On March 1, Beijing time, the third stage of the CBA competition officially began to compete. In the two games played in the morning, there was a very obvious one-sided situation, with Beijing and Zhejiang winning 41 and 40 points respectively, showing a very good competitive state.
In the afternoon game, Guangzhou and Tianjin met in a narrow way. The two teams are currently 7th in the league and one 14th in the league. The overall defensive ability of the two teams in the second half of the second stage is not strong, especially Tianjin, their magic ball tactics are already known to the league, as long as they can make their two foreign aides in the second and third quarters unable to play, then basically they can completely defeat this team.
The starting lineups of the two teams today are:
Guangzhou team - Li Fu, Guo Kai, Chen Yingjun, Zhu Mingzhen, Tian Yuheng
Tianjin team - Shi Deshuai, Jin Xin, Meng Zikai, Rochester, Lin Tingqian
Section 1:
Guangzhou got the ball, Zhu Mingzhen pressed the whistle three-point shot, and then Liv completed a violent dunk, and Guangzhou took a 5-0 lead. The two teams started attacking and defending at a very fast switching rate, but several outside attempts were not hit, and Tianjin relied on mid-range shots to chase the score to 4-5. But then Guo Kai's three-pointers and Lev 2+1 helped Guangzhou continue to maintain a 11-4 lead.
Then the two teams still played very quickly and decisively, finding the opportunity is a three-point shot, but Guangzhou relies on the strong point of Liv, constantly creating killing on the inside line, and he has scored 9 points in more than half a quarter. At 4 minutes and 17 seconds, the two teams began to rotate.
At 2 minutes and 52 seconds, Tianjin requested a timeout, and Guangzhou led by 13 points 29-16. Tianjin's most relied three-pointer in the first quarter of the game became the biggest killer of the Guangzhou team, which completely caught Tianjin off guard.
Back from a timeout, Burton hit a straight three-pointer. Guangzhou's overall offense came to a standstill, and Tianjin used Burton's play to successfully chase the point difference back to 7 points. In the end, the first quarter of the game ended, Guangzhou 34-30, 4 points ahead of the opponent.
The overall pace of the two teams in the first quarter is very fast, and the attack and defense are not dragged in the mud and water. Guangzhou Zhu Mingzhen and Li Fu played well, and the two combined inside and outside to jointly contribute 18 points. Tianjin began to chase points after Burton came on, and Burton scored 9 points in 4 minutes of playing time, successfully helping the team to catch up with the situation.
Section 2:
Burton hit another direct three-point shot to chase the gap to just one point. The two teams clearly began to strengthen their physical confrontation in the second quarter, and the defensive intensity increased. Burton continued his excellent hand in this quarter, and most of the tianjin team's scoring was handled by him, helping the team to always bite the score.
However, Guangzhou then took the initiative to change, the whole game of pressing tactics so that Tianjin did not react, Chen Yingjun's two three-points plus Li Fu basket strong score, once again helped Guangzhou establish a leading edge.
At 6 minutes and 38 seconds, Tianjin requested a timeout, and the score between the two teams was 48-40.
Back from the suspension, Tianjin clearly strengthened its defense of the ball carrier and had a good target for pressing defense. With Rochester playing, Tianjin chased the point difference to only 2 points.
At 1 minute and 52 seconds, Guangzhou requested a timeout. During this period of time, under the strict defense of Tianjin, Guangzhou's attack was slightly difficult, especially the obstruction of the outside attack was very obvious. And on the defensive end, they couldn't crack the blocking and dismantling cooperation between Zhang Zhaoxu and his teammates.
The game continued, and Rochester continued to play steadily, helping the team to chase the trail to only one point. However, in the last 10 seconds, Tianjin had consecutive fouls, and finally the half game ended, Guangzhou 60-56, leading by 4 points.
Section 3:
At the beginning of the second half, Guangzhou began to blossom more points, once again bringing the point difference between the two teams to more than 10 points. Tianjin's double foreign aid combination in this quarter still did not play its due effect in this quarter, and Tianjin played relatively chaotically, which was completely Burton holding the ball to fight for his life.
However, Tianjin still used its own outside projection to save the game, and whenever Guangzhou expanded the point difference to more than 10 points, Tianjin was immediately able to play a wave of scoring, and the two teams always maintained a glue. At the end of the third quarter of the game, Guo Shiqiang continued to theorize to the referee, and finally was blown a T.
At the end of the final three quarters, Guangzhou was 88-81, leading by 7 points.
Section 4:
Coming to the final section of the scramble, Burton also ate a T. Today Tianjin can always catch up with the situation, Burton's play is crucial, the second half of the first quarter and the fourth quarter are his projections to help Tianjin stabilize the situation, it can be said that he single-handedly supported all the heavy responsibilities of the team on the offensive end.
With Burton's unreasonable three-pointer hit again, Tianjin successfully achieved a score reversal and took the lead.
At 4 minutes and 41 seconds, Guangzhou requested a timeout, and the score of the two teams became 100-99. Burton has already scored 12 points this quarter, completely ignoring Guangzhou's defense and opening a single-player mode.
Back from the timeout, Guo Kai hit a three-point shot to help Guangzhou take the lead again. Zhu Mingzhen then completed an excellent defense, and Guo Shiqiang on the side also gave a thumbs up, obviously recognizing his play today. Despite Guangzhou's strict defense, Burton still found an opportunity to help Tianjin achieve a rebound again after the layup.
At 2 minutes and 10 seconds, Guangzhou again requested a timeout, and the score of the two teams became 106-105.
The game continued, and the two teams did not hit the next few attacks, and Zheng Zhunzhong shot to allow Guangzhou to achieve a counterattack again. Chen Yingjun completed an excellent defensive cut, Liv hit another successful shot under the basket, and Guangzhou led by 3 points 109-106.
With only the last 5.3 seconds left in the game, Tianjin chose to suspend. Today's Liv is fully playing out his own characteristics and is always able to stand up and score at key moments.
Looking at Tianjin's last attack, there was no way to play the ball, and Tianjin once again chose to suspend.
Mengzikai received the ball and shot, but his foot stepped on the outside of bounds, and this fatal mistake basically buried the possibility of Tianjin's overturning. Tian Yuheng was fouled on the free throw line, he made two free throws and one shot, Guangzhou 110-106 led by 4 points, leaving Tianjin with 2 seconds.
In the end, Guangzhou narrowly defeated Tianjin by 4 points and won the third stage.