On January 20th, Beijing time, Guangdong Hongyuan challenged Nanjing Tongxi in the CBA "Spring Festival Battle" away from home. After four quarters of competition, Guangdong defeated Tongxi 112-94 and won their ninth consecutive victory. In this game, Guangdong always firmly controlled the rhythm in their own hands, not giving Tongxi any chance. On the Guangdong side, Xu Jie, Bazley, and Jilunwater were able to get a perfect score. Morand and Zhang Wenyi performed well, while Du Runwang continued to struggle.
In fact, Xu Jie's performance no longer needs much praise, because now he plays well, which is just basic operation. As Du Feng said, Xu Jie is completely at another level. Lin Wei on the other side did better in personal scoring, but Xu Jie's role in leading the team is irreplaceable. Throughout the game, Xu Jie scored 23 points, 13 assists, and 6 rebounds, a performance that can be called perfect. And Jilunwater continued his super-god performance, slashing 39 points, 13 rebounds, and 2 assists. Since Nanjing Tongxi has no big inside player, no one can stop Jilunwater from killing inside, and Water's outside shooting was also very good, completely collapsing Nanjing with Xu Jie's connection.
Bazley is another big surprise for Guangdong. He, who was jokingly referred to by fans as a "bully god," played like CBA James against Tongxi. Slam dunks over people, driving hard to create 2+1, flying to block the opponent's small foreign aid, Bazley fully unleashed his physical talent, scoring 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 blocks throughout the game. In fact, with Bazley's athletic talent, he played too conservatively before, and in the CBA league, he can completely use his body to crush defensive players. There were some particularly beautiful moves in this game where Bazley took the ball and rushed into the paint with long strides. The defensive players on the other side either got shaken off by Bazley's footwork or gave resistance but mostly could only foul. I hope Bazley can maintain such confidence and rhythm!
Morand's state in this game was actually average, with continuous passing errors on the offensive end and being targeted by the opponent's small foreign aid and Lin Wei on the defensive end. Recently, Big Mo's mentality has been somewhat unbalanced, often focusing on doing "fancy moves," but losing focus and not accomplishing anything. Zhang Wenyi's performance was very stable, coming on court to shoot three-pointers with a high hit rate, and defensively, he could keep up with the opponent's pace. Zhang Wenyi's playing time has been increasing recently, precisely because he has three-point shooting and defense, meeting Du Feng's requirements.
Du Runwang continued his poor performance. Although his three-point shooting warmed up in this game, he made many mistakes on both offense and defense, and they were all low-level. In fact, he plays with emotions, committing consecutive fouls and turnovers, and even expressing dissatisfaction with the referee, all because he is too anxious, which makes him play even worse. Huang Rongqi and Zhang Haojia's performances today were not up to par. Their shooting was inaccurate, especially Huang Rongqi, who shot 1 out of 5, and Zhang Haojia's three-pointer was 0 out of 2, failing to deliver the expected shooting level.