In the rematch of last season, relying on the hard work of the Chinese class, the Qingdao men's basketball team finally reached the stage of the playoffs again after the "Deng Haha" era. Although there is a solid foundation laid by two super foreign players, Johnson and Adams, the emergence of domestic players such as Liu Chuanxing, Zhao Dapeng, Wang Qingming, Zhao Tailong, and Zhang Chengyu is also a key. After returning to the team in double this season, the outside world inevitably has higher expectations for this dark horse team.
In the first stage, Dwai Johnson did not return to the team because of the positive new crown antibody. Relying on Adams and substitute foreign aid Stimak, the Qingdao men's basketball team ranked fifth in the league. In the second stage, after Johnson's return, the substitute Stiemark was abandoned by the Qingdao Men's Basketball Team. Last season, the two old faces of the team continued to cooperate and led the team to a remarkable record. However, the Qingdao men's basketball team always faces a dilemma. The team does need offensive Adams to score, but to make the league's top insider Johnson a coolie blue-collar, it is indeed a bit violent.
Adams's offensive ability does not need to be said, but after the head, his eyes are only the basket, ignoring the "persistence" of his teammates, it is indeed harmful to the team. Therefore, there have been many times that the team will recover or even overtake the score after Johnson came on the court, and Adams will fall behind or even ruin the lead as soon as he enters the court. In the battle against Shougang on December 20, 2020, Adams left the field due to injury. Although he briefly returned in the next two games, his condition was extremely bad. Following the match against Jiangsu on January 3, 2021 After making 8 of 23 shots, in the game against Guangzhou on January 12, 2021, he continued to fight with iron and made 6 of 22 shots. Without exception, Qingdao lost all these two games.
In these games that Adams played on the wall, Johnson was logically in the top position and became the core of the team's main game, and he also proved his worth with an average of close to 30+20 per game. Different from Adams's solo fight, although Johnson seems to be the top five and three rough on the surface, but there are details in the rough, he is willing to connect with his teammates, once became the team's assists king at the time. And he and the team’s domestic master Lin Wickham also have a tacit understanding.The pick-and-roll cooperation that the two are familiar with once became the secret weapon of the Qingdao Men's Basketball Team. Without the time bomb of Adams, the "half angel and half devil", the Qingdao men's basketball team seems to know how to play.
In the 4 games at the end of the second period, Adams once again ushered in a comeback. Although he averaged 26 points per game, his shooting percentage was as low as 36%. In the last game against Shanghai, Adams made 36 crazy shots and played 25 irons. Among them, he made only 2 of 16 three-pointers. Of course, in that game, Johnson was once again reduced to a coolie blue-collar running back and forth on the court. Facing this team with no foreigners, he only scored 9 points and 11 rebounds in the game. What eventually led to the collapse of Qingdao in the final quarter, ending the second stage of the game with a wave of two consecutive defeats.
Fortunately, after experiencing a tragic 8-game losing streak at that time, relying on Johnson's one pillar to optimise the sky, the Qingdao Men's Basketball team has re-established its ranking in the playoffs and is currently winning 20 17 losses ranked ninth in the league. However, the team really needs to think about how to use Adams as a foreign aid in the next stage. Not long ago, they announced that they had signed the former Shenzhen Wai Freeman, perhaps in order to give up Adams' backing.
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