Refusal to shake hands! Xu Jie expresses dissatisfaction after the game! Du Feng no longer shirks responsibility, speaks out publicly for Xu Jie!
98-93, Guangdong men's basketball team defeated the Shandong men's basketball team with a strong momentum at home! The moment the final whistle sounded, Xu Jie, sitting at the end of the bench, turned around and headed straight for the locker room! He, who is usually low-key, modest, and polite, this time refused to shake hands with the opponent after the game! To be honest, this scene is very rare. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the first time in Xu Jie's career that he refused to shake hands with the opponent after the game! So, what made Xu Jie make such a move?
Personally, I think there are two reasons! The first point is very obvious, which is because of Chris' foul on him in the third quarter. From the slow-motion replay, Chris' action was completely a malicious foul aimed at the person, and the severity was enough to be expelled on the spot!
But Xu Jie did not respond excessively during the game process. After getting up from the ground, he didn't even look at Chris, then executed two free throws and one throw, scoring five points in a row! Using Xu Jie's words to respond to Chris, it should be "Leave the foul to you, take the victory away"!
If the first point is because of dissatisfaction with the opponent's foul, then the second point is dissatisfaction with his own and the team's performance! After the game, Xu Jie also openly expressed his dissatisfaction with his and the team's performance in this game! At the post-game press conference, Xu Jie showed no joy after winning the game. He said that the whole team had 25 turnovers, which is very worthy of summarization. Every mistake in handling the ball needs to be reviewed on video, because it is related to everyone's tacit understanding, as well as the positioning and landing of each ball, all have problems!
Just looking at Xu Jie's post-game remarks, it gives fans the feeling that Guangdong lost! It can be seen that Xu Jie is indeed dissatisfied with the team's performance in this game, especially his own performance! In this game, Xu Jie made a total of 6 turnovers, and in the decisive two minutes of the fourth quarter, he was even directly replaced by Du Feng! Looking back at the entire second stage of the game, this should be the first time that Xu Jie was replaced in the fourth quarter when the outcome was undecided!
Of course, thinking positively, it may be because Xu Jie really had physical problems, and Du Feng also did so out of protection for him, avoiding injuries under extreme fatigue, and there was veteran Ren Junfei on the court in the fourth quarter! But Xu Jie must have been very annoyed at his six turnovers throughout the game, and felt annoyed that he couldn't help the team in the decisive moments!
It is worth noting that after the game, Du Feng finally stopped shirking responsibility. He said that being able to win the game under the obvious disadvantage in lineup strength is due to the good cooperation of the players, and if they lose, it is the responsibility of the coaching staff! Although such remarks are not Du Feng's usual style, but for this game, even though there were 25 turnovers, Guangdong's overall team cooperation was indeed commendable! This can be seen both from the game process and from the post-game data, the most representative being the assist count! In the whole game, Guangdong had a total of 30 goals in motion offense, 29 of which were completed through assists! This is enough to show that the team's cooperation is very smooth, of course, if they can control the turnovers, the effect will be better!
Finally, a reporter asked about the All-Star voting issue at the post-game press conference. For the current second ranking in the South District, Xu Jie expressed gratitude to everyone for voting for him, but for him, playing well in the game is more important! Subsequently, Coach Du Feng spoke out publicly for Xu Jie, saying that Xu Jie's performance should rank first in the voting, and he also hopes that everyone can support Xu Jie more!