Since Bale joined Guangdong, the playing time has been around 10 minutes. Even for a long time, he appeared with the outcome decided. Whether Bell can fight a tough battle has become an unknown. In the G2 and G3 of the top 8 matches, Guangsha continued to increase the defensive intensity, and Bell was directly lost. In the case of Zhou Qi's expulsion, Du Feng originally hoped that this big foreign aid could come to the rescue.
But after he got on the court, he only had two points and three rebounds in 10 minutes. Bale's desire to attack was not strong, he only took two shots and spent more time passing. When the team needed him to replace Zhou Qi and play the role of an inner pillar, he directly chose to be invisible.
After Zhou Qi left the court, it was role player Zhang Mingchi who rose up on the inside. He made all 4 shots and put up 9 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in 17 minutes. Although his posture looks strange, he is really fighting under the basket. If it weren't for Zhang Mingchi gritting his teeth, Guangdong's collapse would have come faster. After Bale came on the court, he was not able to play to the advantage of his speed against Okafor.
Because the team did not give him a clear tactical arrangement, after Bale came on the court, he still played very relaxed, as in the previous games. That's not a good sign. When the team needed a surprise player, the third foreign player couldn't step up. Guangdong has lost its inside advantage.
If Zhou Qi faces a ban of 1-2 games next, it is very unlikely that he wants to hope that Bell will come up. The thickness of the inner line of Guangsha is a grade stronger than that of Guangdong. Guangsha lost Hu Jinqiu, and there are a number of fierce generals such as Okafor, Wu Xiao, Zhao Jiaren, Xu Zhonghao, and Wang Qingming on the inside. And Guangdong is now left with Bell, Zhang Mingchi and Xu Xin, and they can't take charge alone.
When you meet Okafor, you will directly give it for nothing. In fact, Guangdong was able to hold Guangsha in the first two games, and the main advantage came from Zhou Qi. Frontcourt rebounds are the lifeline of Guangsha, and Zhou Qi and Zhang Mingchi frantically fought for frontcourt rebounds, which made Guangsha lose its biggest advantage. In other words, Du Feng defeated them with the winning methods that his opponents were most familiar with.
After Zhou Qi left the game, Guangsha frantically grabbed the rebounds in the front court. Wu Xiao previously fought for 5 frontcourt rebounds and 7 backcourt rebounds. He single-handedly put together 12 rebounds. Without Zhou Qi guarding the basket, Guangdong has no second person who can protect the rebounding ball in the front court.
The gap in the thickness of the inner lineup makes Guangdong have hidden dangers. I spent a lot of time in the regular season, and it is indeed a pity that I didn't polish Bale well. Du used the same 12-man squad for three consecutive games, and the tactics were exactly the same. The defeat in this game is not an accident, and Guangdong needs to make personnel adjustments in the next game, and they can try to play a dozen super five small.