On May 20, Beijing time, Xinjiang captain Abudu ushered in his 28th birthday, and now he is celebrating his birthday in G3 in the finals. Abudu rebounded 6 of 11 in this game, including 0 of 2 three-pointers and 2 of 4 free throws, and got 14 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks quasi-triple-double data, but he was still unable to stop Xinjiang from losing, and he had already lost the match point behind Liaoning 0-3 in total.
As the MVP winner of the regular season, Abdu's performance in the regular season was remarkable, not only with excellent personal data, but also led Xinjiang to second place in the league. It's just that in the playoffs, Abudu's data has dropped sharply, and it has fallen off a cliff in the first two games of the finals. Abudu scored a total of 6 out of 20 in the first two games, of which only 5 points were scored in 2 of 8 in the first game, and only 9 points were scored in 4 of 12 in the second game, which became one of the important reasons for Xinjiang's 2 consecutive defeats.
Regarding Abudu's sluggish performance, he himself said after the G2 race: "I did a very bad job! Xinjiang coach Qiu Biao revealed: "He has a fever in Liaoning, and he has been persevering with illness, his spirit is a good infection to the team, and he himself hopes to play." In the past few days, he has been hanging bottles, and he has not participated in the training today, and if he doesn't play at night, I will communicate with him again. ”
Now that Abudu is ill in the key G3 game with Liaoning, Abudu's overall offense has picked up, and he has played extremely aggressively on the court, constantly impacting the inside line to create damage. In the first half of the game, Abdu played 18 minutes and 53 seconds, and he had scored 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting, including 2-of-4 free throws, which has set his record for the highest single-game score in this year's finals.
Abudu scored another 4 points in the second half, and only 14 points in the whole game, but it was still the first time he scored a double-double in a single game in three finals this year, and it was quite good to be able to score 14 points when he was sick.
Abudu also had 9 rebounds and 8 assists, both of which were the highest in the team, especially activating 6 players in Xinjiang to score double-doubles, leading Xinjiang to overtake the score when it was 18 points behind. However, at the last moment, Xinjiang failed to stop Fogg's continuous scoring, and Xinjiang also regretted losing again, falling behind 0-3 on aggregate and losing the match point.