Today, the third phase of the CBA regular season of the season began today, and the Shanghai Sharks men's basketball team won the opening game with a 134-110 victory over Nanjing in the first game.
Although rival Nanjing finished at the bottom of the regular season standings and had won only one of the 28 games before this round, this game still caused a lot of trouble for the Sharks in the second quarter.
In the first quarter, the Sharks firmly grasped the initiative, with a wave of 17:0 scoring climax, with a score of 36:20 into the second quarter. In particular, foreign aid Franklin Jr. shot 4 three-pointers in a row, scoring a total of 14 points in a single quarter.
When everyone thought that the league second and penultimate match would be carried out without suspense, Nanjing launched a counterattack in the second quarter with an absurdly high three-point shooting rate.
Three-pointers shot 9 of 10, of which veteran Xi Relijiang alone relied on the forced shot from outside the three-point line to hit 5, Nanjing team in the middle of the second quarter not only erased the double-digit point difference, and even once surpassed the score at 50:49.
Fortunately, no team or any player can always maintain such an incredible three-point shooting rate, and with the decline in physical fitness and the deviation of the crosshair, the sharks' powerful offensive power of multi-point blossoming inside and outside the line has once again been fully utilized.
In particular, Liu Zheng's quick counterattack, as well as Wang Zhelin and big foreign assistant Feng Lai, two strong insides, helped the Sharks stabilize the situation, regained a 10-point lead, and ended the first half of the game 70:57.
The Nanjing team, which fought too hard in the second quarter and had too many fouls by the inside players, declined significantly in the second half and was no longer able to organize a counterattack. However, the Sharks played more and more smoothly, regaining the offensive rhythm and firepower intensity of the first quarter, not only extending the score lead to more than 20 points, locking in the victory early; also using substitute players on a large scale in the fourth quarter, so that the main players who wanted to fight for the next game got enough rest time.
In this game, all 12 players who appeared in the Sharks played scored.
Franklin scored a high of 23 points, seven rebounds, nine assists and three steals. Youngster Li Tianrong scored the second-highest score of 19 points on the team; other double-figures were Feng Lai and Liu Zheng with 16 points, Wang Zhelin with 14 points, Ju Mingxin with 12 points, and Zong Zan with 11 points.
It is also worth mentioning that young guard Dai Hao got a chance to play in the second quarter and completed his CBA debut. He scored the first two points of his career in the CBA with a quick-break dunk after his own steal, and has since played two three-pointers, scoring a total of 8 points and giving up 5 assists in this game.
Although the opponent is the team with the worst record in the league, Dai Hao's statistics for this game do not say anything, but for a young player who is only 19 years old, it is definitely a good start.
In the next round, the Shanghai Sharks men's basketball team will usher in a real challenge, ranking second in the standings, they will stage a "top battle" with the leader Liaoning.
The match will be played at 7:35 p.m. on Thursday and is open to fans, and since the match is played in Shenyang, Liaoning still has home field advantage.