On April 11, in the first round of the CBA playoffs, Qingdao sat at home to face Guangzhou, and Yang Hansen ushered in his career playoff debut.
However, Yang Hansen did not perform well throughout the game, playing 42 minutes, shooting 2 of 8 and getting 7 points, 16 rebounds, 4 blocks and 7 turnovers, on the other hand, Guangzhou team center Jiao Poqiao only played 24 minutes and scored 15 points and 9 rebounds, and hit a three-pointer, Qingdao team also lost to Guangzhou 96-101 at home, after watching this game, I believe that Yang Hansen's positioning in the eyes of NBA scouts will further decline.
Previously, Yang Hansen won three awards in the CBA regular season this season, and the debate about whether he will participate in the NBA draft this year has not stopped. However, when it came to the playoff intensity of the game, Yang Hansen's own shortcomings were exposed, first of all, he was slow to move, unable to defend and block, and his pace was slow, and the small guard Brown of the Guangzhou team scored 36 points in this game, including only two three-pointers, which showed that Yang Hansen's basket was completely lost. This kind of performance makes Yang Hansen's previous CBA Best Defensive Team honors seem somewhat undeserved.
Secondly, Yang Hansen himself does have the ability to respond to the high position, but his projection ability is still relatively poor, once the projection ability is poor, the threat of the high post will obviously be reduced, Yang Hansen's template Jokic can become an NBA superstar, the biggest advantage is that he has a stable projection ability, only with the projection ability, the high post is enough threat.
Third, Yang Hansen's low-post ability is not strong enough, once facing a tough inside, Yang Hansen's low-post back play ability is completely insufficient, referring to this game, Guangzhou team Guo Kai is a defensive blue-collar player, Yang Hansen is difficult to complete low-post scoring, in the previous game on behalf of the national team to play Japan, Yang Hansen faced the Japanese team's planning inside, it is also difficult to complete the low-post back score.
However, this is only Yang Hansen's first CBA season, and this is only the first game of the playoffs, he is still less than 19 years old, and his potential is very high, NBA scouts will not make a conclusion for Yang Hansen because of a game, I believe that after a period of polishing, Yang Hansen still has a chance to enter the NBA, but for his Achilles' heel, I still hope that Yang Hansen can strengthen in the future and not become the next "injured Zhongyong".