On December 15, CBA Company issued an announcement that in view of the changes in the epidemic prevention and control situation in Zhejiang and other places, in the case of communication with the Changchun Municipal Government, with the approval of the higher authorities, the second phase of the regular season will all be arranged to be held in Changchun, and the start date originally scheduled for December 25 may also be adjusted. In this way, each team will be affected accordingly.
Changchun became the only venue for the second phase
According to the original plan, the second phase of the regular season will start on the 25th of this month and end on January 28, still implementing a closed tournament system, but unlike the first stage, in addition to the Zhuji Division continuing to host the game, the Changchun Division has also been added, which is not only the implementation of the dual division system since the 2019 CBA rematch, but also the first time it has been held in the northeast region after the resumption of the league.
Originally, the second stage was divided into two stages, that is, after the 23rd round, 5 teams from each of the two divisions were transferred to the other division to complete the remaining five rounds of the second stage (January 18-28, 2022) regular season, namely: Zhejiang, Qingdao, Sichuan, Shanghai and Jiangsu in Zhuji Division to Changchun Division, and Liaoning, Guangsha, Jilin, Shanxi and Tongxi in Changchun Division to Zhuji Division. The rest of the teams stayed in the original zone.
Such an arrangement also caused some controversy at the time, for example, some Liaoning fans expressed their incomprehension, "Why does Liaoning have to go south to Zhuji to play, but Guangdong can always stay in the original division, less to go to the pain of boat and car labor?" "Now, after the second stage is all placed in the Changchun Division, such controversy no longer exists."
Previously, the stadium hosted by Changchun was changchun city gymnasium, which is also the home of the Jilin men's basketball team, but as all teams are arranged to Changchun division, it is not ruled out that another venue will be added as a playing place. According to previous news, the official has recently been looking for another competition venue in Changchun, which is currently tentatively scheduled as the Wuxi Gymnasium of Changchun Sports Center.
It is reported that Changchun has begun to sell tickets before, and the audience is expected to enter the game after the start of the second stage, but with the current prevention and control situation, the possibility of the audience entering is becoming smaller and smaller, at least the initial difficulties of the second stage.
The impact of the postponement of the league
The audience can not enter the temporarily is a small matter, the real impact on the teams is that the second stage is likely to be postponed, after all, after the confirmed cases in Zhejiang and other places, Zhejiang, Guangsha and other teams to Changchun after the team's isolation time will be extended accordingly, which will also cause the postponement of the league.
However, if the second stage is postponed, it is not necessarily all bad. First of all, the postponement of the league helps the national players to adjust their status. After playing the World Preliminary Round, the general of the Chinese men's basketball team returned to Guangdong for 14 + 7 days of isolation, which allowed them to carry out some strength training in the room through video conference, according to the deployment of the coaching team, and the second stage after the end of the isolation was also started, and they could only adjust the state while playing the game, which was definitely unfavorable for Liaoning and Guangdong, which had many national players.
And once the second stage is postponed, the national players after the lifting of the isolation have more time to adjust, while restoring the competitive state, while adjusting the psychological state, after all, the isolation life is very hard, a young man is isolated in the room, the inner torment can be imagined, before Guo Allen released various funny videos in the room was ridiculed by netizens: "This child has been crazy." ”
Secondly, the continuation of the league will give the injured more time to recover. After the end of the first stage, Ding Yanyuhang accidentally injured his knee by his teammates during training, and it is reported that he will rest for about two months, which is basically out of touch with the second stage. However, if the league is postponed, Ding Yanyuhang will also have the possibility of making a comeback in the second half of the second stage.
In addition, for a veteran like Yi Jianlian, who has just recovered from a major injury, the postponement of the league will also help him reserve more physical fitness and increase the tacit understanding with his teammates. Like Abdul Salam, who just came back last season, he wasn't in good shape, but after an offseason, he was able to score 43 points in a single game this season! It is worth mentioning that the long suspension of the league in 2019 allowed Zhou Peng to play after the resumption, which made a great contribution to the victory of the Guangdong men's basketball team. Therefore, time is very precious for Yi Jianlian, and the later the time for the second stage to start, the more he has plenty of time to find his state.
Third, foreign aid or early appearance. Compared with the situation that many teams in the first stage only have single foreign aid or even the all-Chinese class, the second stage has determined that there will be more foreign aid to join, such as Morland, Haddadi, Simmons, Rochester, etc., these foreign aides have been released from isolation and trained with the team, and the initial appearance of the second stage is almost certain.
But there are still some foreign players who have not yet entered the country or are in quarantine, and were planned to play again in the second half of the second phase, after all, even if the quarantine is lifted, the players will need some time to recover, such as Jeremy Lin. If the second stage of this time is delayed, then like the foreign aid that the Zhejiang men's basketball team officially declared that it is "going through the entry formalities", there will be more time to handle the relevant procedures, and after the isolation is lifted, it can catch up with the second stage, and the situation is the same for other teams.
epilogue
All in all, if the second stage is postponed, it will definitely affect the whole body, and now it is time to test the training level and adjustment ability of each team, but in today's environment, it is not easy for the league to be held smoothly, and it is reasonable to encounter some setbacks and ups and downs, and I only hope that when the third phase of the spring blossoms next year, our CBA can resume home and away and return to the atmosphere that everyone is familiar with.