Finally, on December 25, the CBA started again after 41 days. 20 teams gathered in Changchun, 15 rounds of 150 matches, will continue to fight until January 28, 2022.
For this stage, in addition to the division becoming Changchun, the biggest change from the first stage is undoubtedly the change in the number of foreign aid.
In the first stage, only 7 foreign players finally played, involving 7 teams in Liaoning, Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Shanxi, Ningbo and Guangzhou.
However, after this interval, by the day of the start of the second stage, the number of foreign aid has increased from 7 to 28, except for Jiangsu, the other 19 teams have foreign aid. In addition, The nine teams of Liaoning, Shandong, Qingdao, Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Shanxi, Tianjin and Ningbo will all start to have double foreign aid in the second stage.
With the progress of the game, it is currently known that Zhejiang and Beikong will also usher in double foreign aid. Beijing, on the other hand, is even expected to have three foreign aides at the end of the second phase.
Among these 28 foreign aides, most of them are old faces, and only three are newcomers. Mason is already playing for Guangzhou in the first phase, along with Guangsha's Jarod Jones and Shanghai's Von Lai.
It can be said that the competition in the second stage of the regular season will be very fierce, and with foreign aid in place, teams will compete in advance for playoff qualification.
The first stage has been played for 13 rounds, and the second stage will have 15 rounds, which means that the end of this stage has reached 28 rounds. The regular season has shrunk by only 38 rounds, and when the league starts again, there are only 10 rounds, so the results of the second stage will be very important, and each team will need to occupy the playoff qualification in advance.