In the fourth quarter of the bitter battle, the Shandong men's basketball team finally got their first victory in the third stage of the regular season. On March 8, Beijing time, the 32nd round of the CBA regular season, Shandong defeated Beijing 112-103 to end a 3-game losing streak, and after winning this victory, Shandong finally stopped the decline. Shandong double foreign players Hudson and Gironwater played well, the former contributed 24 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Kirrenwater scored 28 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Before this game, there were not many people who were optimistic about Shandong. The team, which was weak in welcoming back double foreign aid in the second phase of the regular season, did not make a splash after the start of the third phase. After losing to Guangdong by 26 points in the first game, they lost to Tianjin by 3 points in the crucial playoff card position battle. Against the Shenzhen team, the Shandong team, which lacked major generals, fought well, but the gap in strength still made them eventually lose by 3 points. After a wave of three consecutive defeats at the beginning of the third stage, Shandong, which only ranked 11th, became less optimistic in the playoffs.
Maybe it was the outbreak of desperate circumstances, or maybe the Beijing team, which started the third stage with 3 consecutive wins, had some light enemies, in short, Shandong team did not let the losing streak continue.
At the beginning of the game, Shandong and Beijing were still in a stalemate, but as Hudson ignited the team's three-point feeling, Beijing's attack was soft and hesitant, and Shandong led by 16 points in an instant after a wave of 14-0 attacks. The Beijing team took advantage of the characteristics of the chaotic war master Gibson to narrow the point difference in the second quarter and overtake the two teams back to the same running line, and it was the veteran Hudson who stood up for the Shandong team. In the last 3 minutes of the second quarter, he scored 10 consecutive points and assisted Wang Ruheng's three-point shot in the first half to help Shandong enter the second half with a 10-point lead.
Beijing made a comeback in the second half and regained the lead in the final quarter. This time, the Shandong team finally did not have to rely on Hudson alone to carry hard, and the big foreign aid Giron Watt broke out again after scoring 34 points in the last game. In the last quarter, he scored 13 points throughout the quarter, carrying the offensive banner of the Shandong team, and the four-seat dunk reflected his vitality and energy, and the defensive end successively covered the Beijing Twin Towers Hamilton and Li Muhao was an excellent embodiment of his hard work. His height is not only 2.04 meters, and his ability to play hard battles and defensive ability are frequently questioned, but in this game, Kirenwater carried the inner line of the Shandong team, and Li Muhao and Hamilton, who were covered by him, were 2.20 meters tall and 2.13 meters tall, but they could not escape his "clutches". There is also Liu Yi, who scored 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting, which also added to the icing on the cake for Shandong.
Compared with the Beijing team, the disadvantages of the Shandong team are obvious. Although the Beijing team lacks the main rotation Raymond, and foreign aid Brown continues to miss the game, there is no shortage of the main team of the Beijing team, and they still have the three foreign aid configurations of Hamilton, Gibson and Jeremy Lin. In contrast, Shandong's main center Tao Hanlin missed the second game in a row due to injury, and there were only two foreign aides, and the overall configuration was not as good as that of Beijing. At the same time, Beijing are also clearly eager to win this game, and if they win, they will continue to narrow the gap before the shenzhen team in the top (6th). Moreover, the team boss Qin Xiaowen was watching from the sidelines. But in such a game that Shandong could not afford to lose again, they became a better side to seize the opportunity and did not lose again. In the case of obvious disadvantages on the inside, Shandong has a clear advantage in the attack on the inside.
After winning the Beijing team, although Shandong still ranks 11th in the league, this is different for them. At present, they are 1 win ahead of the 12th-placed Beijing Control team (16 wins and 16 losses), 2 wins ahead of the 13th place Tianjin team (14 wins and 18 losses), and 3 wins ahead of the 14th place Xinjiang team (13 wins and 18 losses). This victory has won them more initiative.
Next, shandong team opponents are Fujian (2 times), Shenzhen, Tianjin, Beijing and Guangdong, Tianjin's remaining opponents are Shandong, Beikong (2 times), Ningbo (2 times), Xinjiang, the remaining opponents of North Control are Guangdong (2 times), Tianjin (2 times), Beijing, Shenzhen and Fujian, while the remaining opponents in Xinjiang are Fujian (2 times), Shenzhen (2 times), Beijing, Guangdong and Tianjin. In terms of the difficulty of the schedule, although Shandong is more difficult than Tianjin, it is easier than Beijing and Xinjiang. If Tao Hanlin can make a comeback in time, especially when facing Tianjin, Shandong is not without a chance to take revenge.
In the past 6 seasons, Shandong teams have reached the playoffs, and the last time they missed the playoffs was in the 2014-15 season. This season, the Shandong team hastily changed the coaching staff after changing owners, and this season has also experienced many difficulties, and the prospects of the playoffs have also been questioned. Today, the shandong team's playoff situation still does not allow them to have a little carelessness, but if they can maintain the recent state, and continue the decisiveness and desperation at both ends of the attack and defense, I believe that Shandong's playoff hopes are no longer so hanging.