On January 20, Beijing time, the CBA regular season continued, the Liaoning men's basketball team faced the Xinjiang men's basketball team, Liaoning started slowly, the first quarter dug a 13-point pit, Xinjiang led by up to 18 points in the second quarter, and Liaoning fell behind 15 at half-time 44-59.
Liaoning is the biggest favourite to win the title this season, after winning 10 consecutive games and leading the table with a record of 22 wins and 2 losses. Xinjiang's strength has been greatly reduced after Zhou Qi's departure, and the record of 9 wins and 15 losses is only 13th, whether it can enter the playoffs is a problem, and head coach A Dijiang is facing doubts.
Xinjiang's start was outstanding, as soon as it came up, it played a 7-0 start, Liaoning quickly adjusted, returned a wave of 10-1, Xinjiang's outside line felt hot, Abdul Shalamu, Qi Lin hit three points in succession, the Xinjiang men's basketball team quickly opened up the point difference again, Abdul Salam scored 11 points in a single quarter, Liaoning's attack fell into a dud, only 19 points were scored in a single quarter, and the first quarter was 13 points behind to dig a big pit.
Liaoning's attack in the second quarter still did not improve much, Xinjiang continued a good feel, always suppressed Liaoning, the point difference always hovered around 15 points, Abdul Shalamu played 3+1, Xinjiang led 45-28 by 17 points, Abdul Salam excitedly showed his muscles. The whole Liaoning team felt cold and could only rely on the breakthrough to score, Fergus hit two free throws, and then scored quickly, Liaoning fell behind 32-46.
Liaoning's attack has improved, but Xinjiang can always score in time to stabilize the situation, the point difference has remained in double digits, Mortree's second attack, Xinjiang led 55-38. Arslan hit a difficult whistle jumper and Liaoning trailed 44-59 at halftime.
Abdul Salam was hot in the hand, shooting 4 three-pointers and 17 points and 5 rebounds, Moldy 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Qi Lin also scored 11 points. On the Liaoning side, only Ferge scored double figures in the half, scoring 12 points, Guo Allen scored only 6 points on 3 of 6, and the rest of the starters were not in good shape, liu Zhixuan on the bench had 8 points.