Yesterday, the players and coaching staff of the Guangdong team have arrived in the Shenyang competition area, but their main player Zhou Qi did not go with the team, and the team's general manager Zhu Fangyu also announced through his personal social media that Zhou Qi is still in Dongguan and cannot participate in today's semi-finals G5 because of a waist injury.
As a fan, it's a pity that he can't participate in this tie-break, the excitement of the game will drop a lot, and the strength of the Guangdong team without Zhou Qi has dropped by more than one notch, and they can't be the opponent of the Liaoning team at all. But the Guangdong team did not give in, in the face of a strong opponent knowing that they are invincible, they will be under the leadership of head coach Du Feng and general manager Zhu Fangyu to the defending champion Liaoning team to charge again, even if they lose the game will lose frankly, of course, if you exclude those non-basketball factors on and off the court, the Guangdong team will still have the possibility of fighting this game.
At present, Zhou Qi, the three main players of the Guangdong team, has been confirmed to be absent, Ren Junfei is still on the injury list, and he is not sure whether he can return in this game, and there is the big foreign aid Jordan Bell. But Jordan Bell's shortcomings are too obvious, that is, he has almost no desire to attack, although he has the ability to defend the frame and athleticism, but the first thought after he got the ball is not to attack the basket but to think about passing, in the last game, there were many times after he got the ball, Liaoning players did not prevent him from shooting, only defended his passing route and succeeded. If Jordan Bell can use his athleticism to attack and score more in tonight's game, he should be able to catch the Liaoning team off guard, and now the Liaoning team is not afraid of the defenders and forwards of the Guangdong team, but the inside line of the Guangdong team, if Jordan Bell opens this point, it can completely make up for the loss of Zhou Qi's absence.
The defenders of the Guangdong team have no advantage over Zhao Jiwei of the Liaoning team, and their forwards Du Runwang, Zhang Haojia and others are even more beaten against Fu Hao and Zhang Zhenlin, and only when Zhou Qi is there can he use his speed advantage to help make up for the lack of the front. Now there is no Zhou Qi tonight, no one can limit Zhang Zhenlin's play, back to the home "dragon into the sea" Zhang Zhenlin once again to get 30+ points is not impossible, of course, the Guangdong team can also rely on their players' young physical advantages to fight speed, fight the number of rounds, this is also the Guangdong team's best defensive counterattack, but also the fastest means to score. But if they still fall into the same position as the last game, the Guangdong team does not have a tall inside line to defend and protect the frame, and they have no chance to win.
Of course, we can also see some clues from the G4 game, such as the sudden collapse of the Guangdong team when it was leading by 10 points in the first half of the first quarter, and the head coach Du Feng on the sidelines has maintained a very stable posture when the Guangdong team was beaten 21-0, and did not stop the game to adjust tactics or substitutions, nor rushed to the sidelines to scold or blame the players, as if everything on the court had nothing to do with him. Du Feng's reaction was abnormal, and the Guangdong team played without discipline, and in the second half of the second quarter of the game, when the Guangdong team was chasing the score quickly, Du Feng instead asked the players to calm down, which seemed unreasonable here.
It has to be said that the Liaoning team is the defending champion, the team with the best regular season record this season, and their team has a deep lineup and is a strong opponent. Tonight's Guangdong team will go all out to play this game well, whether they win or lose, because they have no way back.