On March 10, Beijing time, the 33rd round of the CBA League staged a card slot battle, and Beijing Shougang defeated the Guangzhou Dragon and Lions double-kill opponent 84-56. Beijing Shougang has the advantage of positioning, and Guangzhou Dragon Lions, coached by Guo Shiqiang, have become grim in the playoff rankings after suffering four consecutive defeats.
Before this game, Beijing Shougang ranked 7th with 20 wins and 12 losses, Guangzhou Dragon and Lions ranked 8th with 19 wins and 13 losses, and the Battle of Beijing-Guangzhou was a solid card position battle, and getting seventh would obviously have an advantage over eighth in the playoffs.
Beijing Shougang has always been a slow-paced defensive team, and Guangzhou Dragon Lions have also defended very well under Guo Shiqiang's creation, and the two teams played very fiercely.
In the first quarter of the game, Guangzhou Dragon and Lion made more mistakes, beijing Shougang used counterattacks to get easy scoring opportunities many times, and Beijing Shougang took a 25-22 lead in the first quarter.
Beijing Shougang did not score 20 points in the second and third quarters, but the Guangzhou side's attack encountered bigger problems, with 8 points in the second quarter, 9 points in the third quarter, only 39 points at the end of the third quarter, and 22 points behind when entering the fourth quarter.
Entering the fourth quarter, although Guangzhou Dragon lions started with a wave of small climaxes in a row of points, Beijing Shougang was forced to call a timeout, but Beijing Shougang did not relax, and quickly controlled the game again through the upper strength, and finally Beijing Shougang won 84-56.
Before this game, Jiao Jian, a former national player of the Beijing men's basketball team, praised Guo Shiqiang as China's Popovich, and the two have some similar characteristics, such as they have brought some players with limited talent out of a very high level, and the teams they coach have more mature tactical systems and routines.
As Jiao Jian said, Guangzhou team these less talented players in Guo Shiqiang's tutelage has been very good, but Guangzhou team recent schedule is more difficult, the last 4 rounds of games have lost, in addition to two losses to Beijing Shougang also lost to Guangdong Hongyuan, the most unfortunate is the last round of defeat to Tianjin men's basketball team, the next round of Guangzhou team will play with Guangdong Hongyuan again, do not rule out the possibility that Guangzhou team will suffer 5 consecutive defeats.
Coupled with the later stage will also play 2 games in the Shenzhen new century, it seems that it is more difficult for the Guangzhou team to maintain the current ranking of the 8th, which is a very test for Guo Shiqiang and the Guangzhou team whose personnel are not neat enough. Jiao Jian still praised Guo Shiqiang after the game, he believes that even if this team has a talented player, Guangzhou team will have a chance to reach the top four of the CBA in the future under the leadership of Guo Shiqiang.