Although Abdul Salam scored a new personal high of 43 points, he still did not help xinjiang team to save the defeat.
After losing to Liaoning, Xinjiang's record in the new season is only 1 win and 4 losses, ranking second from the bottom in the league, and the results are only better than the new army Ningbo, which is difficult to win.
Meanwhile, Zhou Qi has arrived in Melbourne, Australia, to begin a 14-day quarantine, and as soon as the quarantine is over, he will meet with the Phoenix and start a new NBL career.
When the tide fades, it is known who is swimming naked.
In this offseason, because of the contract problem, Zhou Qi and the Xinjiang team launched a protracted tug-of-war, even if the Basketball Association came forward, the two sides did not give in, and finally ended with Zhou Qi signing a two-year contract with the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team and parting ways with the Xinjiang team.
Many people wish Zhou Qi to leave, after all, the NBL conquest has also increased Zhou Qi's chances of returning to the NBA to a certain extent.
And less than one Zhou Qi, the impact on the CBA is not large, the iron camp, the flowing water soldiers, less who the league is the same, especially after Yi Jianlian and Ding Yanyu hang came back to play a powerful performance, the impact of Zhou Qi's departure seems to be negligible.
If Zhou Qi is likened to a drop of ink, if this drop of ink is dropped in the large cylinder of CBA, it will indeed dissipate quickly, and this tank of water looks no different from before; if this drop of ink is dropped in the bowl of the Xinjiang team, the impact will be great.
Zhou Qi is a player who is stronger than the attack, scoring is not his strength, low-level strong attack is rare, more rely on air cuts, second rebounds, outside shots to grab points, but if you talk about defense, "Big Devil" can be described as the only CBA file.
Over the years, the Xinjiang team has been the top three in the CBA, largely thanks to Zhou Qi's defense on the inside.
From the previous Brache to last season's Motai Yunas, these big foreign aid attacks are a good hand, but the defense, not to say a colander, at least is not very reassuring, then it is necessary for Zhou Qi to fill the leak for them.
In the two seasons since the NBA returned to Xinjiang, Zhou Qi, who has experienced the World Cup, has become more mature in his mind and more obviously enhanced his muscle strength, so he has taken on a more important role in the Xinjiang team, attacking and defending one shoulder, and being a father and a mother.
Moreover, compared with the situation of the Xinjiang team in the past two seasons of waving checks to recruit stars, there is a world of difference, the big stars have not been seen, but instead let go of the core of the original team such as XiRelijiang, Kolan Baike, Li Gen, Yu Changdong, Fan Ziming, etc., and the small foreign aid found has always been weak, the team's defender line in addition to Zeng Lingxu, others are embarrassed, and Zeng Lingxu is also older and injured...
Therefore, it must be admitted that if there is no Zhou Qi last season, the Xinjiang team may not even be able to enter the top four in the regular season, and in the face of the old opponent Liao Yue, it is normal to be in the downwind, and it is difficult to fight back against the Zhejiang team with unlimited youth. So much so that after being played off by Shandong, Zhou Qi made a remark on Weibo that he was suspected of being dissatisfied with the Xinjiang team, and he insisted on the ball at the risk of injuring his Achilles tendon.
The National Games for the Liaoning team also shows the importance of Zhou Qi to the team. In the semi-finals of the National Games, Han Dejun, after losing weight, only scored 2 points in front of the 2.23-meter youngster Yu Jiahao, but Zhou Qi used his long arms again and again to influence the zhejiang team's attack, scoring 20 points, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks to help the Liaoning team pass.
"I don't need to say that everyone can see it, at both ends of the attack and defense, his (Zhou Qi's) role is really huge, to describe it as huge." Guo Allen sighed after the game.
In the final, Zhou Qi was still supporting the Liaoning team at both ends of the attack and defense. In the last quarter, Zhou Qi was injured, and the Liaoning team was reversed by the Momentum of the Guangdong team from 10 points ahead, but Zhou Qi returned to the court and stabilized the situation again, and the Liaoning team defended the title.
We often say that the role of a person in defense is often difficult to reflect with data, Zhou Qi is like this, with him, the Xinjiang team is a strong team in the alliance; without him, the Xinjiang team immediately became a fish belly.
It is undeniable that Zhu Chuanyu, Rutubula, Qi Lin, etc. are all very potential newcomers, considering that Abdul Salam basically did not play last season, so the new season Xinjiang team is equivalent to one more "Xinjiang Sanjing", but it will take time for the new people's potential to be converted to combat strength, coupled with the fact that foreign aid has not arrived at the team, xinjiang team lost 39 points to Guangsha in the new season, losing 15 points to Shanxi.
In the battle with Beijing Control, Xinjiang lost 36 rebounds to the opponent, did not score a point in overtime, and finally lost by double digits. If Zhou Qi is there, why should the Xinjiang team do this?
"It takes a price to be young, something to accumulate, rebounding, and it's true that North Control has a big advantage, but the result ... It's a pity that there is a chance. We players need to distill through the failures and lessons of actual combat, and I think they fought it. Adi Jiang concluded after the game.
Ah Dijiang's familiar speech gave people the illusion of being like yesterday, as if the Xinjiang team was getting more and more like the inner flavor of the Bayi team of that year.
Abudu once commented on Zhou Qi's departure, "His (Zhou Qi's) departure from the team is definitely more influential, but we are used to the training and competition where he is not there, and we should use our focus on existing players." ”
It is true to focus on the moment, but if you always lose, it will cause a great blow to the psychology of young players, and isn't this how the Bayi team fell from the league's strong team to the bottom step by step?
Mr. Juan, assistant coach of the Xinjiang team, has arrived in Zhuji to assist Adi Jiang and has also signed Mortree, but a foreign coach and a former abandoner of North Control can really play the same role as Zhou Qi and let the local tycoon Xinjiang return to the ranks of the strong team?
It's too hard.