As 2021 draws to a close, as we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, all kinds of inventory are in full swing. For the Shandong men's basketball team, 2021 is a very complicated year, the team has created brilliance in this year, but also experienced turbulence, which is joyful and heart-wrenching. Of course, no matter what, this year is a year worth remembering and remembering, once again looking back at what the Shandong men's basketball team has experienced in 2021, it may be grinning at the corners of its mouth, or it may be red eyes.
January
On January 3, the Shandong men's basketball team ushered in the first game of 2021, facing the strong old rival Beijing Shougang, the team achieved a surprising reversal in the case of falling behind by 13 points, wading through the danger with a 3-point advantage, and also opened the prelude to 2021 with a victory. Throughout January, the Shandong men's basketball team had a dense schedule, facing qingdao team, the team once again achieved a good play of the final quarter reversal, Gong Xiaobin's angry rebuke during the suspension, scolded the players, and also made his coaching career add a bit of legend.
Throughout January, the Shandong men's basketball team played a total of 10 games, achieving a record of 5 wins and 5 losses. On January 20, the Shandong men's basketball team defeated the Jiangsu men's basketball team with a 38-point advantage, and in the fourth quarter of the game, Hudson's three-point hollow hit on the flanks won his 24th point of the game. With this goal, Hudson topped the CBA's all-time scoring list, creating his own moment of glory, and also added a stroke to the honor book of the Shandong men's basketball team.
On January 26, Gillen Watt, a big foreign player who has been with the Shandong men's basketball team for nearly 4 months, finally made his CBA debut in the game with the Zhejiang men's basketball team, he scored 26 points personally, but unfortunately the team lost 1 point. The next day, the Shandong men's basketball team officially announced that it terminated its contract with the injured foreign aid Harris, and since then, Hudson and Gillenwater have formed a double foreign aid combination of the Shandong men's basketball team, which is a cost-effective foreign aid combination that has also been used by the team to this day.
February
In February, the Shandong men's basketball team played only 3 games, the team lost to Guangsha and Guangdong teams, but defeated the Fujian men's basketball team by a large score to win a planned victory. After the league entered an intermittent period, the Chinese men's national basketball team organized a training camp, and Shandong men's basketball defender Gao Shiyan, assistant coach Yang Wenhai and team doctor Li Dapeng were successfully shortlisted. Unfortunately, due to the cancellation of the competition, Gao Shiyan was ultimately unable to represent the Chinese men's basketball team.
In February, the people of the whole country welcomed the Spring Festival, all members of the Shandong men's basketball team sent New Year wishes to the fans through the media, it is worth noting that the team's foreign aid Hudson went directly to Shenyang with the Liaoning men's basketball team after the second stage of the game, and he once again appeared in the sketch program of the Liaoning Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala, partnering with the famous comedian Song Xiaobao, who looked exactly like himself. In the show, Gong Xiaobin was also mentioned, and Song Xiaobao asked Hudson: "Is my eldest brother Gong Xiaobin good to you?" Hudson replied with a northeastern phrase: "Not really! ”
March
Due to Gong Xiaobin's serious foot injury, when the Shandong men's basketball team returned to the CBA in early March, foreign coach Rosa led the team to several games first, but the effect was general, and the team was reversed by 27 points ahead of the Shandong men's basketball team, which was shocking. During The period when Rosa led the team, although there were many losses, the team narrowly won by 1 point in the second leg of the match with Guangsha, and the victory of this game ultimately affected the team's regular season ranking.
After that, Gong Xiaobin ended the rehabilitation plan ahead of schedule and went to Zhuji Division to direct the competition. The Shandong men's basketball team has completed revenge against Sichuan and Shanghai, and then defeated the strong enemy Xinjiang, and the performance has rebounded. After defeating the Tianjin men's basketball team, the Shandong men's basketball team ended in March with a victory. In the 11 games played in March, the Shandong men's basketball team achieved a total of 7 wins and 4 losses, and Gong Xiaobin's role in the team was also fully demonstrated during this month.
