In the G5 battle between Liaoning and Guangdong, the defending champion Liaoning team defeated the Guangdong team 116-95 at home, thus eliminating the Guangdong team with a total score of 3-2, and the team reached the finals for the 12th time in history, and they will compete with the Xinjiang team for the championship. The reason why the Liaoning team was able to successfully counterattack in the unfavorable situation of falling behind 1-2 was that as the team's core point guard, Zhao Jiwei made great contributions, scoring 53 points and 15 boards in two games, and the first point guard in the CBA deserved it.
This season, Zhao Jiwei played a pivotal role in the Liaoning team, and due to Guo Allen's perennial absence, Zhao Jiwei became the main point guard of the Liaoning team. After entering the semi-finals, Du Feng also grasped the characteristics of the Liaoning team without a defender, and took turns to encircle and suppress Zhao Jiwei in the first three games. In the G3 battle, under the encirclement and suppression of Hu Mingxuan and Xu Jie, Zhao Jiwei was completely lost, and only scored 7 points in the whole game, but he shot an ultra-low shooting rate of 2 of 12 shots.
In the first 3 games of the series, the Liaoning team lost 2 games, and the promotion situation became precarious. After losing the G3 battle, Zhao Jiwei bluntly said that he and the Liaoning team would not let go of any opportunity or any possession. Yes, he did. As the main point guard of the men's basketball team in the past ten years, Zhao Jiwei has proved with practical actions - never underestimate the heart of a champion. Even if you have the match point in hand, you may not be sure of victory.
In the G4 battle, Zhao Jiwei seemed to be a completely different person. In the whole game, he played a full 38 minutes, shot 5 of 10 three-pointers, scored 22 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, completely broke the opponent at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and gave the Liaoning team a great help to the guard line. also relied on Zhao Jiwei's outburst, and the Liaoning team struggled to pull back a game in the G4 away game and brought the game back to Liaoning.
In the G5 battle of life and death, although the Guangdong team did not have Zhou Qi, they were still very tenacious. At this time, as a veteran member of the team, Zhao Jiwei stood up again. In the whole game, he played 44 minutes, made 3 of 8 three-pointers, scored 31 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, of which 12 three-pointers completely made the Guangdong team lose its soul. As a small man of 1.88 meters, he actually surpassed the big center of the Guangdong team in rebounding, and from this point of view, the Liaoning team is indeed more qualified to advance to the finals than the Guangdong team.
Throughout the past two games, Zhao Jiwei can be said to be in a brave state, and he hit 8 three-pointers in two games, with a total of 53 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists. not only killed the Quartet on the offensive end, but also sorted out the offensive organization of the Liaoning team in an orderly manner, and on the defensive end, he basically gave everything he had. It can be said that in the confrontation with Xu Jie and Hu Mingxuan, Zhao Jiwei had the last laugh, and he is the well-deserved first guard of the CBA.
In the past two years, Zhao Jiwei has been controversial in the national team, although he is already the first guard of the men's basketball team, however, in last year's World Cup, he was once labeled as a soft egg, and when facing other national teams, Zhao Jiwei once had an embarrassing situation of 0 points in a single game. However, in the CBA League, Zhao Jiwei has proven that he is still the CBA's big killer and the league's first guard. In this state, see who dares to say that he is a soft egg.