114-103, Liaoning took Tongxi lightly, but Yang Ming did not have much of a smile on his face, and even criticized his team for "a mess of defense" at the post-match press conference. This is not a modest word, Tongxi averaged 88.8 points per game in the first five games, which is still based on the situation of a match against Fubang, so that such an offensive opponent scored 60 points at half-time, and averaged 15 points in the whole game to get the highest score since the beginning of the game. Although the score seemed easy, the process was very tight, and the score was never pulled apart, and the closest time was only three points away from Tongxi.
The result of this is certainly a problem with Liaoning's defense, the fact is that Liaoning's offensive efficiency this season is second high, but its defensive efficiency is only in the top ten. For a championship-contending team, such a defense is obviously not satisfactory to the manager. With 16 turnovers, more than the opponent's 11, it's hard to imagine a team losing one game and one team winning only. In the game, Tongxi frequently used Liaoning's mistakes to fight back, and their tactical quality was even better than that of Liaoning, which was stronger, but their personal ability was too poor to turn over.
Guo Allen had 30 points, 9 assists and 3 rebounds, but 6 turnovers were a bit dazzling; but Zhao Jiwei slipped from more than 15 assists in the first three games to 6, and the three-pointer rate without the last two life-saving balls, the shooting rate was 7-of-0. The good news is that his playing time has dropped from 40 minutes before Guo Allen returned to 30 minutes, but his performance has also declined with the decrease in playing time.
The ball conflict between the two has always been a difficult problem to solve, the previous method was that the two each brought a lineup, but at the critical moment the two must be present at the same time, if Guo Allen wants to play without the ball is equal to his absence, so the only person who sacrifices the ball is Zhao Jiwei. Fortunately, his three-point hard training has improved greatly after a big injury, and playing without the ball will not be idle.
Another victim is Zhang Zhenlin, who only played 19 minutes in this game, nearly half from the previous 34.8 minutes per game, with 5 points and 6 rebounds and only 6 shots, compared with the highest 21 times before Guo Allen returned.
Guo Allen's return has enhanced Liaoning's strength, and also allowed the crisis that the defender line can only rely on Zhao Jiwei to temporarily lift. But his return also means that the ball has to be redistributed, and Zhao Jiwei and Zhang Zhenlin, who were originally the core playing style, have to readjust their role positioning, and it is normal not to adapt for a while.
It is worth noting that Zhu Rongzhen only got 2 points and 3 rebounds in 13 minutes of this game, and the unstable performance made Han Dejun not get more rest time, even against a weak team like Tongxi. As he grew older and joined the offseason, he could not rest to play the National Games, and Han Dejun's physical strength was very economical to use. Zhu Rongzhen should pay attention to his own number of fouls, this game due to the strength of the Tongxi interior line is generally he did not foul, but against the slightly stronger Xinjiang, his fouls were 4 and 5 respectively. Only by staying on the field will there be a contribution to the team.
How to adjust the lineup and maximize the combat strength, this is what Yang Ming will have to headache next, especially the defense must be reorganized. In the past, Liaoning relied on the defensive pressure of the strong defender line, coupled with Han Dejun's one-pillar on the inside line, the defense can be said to be watertight. But now Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei have to have more offensive tasks, Gao Shiyan is on loan in Shandong, and the defensive ability of both Yan Zhiqi and Zhou Juncheng is far inferior to his, which makes the oppressive force of the defender line drop by one level. And Han Dejun's physical strength and movement problems make him can only adopt a squat pit strategy to garrison the basket, if the opponent's internal projection ability is relatively strong, he can continue to punish him with a mid-shot, which requires Li Xiaoxu and Zhang Zhenlin and Cong Mingchen to provide sweeping assistance around the penalty area, and the three of them are not doing as expected.