The second phase of the CBA regular season has passed the halfway point, and the season's regular season has also passed the halfway point, and the situation in the playoffs has basically become clear.
The current top 11 teams have largely locked up playoff spots. On paper, Liaoning, Guangdong, Zhejiang Jinniu, Zhejiang Guangsha, Shanghai Jiushi, Shenzhen and Shougang are four strong contenders. The performances of Shanxi and Guangzhou are impressive, two dark horses this season, playing the role of spoilers. Shandong and Beikong belong to more than the top and the bottom, playing steadily and steadily, and there is not much problem in getting playoff tickets.
Ranked 11th, Beijing Control has a record of 11 wins and 11 losses. Although Beijing Control has only won one game against shandong in the top ten teams, Beijing Control has a high winning percentage against the team behind it. Beikong led Xinjiang and Jilin three wins behind it, and in the last 16 games, the probability of being surpassed by the two teams behind them at the same time is unlikely. And Beikong is the first team with three foreign aides in place, and will soon have to face the weak teams Jiangsu and Ningbo consecutively, and at the end of the second stage, there is a good chance to consolidate its own ranking.
The final playoff ticket will be contested between the four teams of Jilin, Xinjiang, Qingdao and Sichuan. The bottom six teams are not competitive and have basically withdrawn from the playoffs.
In the second stage of the regular season, Jilin also beat Shenzhen in the cold, and the confrontation with Guangdong was only 4 points. But Jilin lost 29 points and 31 points respectively in two meetings with Shougang within a week. The Jilin team used to be the giant killer of the league, which made the giants afraid. Today's Jilin is extremely competitive because of the decline in Jones's competitive state and the natural shortcomings of the inner line.
Xinjiang, which has the same record as Jilin, has an 8-13 loss record, and after Zhou Qi left the team this season, there was a vacuum in the internal line. In the first stage, Xinjiang relied on Abdul Salam to support it bitterly, and the results were a bit unbearable.
After foreign aid center Mortree took office, Xinjiang's shortcomings were made up and began to catch up. In the last 6 matches, Xinjiang has won 5 games, including three games against rivals Qingdao and Sichuan, and Xinjiang has won all of them. In the last match against Qingdao, Morel scored 41 points. Xinjiang is the strongest of the four teams competing for a playoff spot, and if Xinjiang can maintain this momentum, it is not impossible to surpass Shandong and Beikong.
Jilin and Xinjiang are followed by Qingdao and Sichuan, both 7-14. Qingdao finished sixth in the regular season and Sichuan at No. 11 last season, and both teams qualified for the playoffs last season. The two teams this season are the two that have seen a significant decline in the league.
Qingdao is going through a low tide, and after losing to rival Xinjiang by a big score, Qingdao has suffered four consecutive defeats. Qingdao have lost five of their last six games, including two losses to Xinjiang and one to Beijing, all of which are direct competitors in the playoffs.
In the coming week, Qingdao will usher in a key schedule, Shandong, Ningbo, Sichuan and Fujian, the four opponents are not too strong, Qingdao needs to seize the opportunity to catch up. Before the end of the second stage, Qingdao will face Guangdong, Shanghai and Zhejiang consecutively. If the game in the coming week is not well grasped, Qingdao is likely to fall behind early at the end of the second stage.
Although Sichuan is looking forward to returning to the strong fulcrum of the inner line, Haddadi, the team lineup configuration is somewhat unsatisfactory, and veteran Han Shuo and rookie Zhu Songwei are the main players of the team. The absolute core is not hard enough, and the ability to lead the team is insufficient, which is the weakness of the young Sichuan team. In the second stage, Sichuan's schedule was the best of several teams, and they also won weighty matches such as Shandong and Guangzhou, but lost to direct rival Xinjiang. Since the schedule of the third stage of Sichuan is relatively difficult, the difficulty of counterattack will be relatively high.
Of the four teams, Xinjiang has the best chance of coming back and grabbing a playoff ticket. But that doesn't mean the other three teams are completely out of chance.