On January 1, Beijing time, the CBA New Year's War, at 19:35, Liaoning vs. Guangdong, which is also a showdown that has attracted much attention. In this game, Liaoning aims to win 3 consecutive games and hold the 1st position, Guangdong has slipped to 7th, and they also have to work hard to improve their ranking. In terms of foreign aid, Liaoning has an excellent number of players, and the match between the national players in this game is still a point of interest.
In the last game, Guangdong defeated Jilin to stop the decline of the losing streak, Hu Mingxuan played well, Liaoning defeated Fujian to win two consecutive wins, and Guo Allen was expelled from the game, which was also the focus of heated discussion after the game. The Liaoyue War is the highlight of every season of the CBA, and this New Year's War is also very important for both teams. Liaoning has to hold the 1st place, and Guangdong still has to hit the top 4.
From the current team's lineup configuration, Liaoning has two foreign aides, Fergus and Moland, and Guangdong only has one Weems, in terms of foreign aid, Liaoning still has a certain advantage, and they can better arrange the playing time of foreign aid. In particular, Moland, after he joined, is still gradually adapting, facing the relatively weak internal line of Guangdong, Moland should play a greater role.
The showdown between the national players is also the key to this game, Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei, Han Dejun, Zhang Zhenlin are the main backbone of Liaoning, and Guangdong's Zhao Rui has not yet played in the last game, Hu Mingxuan got 27 points to play well, Yi Jianlian's state rebounded to 25 points, plus the play of veterans such as Zhou Peng and Ren Junfei, Guangdong's overall experience will have an advantage. In fact, for Du Feng and Yang Ming, the key now is to accelerate the run-in of the lineup, of course, the two teams face each other, winning is the goal.
Objectively speaking, from the perspective of the overall lineup configuration, Liaoning still has advantages at this stage, especially the configuration of the internal line is stronger. In the last game Guangdong beat Jilin, their internal line is the advantage, Yi Jianlian and Ren Junfei played well, this game against Liaoning, Guangdong's internal line will be at a disadvantage, which is also a problem that Du Feng wants to solve. This game, CCTV Sports Channel live broadcast, whether Liaoning can hold the 1st place, whether Guangdong will narrow the gap with the top 4, wait and see.