On April 23, 2023, the match between the Guangdong team and the Guangsha team was supposed to be an ordinary basketball game. The match became a hot topic due to its unexpected ending and controversy on and off the field.
Guangdong led by 23 points, and could have ended the game easily but suffered an incredible comeback in the final moments of the game.
This kind of scene can't help but remind people of the phrase "the opportunity must not be lost, and the time will never come". Whose mistake led to the sudden comeback? Was it a personal loss of control or a strategic disappointment?
The race passed
This defeat for Guangdong could have been avoided. At the beginning of the game, the Guangdong team showed an overwhelming advantage, and the tacit cooperation between the offensive and defensive ends put the Guangsha team at an obvious disadvantage. As the game progressed, a series of mistakes began to manifest.
First of all, Zhou Qi, a player known as the "Big Devil", suddenly lost control in the third quarter of the game and elbowed his opponent Li Jinxiao, an act that not only led to him being sent off the court, but also possibly facing an additional ban.
Zhou Qi's out-of-control behavior undoubtedly brought a huge negative impact on the team.
Then there was Xu Jie, whose performance in the fourth quarter also caused controversy.
He was judged to be walking after a tackle, a decision that caused quite a bit of controversy on the sidelines.
Although Xu Jie's behavior may have been unintentional under extreme pressure, it undoubtedly increased the turnover rate of the Guangdong team and also affected the team's mentality.
It is the head coach of the Guangdong team who really bears most of the responsibility for this defeat, Du Feng.
After Zhou Qi was sent off, Du Feng did not adjust his tactics and personnel allocation in time, causing the team to lose direction under the lead.
Especially in terms of the use of foreign players, Du Feng's decision-making is particularly conservative.
Weems, despite his apparent lack of fitness at the age of 38, is still used frequently, while Waters, who has been performing well, has been slow to get enough playing time.
It wasn't until the final minute and a half of the game, when the Cantons had tied the score and even started to take the lead, that Waters was sent on the court. At this point, it's too late to turn things around.
The score between the Guangdong team and the Guangsha team came to 100 at the last moment, and then Zhao Yanhao of the Guangsha team hit three points in a row to finally complete the jaw-dropping reversal.
In the face of the victory that was almost hand-to-hand, the Guangdong team unfortunately lost the chance to win because of a series of mistakes and decision-making mistakes.
Write at the end
The game of basketball is not only a contest of players' skills, but also a test of coaches' wisdom and strategy.
The match undoubtedly taught Guangdong a lesson: in a competitive sporting event, any small mistake can be the difference in the outcome of a match.
As the head coach, Du Feng's employment decisions at a critical juncture were obviously substandard, which led to the loss of the team's advantages, which is a painful lesson.
"A slight miss, a thousand miles away", the experience of this game is like a mirror, reflecting the real performance of the Guangdong team in a high-pressure state.
Whether it is Zhou Qi's impulse or Du Feng's strategic mistakes, they remind us how to avoid similar mistakes in the future, how to stay calm under pressure, and make more reasonable decisions.
Although this defeat of the Guangdong team is painful, it is also full of valuable lessons!
I hope that they can learn from the experience in the future competitions, return to the court, face every game with a more mature attitude, and win.