Before the start of the final quarter with Shougang, Liaoning led by a narrow margin of 3 points. Everyone is looking forward to the final showdown between the two sides.
According to the custom, the fourth section just came up, and Liaoning did not send all the main forces. Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei, two defenders and foreign aid Moland, with two substitute players Wu Changze and Cong Mingchen. The two did not add up to more than 5 minutes of playing time before the game.
No one thought that it was these two players who completely changed the direction of the game.
As soon as he came up, Cong Ming's bottom corner cannon hit three points. Well, it could just be an accident. Immediately after, Wu Changze shot from outside the 45-degree angle three-point line and hit again. The situation is a little wrong, the script should not be like this. But this is not the end, the next round, it is Cong Mingchen again, in the familiar bottom corner, the familiar arc, hit the three points again.
Yang Ming, the coach who was on the side, excitedly slapped Cong Mingchen's ass. Yannis on the other side could not sit still, and he began to growl, furious. Not surprisingly, he was blown two T-penalties in a row outside the field, and the balance of the game had begun to tilt. With Cong Mingchen hitting two consecutive three-pointers in the next two consecutive times, Liaoning played a wave of 17-3 attacks in the opening stage of the fourth quarter, and the game completely lost suspense.
This is the terrible thing about liaoning this season. It is like the two sides playing against each other, the other side uses all its strength, the car and horse cannon are continuously mobilized, but the Main General of Liaoning is in a good position, and a few small soldiers will arch the opponent alive and dead. Not to mention that Wang Huadong, who had played well in the finals, Yu Zechen, who had a sudden rise in the National Games, and Zhu Rongzhen, who had been exchanged in Shandong, were even difficult to enter the 12-man competition list.
Even Guangdong coach Du Feng joked that a lineup like Liaoning can make all head coaches drool.
With the end of last night's game, the CBA regular season has passed the halfway point of the season, and Liaoning has won the halfway championship for the third time in its history. But just like the "nonsense literature" that Guo Allen broke out in the post-match interview: "The half-distance champion may also represent the half-course champion." "Because of the previous two half-way championship seasons, Liaoning has not been able to finally win the championship.
Everyone knows that the league has only just begun.
How to evaluate the regular season of the first half of the season, in my opinion, it should be evaluated like this - "from the Liao-Guangdong competition for hegemony, to the crowd of deer".
Turning over the half-distance standings, Liaoning ranked first with 17 wins and 2 losses. Zhejiang Shuangxiong ranked second with 16 wins and 3 losses, Shanghai ranked fourth with a sudden rise, and Guangdong and Daheima Shanxi ranked fifth with 14 wins and 5 losses. From the first place to the sixth place, there are only three wins away, and the slightest carelessness may fall out of the top half.
It can be said that the CBA has officially ushered in the era of competition for supremacy.
If you only look at the record, the defending champion is only fifth. But don't forget that they lost 3 games in the second stage. Because the four players in the team and the coach Du Feng went to Japan with the Chinese men's basketball team, and then experienced a long 21-day isolation, they did not carry out systematic training in the offseason, and the foreign aid Weems had just returned to the team and was obviously out of shape. Coupled with the fact that the main player Zhao Rui missed a period of time because of family affairs, the current Guangdong is obviously not completely physical.
But with the news, the men's basketball team withdrew from the second stage window. It means that Guangdong has up to a month to adjust the state, coupled with the upcoming second foreign aid, no one dares to underestimate the heart of a championship.
Not only Guangdong, Zhejiang Shuangxiong is also looking at Liaoning. The common feature of these two teams is the emphasis on youth training, and now the main player will be self-cultivated and both young.
In the second stage, Guangsha only lost one game - a 1-point difference, and was killed by Shenzhen. Successive victories over two strong teams in Beijing and Guangdong gave them the confidence to attack the championship. It should be known that the two core players in the team, Hu Jinqiu and Sun Minghui, also went out to Japan with the men's basketball team, and their physical condition was not the best.
Zhejiang team achieved a record of 6 wins in the second stage, and in the past two seasons and this summer's National Games, Zhejiang lost to Liaoning. This season, young player Yu Jiahao debuted, allowing them to further improve their strength. They are now in second place in the standings. In addition, it should be noted that Zhejiang Shuangxiong is still a single foreign aid operation. When the second foreign aid arrives, their strength will be further enhanced.
