On April 4, Beijing Shougang Men's Basketball Team lost again 75-80 in the second match of the playoffs with Jilin team, and the total score was eliminated 0-2, revealing the biggest upset in the CBA playoffs.
Two playoff games, Shougang seemed extremely difficult after upgrading its intensity, and it was not even as good as its regular season performance. Head coach Janis's command was also criticized. Missing the quarterfinals to the end of this season, the Shougang team, which is luxurious in line, has experienced ups and downs, and has exposed many problems. However, at the last press conference of the season, Janis' response was not enough to convince the public.
Qiutian (right) actively defends. Photo/Xinhua News Agency
Why did the offense lose its sight one after another?
There must be a specific reason for the occurrence of the incident. If you are happy, you can communicate in private, but the post-match press conference is not an appropriate occasion. ——Jannis
In the two playoffs, the "iron-smash" of the Shougang team's offensive end was exponentially amplified: 3 of 17 shots in the first half of the first game, and 8 of 42 shots in the entire game were only 42 shots in the outside world. The number of three-point shots in both games exceeded the average of 25 games in the regular season this season, and the shooting percentage was below the average of the regular season. In the past, the points that were more confident were data such as 1 of 7 and 2 of 10. When asked why, Janis just said: "We have some pitchers with high shooting percentages in the season, and this game has created many good opportunities, but they have not made any attempts." Such arguments also appeared at the press conference after the last game. With less than 48 hours apart in the two games, the Shougang team's adjustment in this regard is obviously difficult to satisfy. Asked about the reason again, the Greeks began to avoid it, "There must be a specific reason for the incident. If you are happy, you can communicate in private, but the post-match press conference is not an appropriate occasion."
In fact, while the Shougang team held high the banner of defense, offense has long become a "stubborn disease" for many years. Under strict tactical discipline, the players' personal offensive creativity gradually declined, or even lost, and they never found a candidate who dared to play "stars" and could trust at critical moments. Especially in the second playoffs, the defensive intensity of both sides is extremely low. Jilin team can find breakthroughs again and again under the leadership of Jones . The Shougang team knew that it felt bad but could not find a good solution after "smashing" again and again.
has put together such a lineup and after a season of running-in, when asked if there is any improvement on the offensive end, Yannis just said ambiguously: "If you analyze the data, you can find a more accurate answer, not a theoretical answer." What kind of data and answers are it? He was very uncooperative, "For example, the efficiency of each round, but I don't think it's suitable to discuss it at the press conference."
Jeremy Lin (left) fought at the basket. Photo/Xinhua News Agency
"Twin Towers" manual has only a major delay?
When we have the best defensive performance, it is inappropriate to pick the problem of defense. ——Jannis
Jilin’s strategy for two games is very clear—avoiding the inside shortcomings and connecting with Shougang’s “two towers” in close combat. However, the inside line did not become the strong point of the Shougang team. Some fans said: "When I saw that Tarik (Qiu Tian) could score, I felt something was wrong..." In this game where the fate of being eliminated, Qiu Tian was the one with the highest score, rebounds and positive and negative values in Shougang's official inside line.
So far, Yannis has been criticized for using the "two towers" for a season, which will only delay the situation and be turned on the table again. But in his eyes, big delays were successful. "Our regular season defensive data ranks first in the league, and a large part of this is attributed to our arrangement of big delays. When we have the best defensive performance, it is inappropriate to pick the problem of defense."
The Greeks began to use the "two towers" style this season, which became a label for a time, and indeed contributed some impressive victory, but some games have also been marginalized, which is particularly obvious in these two playoffs. Yannis believes that the "two towers" are the "must" choices for the team in the first stage, and later he gradually incorporated it into the system.
The Greeks admitted that the "two towers" brought a lot of help to the team, and also pointed out that in the basketball game , a tactic cannot always work, "but the 'two towers' lineup does bring a lot of help to us, and it greatly improves the Fan Ziming people." In this regard, an industry insider once pointed out in his commentary that how to maximize the role of the inside line including the "two towers" in the inner line, Yannis and the coaching staff did not get the correct "instructions".
Liu Xiaoyu (right) and his opponent " arm wrestling ". Photo/Xinhua News Agency
4 Foreign aid causes selection difficulties ?
Who to activate in each game and how to match local players? Yannis has made many attempts, but has not been able to come up with a relatively confident set of lineups.
4 The foreign aid team let Jones take the Jilin team with six or seven domestic players to sweep the game. Such an ending is difficult to accept by the outside world. However, when media person Su Qun commented on these two series, he mentioned many times that the hoarding of foreign players caused chaos, especially in the backcourt. After having a local defender with quite mature experience and ability, he also introduced three small foreign players, which ultimately led to almost everyone sacrificing their personal characteristics for the team and not being able to achieve ideal results.
Starting from the third stage of the regular season, Janis's approach is to choose 3 - 1 big and 2 small. In the last 10 regular season games, Hamilton was proven to be the most useful, but he only played one quarter in the two playoffs, and was completely excluded, which made the fans unable to understand and called it "self-destructive martial arts." As for the small foreign aid, Yannis's employment in the first game was widely questioned; in the second game, he abandoned the inside strong points and competed against Jilin's outside, making Jeremy Lin and Gibson very uncomfortable. Three foreign players share their playing time with domestic players in each game, and the Shougang team is the only one among the playoff teams. Yannis has made many attempts to activate who to match local players in each game, but has not been able to come up with a relatively confident set of lineups.
However, as Janis said before, using the "two towers" is a passive move, and he can't decide which players to introduce. To be fair, a team's loss in a season is caused by many reasons. Su Qun predicts that Shougang Club and the team will usher in a major reshuffle this offseason, and many industry insiders agree. Some people believe that it is not just a question of whether the Yannis team is retained or not, but there are likely to be significant changes from the club management to the team. This playoff "one round" is an appropriate time point.
Beijing News reporter Liu Chen
edit Bao Hongguang
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