On January 18, Beijing time, the second stage of the CBA ushered in a showdown between Guangzhou and Liaoning. Liaoning has now won nine consecutive wins, the morale of the entire team is very high, and in terms of rebounding and secondary attack, Liaoning is high in the league, which can also see the strength of their front line, the team still occupies the first throne of the league.
Their opponent Guangzhou has also played well overall, they have successfully reached the sixth place in the league, but the problem that Guangzhou has shown is the weakness of the offensive end, the team is more of a whole to play to complete the task of the game, and the key moments are also lacking star players to end the game.
One of the biggest highlights of this game is the master-apprentice duel between Guo Shiqiang and Yang Ming, as a former meritorious coach of Liaoning, Guo Shiqiang is naturally very familiar with the team, and his disciple Yang Ming's ability to coach in the past two years is also constantly improving, and this time the master-apprentice fighting method has become a very noteworthy point.
The starting lineup of the two teams today is: Liaoning team - Li Xiaoxu, Fu Hao, Guo Allen, Zhang Zhenlin, Fergus; Guangzhou team - Miao Guangyang, Guo Kai, Mason, Chen Yingjun, Zhu Mingzhen.
Section 1:
Since the beginning of the game, Guo Allen directly found the unguarded Fergus in the bottom corner, who directly hit a three-point shot to help the team get the first point. But then Mason and Chen Yingjun scored easily in quick succession, and Guangzhou led Liaoning 7-3. Liaoning's overall defense at the beginning was still a bit lax, allowing Guangzhou defender Gemini to get points very easily, and the defense was basically wide open, with no clear defensive goals.
However, Liaoning is close to being the first team in the league, and soon completed the adjustment of the state, played a strong oppressive role on the offensive end, successfully overtook the score, and the score of the two teams came to 14-12. At 2 minutes and 34 seconds, Guangzhou requested a timeout. Finally, the first quarter of the game ended, Liaoning 22-19, leading by 3 points.
In the first quarter, Liaoning's defense still did not enter the state, which allowed Mason to shoot his own rhythm inside and outside, and he scored 10 points in a single quarter. However, in the face of Liaoning's internal killing moves, Guangzhou's defense also did not have a very good way, and both teams played their own offensive level in the first quarter.
Section 2:
Mason felt uncomfortable in his footsteps and returned to the locker room to adjust, and the responsibility of organization and attack all fell on Chen Yingjun. Liaoning's second team played well, and The Moland interior line was completely unstoppable, helping the team extend the lead to 7 points. However, then There was a problem with Zhao Jiwei's tandem, and several attacks were blocked, and Guangzhou played a wave of 6-0, chasing the score to 25-26. At 8 minutes and 53 seconds, Liaoning requested a timeout.
Paused back, Liaoning switched back to Fogg and Guo Allen. This quarter Liaoning still did not go to the ball point against Guangzhou, Chen Yingjun was able to easily channel the ball, and then Liaoning suddenly began to strengthen the intensity of the defense, but this was once again seized by Chen Yingjun, causing Liaoning to foul in succession, which made Liaoning full of mistakes in the remaining half of the quarter and began to let Guangzhou make free throws. But Then Liaoning began to fire in full force on the outside line, a three-point rain directly threw at Guangzhou, the score came to 43-36, Liaoning once again opened up the point difference. At 3:24, Guangzhou requested a pause.
The game continued, Liaoning attacked a problem, several shots did not hit, Guangzhou once again successfully chased the point difference to only 2 points. In the end, the half-time ended, Liaoning 52-50, only two points ahead of the opponent.
Section 3:
Yang Ming changed the lineup and let Zhao Jiwei replace Guo Allen as the starting team. Liaoning's defensive intensity began to increase, Chen Yingjun could not easily complete the conversion of the ball, Liaoning played a wave of 6-0, and the point difference came to 8 points again. This quarter, Liaoning's rebounding in the front court is also exactly like changing a team, and the rhythm of the game begins to return to Liaoning's control. At 5 minutes and 21 seconds, the Guangzhou team requested a timeout, and Chen Yingjun really had no way to face strict defense, it was completely difficult.
The game continued, Guangzhou's outside shots were completely unguarded, and Liaoning's leading edge had reached 13 points. But then Chen Yingjun dragged his tired body and scored 5 points in a row to bring the point difference back to single digits again. Guangzhou then began to carry out the continuous transformation of the 131 and 23 defenses, but Liaoning still used the rotation of the ball to find opportunities to score under the basket, but Chen Yingjun still relied on himself to play, helping the team to bite tightly, and finally the third quarter ended, Liaoning 81-75, 6 points ahead of Guangzhou.
Section 4:
At the beginning of the last quarter, Guangzhou's outside line still did not find a feel at all, and Liaoning once again widened the point difference to 10 points. At 6 minutes and 55 seconds, Guangzhou requested a timeout. When the game came back, Liaoning's outside line began to exert force, successive three-point hits, the point difference went towards 20 points, guangzhou was the overall shooting deformation, whether it was a free throw or a breakthrough, there was no way to get points. In the third minute, Guangzhou again requested a timeout.
Back from the suspension, Guangzhou began to press the whole field. However, at this time, the game has completely lost suspense, and finally Liaoning defeated Guangzhou 110-98 and successfully won 10 consecutive wins.
Although in the end he was not able to beat Liaoning, but Chen Yingjun's play has been very good, after Mason withdrew from the game due to injury, Guangzhou's organization can only be left to him alone to deal with, in the face of the rotation of Liaoning defenders, Chen Yingjun has been doing his best, but also in the end of the third quarter to help the team to chase back the point difference, and finally he played 47 minutes, got 25 points and 9 assists, almost played the whole game.
The strongest link encountered problems, and Liaoning finally broke out in the second half
Today, facing the Guangzhou team, whose overall height is not very strong, Liaoning has not played the first level of its league offensive rebounding, and the players seem to have little enthusiasm for rebounding after the game began, coupled with the awareness of Guangzhou to protect rebounds, which led to Liaoning only grabbing a frontcourt rebound at the end of the half, which is obviously not the level they should have.
However, in the second half, Liaoning regained the state of the game, and the scramble for rebounds in the front court also began to exert force, and the team soon completely controlled the game situation and finally successfully defeated Guangzhou.
Although the game always has to be won and lost, today the Liaoning team and the fans still showed a warm side. The fans at the scene played a banner to bless Guo Shiqiang, who was once a liaoning hero, and all the liaoning players and coaches were also applauding to greet Guo Shiqiang, Yang Ming was also very warm to smile at Guo Shiqiang, Guo Shiqiang also waved to give everyone a response, such a scene is also called a classic picture on the CBA field.