April
April is the most memorable time for the Shandong men's basketball team in 2021 to write and remember, and it is also the proudest and happiest day for Shandong fans. The regular season entered the sprint stage, the Shandong men's basketball team performed more and more outstanding, the team once again defeated the Xinjiang men's basketball team, ended with a wave of four consecutive wins, and in the final round luckily surpassed Zhejiang Guangsha, ranking 5th in the regular season, achieving the best record since xiwang group took over. From mid-March to the end of the regular season, the Shandong men's basketball team won 10 games in the last 12 games, and such an outstanding performance conquered many fans.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Shandong men's basketball team played against the Guangzhou men's basketball team, and the form of the game was a single game to determine the winner or loser. After the opening of the game, the Shandong men's basketball team encountered small resistance, and the Guangzhou men's basketball team foreign aid Moore shot down 55 points, the efficiency was amazing, but the Shandong men's basketball team with more blossoms, 7 people scored in double figures, easily won the victory, and advanced to the quarterfinals. In the second round of the playoffs, the Shandong men's basketball team once again encountered the Xinjiang men's basketball team, and the two sides killed everywhere, and the score was scorched until the last quarter. Zhou Qi once retired from injury in the game, which caused a serious impact on the Xinjiang men's basketball team, and Gao Shiyan, who performed in the first half of the game, scored 6 consecutive points in the last moment and became the key to determining the outcome of the game.
From 105 to 101, the Shandong men's basketball team beat the Xinjiang men's basketball team, staged a good play on the following grams, and reached the top four of the league historically, which caused a sensation in the entire league. Entering the semifinals, the Shandong men's basketball team became a shining star in the spotlight, but in the face of Guangdong Hongyuan, who finally won the championship, the team lost the first game, and although the second game stubbornly resisted to the end, it still failed to further create a miracle. Of course, reaching the top four is already a big achievement in itself, Gong Xiaobin, Hudson, Gao Shiyan, Tao Hanlin... Everyone in the Shandong men's basketball team has personally created this miracle.
May
After the CBA season, the Shandong men's basketball team took a short break and began another journey. At the beginning of May, the National Games qualifiers were in full swing, and the shandong men's basketball team's group game was played in Yantai, which was also the first time that the team appeared in front of its hometown father and elder in more than a year. Guo Haowen, Li Xiangbo, Xue Fuwen, Zhang Xu and other Shandong players who played for other professional clubs also represented the Shandong men's basketball team in this competition, with Yang Wenhai as the head coach. The team started with 4 consecutive wins, locked in the national games qualification in advance, and lost to the Liaoning men's basketball team in the final game, and finally fixed the record at 4 wins and 1 loss.
After the National Games qualifiers, the Chinese men's basketball team assembled again, and Gao Shiyan, Li Dapeng and Yang Wenhai were also called up by Du Feng again. At the same time, the training of the three-person basketball national team was also in full swing, and Chen Peidong and Ding Yanyu hang, two Shandong men's basketball players, entered the training list, and they shouldered the heavy responsibility of preparing for the Tokyo Olympic Games. After consecutive CBA League and National Games qualifiers, Chen Peidong is still busy.
On May 31, the NBL team Wuhan Contemporary officially announced that it would hire Shandong men's basketball coach Rosa as the new head coach, a foreign assistant coach who worked in the Shandong men's basketball team for a season, finally left the team and quickly found a new foothold.
June
Entering June, the Shandong men's basketball team regrouped to prepare for the game. At the beginning of the month, Wang Wenyu and Ma Guanghan represented Shandong Sports Institute in the National Sports Academy Cup Basketball League, and Gong Xiaobin became a jumping guest at the opening ceremony of the event, but Shandong Sports Institute ultimately failed to win the championship in the competition.
The national team competition list was released, Gao Shiyan was not selected for the list, but he quickly joined the preparation of the three-person basketball national team, while Ding Yanyu hang made his comeback debut in the three-person basketball training game and scored 6 points in the game, and Chen Peidong has also been preparing with the three-person basketball national team.
At the end of this month, the media person "Director where I lie in the cba" disclosed that Shandong High-speed Group is about to return to the basketball world, replacing the Shandong Dongxiwang Group and becoming a new investor in the Shandong men's basketball team. In addition, the news of the Shandong men's basketball team's salary arrears has also aroused concern, but these two things that have a significant impact on the team have caused more widespread dissemination until the end of the summer.
