On January 6-7, the 21-22 CBA regular season will usher in the 19th round of contention. With the return of 38 rounds in the regular season this season, there will also be a half-way championship after this round.
In the past, no matter how many teams there were in the CBA, except for the north and south divisions, they basically met once at home and away, so there was also the concept of a half-way championship. From the beginning of the 18-19 season, the CBA regular season became 46 rounds, which was increased to 56 rounds last season, plus bayi withdrawal, the number of teams playing differently, and the number of times each team played in different halves was also different, so strictly speaking, there was no concept of a half-way championship.
This season, due to the compression of the regular season, 38 rounds were restored again, and each team played twice, so after 19 rounds, it will also produce a regular season half-way champion.
At present, after 18 rounds, Liaoning leads with 16 wins and 2 losses, Followed by Zhejiang and Guangsha with 15 wins and 3 losses, Shanghai has no hope of competition due to the loss to Shandong in the last round, and the three teams of Liaoning and Zhejiang Shuangxiong will compete for the half-way championship.
In the 19th round, according to the time of the game, Guangsha vs. Shenzhen (6th), Zhejiang vs. Ningbo (7th), Liaoning vs. Beijing (7th), according to the strength, Guangsha and Zhejiang will normally win, so their records may be 16 wins and 3 losses.
The only thing that is still a little suspenseful is the second encounter of Jingliao. On the 25th, the first day of the second stage, the two teams met for the first time, but that time, the Liaoning basket round was suspended from the national team quarantine Guo Allen, Zhang Zhenlin and Han Dejun, and the team also lost 76-99. But that time, obviously, there was not much reference value. After that battle, Liaoning won 4 consecutive wins, including a 20-point victory over the Battle of Guangdong, the team's state and morale have gradually returned to the best, while Beijing's recent two wins and two losses, Jeremy Lin's state is also very abrupt, and now the two teams meet again, Liaoning's victory is much greater.
If Liaoning beats Beijing, it will definitely win the half-way championship, and if it loses, the four teams will have to compare each other's winning and losing fields and scoring rates.
If Liaoning wins the half-way championship, it will also be the third time in their team history. In the 14-15 season, on December 7, 2014, Liaoning narrowly defeated Jilin 87-85, winning 16 consecutive victories and locking up the half-distance championship in three rounds in advance. Last season, if you count by half of the rounds, Liaoning Basket is also a half-way champion.
Of course, according to history, the probability of the half-distance champion finally winning the championship is very large, according to the past probability, there are about 60%, but the subsequent variables of each team are still very large, the state of the Liaoning basket is undoubtedly the best now, their goal is of course also the championship, leading the half-course will also be a driving force for them.