The following grams will enter the quarterfinals after seven years! This is the glory that belongs to the counter-attackers

With Simmons's explosive performance of 10 points in a single quarter and 34 points in the whole game, the Shanxi men's basketball team defeated the Guangzhou men's basketball team 114-93, thus breaking into the top eight again after seven years with a total score of 2-1 on the following gram! However, this is not the credit of Simmons alone, but the glory that belongs to every counterattacker of the Jin Army!

10 years ago, the Shanxi men's basketball team, which has a "pants combination", as well as Ge Zhaobao, Xing Zhiqiang, Duan Jiangpeng, Yan Pengfei, Zhang Xuewen and other local tough players, reached the semifinals of the playoffs for the first time in the history of the team, and fought with the Beijing men's basketball team led by Marbury until the five major battles regrettably lost, and the sound of "making him" resounded throughout the three Jins.

That round of the series that is enough to enter the history of the CBA is so impressive that most people later forget that after that season, the Shanxi men's basketball team also reached the top eight of the playoffs again in the 2014-15 season, only that time they were blocked by the Qingdao men's basketball team led by "Deng Haha" outside the door of the semifinals, ending the playoff journey early.

After that season, coach Yang Xuezeng switched to Shudi, local players walked, retreated, they have always made any opponent dare not underestimate, but they have never been able to become a strong team. In the 2019-20 season, the Shanxi men's basketball team played in the playoffs, but lost to the Zhejiang men's basketball team in a game that was decided to win and lose, missing the top eight.

This season, the Shanxi men's basketball team decided to change their way of life, they welcomed back Yang Xuezeng, found two foreign aides from Felder and Simmons, and the composition of other local players was basically the same as last season, at the same time, they also let go of Ren Junwei and Liu Guancen, two members of the two members. But the "running bomb master" is worthy of the name, hard to plant their own technical and tactical concepts in the team, the end of the regular season, Shanxi men's basketball team not only ranked ninth, defeated Liaoning, Shanghai, Guangsha and other giants, became a dark horse in the league, but also with an average of 111.3 points per game to rank first in the league, this team has been deeply marked with the "Yang brand".

It is worth mentioning that in the third stage, Yang Xuezeng found Zhang Chunjun, an old subordinate who wanted to develop three-person basketball before, hoping that the veteran could bring strong defense and rich experience to the Shanxi men's basketball team. Facts have proved that Yang Xuezeng's choice is very correct, and Zhang Chunjun has become an insurmountable barrier for the Guangzhou men's basketball team in the playoffs.

In the playoffs, the Shanxi men's basketball team faced the Same Dark Horse, the same offensive and well-disciplined Guangzhou Men's Basketball Team, and at this time, only Ge Zhaobao, Xing Zhiqiang, Yan Pengfei and a few other people who participated in the five major battles 10 years ago were left, and the times have changed. Therefore, it is slightly far-fetched to say that the Shanxi men's basketball team has more playoff experience than the Guangzhou men's basketball team.

In addition, if the Guangzhou men's basketball team is a "civilian team", then the Shanxi men's basketball team is a team composed of a group of "abandoned generals": Yang Xuezeng has been in a state of idleness since leaving the Sichuan men's basketball team in the 2017-18 season, during which he once went to the NBL's Guangxi team and seemed determined to completely withdraw from the front line; among the players, Feld was abandoned by Xinjiang and abandoned by Guangsha, no one could have imagined that he would be reborn in Shanxi and was also elected as the best foreign aid this season; Simmons did not stay in the Liaoning men's basketball team last season. The original coach also had no place in the Liaoning men's basketball team and switched to the Shanxi men's basketball team very early, but both of them played their own characteristics under Yang Xuezeng's command; and Zhang Ning, who had not yet been selected, had already been questioned, and he had to prove himself with his tenacious fighting spirit; as for Zhang Chunjun, if it were not for Yang Xuezeng's call, I am afraid that he would really retire in the three-person basketball arena.

It is such a group of counter-attackers who gave the Guangzhou men's basketball team a good lesson in the first game of the playoffs. Zhang Chunjun and Zhang Ning were like two gates, stubbornly blocking Chen Yingjun's breakthrough route, and Zhang Chunjun even went down twice because of cramps. Ge Zhaobao and Yan Pengfei tried their best to delay Li Fu's advance. The original commander is like a cold-blooded killer, waiting for an opportunity to shoot a cold arrow on the outside. Simmons and Felder were a combination of punches that took turns to attack the defense of the Guangzhou men's basketball team. The Shanxi men's basketball team won the opening in a very bloody and tenacious way.

After the aggregate score was pulled 1-1, Shanxi and Guangzhou entered a life-and-death battle, with the two sides fighting from 4 draws, 7 draws, 9 draws, 11 draws, 17 draws, and then 23 draws in the first quarter, and every goal must be contested. In this campaign, Yang Xue added a Qi move: using Zhou Zhandong to stare at Chen Yingjun, this move played an unexpected effect, before Zhou Zhandong went off the court in the second quarter, Chen Yingjun only hit 1 goal in 7 shots. It is worth mentioning that Zhou Zhandong is also an abandoned general, he was exchanged from Guangdong to Qingdao, and it is difficult for anyone to remember his existence when he arrives in Shanxi.

Narrow roads meet the brave to win! Just when the two sides were struggling to hold each other, Zhang Ning killed a rifle in the third quarter and rushed to the basket to play 2+1! Sitting on the ground and roaring wildly, his emotions also spread to his teammates, Simmons began to open and close, firing down 10 points in a single quarter, and a series of unreasonable three-pointers gradually pulled apart the score. In this quarter alone, the Shanxi men's basketball team scored 28 points and limited the score of the Guangzhou men's basketball team to 13 points.

The attack of the Shanxi men's basketball team in the last quarter was like a flood that opened the floodgates, which could no longer be stopped, and the point difference had jumped to more than 20 points. Before the game was over, Felder and the others were smiling like flowers on the bench, constantly waving towels to cheer for their teammates. The flute sounded, and the whole Team of Shanxi indulged in catharsis to celebrate this hard-won victory, while Yang Xuezeng still stood up the "general's belly", his face was not alarmed, only the red face reflected his excited mood.

In the next round, the Shanxi men's basketball team will usher in the regular season champion Liaoning men's basketball team, the two sides have a significant gap in strength, but for this group of counter-attackers, no matter who the opponent is, they have proved themselves, next, it is done!