In this match, Xinjiang team, as usual, only registered 11 players to participate, which has become a common situation in recent game arrangements. The reason for this is that Xinjiang team is really facing the dilemma of the absence of main players. The main players of the team are either plagued by injuries or facing suspension penalties, and there are indeed great challenges in terms of personnel. Looking at the opponent Fujian team, this team has long been at the bottom of the league and is relatively weak in strength. Moreover, Xinjiang team's home court has always been known as the "devil home court" of the league, which makes many opponents wary. Based on such a background, it is unlikely that anyone would associate the word "upset" with this game before it started. However, the progress of the game was quite unexpected. At the beginning of the whole game, Fujian team quickly took the initiative as a guest and made an impressive 12-3 run, instantly taking the lead in the score. Fortunately, Lawson and Qi Lin of Xinjiang team stood out in time, relying on their excellent individual ability to continuously score points, successfully stopping the decline of the team, so that Xinjiang team only lagged behind by 3 points at the end of the first quarter, and entered the second quarter relatively smoothly. After entering the second quarter, the game situation remained close and changeable. First, Peterson of Xinjiang team showed excellent touch outside the line and successfully hit key shots. Then, Yili Fula also did not show weakness, and a beautiful three-pointer was steadily hit. Under the leadership of the two of them, Xinjiang team successfully achieved a reversal at the beginning of this section and gradually established a leading advantage. However, Fujian team here is also not to be outdone. Its foreign aid Luis seemed to have opened the "full firepower" mode in this section of the game, relying on his super personal ability to take 15 points alone, successfully helping the team stop the downward trend. Thus, both sides came and went, fighting fiercely, until the end of the half-time game, Xinjiang team temporarily led by 6 points.
Entering the second half of the game, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Xinjiang team performed very stable at the beginning of the game, and the situation seemed to be developing in a direction favorable to them. However, towards the end of this section, the situation suddenly changed dramatically. Xinjiang team suddenly seemed to fall into some kind of vicious circle, making continuous mistakes, and the offense also lost its voice, as if it had been strangled, falling into a state of silence. While Fujian team here seized this excellent opportunity keenly and launched a strong counterattack. Relying on this fierce offensive, Fujian team scored 33 points in this section, and such an excellent performance allowed them to seize the advantage on the field instantly. Xinjiang team thus entered the crucial fourth quarter with a 5-point deficit. In the decisive moment of the final quarter, Xinjiang team, which was already in a severe situation, was even worse off. The team's outside shooting feel was completely gone, falling into an embarrassing situation of silence, as if it was separated from the "connection" with the basket by an invisible barrier. Not only that, it seems that the whole team has been hit by some kind of "curse", with poor overall feel and frequent iron shots. Under such difficulties, despite playing at home, Xinjiang team finally had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit of this upset defeat.
In this game, the performance of Xinjiang team's foreign aid was really unsatisfactory. Lawson only got 18 points, Peterson got 14 points, and Hagens only got 2 points. Such offensive efficiency and the offensive desire shown are really difficult to associate with the level of foreign aid. After all, the three of them only scored a total of 34 points, which is roughly the scoring data that a foreign aid should have in a single game! It can be seen that these three foreign aids of Xinjiang team urgently need to make corresponding adjustments. However, compared with the poor performance of foreign aid, the more fatal problem is the problem of mistakes. In tonight's game, Xinjiang team actually made as many as 20 mistakes throughout the game, which undoubtedly gave Fujian team an excellent opportunity to use counterattacks to score points, and Fujian team also relied on these counterattack opportunities to get 22 points. Moreover, these three foreign aids themselves accumulated 9 mistakes. Under such circumstances, it would be strange if this game did not lose!
At the post-match press conference held after the game, Liu Wei, the head coach of Xinjiang team, expressed his views on the situation of this game. He said that at the beginning of the game, the team's performance in mental preparation and defense was not satisfactory. However, some young players in the team still showed good competitive conditions. However, the team is currently facing the problem of injury trouble. For example, Hagens, whose foot injury made it difficult for him to keep up with the rhythm of his opponents in defense; Lawson, whose game condition could only be said to be average due to a long-term cold; and Peterson, who suffered a thigh strain in the later stage of the game. As a result, many of the scoring and defensive tasks originally undertaken by foreign players need to be shared by domestic players. Therefore, the team is undoubtedly in a difficult period at this stage. However, Liu Wei also believes that such a situation is a rare exercise opportunity for the team's "three lifts", as well as players like Qi Lin and Li Yanze.
Generally speaking, the idea of his speech has not changed, always taking the core point that Liu Wei let young players "pay tuition fees" every time they lose. Tonight, he mentioned young players again and talked about this as a very good exercise opportunity. In short, it is still the rhetoric of "regarding losing as paying tuition fees".
