Less than 24 hours after the Liao-Yue conflict, the CBA official quickly issued the biggest fine of the season.
The two sides of the fist-to-fist clash, Han Dejun and Weems, were both heavily fined, and in addition to paying fines, both were also banned from different matches. In the end, Han Dejun was suspended for 7 games and fined 200,000 yuan, and Weems was suspended for 5 games and fined 140,000 yuan. Affected by this penalty, Liaoning and Guangdong will also suffer different losses.
The Guangdong team made it worse
From the perspective of the game alone, the Guangdong team is more affected, and it can even be said to be worse.
Before Weems, the Guangdong team had officially announced that the main defender Zhao Rui would be treated for a period of time due to extreme physical discomfort and increasing ankle injury, and the return time was uncertain. Now, Weems will be suspended for another 5 games, which also means that the Guangdong team will lose two major engines in succession. This season, Zhao Rui and Weems have averaged 7.5 and 6.8 assists per game, respectively, the two players with the highest assists in Guangdong. Without Zhao Rui and Weems, the organizational responsibility of the Guangdong team will fall on the shoulders of Xu Jie and Hu Mingxuan, so that the smoothness of the Guangdong team's attack and the rotation of the point guard position will be marked with a question mark.
At the same time, the attack of the Guangdong team will also be affected. This season, Weems, who averaged 15.2 points per game, and Zhao Rui, who averaged 13.3 points per game, were the second and third scorers of the Guangdong team, without Zhao Rui and Weems, the Guangdong team had enough ability to dominate the ball, basically only Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie and Zhou Peng, Yi Jianlian and Ren Junfei Although they also had good ball holding ability, but due to the influence of position, it was difficult for them to dominate the ball as freely as the outside players. Originally, the thickness of the Guangdong team's injury affecting this season's rotation has been weakened, and at present, Weems is suspended for 5 games, which will be a greater challenge for Guangdong team.
Of course, the Guangdong team also has a remedy, that is, to quickly let the new foreign aid Ledo rush to the Changchun Division. Last week, the Guangdong team has sent young players Zhao Jinyang, Malik and others to Shanghai to accompany Ledo to train, which also means that Ledo has lifted the isolation and has now reached the standard of being able to play, and the rest depends on whether Ledo can quickly integrate into the Guangdong team.
In comparison, the Liaoning team has a much larger space to adjust. Although Han Dejun plays a mainstay role in the inner line of the Liaoning team, given that the liaoning team's internal line configuration this season is rich enough, without The Great Han, they have not reached the point of injury. Big foreign aid Moland, substitute center Zhu Rongzhen, veteran Li Xiaoxu and Liaoyue Fu Hao (38 points and 12 rebounds) can all appropriately alleviate the gap that Dahan lacks, and the strong lineup of Liaoning after active reinforcement this season is also highlighted at this time.
The Liaoning team can still be the leader
Judging from the schedule, Han Dejun's injury and suspension did not have much impact on them. At present, the Liaoning team only has 6 games left in the second stage of the regular season, the opponents are Fujian, Guangzhou, Xinjiang, Beikong, Ningbo and Tongxi, the strength of these 6 teams is not outstanding, and the strongest Guangzhou is difficult to challenge the powerful Liaoning.
Although Han Dejun has missed the remaining competition in the second stage in advance, considering that the internal line configuration of the Liaoning team is still strong enough, the overall strength is still the only CBA gear, and after leading the second place Guangsha team by 1 win and having double-killed the opponent this season, the Liaoning team has enough opportunities to sit in the leader position. According to the official disclosure of the Liaoning team, Han Dejun will return to Shenyang for treatment because of a nasal bone fracture, and since the third stage of the regular season may also start on March 1 at the earliest (relevant plans have been formulated), Han will also have plenty of time to recover.
In contrast, the Guangdong team is more challenging, although they only have 6 games left in the second stage of the regular season, but their opponents are Guangsha, Fujian, Tianjin, Qingdao, Sichuan and Shanghai, the schedule is more difficult than Liaoning, especially the next match with Guangsha, which ranks second in the league, Guangdong wants to win the game is extremely difficult, you know, when Guangdong first met Guangsha, they still lost to the opponent in the case of Zhao Rui and Weems.
What can be comforted a little about the Guangdong team is that they can return when they play against Shanghai in the final game of the second stage, at which time, the Guangdong team may even have a double foreign aid combination of Weems and Ledo, and they will have more options for challenging Shanghai.
At present, Ledo, who has high hopes from the Guangdong team, is their biggest expectation. The 1.98-meter-tall, 30-year-old forward foreign aid, who averaged 32.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 9.9 assists per game when playing for North Control in the 2018-19 season, has had an excellent performance of 50+ in a single game, but his overall performance lacks stability, shooting is obviously insufficient, and the investment in defense also needs to be strengthened, and there is still a big gap compared to Wims. Last season, he played briefly in seven games for Shanxi, averaging only 19 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. Unless Ledo can quickly integrate, Guangdong's ranking in the second stage may also decline.
epilogue
Injuries, clashes and penalties on the basketball court are unwanted by everyone, but things have happened, and Guangdong and Liaoning can only actively face and adjust, especially the defending champions who are understaffed. If you can survive this difficult time, I believe that Liaoyue can become more powerful.