On January 2, Beijing time, the CBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the Shandong men's basketball team and the Zhejiang men's basketball team met in a narrow way, Shandong in the first half can still bite the score, the half only 6 points behind. Zhejiang broke out in the third quarter and gradually opened up the point difference, and finally won 113-86 against Shandong, winning five consecutive games, while Shandong suffered the ninth defeat, and the playoff situation was not optimistic.
The Zhejiang men's basketball team is the favorite to win the championship, ranking fifth with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, after winning four consecutive wins. The performance of the Shandong men's basketball team was average, ranking 11th with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, and the team's performance was not stable enough, and they just defeated Qingdao in the last game.
Shandong's Gao Shiyan was absent in this campaign, Zhejiang started to enter the state faster, and foreign aid Rakosevic took advantage of the height advantage to score consecutive points on the inside line to start 9-2. The Shandong men's basketball team bit the score, and Tao Hanlin's inner line was not afraid of the other side's big foreign aid, and once completed the counterattack, only 1 point behind in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the two teams still clung to the score, the point difference was always small, Wu Qian hit two three-pointers in a row before the end of the half, and Zhejiang established a slight advantage, taking a 6-point lead at halftime.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Shandong had more fouls, less than 3 minutes the whole team had 5 fouls, Zhejiang seized the opportunity to expand the advantage, and the point difference came to double digits. The Shandong men's basketball team caused Rakosevic's fourth personal foul, who could only rest. Shandong's attack was a dud, Zhejiang played a wave of climax to open the score, Xu Changsuo did not have too good a way, at the end of the third quarter Zhejiang has led by 15 points.
In the last quarter of the game, the Zhejiang men's basketball team continued to expand its advantage, the point difference soon came to more than 20 points, the Shandong men's basketball team failed to adjust in time, Zhejiang led all the way, and finally won Shandong, achieving 5 consecutive wins, Shandong ate the 9th defeat of the season, still ranked 11th, with the gradual return of foreign aid from various teams, the playoff situation of the Shandong men's basketball team was not optimistic, and head coach Xu Changsuo was once again questioned.
Tao Hanlin had 17 points and 14 rebounds, Hudson had 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, with 6 turnovers, Chen Peidong 13 points and Giron Water 21 points. Zhejiang team blossomed at many points, the whole team scored 6 people in double figures, Wu Qian 18 points and 9 assists, Rakosevic 13 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists, Wang Yibo 23 points and 8 assists, Lu Wenbo, Yu Jiahao, Liu Zeyi and so on also scored in double figures.