On New Year's Day, the 17th round of the CBA League Guangdong-Liaoning Focus Battle, Liaoning team with the momentum that broke out after the opening, and finally won 115-95 against Guangdong team. The course of the game was not exciting, and the results were unexpected. But the tone of praise from both managers after the game was intriguing. Is this the truth they are telling? I believe that fans who understand the ball will not think so, guangdong team won the championship in the first two seasons, let everyone think that What Yang Ming and Du Feng said is flattering.
Yang Ming believes that the Guangdong team, which lost 20 points in this game, is not the real Guangdong team level. He also knows that the real showdown between the two teams, the real level of competition, is in the playoffs, or even the finals. And Du Feng blew more numbly, thinking that the overall lineup configuration and strength of the Liaoning team, all coaches will drool when they see it. The implication is that the loss of guangdong team to Liaoning team is in line with the overall strength and performance of both sides.
But fans know that this is a mutual praise between the two managers. In particular, Du Feng, in the previous few seasons, he has quietly believed that the guangdong team's season goal is the playoffs. Then try to go as far as you can in the playoffs. But unconsciously, the Guangdong team has achieved three consecutive championships. What is even more rare is that the last two championships were won in the absence of core players UAE and Marzan Blooms at key moments, and the overall championship was sufficient.
Touting the Liaoning squad any coach will drool, that's the truth. But the Liaoning team is not without weaknesses. I believe that Du Feng will certainly not say this, but he must know in his heart how to restrain the Liaoning team. Therefore, such a touting is harmless. The rhythm of the Guangdong team is still under their control.
So, when it comes to the playoffs, what kind of courage does the Guangdong team have to overturn the Liaoning team lineup that makes all coaches drool? This article believes that the biggest problem of the Guangdong team now is not the technical and tactical play, nor the state of the players, but the impact that Yi Jianlian brings to the team when he is on the field. In the previous two seasons, the UAE League first retired from injury in the finals, and Guangdong team won the championship by defeating the opponent by overall tactics. Last season, Guangdong won the championship for a season without the help of the UAE League. The Guangdong team relies on overall tactics and teamwork.
After the UAE returned, the Guangdong team said that the team played the overall tactics. But in fact, once the UAE is on the pitch, the team will always subconsciously play around the UAE, which is dangerous. If in the past, playing around the UAE League can also become a killer, become the team's strongest attack point. But now, everyone has also seen that after returning from injury, the UAE League not only has an impact on physical fitness, but even the state is not as good as before. What's even more fatal is that his scoring efficiency has become lower and lower, and the role of the inside line is no longer obvious.
Occasionally, when the UAE League is in good shape, it can lead the entire Guangdong team to defeat the opponent. But many games, strictly speaking, the UAE League has invisibly dragged down the team on the field. If the UAE League can't find the state it was in when it was healthy in the previous seasons, then this season, the Guangdong team will lose the game at any time because the team plays around the UAE League.