The Shandong men's basketball team has lost again! This time, the Shandong team lost to the Jilin Siberian Tigers, who lacked super foreign aid Jones and were obviously insufficient in internal strength. A week ago, Shandong also won 93-87 against Jilin, but this time they almost collapsed in the whole game, losing the initiative on the field from the beginning of the game.
Judging from the player configuration of the two teams, the Shandong team with Tao Hanlin, Gao Shiyan and Ding Yanyuhang is obviously higher than the Jilin team, but they still lost this game somewhat unexpectedly.
In fact, before this game, some fans who understand the ball have predicted that Shandong team will lose to Jilin team in this game, because the shortcomings of Shandong team are too obvious now, the team lacks enough tactical play, there are only a few players who can play the game, and the substitute players cannot get enough game time to prove themselves on the field. Several of the main players of the Shandong team have now shown fatigue because they have been playing for too long.
So far this season, Shandong's main centre-forward Tao Hanlin has averaged more than 41 minutes per game, a statistic for the first time in his career. The team's main controller Gao Shiyan has also averaged 37.9 minutes of playing time per game this season, which is 6 minutes more than last season.
In addition, Ding Yanyuhang, who has just officially returned this season, has also become a "conventional weapon" in the hands of Shandong's new coach Xu Changsuo. Xiaoding, whose knee injury has not yet fully healed, currently averages 27 minutes per game.
Just after his comeback, he was given such a big responsibility that Xiao Ding was obviously a bit overwhelmed. In this game, Ding Yanyuhang was injured in a confrontation with his opponent and was directly taken off the field by his teammates.
Although the league has only played 9 rounds at present, the physical fitness of several of the main players of the Shandong team has now reached its limit. In the case that Jiao Hailong and Liu Guancen, the two main players, have been absent from the league for many rounds due to injury, the Shandong team has reached the point where no one can use it!
The current Shandong team lacks enough player rotation, a problem that even an ordinary fan can see, but the team coach Xu Changsuo does not seem to be aware of this problem. At the post-match press conference of this game, Xu Changsuo pushed the reasons for the loss on the players, believing that the lack of fighting on the field was the root cause of the loss of the game. Is this really the case? The answer, of course, is no.
First of all, Xu Changsuo lacks sufficient adaptability in the game, in the past few games, every time it comes to the critical moment of the fourth quarter, he will send a "big four small" game lineup, this move has long been seen by the opponent, but Xu Changsuo did not change the tactics in time.
In addition, the excessive use of Tao Hanlin, Gao Shiyan and Jiao Hailong also laid the groundwork for the loss of the Shandong team early. At present, Jiao Hailong has missed many games due to injury, and the physical strength of Tao Hanlin and Gao Shiyan has now been almost exhausted.
The lack of tactical changes and sufficient rotation of players in the team is due to the lack of coaching ability of the coach. But Xu Changsuo is now throwing the blame for the loss to Shandong's players, which is a very irresponsible performance, which is a huge contrast with his predecessor Gong Xiaobin.
After the end of this league, Shandong's opponents in the next four rounds of the league are Shanxi, Liaoning, Ningbo and Guangzhou. Except for the league deputy squad leader Ningbo, the other 3 teams are not easy to deal with. If Xu Changsuo can't make changes in time, Shandong is likely to continue to lose, then they will end the first stage of the CBA league with a record of 6 wins and 7 losses.
As the top 4 team in last season's playoffs, Shandong's league results are probably difficult to accept. After the start of the second stage of the league, whether Xu Changsuo can still appear on the CBA as the head coach will also be drawn a big question mark.