As the defending champion, the Guangdong men's basketball team lost the first meeting with the Shanxi men's basketball team in the second stage of the CBA, and did not see any chance of winning in the whole game, coupled with the Shanxi men's basketball team all the way up, it is now in the top five positions in the standings. The Guangdong men's basketball team suffered many defeats under the premise of lack of troops, especially one main scorer Zhao Rui, and only a single foreign aid, so that the team's results were ranked behind the Shanxi men's basketball team, so when the two sides ushered in the second head-to-head confrontation, it attracted the attention of countless fans. For this game, everyone is also full of expectations. On the one hand, it is to see whether the Shanxi men's basketball team can still win again under the premise that the Guangdong men's basketball team is ready for difficulties. On the other hand, it is to see whether Du Feng's guidance can use the existing personnel to help everyone find confidence through a victory in the Shanxi men's basketball team through state adjustment when the personnel is still not neat enough.
The starting lineups of both sides can be said to be basically stable in the near future. The Guangdong men's basketball team is a combination of Hu Mingxuan, Weems, Zhou Peng, Yi Jianlian and Du Runwang. The Shanxi men's basketball team was first played by Verder, Yuan Shuai, Jia Hao, Xing Zhiqiang and Ge Zhaobao. Xing Zhiqiang, who has been in a brave state recently, opened with a shot from outside the three-point line to help the Shanxi men's basketball team take a 3-0 lead, and Weems also took the initiative to stand up and break through the shooting shot by playing with Yi Jianlian. Obviously, the Guangdong men's basketball team wants to strive for a dominant position on the field through teamwork and the stability of veterans. In the first quarter, the competition between the two sides was very fierce, it can be said that you come and go, do not give in to each other, and the offensive efficiency of the two teams has been effectively guaranteed, the first 4 minutes of the two sides are basically flat, Shanxi men's basketball team led by 1 point. Although in the middle of this quarter, Ge Zhaobao's multiple attacks on the inside line gave the Shanxi men's basketball team a 17-11, 20-13 score lead, and the original coach even used the outside line to play 3+1, committing a foul by Hu Mingxuan to open the difference between the two sides to 24-16, but the Guangdong men's basketball team broke through the inside line consecutively, or let the two sides freeze the score in the first quarter at 32-28, and the Guangdong men's basketball team fell behind by 4 points.
In the second quarter of the game, Simmons hit the outside line by 3 points at the beginning, Hu Mingxuan won the layup by breaking through the left hand, Zhang Mingchi's back single plus Xu Jie's inside cut breakthrough, especially Du Runwang's three-point line shot outside the shot, helping the Guangdong men's basketball team to rebound 39-37. Subsequently, Yi Jianlian also won on the outside line, while the Shanxi men's basketball team was still firmly focused on Ge Zhaobao, the strong point of the inside line, and there were also Felder and Xing Zhiqiang on the outside line to exert pressure with guerrilla warfare, and it was Felder's three-point consecutive hits that helped Shanxi team regain the lead. Xing Zhiqiang became Feld's biggest helper on the outside line, and Felder could also break through quickly on his own in addition to the outside line, and his small throw made a successful shot, giving the Shanxi men's basketball team a 55-52 score lead. In the last minute of the first half, the Guangdong men's basketball team continued to make Shanxi men's basketball team mistakes through defensive intensity, Ren Junfei made a foul on the free throw line, plus Weems took over Junfei's high hanging inner line to add 2 points. At the end of the first half, the score came to 55-54. The Guangdong men's basketball team is still one point behind. The Guangdong men's basketball team scored 3 points in double figures throughout the first half, of which Weems contributed 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Yi Jianlian also scored 11 points and 9 rebounds, and Hu Mingxuan scored 10 points. On the Shanxi men's basketball side, Feld, Xing Zhiqiang and Ge Zhaobao scored 15, 14 and 11 points respectively, and Simmons also contributed 9 points.
In the third quarter of the game, Yi Jianlian's good state in the first half was still maintained, and it was his empty three-point shot that gave the Guangdong men's basketball team a 59-55 score lead. The tactics of the Shanxi men's basketball team are also quite clear, that is, Ge Zhaobao, who mainly plays the inside line, and then uses Felder's flexibility to find offensive opportunities interspersed back and forth between the outside and inside lines, and Feld's breakthrough layup brings the score between the two sides to 63-63 draw. However, Zhou Peng's inside line played 2+1, and Du Runwang's empty three-point shot, allowing the Guangdong men's basketball team to take a 70-65 lead again. Felder still insisted on himself, constantly breaking through the inside line to create injuries, Xing Zhiqiang also continued to score on the outside line, Guangdong team continued to attack the mismatch, the attack also lacked discipline, there was some chaos on the court, shanxi men's basketball team continued to get a 76-71 lead by making fouls and quick attacks. However, after the small climax, the Shanxi men's basketball team also made consecutive mistakes, and was caught by the Guangdong team, and Ren Junfei played 2+1 to help the Guangdong men's basketball team to equalize the score 78-78. In the last moment, the Shanxi men's basketball team showed its dark horse nature again, and Simmons quickly attacked after a steal to help them regain the score at 84-82 to end the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the decisive victory, Weems made a layup after a number of internal and external cooperation, and the score of the two sides reached 84. Ren Junfei's internal opportunity was not seized, the original coach's three-point also did not hit, Weems's mid-range shot, Du Runwang's three-pointer, coupled with Ren Junfei's fast down, less than 3 minutes, the Guangdong men's basketball team opened with a 9-0 small climax, regaining the 91-84 lead. The Shanxi men's basketball team was forced to call a timeout and replace Feld again. However, Felder's passing after returning to the court seemed to be somewhat arbitrary, while the Guangdong men's basketball team relied on Yi Jianlian's free throws and dunks in more than 2 minutes, as well as Ren Junfei's fast attack and Du Runwang's three points, and continued to pull the score to 100-86. The three points thrown by Zhou Peng bounced three times on the basket, but they still landed steadily in the bag. The Guangdong men's basketball team played Shanxi 25-4, and the score also came to 107-86. In the last three minutes, the Shanxi men's basketball team took the initiative to replace the main players, and the Guangdong men's basketball team also won the final victory of the game with a 111-96, 15-point advantage. It is believed that the Guangdong team can use the victory of this battle to find confidence in winning. The Shanxi men's basketball team also ended the 7-game winning streak.
Finally, we look at the data of both sides: Shanxi men's basketball team side 4 people in double-doubles, Felder got 20 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Simmons contributed 21 points, Ge Zhaobao got 17 points and 5 rebounds, xing Zhiqiang also had 17 points and 4 rebounds. Guangdong men's basketball team side 6 people in doubles, Weems contributed the team's highest 24 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, Yi Jianlian got 23 points and 20 rebounds, Du Runwang contributed 12 points and 5 rebounds, Zhou Peng got 11 points, Hu Mingxuan also had 12 points and 9 assists, and Ren Junfei used all-round play to get 19 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.