The CBA's third phase of the 38-round game is underway, the Guangzhou men's basketball team ushered in the last showdown with the Shenzhen men's basketball team in the regular season, due to the absence of foreign aid Lif, the Final Guangzhou men's basketball team was invincible. At this point, the Guangzhou men's basketball team's regular season record this season is fixed at 23 wins and 15 losses, ranking 8th in the league, and joining hands with guangdong two other teams, Guangdong Hongyuan and Shenzhen men's basketball team, to enter the quarterfinals. This season, the Guangzhou men's basketball team also created the highest regular season win rate in team history, reaching 60.5%, which is very good.
Guo Shiqiang only spent two years leading the team to advance to the quarterfinals
In the 2019-20 season, Guangzhou Dragon Lions had a record of 10 wins and 36 losses that season, ranking 18th in the league, only stronger than the Tianjin men's basketball team and the Bayi men's basketball team, and was a weak team in the league. That season, a major event also happened to the Liaoning men's basketball team, after the opening of the third stage, the Liaoning basketball team suffered consecutive defeats, and even came to the embarrassing situation of four consecutive defeats; the team's meritorious coach Guo Shiqiang announced his resignation as head coach after four consecutive defeats.
At the same moment, the Guangzhou men's basketball team threw an olive branch to Guo Dao for the first time, giving a salary of no less than Liao Basket, and full of sincerity. In the end, the enthusiasm of this young team made Guo Shiqiang's coach unable to refuse, so he got up and went to Guangzhou to start his second coaching trip of his career.
After coming to the Guangzhou men's basketball team, Guo Dao did three things.
First, enhance the spirit of the team. When a team continues to lose, it is difficult for them to have a positive spirit, the whole team is sluggish, get by; after Guo Dao came to Guangzhou, he constantly encouraged everyone to help everyone build confidence and enhance the spirit of the team.
Second, strengthen the team's defense. Guo Dao is a head coach who pays great attention to defense, which is the case in Liaoning Basket; after coming to Guangzhou, Guo Dao also paid close attention to the team's defense, found the players' defensive advantages, and cultivated the overall defensive strength of the team.
Third, train the team defenders. Guo Dao is a manager who can specially train defenders, And Liao's Yang Ming, Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei and others are all from his doors; after coming to Guangzhou, Baodao defender Chen Yingjun became Guo Dao's first training object, and in only two seasons, he trained a team's qualified starting guard to become an all-star defender of the league; similarly, defender Jia Mingru also achieved good growth under Guo Dao and became an important rotation player of the Guangzhou men's basketball team.
After a season of experience, in the 2020-21 season, the Guangzhou men's basketball team, under the leadership of Guo Dao, successfully squeezed out Marbury with a wave of four consecutive wins, grabbed the last ticket to the playoffs, and completed the transformation from the 18th place in the league to the playoff team. This is not the end, in the 2021-22 season, Guangzhou equipped the uncle with two foreign aides, Mason and Liff, coupled with the substantial growth of local players, and finally the uncle led the team to push the Guangzhou men's basketball team to the top eight of the league. This achievement, Guo Shiqiang only took two years.
It is expected that the second round of the Liao basket will stage a master-apprentice battle
At present, the opponent of the Guangzhou men's basketball play-off has been produced, that is, the Shanxi men's basketball team led by Yang Xuezeng, the two teams will play under the system of three games and two wins; the strength of the two teams is very close, and this round of the series will most likely be a very fierce showdown, Mason against Feld, Liv against Ge Zhaobao, Chen Yingjun against the original coach, Zhu Mingzhen against Simmons. From the overall strength, the balance of the lineup and the coach's coaching level, the Guangzhou men's basketball team may have a more dominant position.
If the Guangzhou men's basketball team defeats the Shanxi men's basketball team to advance to the quarterfinals, their opponent will be the liaoning men's basketball team ranked first. This will be a very interesting series, although Guo Dao led Guangzhou has not yet defeated the Liaoning basket, but there are several games to create a lot of problems for the Liaoning basket.
In the game, we will see the tricks of Guo Dao and Yang Ming, we will see the passionate showdown between Guo Allen and Chen Yingjun, we will see the fierce collision between Li Fu and Dahan, Moland and others, and we will also see the confrontation between Zhang Zhenlin and Zhu Mingzhen, the two proud sons of heaven.
The game between Liaoning Basket and Guangzhou is full of passion and warmth, especially the opening salute link and the post-game handshake link, Liaoning Basket can always create some fresh tricks. Can the two teams meet in the quarter-finals? We'll see!