Beijing beat Guangzhou by 28 points to lock up a playoff spot
The 33rd round of the CBA regular season ushered in a focus game, Beijing vs Guangzhou, the two sides after four quarters of competition, in the end, Beijing won 84-56 against Guangzhou by 26 points. After beijing won this game, the result came to 21 wins and 12 losses, ranking seventh in the CBA standings, locking a ticket to the CBA playoffs in advance, becoming the seventh team in the CBA to lock playoff tickets. Guangzhou slipped to ninth place in the standings with a record of 19 wins and 14 losses, two wins away from the CBA playoff tickets.
From the perspective of the two sides, the first quarter of the game the two teams played very glue, the score is alternately rising, has been biting, the first quarter of the game, Beijing team 25-22 lead Guangzhou team 3 points. However, in the second and third quarters of the game, guangzhou team in the offensive end completely power outage, frequent iron, it seems to become the same as not scoring, the score of the two quarters has not been more than 10 points, only 8 points, 9 points, on the contrary, the Beijing team is firmly grasping the game, to the end of the third quarter of the game, Beijing team led the Guangzhou team by 61-39 22 points, the last quarter of the game, although the Guangzhou team has improved on the offensive end, but the Beijing team still maintains a good offensive efficiency, did not give the opponent a chance, with a huge advantage of 28 points to defeat the Guangzhou team, Hiti wins the game.
Yannis: We worked hard
Beijing team beat Guangzhou team by big score, but only let the opponent score 56 points, creating the lowest score of Guangzhou team this season, Beijing team coach Yannis is also particularly happy, after the game fully affirmed the performance of the team, Yannis said, "We have been working hard from the beginning to the last second of the game. We did a very good job defensively, especially in the second and third quarters, and our players executed the pre-game set-up and defensive requirements very well throughout the game. Offensively, we played team basketball, shared the ball, and everyone contributed. ”
As the head coach of the CBA who pays great attention to defense, It can be said that it is rare to praise the players of the Beijing team in this way, which also fully shows that the Players of the Beijing Team fully implemented the coach's tactics in the game, and were very focused on the defensive end, playing the basketball that Yannis wanted in his heart and playing team basketball. Yannis said that Beijing is a team whose defense is based on individual defense, and only by doing a good job of defense can we reflect the team defense. Obviously, beijing team did it in this game.
Of course, although the Guangzhou team lost by a big score, head coach Guo Shiqiang did not criticize the players, but affirmed the performance of the team, believing that although the team lost a lot of points, but compared with the last Beijing team, this game still has some progress, for example, basketball is equal to Beijing (Guangzhou team won 1 45-44), and Guangzhou lost 19 rebounds in the last game. In addition, Guo Shiqiang said that the players' experience and physical confrontation are not as good as the Beijing team, and the team still has to summarize and improve.
Spent $5 million to sign 4 foreign aides, and Beijing team targets the CBA championship
Judging from the CBA standings, the Beijing team can basically lock in the seventh place in the regular season, but the regular season ranking does not affect the goal of the Beijing team to win the championship, and this season, the Beijing team has only one goal, that is, to win the CBA championship. At the beginning of the season, Beijing captain Zhai Xiaochuan made it clear that the team's goal was to win the championship.
In order for the team to win the CBA championship, Qin Xiaowen, the general manager of the Beijing team, is also well-intentioned, first signing Jeremy Lin and Gibson, and then signing Barry Brown, and then, Qin Xiaowen signed the big foreign aid Hamilton, and the team became the first team in the CBA to have 4 foreign aides, which also reflects the determination of beijing to attack the CBA championship.
According to the CBA rules, the total salary cap of CBA foreign aid this season is 5 million US dollars, according to the understanding, this time Qin Xiaowen signed 4 foreign aides and did not exceed the foreign aid salary cap. In fact, in order to sign 4 foreign aides in the salary cap, Qin Xiaowen also did a lot of work, first persuaded Jeremy Lin to cut his salary significantly, at the same time, Gibson and Barry Brown's salaries are not too high, and in order to sign a big foreign aid Hamilton, Qin Xiaowen played an emotional card, fully illustrating that the Beijing team needs his arrival, at the same time, also hope that Hamilton can accept a relatively low salary, in the end, Qin Xiaowen persuaded Hamilton to sign 4 foreign aid with a total of 5 million US dollars.