The third stage of the CBA League finally began, and in a game that just ended, Beijing Shougang finally defeated Xinjiang, and such results were more or less surprising. Because in this game, Shougang's foreign aid Barry Brown was absent due to injury, and Xinjiang's Mortree and Abdul Salam both started the game and still lost a big score, so that Shougang consolidated its ranking, and Xinjiang was getting farther and farther away from the playoffs.
In this game, Fang Shuo, the top salary player of the Shougang team, finally ushered in a comeback, to know that he has missed more than twenty games, if he does not grasp the recovery and return to the team to run in, then the Shougang team will be very troublesome. And today Fang Shuo is very powerful, he seized the opportunity of the Xinjiang team to eat up, he shot 5 of 8 of 5 three-pointers, 5 of 3 shots cut 15 points and 3 assists, becoming the first fire point of the bench, which undoubtedly made the Shougang fans very happy, Fang Shuo still returned with a high-level attitude after suffering from injury.
Shougang has a total of three goals to be achieved in the third stage, the first is to ensure the health of all employees, the second is to strive for a better ranking, and the third is to reasonably arrange the playing time of the four foreign aides. Now that Fang Shuo has returned, only Brown is still in the cultivation of the whole team, so the task of the Shougang team is still very arduous, perhaps wait until a week or so brown returns, then see how the team performs, head coach Yannis will also re-evaluate the team, but also have a new understanding of the team's strength.
The second news is about The Shanxi team's foreign aid Simmons, this foreign aid was originally in the Liaoning team because it could not be integrated into the system, and was eventually abandoned by Yang Ming, but the Shanxi team saw some of Simmons's characteristics so they called him into the team, from his first two stages of the game, Simmons did not play the level required by the team, if it were not for Felder's absence, he cut 40+, I believe that at this time Simmons has been cut by the Shanxi team.
However, in today's debut in the third stage, Simmons played 13 minutes, he scored 11 points on only 2 of 11 shots, the performance was quite average, and finally Shanxi also lost to Zhejiang with a 40-point difference, which is also the biggest point difference of Shanxi this season. Of course, the responsibility for losing can not all blame Simmons, but his loss is also part of the loss, so Simmons has undoubtedly become the object of criticism by fans, if the Shanxi team cut Simmons at the end of the second stage, choose a more capable foreign aid, Shanxi team will not lose so thoroughly.
Shanxi are seen as one of the biggest dark horses of the season, and they once occupied the top spot in the league, but with Feld's injury, The Shanxi team's ranking plummeted to eight places away, and Simmons did not play his due role. There are only ten games in the third stage, and although one is unfair to him, Simmons's level has really dropped too much, and maybe Simmons will not find a job in the CBA next season, especially the Shanxi team will definitely give up Simmons.
The third news is about Shanghai team young player Guo Haowen, Guo Haowen missed several games due to a knee injury in the second stage, and after a month of adjustment, Guo Haowen still failed to come back, it seems that the Shanghai team is still very cautious about his injury. Today, the official also officially announced the big list of some injured players, and Guo Haowen's name appeared in this list. It can be seen that Guo Haowen still has two weeks to recover from the knee injury, which means that he will come back in two weeks.
The regular season is only a month left, perhaps Guo Haowen can still catch up with the last three or four games, this is his last chance to run in, during this time the Shanghai team can only rely on Franklin and Yuan Tangwen to support the backcourt, and as for whether newcomer Dai Hao can play, it depends on Li Chunjiang's mood, after all, he is very cautious, unless he is leading or lagging behind in the big score, Otherwise Dai Hao's chance of playing is not large.
The performance of the Shanghai team this season is very satisfactory, they are currently in second place for the time being, there is still a chance to hit the top of the list, as long as they can double-beat Liaoning in the third stage, then the variable of who wins the regular season championship is still not small. Guo Haowen's impact and pulling power are not comparable to other players, so Li Chunjiang will be very uncomfortable in the process of his absence from the game, hoping that he will become stronger after his comeback.