Beijing time on March 19th, this evening, the third stage of the CBA entered the final stage. Fujian played against Guangzhou in this round. In the end, Guangzhou defeated Fujian without a fight and stabilized the top eight ranking. Guangzhou won this game relatively easily. The core Chen Yingjun only played for 29 minutes and contributed 10 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal with a plus-minus value of +13. Among them, the rebounds were in double figures for the first time this season. Not only was the offensive output stable, but also showed his defensive attitude.
Fujian has lost 5 straight games before, and currently ranks 18th in the standings with 7 wins and 29 losses, while Guangzhou is a strong opponent with 3 consecutive victories and ranks 8th in the standings. In the face of the fish belly Fujian team in this game, Guangzhou is determined to win. Compared with winning four consecutive victories, Guo Shiqiang wants to train the lineup and prepare for the playoffs. In this game, All-Star guard Chen Yingjun continued to start the game. He didn’t run out of bullets on the offensive end, but he played an amazing performance on the defensive end.
In the first quarter of the game, Chen Yingjun started the game and took the lead in making a mid-range shot, and then he quickly started to glide and hit the rebound. Since then, Chen Yingjun has also been very active on the defensive end. After grabbing a backcourt rebound, he launched a fast break to help Lifu hit. Then Chen Yingjun continued to thread the needle, and the start was very eye-catching. In the entire first half, Chen Yingjun only played for 13 minutes, scored 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal on 3 of 4 shots. Although he didn’t play much time, he showed performance on both ends of the offense and defense.
In the second half, the Guangzhou team’s training intention was very obvious. Chen Yingjun also easily shot three points against the opponent’s big man. After that, Chen Yingjun was very active on the defensive end, winning defensive rebounds one after another. It came to more than 20 points again, and in the end, Guangzhou took Fujian lightly and won 4 consecutive victories while sending the opponent 6 consecutive defeats.
Throughout the whole game, facing the underdog Fujian, Chen Yingjun got enough rest time, but there is no doubt that Chen Yingjun is the absolute core of the current Guangzhou men’s basketball team. For Chen Yingjun, this is a crazy enough season. In the past more than three months, he has twice set a new record for his single-game scoring; in the past month and a half, he has rewritten his career single-game assist record twice; he was also selected to the All-Star Game for the first time.
In fact, since entering the CBA as the No. 1 pick in 2017, Chen Yingjun has grown and matured in the past five seasons. From the “Treasure Island No. 1 Defender” in the mouths of fans when he first entered the league, to the “Guangzhou Paul” described by the media in the past few seasons, and now to the “regular season MVP contender”, the changes in titles are enough to show his ability. improvement.
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