The Shanghai team played an unprecedented momentum in the face of the challenge of Zhejiang Chouzhou at home, and the team scored 5 double-doubles, among which Wang Zhelin, who has been ridiculed by fans, played a quasi-double-double of 24 points and 9 rebounds. Unfortunately, the team led Zhejiang Chouzhou by as many as 16 points, but did not hold on to the advantage in the second half, and in the final 1.5 seconds of the game, Bledsoe had hoped to enter overtime by equalizing the score with three free throws. It's a pity that Xuebu missed the tie opportunity with two of the three free throws, and finally the Shanghai team lost to the opponent by one point of 120:121 and lost the perfect opportunity to get the match point.
In this game, the Shanghai team returned to the home court with a huge psychological advantage, and was originally able to go to the next city in one go, but unexpectedly the Shanghai team led by 9 points in the first quarter of the game 32:23, and even led Zhejiang Chouzhou by up to 16 points in the second quarter, but it was reversed. The Shanghai team played very well in the opening stage of this game, and the whole team entered the state very early, not only the outside three-point shooting rate was very high, but the key was that the ball played very smoothly in the first half. In particular, the rapid counterattack even made Zhejiang Chouzhou very uncomfortable, and Wang Zhelin and Bledsoe's blocking and dismantling cooperation was even more elusive, which made Chouzhou feel a little careless. On the offensive end, Shanghai's starting five Wang Zhelin, Liu Zheng, Li Hongquan, Li Tianrong and Bledsoe all scored, and the defensive end showed the close teamwork of the Shanghai team. Not only does the inside line make it difficult for Zhejiang Chouzhou to have room to break through, but it seems that it is also difficult to find a suitable opportunity for the outside three-pointer. This may be the main reason why the Shanghai team was able to stay in the lead in the first quarter of the game.
In fact, after the Shanghai team's substitute lineup debuted, the team has been playing very well, although the second quarter was slightly insufficient on the defensive end, allowing Zhejiang Chouzhou to score 33 points in a single quarter, but the Shanghai team also used its offensive firepower to let the team score 31 points. In fact, the Shanghai team's bench lineup, whether it is Yan Pengfei, Liu Zhengqing, Dai Hao, Luo Hanchen or Bacon, is still good on the offensive end, and the most important thing is that it is difficult to limit Zhejiang Chouzhou's scoring on the defensive end. In particular, the outside line slowly allowed Zhejiang Chouzhou to find an offensive touch, and at the end of the first half, the Shanghai team only led Zhejiang Chouzhou by 7 points at 63:56. Although the advantage is not big, it is definitely the biggest surprise for the Shanghai team, which is good at playing tailwind, after all, the Shanghai team with the lead in the second half is expected to continue to maintain this momentum. Unexpectedly, the Shanghai team was greatly affected by emotions in the crucial third quarter. Among them, the big foreign aid Bacon seems to be trapped by the pressure of defense, and his emotions may explode at any time, and he is a little impulsive at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. At this time, it is even more necessary for Liu Peng's guidance to calm down as soon as possible.
But Liu Peng's guidance doesn't seem to have done so, after all, there are only two foreign players available, and Bledsoe and Wang Zhelin are more stable. In addition, Wang Zhelin was already trapped in a foul crisis in the first two quarters of the game, and Yan Pengfei should be allowed to play a little more in the third quarter, so that Wang Zhelin could get a better rest off the court. But Director Liu Peng did not choose to let Yan Pengfei appear in advance, although Yan Pengfei's performance in this game was indeed very average, but after all, he was still able to share the pressure on Wang Zhelin on the inside. It was between the hesitation of this substitution adjustment that Wang Zhelin was whistled for a foul when defending an attack by Zhejiang Chouzhou small foreign aid Gailey under the basket at 5 minutes and 27 seconds into the third quarter, and suddenly his emotions exploded, and he suffered a technical foul again. Wang Zhelin, who had five fouls, had to rest early. This had to allow the Shanghai team to replace Yan Pengfei on the court in advance, in fact, at this time, the Shanghai team was still 74:69 ahead of Zhejiang Chouzhou by 5 points, as long as the Shanghai team played steadily and defended well, I believe you will be able to survive this short crisis.
But unexpectedly, the Shanghai team did not withstand the pressure in the second half of the third quarter, and was finally overtaken by Zhejiang Chouzhou by 5 points at 94:89 at the end of the third quarter, which made the Shanghai team, which is not good at playing against the wind, a little panicked. Although there are still 12 minutes left in the final quarter, the psychological pressure is obviously greater for the Shanghai team, which is behind at home. In fact, although Bacon's individual singles ability is very strong when he is on the court, the team seems to be completely stuck in singles, basically focusing on Bacon to complete the attack, and the team is very sluggish. Especially when Bacon is emotionally on the defensive end, the Shanghai team should replace Bacon off the court in advance to rest, and rely on Bacon's singles to help the team at critical moments. However, the Shanghai team did not choose to replace Bacon in advance, and still made substitution adjustments step by step. This also further delayed the opportunity for the Shanghai team to chase the score, which was only 5 points behind at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but in the next nearly 3 minutes, Zhejiang Chouzhou turned the score into 103:94 and led the Shanghai team by 9 points. This made the backward Shanghai team look even more panicked in the last nine minutes.
This seems to be better as the guidance of Wang Shilong of Chouzhou, Zhejiang, when Gailey had mood swings during the game, Wang Shilong immediately chose to let him rest and calm down, and replaced another small foreign aid Jones on the field in time. This is also the main reason why Zhejiang Chouzhou has not been affected by too much emotion in this game. Even so, the Shanghai team played very bloody in this game, although the last quarter has basically been in the chasing stage, but all the players of the team have not given up, especially in the last 2 and a half minutes of the game, the Shanghai team is 109:117 behind Zhejiang Chouzhou 8 points. But with Li Tianrong, Wang Zhelin and Li Hongquan hit three points respectively, the difference was narrowed to 1 point, and there was still 1 minute and 16 seconds left at this time, which was a good chance for the Shanghai team to win the game. Even if Jones scored 2 points to make the score 118:121 and trail by 3 points again, the Shanghai team still had a chance, but unfortunately, when the game was in the last 1.5 seconds, Bledsoe chose to shoot outside, resulting in a foul on the opponent, but Bledsoe, who has always been steady in free throws, missed the chance to equalize.
This made the Shanghai team lose the opportunity to play overtime, and finally was beaten to 2:1 by Zhejiang Chouzhou at home, and the Shanghai team lost the match point. However, Wang Zhelin, as the core and main force of the Shanghai team, performed with 24 points and 9 rebounds in this game, and he completely had a clear conscience and could leave the court with his head held high.