On May 11, the semifinals of the CBA playoffs were fiercely fought, and the Liaoning team and the Guangdong team played a decisive battle in G5. After the start, the Liaoning team was full of momentum, leading by 13 points in the first quarter, and the difference was 15 points at halftime. Although the Liaoning team was chased in the second half, it launched an offensive again in the last quarter and finally won 116-95 and advanced to the finals with a score of 3-2. Liu Yanyu, a young player in this campaign, played 17 minutes, shot 4 of 4, scored 9 points, and was the hero of the team's victory.
The lineup of the Liaoning team in this game is still not neat, Guo Allen and Li Xiaoxu are absent. Due to the lack of people in the internal line, Yang Ming continued to promote Liu Yanyu. After the start, the Liaoning team had a strong offense and defense, and Liu Yanyu had no offensive opportunities in the first quarter, but actively defended and grabbed rebounds.
In the second quarter, Liu Yanyu turned on the scoring mode, Zhang Zhenlin shared the ball, and he scored with a hook hand under the basket. At the end of the second quarter, Liu Yanyu made a layup and a mid-range shot. Liu Yanyu shot 3 of 3 in the half and scored 6 points, such a performance was impeccable.
In the second half, Liu Yanyu continued to play, although there were no offensive opportunities, but he actively defended on the field. The Liaoning team had some ups and downs in the third quarter, but maintained the advantage in the final quarter and finally won the victory.
Liu Yanyu played well in this game, scoring 9 points in the whole game. Liu Yanyu continued to rotate and played, he came up very actively, and the first two offensive opportunities were won by himself. It is worth mentioning that Liu Yanyu's mid-range shooting ability, with a high hitting rate, is easy to crack the defense of the Guangdong team. In fact, the same was true when G4, when Liu Yanyu hit many shots. Liu Yanyu got 12 points and 5 rebounds in G4, which was sought after by fans at the time, and today is a continuation of the momentum. Liu Yanyu performed in both games, which made people feel that Yang Ming should have used him a long time ago.
Liu Yanyu has actually been promoted to the first team of Liaoning a long time ago, but there have been few opportunities over the years. is mainly Liu Yanyu's own problem, his strength confrontation is average, and he is not enough as an inside player. In addition, the Liaoning team has enough internal players, and Liu Yanyu often has a chance when the team is short of people.
Li Xiaoxu was injured, and Yang Ming could only promote Liu Yanyu. Originally, the outside world had no expectations for Liu Yanyu, but as a result, he played out vigorously, and it can even be said that he can enter the rotation lineup. I believe that Yang Ming also sees that Liu Yanyu will not have less playing time this season and next season.