Guangdong, which ushered in the firefighter Ledo, won a difficult victory over Qingdao, stopping the decline of the losing streak with a wave of three consecutive wins.
Previously, successive fiascos in Liaoning and Guangsha made the defending champions really embarrassed. Fighting with the weak Fujian to the last moment made the fans sweat against Guangdong, which lost Zhao Rui and Weems. Fortunately, the arrival of Ledo temporarily alleviated the crisis. In both games, he averaged 23.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and 10 assists in a triple-double.
But there's not much time left for the 11 champions to celebrate – turning over the standings, they are currently only fifth, and Shenzhen, a sworn enemy in the same province and only one game behind them, is looking at them. Although Du Feng once said: "The regular season is not important, you can enter the playoffs." ”
But everyone knows that if they can't improve the ranking as soon as possible, they will not only play one more round of playoffs, but also most likely meet the strong Liaoning in the semifinals.
Also facing ranking pressure is Beijing Shougang. In the past two seasons, they have caused great trouble for Guangdong in the playoffs. However, due to the deep digging at the beginning of the season, even if they won the fifth victory in the last six games yesterday with a big victory over Fujian, they still only ranked eighth and were in an awkward situation.
As you can see, even the old CBA powerhouses such as Guangdong and Beijing are struggling to maintain their dignity in the context of the rise of the crowd, and the fierce competition in the CBA this season is evident. At present, there are still two rounds of competition before the Spring Festival holiday. For teams that desperately need to pursue rankings, there is no room for error.
Just yesterday, the CBA officially released a set of promotional videos, defining the January 25-28 game as the "2022 Spring Festival War". In the video, the combination of traditional Chinese paper-cutting and CBA competitions not only highlights the fierceness of the competition but also sets off the atmosphere of the New Year.
Indeed, today is the twenty-second day of the Waxing Moon. Whether the North defines the twenty-third lunar month as a small year in the south or in the south as a small year. According to the tradition of Chinese, after a small year is a new year.
Speaking of the CBA's Spring Festival war, perhaps everyone will still remember the Spring Festival battle between Liaoning and Guangdong last year, Liaoning and Guangdong, who led one game before the game, fought to the last moment, but Guo Allen passed to Zhu Rongzhen and made mistakes, and finally Guangdong won 118-115 against Liaoning and successfully reached the top.
It is from last season that the CBA repackaged the "Spring Festival War", with the classic example of last year's Liaoyue war, everyone has reason to look forward to this year's Spring Festival War.
Coinciding with the Lunar Year of the Tiger, this year's Spring Festival is of even richer significance to the CBA. There are several teams in the CBA named "Tiger", such as the Guangdong South China Tigers, Jilin Northeast Tigers and Xinjiang Flying Tigers. Guangdong and Jilin, two teams named after tigers, will appear in this year's "Spring Festival War".
At 19:35 on January 26, the Siberian Tigers will take the lead. Their opponents will be One of the main rivals to impact the playoffs, North Control. The two teams are currently ranked 10th and 12th respectively and will fall out of the playoffs if they are not careful.
Yesterday, in a battle with Shanxi, Jilin broke out of the cold. Facing the dark horses of the season, they suppressed their opponents all over the field, leading by more than 20 points in the first half. Although Shanxi made a desperate bet in the fourth quarter, forcing the score to 12 points, Jones and Jiang Yuxing killed the game with two consecutive three-pointers.
On the other hand, their opponent Beikong has recently won four games and three wins, losing only one game with Liaoning, and the point difference is only 5 points. Once Jilin loses, it will most likely be overtaken by the xinjiang anti-overtake in the back of the top 12, and the importance of this game is self-evident.
The South China Tigers guangdong will appear in the "Spring Festival Battle" on January 28, against Shanghai, which is currently ranked second. What Du Feng will face is precisely li Chunjiang, the former mentor. The arrival of Li Chunjiang made the little yellow fish completely transform into a big shark. Especially in the battle with Zhejiang, Shanghai fell behind by 17 points in the half, and completely broke out in the second half, reversing the score in one fell swoop.
It is no exaggeration to say that the victory of this game allowed Shanghai to complete the transformation of temperament. In the past, when teams were faced with big scores behind, it was often the psychology of the players who were the first to collapse, they would doubt themselves and did not believe that they could win, which was especially obvious for "mercenary" teams like Shanghai.
The arrival of iron-fisted coach Li Chunjiang gave the team members the confidence to believe from the bottom of their hearts that they would be the final winners. This is also the only way to go from an ordinary team to a strong team. Remember the Liaoning that "the fourth section can't afford to provoke", and it was also after having this mentality that the transition from the strong to the king was completed.
Judging from the current paper strength, Guangdong is indeed at a disadvantage. Weems has theoretically ended a five-game suspension and could play in this campaign. But he left the division early and should not have played in this game. In contrast, Shanghai, this season, averaged 111.3 points per game in the league first, averaged 30 league firsts per game, averaged 11.5 league firsts in steals per game, and averaged 49.4 rebounds per game.
But everyone knows that paper strength is paper strength after all, and shanghai cannot be called strong before it defeats the strong. What could be a better touchstone than a disgraced defending champion? In front of the Shanghai team, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Of course, in addition to the Spring Festival Battle of the Year of the Tiger, which was played by Tiger Brother Tiger Brother above, there are two other important events, namely the shandong and Guangsha matches on January 25 and Shenzhen and Beijing on January 27.
If you only look at the rankings, Shenzhen lags behind Guangdong and ranks sixth. But you know, before their core Shen Zijie truceed due to injury, let them suffer a wave of consecutive defeats. Now, Shen Zijie has returned, and Shenzhen already has the strength to impact the top four.
As I said, the current ranking obviously does not satisfy Beijing. After not playing an official match for too long, the returning Jeremy Lin has not been able to find his form. In desperation, Beijing Shougang has begun to find a third foreign aid.
In recent seasons, they have been one of the teams with the largest investment, and the team has formed the domestic top twin towers of Li Muhao and Fan Ziming, and introduced Raymond of Bayi. Behind every reinforcement is a high amount of investment. If the results are delayed, the pressure on the management can be imagined. Whether the whole team can have a "good year" is crucial to a battle with Shenzhen.
With the festive season approaching, players still have to stick to their posts and dedicate successive battles to the fans, which can be described as loyal to what they love. In fact, everyone wants to go home early, and everyone wants to snuggle up next to the second elder like a child. But no matter what, you still have to stand on the last shift.
Be thankful to host the second phase of the event in Changchun City, Jilin Province, it is not easy to host the game during the epidemic, it is necessary to invest a lot of manpower and material energy, and we must do a good job of prevention at all times; we must also be grateful to the majority of fans who do not give up, in the past few years when the CBA has experienced the epidemic, the majority of fans have not given up on the league and bet enough enthusiasm.
I hope that the new Year of the Tiger can have a new atmosphere; I hope that the new Year of the Tiger can make fans and teams really get together. Winter is about to turn over, warm spring is coming, the old and the new day, may wish to call friends to watch the New Year war, and then stretch out your arms to embrace a better future.
Gather the new spring, feel the spring.