On the evening of January 2, in a key matchup in the 17th round of the 2021-2022 CBA regular season, Shandong High-Speed fought hard for four quarters, fighting for 2 hours and 12 minutes, and finally lost to Zhejiang team 86-113, tasting the taste of defeat again; Zhejiang team won five consecutive victories across stages.
Before the game, Zhejiang ranked in the top four with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses; Shandong team ranked 11th with 8 wins and 8 losses. From the perspective of overall strength, the Zhejiang team is obviously superior.
Zhejiang coach Liu Weiwei arranged the starting lineup: Rakosevic, Wang Yibo, Lu Wenbo, Liu Zeyi, Zhu Xuhang. Shandong head coach Xu Changsuo arranged for Hudson to lead the starters, and also appeared: Tao Hanlin, Chen Peidong, Wang Ruheng, Li Jingyu.
In the first quarter, Shandong high-speed foreign aid Hudson felt average, and after continuous iron strikes, he was replaced by another foreign aid, Giron Water. After the latter came on, he formed a strong inner line with "Little Shark" Tao Hanlin and won consecutive strong attacks. However, the Outside Of Shandong team did not feel good, which allowed them not to take too much advantage.
While relying on the two major internal lines of the big foreign aid Rakosevic and shandong team, the Zhejiang team took advantage of the breakthroughs of wu qian, Wang Yibo and other players to create a kill. This put the score of the two teams into a stalemate. In the first quarter, Zhejiang led Shandong by 25-23 by 2 points.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Shandong used the fast attack and Chen Peidong to play 2+1, and continuously tied the score. At the same time, the Shandong team further strengthened its defense, which made the Zhejiang team somewhat uncomfortable. Subsequently, Zhu Xuhang missed 3 free throws, which reflected a subtle change in the mentality of the Zhejiang team from the other side. After a brief alternating rise in the score, Shandong's Hudson and other players made four mistakes, which allowed Zhejiang to shoot consecutive penalties and gain a lead of about 6 points.
In the middle of the fall, the Shandong team counterattacked strongly, among them, Tao Hanlin also domineeringly gave Rakosevic a block. With Liu Guancen's quick attack, Shandong chased the score to 44-46. The Zhejiang team called an emergency timeout. At this point, there are 2 minutes left before the end of the first half. After the timeout, Zhejiang hit two consecutive three-pointers, expanding the point difference to 8 points again. The Shandong team immediately called a timeout. After the suspension, the Shandong team also played a beautiful match, Tao Hanlin once again staged a good blocking play, this time, he threw the ball from Zhejiang team Liu Zeyi, like playing volleyball to block the net, to press down. At half-time, Zhejiang team also led Shandong by 6 points 54-48.
In the third quarter, the Shandong team fell into a foul trap at the beginning, playing only 2 minutes to make 5 full mistakes, so that their defense was greatly limited. Sure enough, the point difference gradually widened to 10 points. On the offensive end, Shandong also had some difficulties, mainly relying on Giron Water's 2 dunks and stable mid-range shooting. At the end of the quarter, Zhejiang established a 15-point lead, with a score of 86-71.
In the last quarter, the Shandong team fought back. Probably in a hurry to chase points, Tao Hanlin was punished for a foul in the process of organizing a quick attack by Zhejiang team Wang Yibo. This brought the difference between the two teams to 20 points. The game basically lost the suspense of winning or losing.
In the whole game, Shandong only hit 4 three-pointers, while Zhejiang team shot 8, it can be said that Shandong's outside line is obviously at a disadvantage. In addition, Hudson's sluggish state is also one of the reasons for Shandong's loss. He shot just 1-of-7 from three-point range. This is rare in previous competitions. Among the other players, although Tao Hanlin had a large double-double stat with 17 points and 14 rebounds, most of the players felt cold, and the whole team only scored 4 points in double figures; while Zhejiang had as many as 6 people scoring in double figures. Therefore, the Shandong team was ultimately unable to return to heaven.