Following the CBA's official announcement that the third phase of the 2022-23 regular season will resume home and away games, the specific schedule of the third phase that began in March was also announced on the day of the small Chinese New Year's Eve.
Old friends and basketball fans, after three years, they can finally watch the Shanghai Sharks men's basketball team at home.
You know, the last time the Sharks played at home was back on January 19, 2020, when the team defeated the Shenzhen men's basketball team 113:106 at Yuanshen Stadium.
After the CBA in the 2020-21 season was suspended due to the epidemic, it began to enter the closed tournament system until the second phase of the CBA regular season on January 19 this year.
It is worth mentioning that the only player left in the Sharks team who participated in the game three years ago is Luo Hanchen. After returning home and away in March, the other players will make one home appearance for the Sharks.
The Sharks' first game in the third phase is March 1 against the Fujian men's basketball team, and the team will be home to Fujian. It is worth mentioning that captain Wang Zhelin will return to his old club's home court for the first time after joining the Sharks before the start of last season.
On March 3, the Sharks will welcome their first real home game after the epidemic, against the Jilin men's basketball team.
It is reported that the home of the Sharks' remaining games this season will be arranged at the Eastern Sports Center. In fact, if it were not for the conference system, the Oriental Sports Center would already be the home of the Sharks last season.
Before the start of the season, the Shanghai men's basketball team was held at the Oriental Sports Center, in addition to two warm-up games to test the drill for the upcoming home event.
Veteran fans will surely remember the season when Yao Ming led the Shanghai Sharks men's basketball team to the championship, and the team's home stadium was Luwan Stadium.
Indeed, from the original Luwan Stadium, to the later Yuanshen Stadium, and now to the Oriental Sports Center, in fact, the change of the home stadium of the Sharks also records every shareholder change of the club.
Of course, the current Oriental Sports Center is just an excess, starting next season, the Sharks will come to the newly renovated Xujiahui Sports Park, and the Shanghai Stadium will be the team's new home.
The Shanghai Sharks men's basketball team, which finished third in the regular season last season and reached the final four in the playoffs, has a record of 17 wins and 11 losses in 28 games after the first two stages of the regular season this season, temporarily ranking sixth in the standings.
This season's playoff qualification has been particularly fierce, including the Sharks, with a total of five teams with 17-11 losses, from fourth to eighth. The outcome of a match can change a lot in the rankings.
The Sharks did not perform well in the first stage, with a record of just 2-7. Fortunately, in the second stage, after foreign assistance adjustment and careful preparation, the team achieved a good record of 15 wins and 4 losses. The standings also got rid of the original bottom two and rushed all the way to the top eight.
Therefore, if the Sharks want to retain their playoff qualification and strive for a better matchup situation in the playoffs, they need to continue to maintain a high winning percentage in the third stage of the home-and-away format.
In the final 14 rounds of the regular season, the Sharks had seven home games and seven away games, exactly half and half.
So far in the game, the Shanghai Sharks men's basketball team ranks fourth in the scoring list with an average of 104.9 points per game, third in terms of 50.1 rebounds per game, fourth in 26.2 assists per game, and third in 10.5 steals per game.
In terms of player statistics, Sharks center Wang Zhelin ranks ninth in the scoring list with an average of 20.8 points per game, and he is the only local player to rank in the top 10; in addition, Wang Zhelin also ranks third in rebounding statistics with an average of 11.3 rebounds per game; on the steals list, the Sharks' Liu Zheng ranks third with 2.7 times.