Hu Mingxuan increased his points by 8.1 points from last season, averaged 3.5 more three-pointers, and shot 11.7% from the field. Guangdong won Guangsha 3-1 to advance to the semifinals, and faced their archrival Liaoning in the semifinals. Hu Mingxuan was in excellent form during Guangdong's 12-game winning streak in the third stage of the regular season, and that form continued into the playoffs.
Zhao Jiwei's offensive statistics have not changed much, but the turnovers are 1.9 fewer than last season, and the assist-to-loss ratio has evolved from 3.27 to 9.3, and this kind of court control is the basis of Liaoning's offensive and defensive rhythm. And Zhao Jiwei's outside offense is still improving, and there have been signs of qualitative change since last year's finals. In the playoffs this season, Zhao Jiwei averaged 1 more three-pointers per game, and his shooting rate increased by 14%. Zhao Jiwei is about to face Hu Mingxuan in the semifinals, and the two have made great progress and are worth looking forward to.
Zhang Zhenlin's data comparison improvement is still very clear, but the rebounding and block data are reduced, which has a lot to do with his obsession with assists, and Zhang Zhenlin's assist-to-loss ratio has changed from 1.84 to 2.33, and the average turnovers per game have increased but the level of assist response has also improved greatly. Zhang Zhenlin's problem this season has been three-point shooting, and his current three-point shooting percentage in the playoffs has dropped significantly, to less than 30%. And Zhang Zhenlin's counterattack level is very high, and he has an advantage in the face of the Guangdong front, especially without Zhou Qi in the first game.
Abdul Salamu missed the playoffs for two consecutive years and ushered in a statistical explosion, but the fourth rare offensive slump with Guangzhou was fortunate to Zhao Rui to break out in time. Abdul Salamu's frame protection is of a very high standard, which is also the foundation of Xinjiang's defense, and his forward advantage Zhejiang Chouzhou is also difficult to match. The biggest problem for Abdul Salamu is the three-point shot and free throw, which is also a stubborn problem that Xinjiang is difficult to solve.
Sallinger, the best international player of the season, ushered in a full-blown burst of playoff statistics, averaging 5.7 points per game, and his playing time also skyrocketed, which is worthy of the title of the CBA's No. 1 foreign player. However, Sallinger had no way to face the inside line composed of Liaoning Han Dejun + Li Xiaoxu + Moreland in the second round, and the lack of rotation lineup in Shenzhen began to appear.
He Xining has ushered in a precipitous decline in the playoffs this season, averaging four points per game and shooting 17.1 percent from three-point range, compared to less than 30 percent last season. He Xining's ball quotient is not very high, many times he is stubborn on the outside line, rather than using tactics to create offensive space, mentality is the biggest problem for his growth, and this season Shenzhen was swept by Liaoning 3-0 to stop the quarterfinals.
Similarly, last season's regular season MVP Wang Zhelin also ushered in a cliff decline this season, although the three-point shooting rate has increased, the number of shots is decreasing, and the free throw shooting rate is still less than 50%. Wang Zhelin's scoring slipped by 12.9, rebounds decreased by 0.7, rebounds increased by 2, assists decreased by 1.5, steals increased by 0.9, and turnovers remained flat. Wang Zhelin had five fouls in four playoff games, two games of less than 30 minutes and one game of less than 20 minutes, averaging 4.4 fouls per game and 2.4 more than last season. Wang Zhelin's offensive and defensive dominance on the inside line has seriously declined, and he has completely missed the Chinese men's basketball team.
Ferg was an impressive player in last year's playoffs and was a contributor to Liaoning's title defense, but this season's injuries and age issues have put Ferg out of form. This season, Fogg has dropped 9.9 in scoring, 2.5 in rebounds, 0.8 in assists, 0.2 in steals, no blocks and fewer foul turnovers. Fogg's three-point shooting percentage slipped 8.3 percent, averaging 1.6 fewer three-pointers per game and 1.5 fewer free throws. Fogg has scoring explosiveness, but the situation has become more erratic, and Liaoning's third foreign player Cooper scored 12 points in the final quarter of the final game against Shenzhen, which seems to be able to make up for Ferg's slump.