Xinjiang suffered a crushing defeat on the road against Liaoning, revealing the team's true situation, as fans accurately pointed out! Netizens keenly pointed out that Xinjiang Men's Basketball's foreign aid, Higens, has relatively weak individual attacking abilities, and the tall foreign aid is not tall enough, lacking in under-the-basket deterrence. As a center, "Short Neck" only grabbed one rebound, which can only indicate that his core strength and physical confrontation ability are not enough for this level of competition; if your core strength is not good, you can't hold your position, and if you can't hold your position, you won't be able to grab rebounds. The three foreign aids of Xinjiang Men's Basketball can only play well when things are going their way, but they falter when facing adversity, missing shots and making many turnovers, especially Peterson who is even worse.
Liaoning played in their familiar rhythm in this game, with Xinjiang being stifled by Liaoning's targeted defensive tactics. This Xinjiang team will find it difficult to compete with Liaoning in the playoffs; their young players are quite good but lack experience. They lack top-tier foreign aid to lead the charge, and Xinjiang should not be short of money; they should spend money to upgrade their foreign aid. When the points gap is large, everyone on Xinjiang's team has a bad mentality, becoming anxious, losing technical balance, missing shots, and making many turnovers. Xinjiang has invested a lot over the years, but their foreign aid has never been ideal. In the championship year, a Blatche and a small foreign aid were the best and most ideal players selected by Xinjiang; none of the foreign aids selected since have reached the basketball level of these two, let alone finding a foreign aid like Liaoning's Wells.
If from now on, they could find a foreign aid like Wells, there would be a chance to win the championship; otherwise, making it to the semi-finals would be considered good. Additionally, the coaching level needs improvement, especially in terms of defense against key players from the opposing team; solutions must be found. Also, in every fourth quarter, they either fall behind or collapse, all of which are Xinjiang's weaknesses and hard injuries. Huang Rongqi and Yu Dehao both have limited potential but play with great effort; they perform well in the regular season, but in the playoffs, when everyone increases their intensity, they seem mediocre. Xinjiang also suffered from this last season, hence the personnel adjustments. This season, Huang Rongqi is performing well in Guangdong; hopefully, he can make further progress.
Huang Rongqi and Yu Dehao have very good defensive capabilities. Xilizati and Yili Fulate cannot defend against foreign aids like Goodwin, Diano, Fog, and Wells. Foge struggled in his first year with Liaoning, mainly because compared to his predecessor Hudson's unreasonable three-point shooting, he plays more conventionally, focusing on drawing fouls from opponents in offense. Unexpectedly, Foge later became more suitable for Liaoning. If Foge had Hudson's abilities, Liaoning would have been champions in his first year; he played poorly in the finals, and when he first arrived, he wasn't as fierce as Wells.
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