Live broadcast on December 9th news CBA regular season, Shanxi 93-91 beat Tianjin. After the game, Shanxi team coach Yang Xuezeng and foreign aid Monroe attended the press conference.
Yang Xuezeng commented on the competition: “This is our first game in the second stage. We expect to encounter many difficulties before the competition and may play very poorly; The most important thing is, according to the characteristics of Tianjin team’s fast and accurate three-point goal, we first require everyone to defend well on the court, and second, we must grab a good rebound. From today’s game, we have done a good job in these two points. The rebound finally won three, which basically easily restricted the characteristics of Tianjin team’s quick counterattack and three points tossing.”
“In the game, the main problem appeared in our own attack. Our hit rate was very low, with only 31% of the two-point hit rate and 15% of the three-point hit rate, which was a very bad performance. Fortunately, through the joint efforts of everyone, they bit the score, persisted to the end and won the game. Monroe was the biggest hero to win the game today. Only a few days after he arrived at the team, he performed well in the game in his ability to dominate the basket, rebound and guard the basket, I also believe that his situation will get better and better, and he will become more and more familiar with everyone. Especially in the last attack, he laid the foundation for our victory. Although this game was won, there were indeed many problems. The most important thing was the problem of mentality, which was very uncalm. We didn’t play the level we should have in attack at all. Through careful summary, prepare for the next game, and I also believe that our game will be better and better.” Yang Xuezeng said.
Monroe commented on the game: “As the coach said, our attack in this game is not good. I know that the level of the shooters in the team is much better than that shown in this game, in particular, we can win the game even if the shooting is not good, which is a very positive phenomenon.”
In this battle, Monroe played a substitute for 15 minutes, and made 8 of 14 shots, scoring 25 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.