In the first game of the CBA finals, the Xinjiang team finally lost to the Liaoning team 112-121 away from home, and suffered a black start. In this game, the Xinjiang team was suppressed by the opponent almost from the beginning of the game, and there was no chance of counterattack at all. As the only team in the Xinjiang team that has played in the finals, Abudu's performance in this battle can be called a disastrous performance, scoring 5 points, 8 rebounds and 5 fouls in the whole game, including 0 points and 3 fouls in the first 31 minutes of the game.
The finals between the Liaoning team and the Xinjiang team are the first time in their team history that they meet in the finals. Although in the playoff head-to-head record, the Xinjiang team has an overwhelming advantage. However, in this round of the series, the Liaoning team has the advantage. In terms of experience in the finals, the Liaoning team can be said to crush the opponent with an absolute advantage, except for Abudu, who has played in the finals alone, the rest of the players are rookies, including their head coach Qiu Biao, who is also a rookie in the finals.
Obviously, judging from the debut of the finals, the performance of the Liaoning team seems to be much calmer, and although the Xinjiang team is talented, the debut of the finals still looks very restrained. Moreover, what is quite puzzling is that as the only player of the Xinjiang team who has experienced 2 finals and is also the MVP winner of this season, Abudu not only did not take the lead in this battle, but became the oil bottle of the Xinjiang team, the offensive end was completely dumb, and the defensive end was completely blown up by Zhang Zhenlin.
How bad Abudu's performance in this battle was? This can be directly reflected in the post-match data. In the game, he played a full 41 minutes, shooting 2-of-8, scoring five points and eight rebounds, in addition to five fouls. As the scorer that the team relies on, in Abudu's state, the Xinjiang team will definitely not be able to win the ball, let alone play away. What's even more embarrassing is that most of Abudu's data is still brushed in the last section.
In the first 31 minutes of the game, Abudu actually scored nothing, and the score was zero, except for three fouls that were extremely dazzling, the rest of the data were basically negligible. It wasn't until there were two minutes left in the third quarter that Abudu opened the scoring, receiving an assist from Yu Dehao, and hitting a three-pointer from the outside, which was also his first goal.
On the other hand, Zhang Zhenlin, who was in the opposite position with him, was completely hilarious in this battle, he shot 7 of 12 in the whole game, scored 19 points and 8 assists, and the offensive effectiveness was extremely high, and both offensive and defensive ends gave the Liaoning team great help. As we all know, Ah Budu is the MVP of the regular season this season, and the strongest small forward in the CBA on a par with Zhang Zhenlin. However, in this battle, Abudu was completely blown up by Zhang Zhenlin, is this the most watery MVP in CBA history?