On May 17, Beijing time, when Abudu won the regular season MVP for the first time this year, he led Xinjiang to return to the finals after 5 years, which naturally made people look forward to him. However, after Abudu only scored 5 points in the first game of 8 in the first game of the finals, he was still in a slump in this game, with only 9 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in 4 of 12 in the game, including 1 of 7 three-point points, especially 0 points in the second and third quarters, his two consecutive slumps, and a total of 20 in 6 sleepwalking states in the two games have become one of the important factors in Xinjiang's 0-2 backwards, and he is also frustrated.
Due to the injury of Zhao Rui, the core of Xinjiang's local backfield, and the reimbursement of important striker Zhu Xuhang early in the season, Xinjiang's overall strength has undoubtedly been weakened. In the face of Liaoning, which has sufficient rotations such as Zhang Zhenlin, Fu Hao, Moreland, Han Dejun and Li Xiaoxu in the frontcourt, Xinjiang is at a disadvantage in terms of offensive and defensive strength in the frontcourt, and it is even more necessary for Abudu to play at the level it deserves.
However, Abudu fell into sleepwalking mode in the first game of the finals, and he only scored 5 points on 2-of-8 from the field, playing his worst performance in the playoffs this year. Abdu was playing too nervously on the court, and just like he was competing in the finals for the first time five years ago, he had not yet adjusted himself to the level he should have.
Now Abudu is in the G2 game of the finals, when he played 10 minutes and 07 seconds in the first quarter of the game, he contributed 4 of 2 to 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, including 1 of 2 three-pointers. Abudu's performance was not great, but at least it was equal to his full-court scoring in the last game.
Unexpectedly, Abdu fell into sleepwalking again in the second and third quarters, he did not score a point in a total of 3 0 points, had no sense of presence on the court, and failed to provide any offensive firepower help to the team at all.
Even if Abudu broke the scoring drought in the last quarter, he only scored 4 points on 2-of-5 performance in the fourth quarter, and only scored 9 points on 4-of-12 from the field, scoring less than 10 points in two consecutive games, and scoring 14 points on 6-of-20 in total, which is undoubtedly extremely inconsistent with his new MVP status.