In the past three seasons, the Guangdong men's basketball team has won the CBA championship. This season, the Guangdong men's basketball team has also been considered the number one title favorite for a long time. But now that's the situation has changed, as the Guangdong men's basketball team's record has fallen to the 5th place in the regular season. More importantly, the liaoning men's basketball team and the Guangdong men's basketball team lost in the 2 games. In the first game, the Guangdong men's basketball team collapsed 95-115, and the second game lost 90-102. The Liaoning men's basketball team's record is also better than that of the Guangdong men's basketball team, ranking first in the CBA.
In the eyes of many people, the Guangdong men's basketball team is no longer the opponent of the Liaoning men's basketball team, and it is no longer the number one favorite to compete for the championship. At least, if they meet in the finals for the third consecutive time, the Guangdong men's basketball team will not be able to beat the Liaoning men's basketball team. The poor state of the Guangdong men's basketball team is a fact, but it does not mean that the probability of winning the Championship of the Guangdong men's basketball team is less than that of the Liaoning men's basketball team. From the perspective of the team's hard strength and experience, the Guangdong men's basketball team still leads the league and is temporarily at a low ebb, just because the lineup is not tidy.
In fact, the record of the regular season alignment does not determine the fate of the playoffs. History is a mirror of reality, pulling back the clock back to the 2011-12 season. That season, the Guangdong men's basketball team won 27 wins and 5 losses, ranking first in the CBA. In the regular season, although the Guangdong men's basketball team and the Beijing men's basketball team, the final opponent of that year, had a mutual victory and defeat, it was actually a crushing trend, because the Guangdong men's basketball team won the game, won 20 points, almost defeating the opponent. Before the finals, the Guangdong men's basketball team was believed to be able to win the championship easily, and Wang Shipeng even vowed to sweep the Beijing men's basketball team. But after the start, the Beijing men's basketball team broke out into a strong fighting force, crushing the Guangdong men's basketball team 4-1 and winning the championship. The arrogant Wang Shipeng lost all of his form under Marbury's defense, and did not score in double figures in five games, including 3 points in 2 games and 0 points in 1 game.
In the 2013-14 regular season, the Guangdong men's basketball team doubled against the Beijing men's basketball team. But when the two sides met in the semifinals, the Beijing men's basketball team became the winner again, beating the Guangdong men's basketball team and advancing to the finals. The Guangdong men's basketball team became a winner in the regular season twice, but became a loser in the playoffs. This bitterness, the Liaoning men's basketball team has also tasted, can be described as the same disease pity.
In the 2015-16 regular season, the Sichuan men's basketball team played the Liaoning men's basketball team for the first time, and swallowed a defeat 107-114. The two sides met for the second time, and the Sichuan men's basketball team lost to the Liaoning men's basketball team 94-111. The Sichuan men's basketball team was considered far inferior to the Liaoning men's basketball team at the time, and when they met in the finals, they were once thought to be swept. But the Sichuan men's basketball team became a winner, and the 4-1 upset Liaoning men's basketball team won the championship.
It is not difficult to see that the strength of the regular season does not mean that the playoffs are invincible. For the Guangdong men's basketball team and supporters, there is no need to be arrogant for the current predicament, just check the shortcomings and fill in the gaps, so as to gradually return to the highest level, and have the same chance to be a winner in the playoffs. As for the Liaoning men's basketball team, it cannot be complacent because of the temporary lead, but must calm down to find deficiencies and strive to continue the strong throughout the season.