With Zhejiang foreign aid Green's throwing and shooting 2.2 seconds before the end of overtime, the CBA's 33rd round was all over. The top four teams in the table, Shanghai, Liaoning, Guangsha and Zhejiang, all won this round, and the top three continued to tie with a record of 27 wins and 6 losses, while the fourth place Zhejiang was only one win behind. With only five rounds left in the regular season, the competition for the Final Four rankings is intensifying.
In recent seasons, "Liaoyue Competition" is the main theme of the CBA, and the two teams with many national players and stable lineups are superior, and it is difficult for any team to compete with them. But this season the situation has changed, in the first two stages of the regular season, Liaoning has almost always occupied the top position in the league, while Guangdong has suffered more serious injury problems, and the ranking has gradually declined, falling out of the top four.
But what I didn't expect was that because of the absence of Guo Allen and Han Dejun, Liaoning actually suffered three consecutive defeats after the start of the third stage, giving up the top position of the list, recruiting in the offseason, and Shanghai, which defeated Liaoning in the third stage, is currently in the first place in the league.
Zhejiang Shuangxiong did not hesitate to let go, the third stage to get the former NBA tanhua xiu Okafu Guangsha, and finally waited for Hu Jinqiu's right-hand man, coupled with the existence of Jones, Guangsha's internal problems for many years were solved. The situation of the Zhejiang men's basketball team is similar, the arrival of Rakosevic and the growth of Yu Jiahao have provided double insurance for the team's inner line, coupled with the outside line led by Wu Qian, they can compete with any team.
Today, Shanghai, Liaoning, Guangsha and Zhejiang are in the top four of the league, and the top three have a record of 27 wins and 6 losses, and Zhejiang, which ranks fourth, is only one win behind. With 5 rounds remaining in the regular season, it is possible to go up and down.
It is worth mentioning that in the last 5 rounds, the top four teams will fight each other: Liaoning and Zhejiang and Shanghai will play one game each, and Zhejiang will play one game each with Liaoning and Guangsha. Among them, Shanghai and Guangsha are the most difficult, Shanghai will play two matches with Guangsha and one against Liaoning. In addition to two overseas moves, Guangsha will also stage a derby with Zhejiang in the same city. Therefore, how the final four places will be scheduled depends largely on the result of the four teams strangling each other.
Such a fierce battle of the four finals is extremely rare in the history of the CBA, and the strong dialogue between the tip of the needle and Mai Mang makes the game full of highlights. But the very mysterious point is that the regular season champion is likely to become a hot potato, only because Guangdong is currently ranked fifth.
As mentioned above, Guangdong has suffered a more serious wave of injuries this season, Zhao Rui, Zhang Hao, Zhang Haojia have been absent due to injury, weems who has just found the state has been banned after the conflict with Han Dejun, although the arrival of Ledo has alleviated Du Feng's employment shortage to a certain extent, but in terms of personal ability, Ledo is still unable to compare with Maxon Brooks, who is still recuperating. All these factors are superimposed, and the "Eleventh Champion" now has a record of only 23 wins and 10 losses, ranking fifth in the league.
According to the format, once Guangdong finally finishes fifth, it will be in the same half zone as the regular season champion in the playoffs. Although Guangdong did not perform well in the regular season, this well-established team will be an opponent that no team wants to face in the playoffs. In other words, no team has a full certainty of playing against Guangdong in the series, and even if it reaches the semi-finals and can defeat Guangdong, it is likely to face great attrition.
Based on this situation, the current top four teams will not be hesitant to think about what kind of record is the most favorable choice for their own side in the last 5 rounds of matches. But then again, if you want to be a champion team, you have to beat all opponents. In any case, this is the most competitive season in the CBA in recent years, and this will be the blessing of all CBA fans.