caused him to play very depressed this game.
Shanxi is the team with the strongest offensive firepower in the league, but in other words, they are also one of the worst defensive teams in the league, after all, the team ranking speaks for itself, don't look at Guangsha without Sun Minghui + Zhao Yanhao, but after the last few rounds of the regular season, the new foreign aid Jordan and rookie point guard permission have been improved to a certain extent, these two have gone through the rounds of trials with Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Liaoning, and now they can also fill the scoring gap when Sun Minghui and Zhao Yanhao are not present to a certain extent.
Guangsha led Shanxi by as many as 26 points at most, but the difference at the end of the game was 107-97, and Shanxi only lost by 10 points, which was decent, not as miserable as in the first round of the playoffs last year, and the rebounds were robbed by the opponent 71 so sadly.
This is not to say how well Shanxi played in the second half, indeed, they were very tenacious, but Wang Bo was also obviously released, after the big score lead, he removed Jordan who was in good shape early, replaced by Okafor, and left the main control position for permission.
The reason for this is not difficult to guess, on the one hand, it is necessary to stay in the next game, after all, the score difference is a bit big, as long as the Guangsha defense maintains its strength, Shanxi is basically difficult to erase.
On the other hand, it is necessary to continue to train troops, and the purpose is naturally to retain strength to deal with Du Feng and the Guangdong team.
Jordan only played 4 games, but one game is better than the other, he has the ability to solve hard, and now it is an inspection-free product, so there is no need to send him to play in semi-garbage time, and the license is still a little immature, and more playoff opportunities are needed to exercise, of course, Guangsha does not have many guards available at this stage, before Sun Minghui returns, how much can be practiced with permission, even if it is not for this year's playoffs, it is necessary to prepare for next season.
Permission dominated Guangsha for most of the second half, but his role on the field was more spicy, plus/minus -10 lowest in the team, in the first 9 minutes of the fourth quarter, in the field stage, Guangsha let Shanxi play a score of 24-15 in 9 minutes, narrowing the difference to a 12-point chasable stage, seeing that the difference was about to be narrowed to single digits, Wang Bo was not in a hurry to replace Jordan to stabilize the morale of the army.
Wang Bo can also be described as murderous this time, leading by 26 points in the third quarter, he withdrew the main foreign aid early, replaced him with a rookie and went to the waves, and the difference in equal points was almost waved, and then went to the thighs to harvest the game.
After winning the game, the reporter spied on the military situation and asked about Sun Minghui's injury, Wang Bo did not explicitly say that Sun Minghui would return, but did not say that he would be reimbursed, but replied ambiguously: Sun Minghui is still recovering, as the team hopes that he will come back, but from a responsible point of view, I still hope that he will recover to 70-80% and then help the team.
This sentence is intriguing, just looking at Wang Bo's literal meaning, he is also making it clear to the outside world that the next battle will be at the home of Shanxi, Sun Minghui will not play, after all, without Sun Minghui, Guangsha can win so many points in Shanxi, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't play the next game.
Sun Minghui's current state has not recovered to 7 or 8 percent, and may only be about 5 percent, after all, he has not been able to hold the ball with both feet during this time, but has been underwater rehabilitation training to maintain physical fitness, so Wang Bo did not lie.
If you start from the perspective of the next round of preparation, Sun Minghui is very likely to make a comeback, because after the game, Sun Minghui also gave his own reply, and some fans at the scene of the game pulled out banners, wishing Sun Minghui a speedy recovery, Sun Minghui personally commented, saying "Come back soon, thank you", which means that he is likely to come back in the second round.
However, although Mr. Sun is very confident, Wang Bo also gave fans a shot to prevent, that is, even if Sun Minghui comes back, his state is likely to not reach 100%.