The second phase of the CBA has been played in the second round, and from the perspective of these two rounds of games, the biggest impression given to fans is "cold", and the game is frequently upset. For example, Beijing defeated Liaoning by 23 points, and the defending champion Guangdong lost to Shanxi by 26 points after losing to Guangsha, which was a big surprise, which was the first time in the past three seasons that Guangdong team suffered two consecutive defeats. There are also Sichuan teams beating Shandong teams, Shenzhen teams beating Guangsha teams, etc., all of which show that teams with weak paper strength can defeat opponents with higher strength as long as they play well.
So, why are there so many upsets in the second phase of the CBA? Analysis is mainly four aspects of the factor, one, the team of new foreign aid in place, as we all know, the level of CBA foreign aid is generally higher than the local players, the personal ability of foreign aid can often play a role in changing the direction of the game, therefore, the strength of the weaker team, with the introduction of excellent foreign aid, which increases the probability of defeating the opponent with higher strength.
Second, the league interval training effect, after the first phase of the CBA league game, the team's interval reached more than 40 days, during this period, each team has arranged players to train, improve the player's personal technical ability, at the same time, the team also practiced the tactical system, increase the tacit understanding of the players, if during this period, the team can maintain high-quality training, then, this will be very beneficial to the CBA second stage of the game.
Third, affected by international competitions, in the 2023 World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's basketball team participated in 2 away games and won both games. It is worth mentioning that guangdong and liaoning teams are big players in the Chinese men's basketball team, each with 4 players selected for the national team, and in addition to 4 players, the head coach Du Feng is also the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team. As a result of participating in the World Cup qualifiers, these players, coaches and teams have not practiced together for nearly 40 days, which has caused some strangeness between them. Therefore, we can see that the Guangdong team has been greatly affected, which is also a factor that led to their 2 consecutive defeats.
Fourth, it was really too cold, the CBA second phase of the game, the original plan was to be held in two places, but because the Zhejiang team was affected by the epidemic, the Zhejiang team refused to hold the CBA second phase of the game. As a result, the second phase of the CBA was all held in Changchun.
Recently, under the influence of cold air, the temperature in Changchun has dropped rapidly, and the temperature in recent days is between -15 and -30 degrees. Because the CBA has a lot of southern teams, now the temperature in the south is generally between 5-20 degrees, and the players suddenly come to a place of more than minus 20 degrees, which is obviously a little uncomfortable, resulting in physical problems.
Coupled with the Changchun division due to the temporary holding of so many games, there are some deficiencies in terms of thermal measures, some game halls are still very cold, in the game venue we can find that in order to increase the temperature of the players on the bench, the organizer also added a warm fan on the field, of course, some players also made some preparations, for example, Shandong team player Liu Guanchen, but also specially used the hand warmer, it can be said that the way to keep warm, the CBA league is all used, I have to say, Changchun is really a bit cold now!