Next, I want to talk about the magic capital Shanghai, in recent years, the CBA has been a discussion, that is, whether money can improve the strength of a team. After all, in the past few seasons, whether it is Shanghai, Shougang or Beijing Control, such a large-scale investment team, the effect is not good.
This season's Shanghai has finally proved that it is not only necessary to have money but also to find the right person – Li Chunjiang is the person they are looking for. And, of course, Wang Zhelin. The arrival of Li Chunjiang changed the team's aura, especially at the defensive end and key moments, Li Chunjiang's iron-blooded style gradually made the team have a chemical reaction. Of course, in the second half of the season, they still have to touch Liaoning and Guangsha twice, which is the time to really test their strength.
Unlike Shanghai, Shanxi's rise this season tells everyone that to think of results, you don't have to invest heavily. Champion coach Yang Xuezeng's greatest ability is to teach according to his aptitude. A good chef who can make high-quality ingredients delicious is a good chef, and it is possible to cook the simplest ingredients into a dish, which is the real master. The avenue to simplicity is this truth.
They are the only team in the top eight without a national player, but they currently have the league's first points per game and the league's first three-point average per game. Yuan Shuai, Ge Zhaobao, Xing Zhiqiang, and Yan Pengfei all set a new career high in scoring. You know, they're all players who have played for 10 seasons or so. Yang Xuezeng's skill can be seen.
No, if you only look at the top six, every team has something to watch, every team has a story.
This is not the end, the 7th shenzhen, has long occupied the top three, only because of Shen Zijie's injury, only suffered a wave of four consecutive defeats fell to the 7th. It won't be long before Shen Zijie will return, and they also have the strength to attack the championship.
As for Beijing Shougang, which ranks ninth, it should not be underestimated. In the past two seasons of the playoffs, they have caused great trouble for Guangdong, who eventually won the championship. No one dares to look down on them in the playoffs.
This is the biggest change in the CBA this season. From just one or two strong teams vying for the title, to having at least 6-8 teams, having the strength to storm the throne.
Another piece of good news is that as the men's basketball team withdraws from the window period, the third stage of the CBA will most likely be brought forward to early March. In this way, there is hope of extending the playoffs as long as possible. We will hopefully see a series of 5 or even 7 games after two seasons. The CBA, which has been affected by the epidemic for nearly two years, is gradually returning to its former glory.
In fact, in the past two years, it is not all bad news, the most intuitive feeling is that the current CBA team's dependence on foreign aid has been greatly reduced. On the one hand, this stems from the adjustment of the league's four-time rule in the four quarters, and on the other hand, it also depends on the rise of local players. At last night's press conference, Yang Ming ridiculed Guo Allen for doing the work of foreign aid.
Not only the Liaoning team, in the top of these teams, almost no team is solely dependent on foreign aid to play, to enhance the strength of local players, is the fundamental development of the team.
In fact, not only the team, behind the development of the league, there are many people who work hard silently. For example, in Changchun, the venue, although the weather is cold, the enthusiasm of the audience in the stadium is not affected by the weather at all. In a few games, there was even a situation where a vote was difficult to find. This is a great encouragement for players who have been playing in the empty field for a long time.
In addition, it is not difficult to see that in the arrangement of the schedule, the CBA league has also made efforts. For example, the showdown between Guangdong and Liaoning was arranged on New Year's Day, and the CBA version of the "New Year War" was launched. For example, every Saturday night night, the most attractive team is selected as much as possible to give the fans a wonderful game.
With the start of the second half of the regular season, the CBA will have a series of "Spring Festival wars" at the end of this month, such as Zhejiang and Shenzhen on January 24, Shenzhen and Beijing on January 27, and Guangdong and Shanghai on January 28. China has a special point, and after a small year, it is counted as a New Year.
Back to the game itself, just like the "Dark Forest" law in "Three-Body", the CBA has lurked many powerful teams, and Liaoning is the team that has been exposed. Whether they can withstand everyone's impact will be the CBA's next biggest attraction.