In the final game of the CBA 21-22 season regular season, Guangdong and Shandong unexpectedly entered overtime, as if they were unwilling to fight with this season, as if they were going to take the lead in beating the playoff war drums.
The final horror moment surprised everyone, zhou Peng withstood the pressure of two free throws in regular time and dragged it into extra time, Guangdong won the overtime game to quickly attack Zhao Rui to catch the ball, and Troy Gironwater made a foul in 1.8 seconds and won 3 penalties. Guangdong still had a chance to fight back in 0.8 seconds, and Zhao Rui communicated with his teammates and ended the game with a rather dramatic serve error.
Before this battle, Shandong had lost 9 consecutive games against Guangdong, and since Ding Yanyu airline defeated Guangdong three times in two MVP seasons, Shandong has won several times and won a win. In the semi-finals last season, Shandong on the following gram was held by Guangdong, which seemed to have a confrontation between the scenes, but in fact there was almost no chance of upsetting.
Back to this season, the initiative of the Guangdong-Lu war is still in the hands of Guangdong.
Although Guangdong dropped out of the top four in the regular season, the proud stance of the 11 champions had already gained momentum before the playoffs, and the defending champions would not allow any team to be wild in front of them. Guangdong has always been the bitter lord of Shandong, the 2009 National Games finals, the 12-13 season CBA Finals, Shandong in the closest place to the crown is only in the shadow of the king Of Guangdong.
Guangdong, who stumbled this season, played against Shandong, the last game of the regular season, and finally came up with their long-lost way of playing. In the position defense, there are constantly rapid changes of defense and area pinch attacks, thunderous conversion attacks, mercury-like three-point offensives, Guangdong in the last few battles and other personnel are in order, but also ready to defend the road.
Just like the continuation of last year's playoffs, Shandong continues to be forced by Guangdong to play the same strategy of rapid conversion offense, how the 37-year-old Lester Hudson can run through the youngsters, Shandong's offensive talent is far from enough to support them to beat Guangdong. So, in the first half of the game, Zhao Rui's tough defense made Hudson make consecutive mistakes, and Shandong always trailed by about 10 points.
The so-called broken cauldron sinking boat, but to put it nicely, as far as the situation in Shandong at that time was concerned, Xu Changsuo's guidance was actually a no-no,000, simply a broken jar and a broken fall. He continuously adjusted the outside line, sending Liu Yi, Liu Guancen and others with fast feet, while the inside line left the best Tao Hanlin with Ji LunVoort or Jia Cheng on the field.
In the stage of the UAE's rest, Guangdong's success rate declined and was counterattacked.
13-0, 16-1 rebound, Shandong seized the rebounding advantage and broke The full suppression of Guangdong from the beginning of the game. At this point, the game entered a new stage, but Guangdong was not afraid to be faster than Shandong, but no one expected, and then Zhao Rui fell to the ground injured and was carried on a stretcher, and returned to the field in the second half, Xu Jie fell to the ground, Yi Jianlian grabbed the rebound and was poked in the right eye by Ji Lunwater.
The injury caused Guangdong to become cautious about the game, and Yi Jianlian did not appear again, which also became a turning point in the whole game. In the first half, The poor performance of Gillenwater came on in the final quarter, Shandong sat on the inside advantage, Gillenwater single quarter 18 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block, Shandong once suppressed Guangdong on the scene.
Tao Hanlin graduated from the foul in the last wartime, and Guangdong only got a respite. The match that followed actually turned into a showdown between Zhou Peng and Gyllenwater in the No. 4 position, shandong's attack went smoothly, and Chen Peidong and Gao Shiyan, two less accurate defenders, both hit three points at key moments.
This may be destined to be a game belonging to Shandong, Xu Changsuo's guidance rarely pressed Hudson, Ding Yanyuhang and others directly on the bench, resolutely using Ji lunwart, using the advantage of the inside line plus the outside line to crack the Defense of Guangdong. Guangdong missed opportunities in succession at the last moment, and gave shandong the victory that was once in hand.