July
In the second half of 2021, the Shandong men's basketball team went to Sichuan in July and participated in the National Youth Men's Basketball Challenge, and played with the Sichuan Men's Basketball Team, the Tianjin Men's Basketball Team and the Chinese Men's Basketball National Youth Team twice, and the former Beijing Shougang player Zhao Ziyi and the former Guangdong Hongyuan player Gao Shang, came to the Shandong Men's Basketball Team for trial training, and all had a good play. In the first 4 games, the Shandong men's basketball team lost all, and the team even failed to beat the national youth men's basketball team with an average age of 18 years old. Fortunately, in the last 2 games, the Shandong men's basketball team found its state and finally ended the competition for the two races with two consecutive wins.
On July 18, the CBA draft was held in Qingdao, and before the draft, Ma Zhenxiang from China University of Mining and Technology came to the Shandong men's basketball team for a trial training, but he was picked up by Ningbo Fubon before the Shandong men's basketball team was selected. With the 16th pick in the first round of the draft, the Shandong men's basketball team selected li Shengzhe, a center who personally registered to participate, with the intention of strengthening the team's interior line. Unfortunately, because Li Shengzhe failed to pass the physical examination, the contract signed by the two sides was invalid, and he finally failed to officially become a member of the Shandong men's basketball team, and could only register for the election again in the following year.
On July 23, the Tokyo Olympic Games were in full swing, and Gao Shiyan, a defender from the Shandong men's basketball team, together with Hu Jinqiu, Yan Peng and Li Haonan, formed the Chinese men's three-person basketball national team. Among them, there was news that Chen Peidong would replace Gao Shiyan in the Olympic Games, but it was still Gao Shiyan who was finally selected. At the Olympic games, Gao Shiyan's performance sparked widespread discussion, and the Chinese team finally achieved a 2-5 result, finishing 8th at the Tokyo Olympics and ending its first Olympic journey.
August
The approaching of the National Games has made the Shandong men's basketball team adjust the focus of preparation to the ancient city of Xi'an. In the middle of this month, the team went to Dongying, where a month of closed preparations were conducted, Zhu Rongzhen, Li Xiangbo and other Shandong National Athletes who played for other clubs also joined the team's preparations, and players such as Zhai Yi, Qiao Wenhan and Guo Xiaopeng, who came to trial, also joined the team's training at this stage. During the preparation period of Dongying, the Shandong men's basketball team played 2 warm-up matches with the Shandong u19 youth team, which was also preparing for the National Games, and won both, the game was directed by Yang Wenhai on the spot, and Gong Xiaobin watched from the sidelines.
Shandong men's basketball team and the famous basketball variety show "This is a slam dunk" also produced a wonderful fate, in early August, the program group officially announced that Shandong men's basketball player Si Kun participated in the recording of the program as a player. The high-value Si Kun gained many fans in the show, and in mid-August, Gong Xiaobin led all the members of the Shandong men's basketball team to play a game with the "dream chasing team" composed of the program players as a challenger in the show, and defeated the opponent thrillingly. It is worth mentioning that this is also the last game that Gong Xiaobin led the team as the head coach of the Shandong men's basketball team so far.
Also in August, the transfer of the Shandong men's basketball team made significant progress, and Shandong High-speed Group basically confirmed to replace Xiwang Group and become an investor in the Shandong men's basketball team again. At the same time, due to the failure to resolve many affairs, the Shandong men's basketball team did not submit the team's domestic player list for the new season until the player registration deadline stipulated by the CBA League. The 18-year-old Ma Xinxin was promoted to the first team, becoming the first Shandong men's basketball player to land on the CBA at the age of 18 in four years; Qiao Wenhan, who had previously tried out in the team, successfully stayed on the team, and Liu Guanchen, who left the team for 4 seasons, unexpectedly returned on the day of the registration deadline.
So far, the 2021-22 CBA League Shandong men's basketball team of local players has been formed, the team has registered a total of 17 local players, the introduction of Liu Guancen and Qiao Wenhan, the promotion of Ma Xinxin's moves, have been well received, Ding Yanyuhang also appeared in the team's registration list again, this month he appeared on the CCTV children's channel, and sang a song.
September
At the beginning of September, the Shandong men's basketball team officially announced the change of ownership, the return of the high-speed group, becoming the new investor of the team, and Shandong basketball returned to the "high-speed era". However, shortly after the high-speed group took over, the open letter signed by the Shandong men's basketball players was exposed, and 16 players publicly stated that the Xiwang Group had long been in arrears in the salary of the players for up to a year. Since then, the shandong men's basketball coaching team members and staff have also issued an open letter to ask for the salary that has been owed. Both the Shandong Provincial Sports Bureau and the CBA Company intervened in the matter, and it was not until the end of September that the matter was finally resolved.
