On January 1, Beijing time, the CBA ushered in a focus battle, and the Guangdong team challenged the Liaoning team. Guangdong played abnormally in the first quarter, scoring 0 of 10 from three-pointers in a single quarter, only getting 10 points, falling behind the opponent 10-28 in the single quarter, and losing to the opponent by 18 points in the single quarter.
In the finals last season, Guangdong finally defeated Liaoning 2-1 to win three consecutive championships under the circumstance that the outside world was not optimistic. This season, after the return of the UAE, the state of the Guangdong team has been fluctuating, the team is currently 12 wins and 4 losses, temporarily ranked 7th in the standings, while liaoning team is 14 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the standings.
Although there is a gap in the ranking between the two teams, the Liaoyue war is still full of highlights. In this battle, Zhao Rui's absence, the impact on the Guangdong team is still not small. After the first quarter of the game began, Wu Changze hit a jumper, and then Weems made a layup also in color. Fogg then scored seven consecutive points, Zhang Zhenlin shot three points, and Liaoning started with a 14-2 lead.
Then the Guangdong team relied on Weems to fight alone, and then added two more points, the UAE league attacked and fouled, two free throws of 2, Guangdong team chased the score to 6-21. Then Zhao Jiwei broke out again, broke through the layup, shot three-point shots from a distance, and scored 5 consecutive points, and the point difference between the two sides was stretched to 20+, leading 26-6.
Throughout the first quarter of the game, The Guangdong team was in no state, shooting 3 of 20, 0 of 10 three-pointers, and only 10 points in a single quarter, while the Liaoning team frantically cut down 28 points. In the first quarter, they lost 18 points in a single quarter.