Before the second game of the CBA2023-24 season finals between Liaoning and Xinjiang, Liaoning team's guard Guo Allen was interviewed. The eldest nephew admitted: "I really can't play this season, I have tried, but I really can't play." Even after receiving this bad news, the whole Liaoning team was not timid, on the contrary, they all took action and worked hard with Allen. In the case of an unfavorable start, Liaoning Bengang stabilized its position, and was hit by the opponent in the last quarter with an 11-1 attack wave and tied the score, relying on Fogg, Zhang Zhenlin, and Fu Hao's continuous shots, successfully stabilized the position, and guarded the Liaoning Stadium with a 9-point advantage, rewriting the series score to 2-0, and firmly grasping the initiative of the finals.
In the post-match interview, Coach Yang Ming also reiterated the difficulty of this round of the series, he said: "As I said after the first game, the first game is just a trial, and the second game is the official start of the finals. It is not for nothing that the Xinjiang team has come to the stage of the finals, and the full-court pressing and rebounding competition have brought us a lot of trouble. Coach Yang Ming also made an official statement and set a goal for the team: "Xinjiang's home stadium is more difficult to play, and returning to the home stadium may stimulate the fighting spirit of the Xinjiang team even more." It is better to take away a win at home in Xinjiang. ”
We all know that the home of the Xinjiang men's basketball team in Urumqi is the home of the famous devil in the league, and it is really difficult to nibble on a victory at the Urumqi Olympic Sports Center, so Yang Ming did not dare to say that he would win the cup away, but said with a humble attitude that as long as he could do his best to win a victory. But in fact, judging from the trend of the two games, the Liaoning team still has an obvious advantage, and Yang Ming can be very confident.
That is, in the case of a stalemate in the battle, the Liaoning team's one-five blocking and demolition can always achieve results, but on the contrary, the Xinjiang team lacks the means to break the game. In the tug-of-war at the end of the quarter, it is obvious that Fogg can always find a gap of about half a body to shoot and launch an attack through the blocking and dismantling of Dahan, while Qi Lin and Abudu, who rely on the Xinjiang team to survive, block and dismantle the third and fourth positions, but lose their power because of the inaccuracy of the three points.
In the final analysis, the inside of the Xinjiang team is still not enough, Wu Guanxi and Li Yanzhe are the top five positions in the league, but they are still slightly inferior in front of the 37-year-old Han Dejun, Han fought for 36 minutes, contributed 11 points and 8 rebounds, and his blocking and basket protection are even more incomprehensible. In the past, the blocking and dismantling of Han and Guo Allen was the hole card trick of the Liaoning team to defeat the enemy, and now although the eldest nephew can't play, Fergus, who can shoot and pass suddenly, perfectly replicates Allen's role.
To be honest, the Xinjiang team has done a good job on the defensive end, and the problem is that their outside shooting efficiency in 5 of 36 shots is really eye-catching. In the high-intensity confrontation in the playoffs, it is normal for the players to deform their movements, and even the free throw shooting rate of the Xinjiang team is only 60%, which is too ridiculous. Abdul Salamu and Qi Lin combined for only 2 of 16 from beyond the three-point line, and the team once relied on role player Huang Rongqi to play with the powerful defending champion, which is indeed too abnormal, and this is also a problem that Qiu Biao needs to solve, although the defense wins the championship, but the essence of basketball is a competitive game with a higher score than the opposite.
Therefore, after the two sides moved to the home stadium in Xinjiang, can the Liaoning team achieve the small goal of winning away from home set by Yang Ming's guidance? What do you think?