In the first game of the finals of the CBA2023-24 season, the Liaoning men's basketball team sitting at home withstood the final counterattack of the Xinjiang men's basketball team without danger, and accepted the series with a 9-point advantage, taking a solid first step for the great cause of three consecutive championships! In this game, although the defending champions established a double-digit lead in the opening stage, the Xinjiang team repeatedly approached the score, and even forced Yang Ming to take the main force in the last two minutes.
The strategy of the Xinjiang team is also very clear, that is, to take out their magic weapon on the defensive end, especially when the score is behind, they will sacrifice the whole court to speed up and disrupt the offensive rhythm of the Liaoning team. Not to mention, this trick really worked for a while. In the third quarter, when the lead was further extended to 20 points, Yang Ming guided the rotation and won Dahan and Fogg, but he did not expect this attempt to put Zhao Jiwei in danger.
Originally, Jiwei had a lot of pressure to hold the ball, and when Fogg was rested and replaced by Yan Shouqi and his partner in the backcourt, this pressure increased sharply. In the face of the Xinjiang team's full-court pressing, the hand emperor looked very dazed, the non-dribbler hugged the defender and was caught by the referee, and was whistled for an offensive foul, and then the careless pass in the backcourt was cut off, and the opponent was easily basketed, and the score difference returned to single digits in a blink of an eye. It is conceivable that Director Yang Ming was already sweating at that time, and he could also understand the pressure faced by Jiwei after being targeted - the Xinjiang team was sure that you had less ball holding points, and did their best to consume Zhao Jiwei.
So, when the final quarter was ahead by a big score, the Liaoning team saw that the Xinjiang team was replaced by Crick, and it was already garbage time by default, so they also started the rotation, but they never dared to replace Zhao Jiwei, Jiwei played a full 46 minutes in the first game, and the consumption can be imagined. Fortunately, in this unfavorable situation, some of his teammates stood up and shared the pressure of the ball-holding organization for him, which helped the Liaoning team get through the difficulties and successfully won the opener.
This person is 25-year-old Zhang Zhenlin. Kim Kim has always played a 3-and-D role in the team with his excellent physical fitness, and even if he has been refining his offensive skills with the ball, the purpose is how to better attack the basket. In this game, the home fans saw a different Zhang Zhenlin - Jin Jin, who scored 8 points in the first quarter, scored 8 points, but then gathered his edge, because he also saw Jiwei who was specially taken care of. So Zhang Zhenlin not only focused on the defensive end, but also began to share the organizational pressure of Jiwei.
Kim Kim began to read the game calmly during the breakaway, and when the opponent's defensive rotation changed because of his own breakthrough, he always found a teammate who was in the open position, and revitalized the team's offense at once, and the deadlock was broken. In the whole game, Zhang Zhenlin scored 19 points in 7 of 12, but contributed 2 rebounds and 8 assists, and the number of assists was the same as Zhao Jiwei, and there was not even one turnover. Kim Kim's ability to hold the ball is eye-catching, and he has really grown.
As a partner on the front line, Fu Hao played the role of the endpoint, scoring a game-high 29 points, and was very efficient, shooting 12 of 15 in the athletic battle. In fact, Fu Hao's outburst was not accidental, as he said in the post-match interview, his playing time increased and he got more opportunities to show himself; On the other hand, this is also related to the defensive strategy of the Xinjiang team, the visiting team focused on cutting off the connection between Jiwei and his teammates, and Zhang Zhenlin played the role of a secondary attacker and organized the organization, Fu Hao got a lot of opportunities to attack the basket easily, which is why he can repeatedly succeed on the inside without a three-point shot.
In the first battle between the two sides, Qiu Biao's consensus on Jiwei was resolved by Yang Ming's guidance and Zhang Zhenlin's guidance, according to Yang Ming's interview, the second battle is the key, the Xinjiang team will inevitably play a twelve-point spirit and come up with a more fierce offensive, and Abudu and Qi Lin will not be sluggish all the time. At that time, what kind of response will the Liaoning team come up with? Let's wait and see.