In the third Liaojiang battle of the finals, what was unexpected was that Xinjiang fell twice in the same pit, and in the last round it was hard to catch up in the last quarter, and finally overtook the score difference in the remaining 6 minutes, but Xinjiang immediately fell into a desperate scoring drought and was taken away by Liaoning 17-4.
In the third key battle of this round, Xinjiang's losing script is still the same, or the first three quarters behind, the fourth quarter broke out to chase points, Wigginton single-handedly scored 11 points, and equalized the score in the last 6 minutes and 30 seconds of the game, and then Qi Lin scored three points, Xinjiang overtook Liaoning, at this time, the Xinjiang team, sitting on the advantage of the home court, continued to draw strength in the crazy shouts of the fans, and the momentum was fiercer than in the last 6 minutes of the previous round.
But fate is sometimes so capricious, the Xinjiang team seems to be not very accustomed to leading the battle, every time it is difficult to take the lead, it will soon be chased by Liaoning, it is undeniable that Fogg played a decisive role in this, from the first 3 games, for Ferg, the whole team of the Xinjiang team is really no way to restrict, single defense can not prevent, fouls are not cost-effective, because Fogg's free throws are extremely accurate, the first two games are 23 in 22, this game is 4 in 4, if the referee missed a few fouls, Fogg certainly scored more than 34 points this time.
The reason for the Xinjiang team's loss was Qiu Biao, and he was to blame.
In the last 2 minutes of the final quarter, Wiggington desperately scored and threw and equalized again, this game, it can be said that without Wiggington's outbreak, Xinjiang could not compete with Liaoning until the last minute.
Then Fogg scored another fatal three-point overtake, and then Wiggington lost a three-point shot, Qiu Biao quickly replaced, Wigginton ended the task of the game, Qiu Biao handed over the reversal to Jones, Jones is the big brother of the Xinjiang team's internal and external aids, this season Xinjiang has changed back and forth with a number of foreign aids, only Jones has not been replaced from beginning to end, compared to Wiggington, Jones has won Qiu Biao's trust more, but Jones is old, he hurriedly took over the responsibility, unable to turn the tide, and finally Xinjiang was unable to return to the sky, the last 2 minutes of the last quarter, no points, was taken away by Liaoning 7-0, Jones scored 11 points and 3 turnovers in 5 of 11 in this game.
In the coach's handshake session after the game, Qiu Biao smiled after shaking hands with Yang Ming, as if the defeat was under his control.
Of course, Qiu Biao's smile is a bitter smile, combined with what happened in the last 5 minutes, Qiu Biao has no reason not to smile bitterly, in fact, the reason why Qiu Biao will withdraw Wiggington is also his own reason, the last 2 minutes of the last quarter would rather use Jones than let Wiggington pick it, mainly because Wiggington made 3 fatal mistakes.
First, in the 4 minutes and 30 seconds stage, Fogg scored a mid-range shot to overtake again, Abudu served in the backcourt, Wiggington didn't notice Zhang Zhenlin behind him, and Zhang Zhenlin successfully sneaked up and slammed the dunk, Liaoning instantly expanded the difference to 3 points, and this mistake also made Abudu angry to jump to his feet.
Second, in the final quarter of 3 minutes and 13 seconds, Wigginton was a little careless when he held the ball over the half, and was quickly sandwiched by Zhao Jiwei and Zhang Zhenlin and made a steal to fight back, Wigginton still complained to the referee afterwards, this time he complained at least 3 times before and after, and in the first half of the stage when he was removed, there was a heated argument with the coach's box.
Third, after Ferg scored three points for the third time, Wigginton also wanted to return a three-point, so he quickly shot three points after simply blocking and dismantling Wu Guanxi, and did not score, this choice personally thinks there is no problem, itself Wigginton is the most accurate player in the Xinjiang team now, his scoring method is like this, more unreasonable, but in Qiu Biao's view, he thinks this is a mistake, although three points behind Liaoning, but at this time there is still game time, should not be led by Ferg to go rhythm, and he gambles with him for three points.
Another reason that led to Wiggington being replaced in the end was that Yu Dehao's next 6th foul graduated and left the game, because he wanted to steal Zhao Jiwei too much, Yu Dehao at the top chose to fight hard, did not succeed in the steal, and almost injured Jiwei, after graduating from 6 fouls, Qiu Biao finally couldn't sit still, and urgently replaced Wiggington, replaced Huang Rongqi, who scored 0 points in the whole game because of a shoulder injury, and Jones, who was not good at three points.
In the last 1 minute and 38 seconds of the final quarter, Jones dominated Xinjiang's offense, but what he could do was very limited, because he didn't play in the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter, his body had already cooled down, and he was suddenly called to play, very uncomfortable, Yang Ming had already understood Qiu Biao's thoughts, replaced Jones and Huang Rongqi, who had a shoulder injury, and left only one shooter Qi Lin, changing direction to weaken the outside attack, and cheapening Yang Ming in vain.
So Yang Ming replaced Moreland to strengthen the frame, and Jones had two singles in the final quarter, one was intercepted by a foul, and one was successfully defended by Moreland.
The rest of the players in Xinjiang also had two offensive opportunities, but Qi Lin's three-point shot was directly cut off by Fogg, and Huang Rongqi's counterattack breakthrough was blocked by Zhang Zhenlin.
Xinjiang in the last 2 minutes is not without a chance, but because of Wiggington's fate was disrupted, Wigginton desperately chased back the game, but because of Qiu Biao's distrust of him, he lost, I personally think that Qiu Biao is still not bold enough, too timid, far inferior to Yang Ming, Li Xiaoxu was injured, Yang Ming dared to use Liu Yanyu, Moreland continued to slump, Yang Ming still continued to trust, this time, Yang Ming also gave Li Huyi a lot of playing time.
If this kind of game is an NBA coach to enforce the law, anyone will continue to let Wigginton continue to stay on the court, even if he makes a relatively low-level mistake, after all, the suspense of the game is that he desperately played back in the fourth quarter, and the passion of the fans and teammates in the audience was ignited by him, so he should be allowed to continue to play, even if he loses in the end and dies at the hands of Wiggington, his teammates and fans will not have too many complaints.
Qiu Biao's approach not only hurt Jones, but also made Wiggington very chilled.