On December 31, Beijing time, in the 16th round of the 2021-22 CBA League regular season, Zhejiang defeated Ningbo 114-100 and won four consecutive wins. The game was full of gunpowder, and there was a hot scene in the second quarter, with a total of 3 people being sentenced to technical fouls and 2 people being sentenced to fouls on both sides.
Before the game starts, most people will think that this is a battle without suspense, after all, the strength and level of record of the two teams are too far apart. Zhejiang is a strong contender for the final four places this season, and in the first stage, it also presented a crazy performance that overturned the defending champion Guangdong. As a new CBA army, Ningbo has only won one victory so far.
However, the situation on the field at the beginning of the first quarter was quite surprising, and it was Ningbo who took the initiative first. Since the start of the second stage of the regular season, Zhejiang has experienced slow heat more than once, and today they are the same. So we saw that Ningbo, made up of a large number of "civilian" players, was in the lead for most of the first quarter, and the game was not as unattractive as expected.
Why has Ningbo been able to perform impressively? Objectively speaking, their squad strength has improved significantly compared to the first stage, and the successive addition of two foreign aides, Trotter III and Stimac, has given the team a main backbone on the offensive end. In particular, the European foreign player Stimac, who briefly played for Qingdao last season, came to Ningbo and had 40 points, 17 rebounds and 7 assists in the first game.
In addition, we cannot underestimate Ningbo's fighting heart. Since Ningbo entered the CBA as a new army, the number of professional league teams from Zhejiang Province has expanded to 3. Both Guangsha and Zhejiang are strong teams with the strength of the top eight and even further ambitions. Although Ningbo's strength is not good, they and ganren hou, when they fight with the big brother of the same province, they also want to prove their desire for victory. In order to make up for the lack of strength in the lineup, Ningbo was very focused from the beginning of the game and never gave up the struggle.
The intensity of the competition is also reflected in another aspect. With 6 minutes and 10 seconds left in the second quarter, there was a hot scene on the field. At that time, Ningbo organized the attack, Zhang Biao received the ball on the left side and prepared to execute a personal attack, facing Zhu Xuhang's close defense, he broke through hard, and the two had a fierce physical collision! What followed was a confrontation beyond the scope of competitive sports, Zhu Xuhang closely followed Zhang Biao, and Zhang Biao was furious and overthrew Zhu Xuhang to the ground! The smell of gunpowder in the game instantly became stronger!
Immediately after that, a young player of the two teams could not contain his excitement, first standing at the scene of the incident, the nearest Ningbo defender Han Delong stepped forward to cheer for the big brother, and the Zhejiang defender Lin Xiaotian saw this situation and immediately pushed and shoved, and the two almost wrestled together. Fortunately, there were more calm players on the field, and the players in conflict between the two sides were quickly pulled apart, and the emergencies cooled down.
The game was suspended for a time, and the referee on duty decided to review the video after collegial deliberation to further check the situation on the field at that time. Slow-motion replays showed that during Zhang Biao's attack with the ball, he and Zhu Xuhang's arms were entangled together, and the two broke out at almost the same time. Han Delong and Lin Xiaotian were completely impulsive, almost causing the situation to escalate. The referee gave a relatively fair penalty, Han Delong and Lin Xiaotian were both blown for technical fouls, and at the same time, Zhang Biao and Zhu Xuhang were punished for fouls in this offensive and defensive round. After reviewing the video, the referee also found that Zhejiang Frontal Lu Wenbo had committed a technical foul. That is to say, for this conflict, the referee chose to strike hard, sending 3 technical fouls at once.
Although Zhejiang gradually opened up the score from the third quarter, Ningbo did not give up, and the two teams still did not give up. In the last quarter of the game, Han Delong was expelled for eating a foul. The two teams were then fouled again by the blow of the technique, and although the point difference reached double digits, the tense atmosphere was always there.
The Zhejiang derby, which should have been one-sided, played so hot, did you expect it?