In the National Games, Yang Wenhai led the team to play, the main player Guo Haowen was absent, and the Shandong men's basketball team fell into the "death group", and after the opening defeat to the two strong enemies of Guangdong and Zhejiang, the team was out early. However, in the following competition, the Shandong men's basketball team defeated the Tianjin men's basketball team, and defeated the Shaanxi men's basketball team and the Beijing men's basketball team in the qualifying round, and finally achieved the 5th place in the National Games, and the performance was generally acceptable.
Also during the Shaanxi National Games, Shandong men's basketball newcomer Ma Xinxin was selected as the flag bearer of the Shandong Provincial Delegation at the opening ceremony, he carried the banner of Shandong Athletes and appeared at the opening ceremony; Gao Shiyan and teammates Hu Jinqiu, Li Haonan, and Yan Peng played on behalf of the Olympic Joint Team, and won the championship in the three-person basketball game of the National Games with a record of total victory, ending his ups and downs in the summer.
The CBA league is scheduled to open in October, and in September, the league's related matters are also determined. The Shandong men's basketball team was originally arranged to go to Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, to participate in the pre-season, and there was also news that the team would go to Chongqing for warm-up matches, but the final game was cancelled, and the CBA pre-season game was moved to Zhuji, where the main tournament was held. The league schedule of the Shandong men's basketball team was also determined in September, and after the end of the National Games, the team took a short break and then entered a new journey.
October
Early in the morning of National Day, the Shandong men's basketball team was exposed to heavy news. Gong Xiaobin resigned as the head coach of the team, and Yang Wenhai, Hou Bing and other members of the coaching team resigned together, which triggered a very extensive discussion. A season earlier, Gong Xiaobin led the team to the top four of the league under the situation of serious salary arrears in the team, conquering many fans. Gong Xiaobin's resignation has also made the prospects for the new season of the Shandong men's basketball team more confusing.
At the same time as Gong Xiaobin's resignation, the Shandong men's basketball team determined the candidate for the new manager, Xu Changsuo left the Qingdao men's basketball youth team and took over the position of shandong men's basketball team, and Gong Luming, who was still the chairman of Anhui Wenyi Club at that time, would become the head coach of the Shandong men's basketball team. Since then, former Shandong men's basketball player Duan Chenglong joined the team's coaching staff, Hudson and Gillen Water were identified as the team's two foreign aides in the new season, leaving Xu Changsuo with a very short time to run into the team, in mid-October, the whole team set off for Zhuji, starting the journey of the new season of the CBA League.
In the first game of the pre-season warm-up game, facing the Zhejiang men's basketball team, the top four teams last season, the Shandong men's basketball team performed well and always tightened the score. Before the end of the game, Liu Guancen broke the ball and counterattacked to stage a good scene of violent dunks, bringing a rare victory to the team; the second game of the preseason, facing the Sichuan men's basketball team, the Shandong men's basketball team was tragically reversed by the other side in the case of a good start. In the end, in the two pre-season warm-up games, the Shandong men's basketball team won 1 and lost 1, but the highly anticipated Ding Yanyuhang has not played, which is worrying.
Ding Yanyuhang brought great surprises to Shandong fans. In the first round of the CBA regular season on October 16, facing the North Control men's basketball team, Ding Yanyu hang hit 5 three-pointers after coming off the bench, scoring 19 points, and appeared on the CBA game again after 3 years, and his shooting was still reliable. Tao Hanlin contributed 24 points and 16 rebounds of the big double-double, shandong men's basketball team won the first game easily, more surprising than the opening red, is undoubtedly the return of Ding Yanyuhang's king.
Since then, the Performance of the Shandong Men's Basketball Team has been generally stable, and the team has continuously lost to the strong Liaoning Men's Basketball Team and the Guangsha Men's Basketball Team, but has also defeated the Jilin Men's Basketball Team, Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team and other fierce opponents. In the match with the Tongxi men's basketball team, Ding Yanyu hang felt bursting, scoring a high score of 34 points and shooting 9 of 15 from three-pointers, which was quite outstanding. Throughout October, the Shandong men's basketball team achieved a record of 4 wins and 3 losses in the regular season, and the performance was acceptable, but Xu Changsuo's high-intensity use of main players such as Tao Hanlin, Gao Shiyan, and Ding Yanyuhang still caused some controversy.
