A well-matched game, a game that the commentator called a game with content, but in the end, Guangdong team lost the first round of the Liaoning-Guangdong battle this season by a margin of 6 points.
Guangdong team lost because they did not have a strong small foreign aid. Two of their four foreign players had no shooting ability. At halftime, Guangdong's foreign players scored 13 points, while Liaoning's foreign players scored 26 points, 13 points more than Guangdong. Although both teams' foreign players scored 38 points at the end of the game, Liaoning's role players relieved the pressure on the foreign players.
What's worse is that Guangdong team has a traitor foreign aid, yes, this is talking about Liaoning's old general Morand. Objectively speaking, he played normally in the first quarter, deliberately attacking the basket and causing his former teammate Han Dejun to commit two fouls. It should be noted that Big Han was saddled with two fouls in half a quarter. If he continued to play like this, Guangdong team could completely take out Han Dejun.
Perhaps Morand's first quarter was just an illusion. After the second quarter, he started to hold back and show mercy to his former teammates. First, he dared not choose to attack the basket against Liaoning's interior defense, unwilling to cause fouls, but instead chose mid-range shots. Second, he was not proactive in defensive rebounding, did not actively fight for rebounds as he used to, and did not show the same fighting spirit as last season when he fought Zhou Qi, which led to Guangdong team losing the rebounds in this game, which is very abnormal. Third, he did not go out to defend against Liaoning players' attacks, and according to Guangdong fans, he let at least three or four go. Fourth, 33-year-old Morand couldn't beat 37-year-old Han Dejun, and all his statistics were inferior to the latter. Morand scored 7 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, while Big Han scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. He couldn't compete with the nearly 38-year-old veteran in terms of scoring and rebounds, indicating that Morand was not putting in the effort. As Guangdong fans put it, Morand was Liaoning's mole, playing sentimental games and betraying Guangdong team.
Before the game, he received the championship ring, exchanged affectionate glances with Liaoning players, calmed down the agitated Yang Ming during the game, and hugged his former teammates one by one after the game, as if Morand was playing for Liaoning team, not Guangdong team. Throughout the game, Morand made only 3 out of 10 shots and had only two free throws, fewer than the softie Bazley. Is this normal? Absolutely not! After the game, many Guangdong fans accused Morand of undermining Guangdong. Former teammate Fu Hao said that he would treat Morand after the game, ordering whatever he wanted to eat. If Morand had fought Zhou Qi like last season, would Fu Hao still be willing to treat Morand? Gentlemen, do you think Morand's performance was normal? Did he undermine Guangdong team?
