The CBA league will enter the last ten games of the third stage of the regular season at the end of this month, from the perspective of the competition between the championship group and the playoff group, the big situation has basically been determined, and the championship group led by Liaoning Basketball will basically not have much change, at most it is a fine adjustment of the ranking, and the first position of the Liaoning basketball final regular season may not be too threatened. The biggest suspense should be the final battle for playoff places, especially the playoff ticket war led by Shandong Expressway will be very fierce. However, purely from the perspective of the third stage of the game, the main suspense is the following three.
This season, Liaoning Bengang can dominate the top should be said to be deserved, because in the comparison of the strong, they are the most stable performance of the team, more importantly, they have the upper hand in the competition with the main competitors, and the three games lost are basically innocuous chicken rib games. In the third stage, the five opponents of Liao Basket are Shanghai Jiushi, Zhejiang Chouzhou, Qingdao Guoxin, Sichuan Jinrong and Jiangsu Kendia, the main opponents of which are shanghai and Zhejiang Shuangxiong, one ranked second in the league and the fourth in the league. However, the biggest test for liaoning baskets should only be the Shanghai sharks, because compared to the old rival of Zhejiang Chouzhou, the new Shanghai sharks are more mysterious, as the biggest dark horse this season, the Shanghai team under the leadership of champion coach Li Chunjiang, is simply a replica of Guangdong Hongyuan. Both offense and defense have jumped to the top of the league. Liao Basket and the deluxe version of the big shark met for the first time after all.
In terms of player talent, the current Shanghai Sharks should be better than the current Guangdong Hongyuan. From veterans Wang Zhelin, Ren Junwei and Kolan Baike to young generals Guo Haowen and Li Tianrong. From the perspective of player configuration, the Shanghai Sharks can obviously have the confidence to fight with Liaoning Basketball. Realistically speaking, if you rely solely on the measurement between managers, even if Yang Ming has matured a lot this season, compared with the old and spicy Li Chunjiang, he still has a lot to grow. Therefore, the two games with the Shanghai Sharks are not only a contest between Liaoning Basket and the Shanghai team, but also a test for Yang Ming to accept the predecessors. Whether they can pass the Shanghai Sharks will be an important indicator for Liao Basket and Yang Ming to build up the confidence of the champion this season.
The second suspense is whether Guangdong Hongyuan can return to the top three, Guangdong Hongyuan is currently ranked fifth in the league with 20 wins and 8 losses, two wins away from the third and fourth Zhejiang Shuangxiong, but they have been double killed by Guangsha in the season, which is equivalent to one less win, and there are still three wins from the Shanghai Shark, but they have a certain advantage in the small percentage of the Shanghai Shark, and the small score difference between the two sides this season is +8 points. That is to say, they have to chase three wins in ten rounds, which must first have the following two conditions.
Guangdong Hongyuan's opponents in the third stage are Guangzhou Dragon Lion, Shandong Expressway, Beijing Beikong, Xinjiang Yili WangJiu and Ningbo Fubang, the strongest is that Guangzhou Dragon Lion is currently ranked seventh in the league, according to past records, these five teams are basically long-term defeats, Guangdong Hongyuan must ensure that all ten games are won. Because there is no competition with direct competitors, this is the bottom line of surpassing opponents.
The second is that the above three opponents have to lose points, the Shanghai Sharks have four hard battles against the Liaoning Basket and Guangsha, the strength of the Liaoning Basket needless to say, the third stage of Zhejiang Guangsha will have a strong second foreign aid, and the Shanghai Sharks will still be very stressful. As for the third place Zhejiang Guangsha, they also have four very difficult matches in the ten games against Shanghai and Zhejiang Golden Rent, while the fourth-place Zhejiang Chouzhou is even more difficult, and they also have four games against Liaoning Basket and Guangsha. Therefore, it may be difficult for Hongyuan to return to the top three, which is to hope that the opponent will make mistakes, but if it is said that the return to the top four, the hope is greatly increased. However, the fourth place does not seem to be counted as a sign. This requires a trade-off.
The third suspense is whether Beijing Beijing Holdings will repeat the same mistakes in the playoff competition, and the experience of Beijing Holdings in the playoff competition last season is still vivid. If the CBA is a jianghu, then the North Control, which does not have much roots, is definitely not a famous and decent person, especially under the leadership of coach Marbury, their status is more like a side door left road, which can be seen clearly from the continuous blocking of North Control in the final sprint stage of the playoffs last season and the counterattack of Guangzhou Dragon lions.
Obviously, Beijing Control does not have many friends in the CBA, and now it is a critical moment in the playoff competition, and the situation of North Control is actually not as good as last season. From the current ranking, Beikong, which has three foreign aides, is only 14 wins and 14 losses, ranking 11th in the league with a small point advantage. Their next opponents are Guangdong Hongyuan, Shenzhen Marco Polo, Beijing Shougang, Fujian Leopard and Tianjin Pioneer, which coincidentally is exactly the same as the opponent of the main rival Xinjiang Team. At present, they are two wins ahead of Xinjiang, followed by a Tianjin forerunner who is eager to stir up trouble. In these last ten games, can the Xinjiang team help each other all the way like the Guangzhou Dragon Lions last season and turn the tables over as desired? Will Tianjin's forerunners become dark horses again? We can only say that the CBA is a jianghu, and there are always people in the jianghu. Anything is possible. For Marbury, I am afraid that no one can rely on him, and if he wants to avoid repeating the same mistakes, he can only rely on himself! Unfortunately, they also lost the main small defender Liao Sanning, which was too fatal for Marbury.