Beijing time on March 31, 2022. Starting tomorrow, the CBA League will enter the playoffs this season. Over the past two seasons, the CBA League has always had safety as its primary principle due to well-known factors, with all team games played in closed isolation. The schedule has also been greatly adjusted. For example, in the past two seasons, the number of playoff finalists has increased to 12, but the 12-in-8 game has been changed to a single game to determine the winner! Even in the finals, it was a 2-of-3 system, which brought a lot of uncertainty to the game.
Remember the 2019-2020 season, Zhejiang Guangsha, ranked 5th in the regular season, faced the 12th ranked Fujian men's basketball team. At that time, the head coach of the Zhejiang team was still Li Chunjiang, and the head star of the Fujian team was Wang Zhelin. As a result, in a game of winning and losing in the playoffs, the Fujian men's basketball team created a black 12 miracle and overturned Guangsha!
Today, Li Chunjiang and Wang Zhelin have come to the Shanghai men's basketball team together. The Shanghai men's basketball team recruited this season, expanded the lineup, ranked 3rd in the regular season, and directly advanced to the top 8. The Guangdong men's basketball team, which ranks 5th this season, as the defending champion, should be careful. Because the Tianjin men's basketball team, which ranked 12th, won consecutive victories in the last moments of the regular season, the soldiers were in full swing.
Of course, because of the adjustment of this season's schedule, it is much more difficult to create another Black 12 miracle. Because the schedule of 12-in-8 has been changed to 3 games and 2 wins, this has added flexibility to the strong team. Even if you lose a game unexpectedly, there is still a chance to make up for it later. If it is a single game to determine the winner, there are too many uncertainties.
Starting April 1, the CBA playoffs are 12-in-8, 2 games per day, and CCTV5 is live. The Guangdong men's basketball team ranked 5th vs. the Tianjin men's basketball team ranked 12th. The 6th-ranked Shenzhen men's basketball team vs. the 11th-ranked Shandong men's basketball team. The 7th-ranked Beijing men's basketball team vs. the 10th-ranked Jilin men's basketball team. The 8th-ranked Guangzhou men's basketball team vs. the 9th-ranked Shanxi men's basketball team.