On January 28, Beijing time, the second stage of the CBA League ushered in the final battle, and the Shanghai team, which is currently ranked second in the league, played against the defending champion Guangdong team, and the two teams in this game can be said to have a lot of points to watch. Li Chunjiang Du Feng this pair of master and apprentice fighting, Ren Junwei Ren Junfei brothers duel, Wang Zhelin Yi Jianlian two MVP duel, in addition to Guangdong team foreign aid Weems finally released the ban after five games of suspension finally released the ban to return, this game the two teams are double foreign aid showdown. The two-team clash of the two champions this season is also seen as a preview of a playoff.
Before the game starts, let's take a look at the starting two teams
Guangdong team: Weems, Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie, Du Runwang, Yi Jianlian
Shanghai team: Franklin, Liu Zheng, Ren Junwei, Luo Hanchen, Wang Zhelin
At the beginning of the game, Guangdong team took the lead in getting the ball, and Weems, who returned from the ban, was very excited, and the offensive end continuously gave Hu Mingxuan a basket under the empty cut basket, and came back to cover Franklin's shots on the defensive end. Guangdong started 8-3.
After Wang Zhelin Franklin scored two three-pointers in a row, Liu Zheng became a surprise soldier on the field, twice strongly broke through the Guangdong inner line to return and score another three-pointer, and one person scored 7 points in a row to help the Shanghai team win the score at 13:8.
In the first quarter, Shanghai used speed to mobilize the Guangdong team, which also led to a significant decline in the offensive efficiency of the Guangdong team, and Franklin continuously faced Weems to pull out three-point shots, revenge for the opening hat. Shanghai shot 6 of 9 from three points in the first quarter, and shanghai led 36:22 in the first quarter with a three-point advantage.
Section II
Returning from the second quarter, Guangdong team continued to attack the inside line, Weems Zhou Peng Zhao Jinyang scored consecutive layups, and Guangdong team chased 7 points in a row at 31:38. The Guangdong team had a hard time scoring on the inside, and the Shanghai team's attack did not let the Guangdong team breathe, and when Li Tianrong scored three points again, Li Tianrong immediately continued after casting Franklin
And Franklin came up with two unreasonable three-pointers in a row! 47：31！ The 16-point difference directly stopped Guangdong. Less than four minutes into the second quarter, Franklin had already shot five three-pointers, and the Guangdong team only shot two three-pointers.
The suspension back guangdong team's outside attack still can't be opened, the two teams scored into anxiety, back Luo Hanchen came back to chase a three-pointer, 36:55 forced Du Feng to call a timeout.
In the final moments of the second quarter, although Guangdong team regained its outside touch, Ledo Durunwang hit two three-pointers in a row, but Shanghai team relied on the overall advantage to lead 18 points at 66:48 to end the first half.
Section III
In the second half, the Guangdong team slowed down the speed and played a position battle with the Shanghai team, and this tactic changed the Shanghai team's outside shooting rate dropped significantly, the Guangdong team used the defense to continuously defend the Shanghai team's attack, Ledo Yi Jianlian scored points in a row, the third quarter went to 4 minutes and 52 seconds, Yi Jianlian scored 2+1 against Wang Zhelin, and the Guangdong team chased the score to 60:73.
Despite the momentum of the Guangdong team chasing points so fiercely, head coach Li Chunjiang still sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and did not have the slightest intention of calling a suspension. And Wang Zhelin also did not live up to the trust of the coach, took Yuan Tangwen's pass to meet Ren Junfei and scored three points, turned back to make up for the basket and then scored, with Wang Zhelin's 5 points, the Shanghai team stabilized the situation on the court. Although the Guangdong team had a good momentum of chasing points at the end of the third quarter, there were always players on the Shanghai side who stood up to give a response, and with the last three jump shots of young player Li Tianrong, the Shanghai team led the Guangdong team 88:69 at the end of the third quarter.
Section IV
At the moment of the final showdown, Guangdong team Du Runwang Zhou Peng scored two consecutive three-pointers to open, but today the Shanghai team always had players stand up to respond, Luo Hanchen responded to a three-pointer, Li Tianrong even shot another 6 points, the 97:75 point difference was widened again to 22 points, Du Feng called a timeout.
In the last moments of the game, Guangdong team defended the Shanghai team by pressing the continuous defense, and once chased the score to 101:108, but there was little time left in the game, and finally Shanghai team defeated the defending champion Guangdong team 108:101. In the fighting techniques of Li Chunjiang and Du Feng, which were masters and apprentices, they finally ended with Li Chunjiang's superior skills.
In this game, the Shanghai team relies on speed to mobilize the Guangdong team, and the Guangdong team has only one Yi Jianlian in the inner line, and the only one in the team who can replace the UAE League, Zeng Fan, has 0 points, 0 boards and 0 assists on the field for 9 minutes, and there is only 1 mistake in statistics, in such a high-intensity game, Zeng Fanri can not withstand the repeated attacks of Wang Zhelin and Feng Lai. This also led to Du Feng playing 20 minutes in the second half, and playing 12 minutes in the fourth quarter, which also led to the UAE's physical strength could not keep up with the impact of Wang Zhelin and Feng Lai, wang Zhelin 18 points and 7 rebounds in this game, and Feng Lai 9 points and 8 rebounds.
Weak interior line is one factor in Guangdong's loss
On the other hand, on the outside, today Weems and Franklin were in place, and Weems also pressed Franklin to complete a block in the opening moment, which was directly exploded in the back, and Franklin shot 6 of 12 three-pointers and 9 of 5 to get 22 points and 7 rebounds, of which Franklin shot four three-pointers to meet Weems's dry pull, Weems was 2 of 10 in the whole game, and the second half was not scored, so bad feel also led to the Guangdong team in the second half of the momentum was interrupted many times. And the Shanghai team side is not only the main force, li Tianrong and Yuan Tangwen on the bench have become the odd soldiers on the field, Li Tianrong scored 21 points in 9 of 14 shots, and in the second half, every time the Guangdong team chased the points closer, it was Li Tianrong who stood up and scored, and Yuan Tangwen was simply the Rondo of the Shanghai team, the defensive end was tough and did not like to shoot, and the game scored 4 points but gave 15 assists.
Although it is impossible to win or lose in one game, the internal problems of the Guangdong team have always existed this season, and when playing Guangsha and Liaoning this season, the internal disadvantages are very obvious. Finally, if Guangdong wants to make a difference in the playoffs this season, then give the UAE League a strong internal reinforcement, last season's playoffs are good and there is a Jason Thompson who can top one, this season wants to rely on the UAE League to top Liaoning's Han Dejun Moland, or Guangsha's Hu Jinqiu and the upcoming Okafor, as well as Shanghai's Wang Zhelin Feng Lai and Beijing's twin towers.