The third phase of the CBA will start tomorrow. The third stage of the competition is in Shenyang and Shunde respectively. The Shanghai Jiushi Sharks men's basketball team and the Liaoning team, Guangsha team, Shanxi team, Jilin team and Nanjing Tongxi team were divided in the Shenyang division. The schedule is also not complicated, and the Shanghai men's basketball team will play two legs with the remaining five teams, for a total of 10 matches.
# Shanghai men's basketball team ushered in the strongest challenge #
Looking at this schedule, the intuitive feeling is that the opponent is very strong! Liaoning is 1st in the current standings, Guangsha is 3rd, Shanxi is 9th, Jilin is 12th and Nanjing is 1st from the bottom. That is, four of the five teams are playoff teams, and two are in the top three. The Shanghai men's basketball team will face the toughest challenges at this stage.
Shenyang, Liaoning Province, February 24, 2022, Shenyang Division, stage 3 of the 2021-2022 CBA League Regular Season Is Ready
Looking back at the schedule of the Shanghai men's basketball team this season, it can be summarized by "loose before and tight after". The Sharks faced most of the opponents in the first stage of the league rankings, most of which are now in the middle and lower reaches of the league rankings, and the strong teams against Guangdong, Beijing, Shenzhen and Zhejiang. At the end of the first stage, the Shanghai men's basketball team's record was fixed at 10 wins and 3 losses, ranking 5th at the time.
The opponents in the second stage have become significantly stronger. In addition to teams like Zhejiang and Shenzhen, the midstream strong teams have also joined the battle group, including Shandong, Beikong and Guangzhou. As a result, the Shanghai men's basketball team achieved a record of 13 wins and 2 losses, advancing to the second place compared with the first stage, and has locked up the playoff spot this season in advance.
On February 26, 2022, Shanghai, the third stage of the 21/22 CBA regular season was previewed, and the Shanghai Jiushi Sharks men's basketball team went to Shenyang
After such a comparison, it is not difficult to find that the remaining third stage of the game will be the toughest schedule that the Shanghai men's basketball team will face this season. The Liaoning team, which ranks first in the standings, does not need to be repeated in terms of strength. The Guangsha team has made foreign reinforcements in the offseason, signing the 26-year-old NBA former detective Okafor to further strengthen the interior line.
The Shanxi team has often played the role of "giant killer" this season. In the regular season, they have successively defeated guangsha, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Liaoning and other strong teams. The upper and lower limits of the team fluctuated greatly, and it was really difficult to enter the state and "launch a madness". The Jilin team is not as dewy as Shanxi, from time to time bursting cold, the team wins in stability, will not roll over the weak team, but also has the strength to win the strong team.
# Does the Shanghai team make up for the shortcomings? #
The opponent is very strong, but there is no need to lose confidence in the Shanghai men's basketball team. Because of the hotfire of the previous two seasons, shark fans already have PTSD for the team - do not dare to have any confidence in the team's performance, before facing a strong opponent, first reduce their psychological expectations, so as not to form a psychological impact when losing. But this season's Shanghai men's basketball team has used the previous two stages of the game to prove that they are a force that cannot be ignored in the league.
Franklin
Especially in the second stage of the game, the Shanghai men's basketball team has staged a "good play" that has come to the fore in several games, which is a proof of the gradual maturity of the team building. Compared with the past, the big shark is now mentally tenacious, and can also adjust the tactical play in time to complete the "pit filling". It can be seen that the players have confidence in the team, have confidence in the layout of the coach, and when they encounter difficulties, they will not mess up their positions, but play out the content of the training in a down-to-earth manner, recover the disadvantage step by step, and gradually approach the victory. Therefore, I think that fans should also have confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Shanghai men's basketball team.
Having said that, we also have to look forward to the opponents in the third stage. In the previous analysis, we talked about the shortcomings of the Shanghai men's basketball team, so in the offseason, is there any reinforcement? Wang Zhelin is the core of the Shanghai team's attack and defense, but lacks suitable substitutes. Whether it is the first stage or the second stage, most of the opponents who lost the Shanghai men's basketball team have a good internal line to curb Wang Zhelin's play.
Dai Hao (left) and Li Tim-wing. With Guo Haowen injured and will miss the game, the Shanghai team used Dai Hao
This is especially true of the opponents of the third stage. In the Guangsha team, there is Hu Jinqiu, there is Jarrod Jones, plus Okafor, in contrast, Guangsha seems to be still in a strategic offensive. The Liaoning team has Han Dejun (I don't know how many% of the nose fracture recovers), Fu Hao, Zhu Rongzhen, and Moland, which are very difficult. Head coach Li Chunjiang also saw this, and in the second stage of the game, he tried a small lineup of Feng Lai as the fifth position, but when he played against Guangzhou, he almost overturned. After the offseason, how powerful the Shanghai men's basketball team can play this tactic is worth paying attention to.
The second big problem with the Shanghai men's basketball team is Franklin's play. In the second stage, affected by injuries, Franklin struggled. At the peak of the strong team's confrontation, Franklin could not be expected to be in danger. When it came time to fight the bayonet, Li Chunjiang used a combination of Feng Lai and Yuan Tangwen.
Fredette was expected to solve the problem, but Fredette could not come again. The Shanghai team still has to dig for potential from within. In the second stage of the game, the Shanghai team was already experimenting with a new model of Von Lai starting first and Franklin taking the rotation lineup. Franklin's ability to recover a few percent, whether the new rotation mode can achieve better results, these are the focus of attention in the third stage of the game.