After this battle, Shandong rose to 11th place with three consecutive wins, thus avoiding the embarrassment of playoffs with Guangdong for the second consecutive year. Shandong has their own destiny, they are not willing to play a series with the bitter lord Guangdong, even if they win this battle, but without the blessing of a strong front, there is no excellent super defender to communicate inside and outside, Shandong can not always expect Yi Jianlian not to appear, and Ji lunwart killed four parties.
The smell of smoke in the playoffs has spread, is Guangdong really ready to lose?
In the first half of the game, perhaps all Guangdong fans were full of confidence when answering this question, but the subsequent series of accidents made Guangdong eventually lose the game, and the loss of the regular season finale was not common in the history of the Guangdong team. Seemingly recovered conversion offense, frequent high cover and low back-run, empty cut, Guangdong has indeed found the confident and calm tactical execution they have had in their past three consecutive championships.
However, when Guangdong really needed to play a decisive performance, Sony Weems shot only 1 of 11 shots in the whole game, passed the ball wrong at the key moment, and sent a fatal foul, Richard Ledo appeared in extra time and only cared about holding the ball himself, and was directly replaced by Du Feng. The double foreign aid game feels obviously far less than in the past few years, and the pressure on Guangdong is very great.
Zhao Rui, who was upset by the fans because of the injury on the ground, did not find the state of last season, especially in the control of mistakes, which had as many as 6 mistakes in this battle. If it were not for the lack of battlefields, Zhao Rui would have been tied with Huang Rongqi and Sun Minghui with An average of 3.5 turnovers per game.
Of course, this is not the best guangdong, but the regular season training is over, and they will face Tianjin, an attacking team that has played eight consecutive victories in the third stage. Tianjin, which has reached the playoffs after 8 years, and Guangdong, which has reached the semifinals for 19 consecutive years, are obviously worlds apart from their playoff experience, and Guangdong completely suppresses Tianjin regardless of lineup strength and experience.
However, Guangdong did not dare to be sloppy at all.
This season, Guangdong has performed very badly against offensive powerhouses, scoring 18 three-pointers in the loss to Guangzhou, 15 three-pointers in the loss to Shanghai, 23 three-pointers in the loss to Shanxi, at least 12 three-pointers in both games to Zhejiang and Guangsha, and they even let Beijing shoot 11 three-pointers.
Although Guangdong has easily won the two previous games against Tianjin, it is not Tianjin that has entered the playoffs after all. A new playoff team that has no desires and no demands but to justify the name, they will not have any baggage, and their shots may be more ferocious and resolute than ever.
Guangdong has no reassuring capital this season, and a large number of mistakes and extremely unstable conditions have made everyone afraid. In the playoff battlefield, Guangdong does not need to consider what the opponent can do, they have been trying to find what they can do all season, just like this Guangdong-Lu war, playing their own state is the best weapon for Guangdong to win everything.
In the final game of the league regular season, Shandong won respect and broke into the final four last season, Shandong was expected to have high hopes, but this season is too ups and downs. From Xu Changsuo to Ding Yanyuhang, from Hudson to Gillen Water, the whole team was filled with a feeling of unconfidence, and finally the end of the season was cleared of gloom.
Winning may not solve all the problems, but at least for Shandong, it is a huge incentive.
Shandong's playoff opponent will be Shenzhen, the 6th place, although the regular season was double-killed by the opponent, but one game was killed by Bai Haotian's three-point kill, and the other only lost 5 points, all between millimeters. From the perspective of alignment, Shandong does have capital to compete with Shenzhen, and they can just match Shenzhen in various positions.
Hudson was very uncomfortable under Zhao Rui's defense, but against Shenzhen, he shot 16 of 32 three-pointers, which was simply terrifying. Gillenwater performed well at the end of the season and was also very eye-catching for Shenzhen's 34 points, he actually liked to face the tall and slow inside line, Shenzhen to solve the problem has to explode each other.
For the first time in the history of the Guangdong-Lu War, the end of the CBA regular season ended in a beautiful way, and between the swords, it seemed that it was already the sound of the playoffs. The good news is that a few days of breaks will bring a rare recovery period to the veterans of the Guangdong and Lu teams, and the combat strength of both teams is extremely difficult to predict under the condition of physical fitness.
The final game of the CBA bid farewell to Shunde, as if the rape flower was advancing from south to north, and the playoffs were waiting for hero city to bloom.