On December 7, the fifteenth round of the CBA League continued. The Guangdong men's basketball team, which ended the winning streak, met the Fujian men's basketball team, which ended the losing streak. In the last game, Su Wei was injured and the Guangdong men's basketball team was empty. The Fujian men's basketball team has Nicholson and Wang Zhelin in the twin towers, so this matchup is somewhat interesting. In the end, the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team took away the victory of the game. However, the way the Guangdong Men's Basketball team wins tonight is really not the Guangdong men's basketball team that Guangdong fans are familiar with.
Fans who are familiar with the CBA league know that whether it is during Li Chunjiang period or Yunus, or now Du Feng period, the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team is a team that emphasizes defense very much. And most recently, the Guangdong Men's Basketball team has had obvious problems in its defense. In the last game, the Guangdong men's basketball team gave Zhejiang Guangsha a full 139 points. The last time the Guangdong men's basketball team scored 139 points by opponents dates back to the first game coached by Li Chunjiang, which was in 2001.
In today's game between Guangdong Men's Basketball and Fujian Men's Basketball, the defensive problems of Guangdong Men's Basketball are still obvious. Throughout the first half of the game, the Guangdong team allowed the Fujian Men's Basketball team to score a full 71 points. In the first quarter, the Fujian men's basketball team shot 68.8%. In the second quarter, despite a decline, the shooting rate was still 50%. Three-pointers were even 6 of 11 in a single quarter. In the second half, the Guangdong men's basketball team still did not limit the offense of the Fujian men's basketball team. In this game, the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team can win the game because of the team's super hand touch and Marshan Brooks' unsolvable offense. Brooks scored 50+ in the audience, which is his highest single-game score in his Guangdong men's basketball career. The poor defense of the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team has turned Brooks into the Brooks of the Jiangsu Men's Basketball Team.
In this game, the Guangdong Men's Basketball team did limit Wang Zhelin, but what about the other players? None of them were guarded. The defense of the Fujian Men's Basketball Team is at the bottom of the CBA, so it likes to play against other teams the most. Fortunately, Brooks broke out today, otherwise the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team may not be able to win the game.
The defensive problems in this game are even more serious than those in the previous game. In previous seasons, Yi Jianlian helped the Guangdong Men's Basketball team solve too many defensive problems. In his absence this season, the defensive efficiency of the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team is only 112.2, which is only a mid-level in the CBA league. But in the two games against Guangsha and Fujian, the defensive performance of the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team could not even be said to be at the midstream level.
Compared to the joy brought by Guangdong's win, I am still more worried about the defensive problems of the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team. Today, Du Feng's guidance has been emphasizing defense during the timeout. The Guangdong men's basketball team, which won the game by on-off, is really not the Guangdong men's basketball team I am familiar with. Hope that the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team will soon regain its original defense. Come on!