November
On November 1, the Shandong men's basketball team once again defeated Nanjing Tongxi and started the journey of the month with victory. However, since then, the team's record has declined, after consecutive losses to Jilin, Shanxi and Liaoning, suffered three consecutive defeats; although the victory over the new league ningbo, in time to stop the decline, but the first stage of the final battle, Shandong men's basketball team and the big score again defeated the Guangzhou men's basketball team, the first stage of the war, the team's record is only 6 wins and 7 losses, the winning rate is less than 50%. Ding Yanyu hang retired from injury in the november 4 game against the Jilin men's basketball team, and he has not played since.
In the first stage of the league, although the Shandong men's basketball team is not outstanding, it also does not lack highlights. Tao Hanlin is at the forefront of the league in the ranking of data such as playing time, scoring and rebounding, new signings Qiao Wenhan and Liu Guancen have played well, rookie Ma Xinxin also has the eye-catching performance of blocking Guo Allen, and Li Jingyu is at the top of many data after being reused. Ding Yanyuhang's return has made Shandong fans regain the happy time of 3 years ago, unfortunately, after the league injury retired, Ding Yanyuhang was injured again in an offseason training, according to the CBA official injury report, the second stage of the game, he will most likely not have the opportunity to play.
In November, the lineup of the Shandong men's basketball team was continuously enriched. Gillenwater and Hudson arrived in China and opened the quarantine, the coaching staff, Gong Luming and Wang Weixing joined the team, and the foreign coach Leyden, who had worked in shandong basketball for many years, also joined again. Serbian President Vucic, also heard about Leyden's joining, a video of "highway for basketball coach", once became a hit, Shandong men's basketball team also unexpectedly out of the circle, full of rows.
December
After a long offseason, the CBA League kicked off again in Changchun, Jilin at the end of December. On December 3, the CBA announced the latest list of free agents, and Diao Chenghao and Wang Guanxiang, who played for the Shandong men's basketball team last season, appeared in it and became free agents. Among them, Wang Guanxiang has joined the Dalian China-Hong Kong Education Team to compete in the new season of the China Trio Basketball Super League. On December 9, the Shandong men's basketball coaching team added a new member, and the team's former assistant coach Tommy joined again, who had assisted Caesars in the Shandong men's basketball team and now became a member of Xu Changsuo's team.
In mid-to-late December, the second phase of the CBA gradually approached, and the two foreign assistants of the Shandong men's basketball team, Gillen Water and Hudson, were released from isolation and joined the team's preparations. On December 26, the Shandong men's basketball team ushered in the first game of the second stage, and the team narrowly defeated the Jiangsu men's basketball team and ushered in a good start. After that, the Shandong men's basketball team defeated the Sichuan men's basketball team by 1 point, and defeated the Qingdao men's basketball team 112-105 in the annual finale to win the Qilu derby. In two consecutive games, Hudson scored 41 and 36 points respectively, and he is about to turn 38 years old, and he is still a sword.
In a few hours, 2021 will be a thing of the past. On January 3, the Shandong men's basketball team staged a reversal in the case of 13 points behind, defeating the Beijing men's basketball team with a score of 89-86 and winning the first game of the new year; on December 30, the Shandong men's basketball team struggled to win the Qingdao men's basketball team, ending 2021 with victory. Throughout the year, the team played a total of 57 games, including 50 CBA league games, 6 national youth men's basketball challenges, and 1 showdown with the Dream Chasers. Of those 57 games, the team won 31 of them, including 28 in the league, with a winning percentage of more than half.
For the Shandong men's basketball team, 2021 is undoubtedly an extraordinary year. Together, we witnessed the glory of reaching the top four of the league, marveled at the return of Ding Yanyuhang, sad about Gong Xiaobin's departure, and also helpless for successive defeats, and even once worried about whether the team continued to exist because of the team's salary arrears and the delay in releasing the admission list.
But in any case, 2021 has come to an end, and into 2022, everything will start all over again. Looking forward to the new year, the Shandong men's basketball team can have a more outstanding performance, and hope that everyone on the team will stay away from injuries and be healthy and safe. Of course, I hope that the Shandong men's basketball team will continue to win more victories in 2022, just like the unicorn in the sky, riding the wind and advancing at high speed.