The CBA playoffs continued, with Zhejiang Chouzhou, who ranked fourth in the league, and Guangdong men's basketball team at the fifth place. The two teams have played each other very fiercely in the regular season, and it is about the playoff championship competition, because it is highly anticipated. Since the beginning of the game, the young and energetic Zhejiang Chouzhou has launched one impact on the Guangdong men's basketball team again and again, but Du Feng's team has always been able to overcome the danger with its rich playoff experience. The two teams fought until the last round, Wu Qian made two free throws, and the Guangdong men's basketball team narrowly defeated Zhejiang Chouzhou 99:98. The series was 1:0.
Technical statistics: Zhejiang Chouzhou 6 people scored in double figures, Wu Qian hit 5 three-pointers, scored 25 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Wang Yibo 14 points and 5 assists, Liu Zeyi 11 points and 11 rebounds, Lu Wenbo 10 points and 4 rebounds, Cheng Shuaipeng and Yu Jiahao each scored 10 points, Rakosevic 9 points, and another foreign assistant Green scored only 5 points. Guangdong men's basketball team 5 people scored in double figures, Ledo became the team's miracle soldier, hit 5 three-pointers, scored 23 points and 3 rebounds, Yi Jianlian 16 points and 10 rebounds, Weems 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals, Zhao Rui 14 points and 7 assists, Zhou Peng 13 points and 11 rebounds, Hu Mingxuan 9 points and 7 rebounds.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Hu Mingxuan hit the first three-pointer in the bottom corner, and after successive trial shots in Zhejiang Chouzhou, Wu Qian's outside line finally opened up the situation. Wang Yibo made a sharp stop to shoot, Weems broke through the hit consecutively, Rakosevic responded directly from the outside, and the two sides began to fight fiercely. Wu Qian broke through the hit, Zhou Peng and Yi Jianlian scored consecutive points, Cheng Shuaipeng and Yu Jiahao responded in time, and the point difference was never opened. Xu Jie assisted Zhao Rui with high difficulty, steadily hit three points, Yu Jiahao hit four consecutive free throws, Ledo's outside line ultra-far pressure whistle hit, the first quarter ended, the Guangdong men's basketball team temporarily led Zhejiang Chouzhou at 33:30.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Wu Qianli suddenly scored five consecutive points, Yu Jiahao threw in the middle distance, Zhejiang Chouzhou played a wave of 7:0, Zhao Rui and Yi Jianlian continued to create killing under the basket, and the point difference has been hovering around 2 points. Green failed to shoot three consecutive attempts, but the Guangdong men's basketball team did not seize the opportunity, Green adjusted the offensive mode, changed to break through the basket, and helped the team get five points in a row, Zhejiang Chouzhou pulled the point difference to 9 points, and Du Feng's guidance quickly requested a timeout. After the suspension came back, Guangdong strengthened the basket attack, scored 6 points in a row to stabilize the situation, and after Zhou Peng hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc, the Guangdong men's basketball team made a wave of 9:0 and equalized. Ledo hit a three-point shot, Wang Yibo broke through, and at the end of the first half of the game, the Guangdong men's basketball team continued to maintain its lead with a 3-point advantage.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, Liu Ze scored an offensive score under a basket, and the Guangdong men's basketball team's attack was blocked, but the intensity at the defensive end was not reduced, and Yi Jianlian used his experience to get two points. Xu Jie threw off the defense, dry pulled out three-point shots, Lu Wenbo responded to a 2+1, Weems breakthrough, Zhao Rui big hat Green, Rakosevic played 2+1, the two sides you come and go, the point difference is always hovering around 3 points. Zhejiang Chouzhou made consecutive mistakes, Ledo made a layup, the point difference opened to 8 points, and Liu Weiwei quickly requested a timeout. Lu Wenbo's second attack won, Ledo, Hu Mingxuan scored consecutive quick attacks, the point difference has expanded to 13 points, Xu Jie was pushed out of bounds by Lu Wenbo, Ledo was blown offensive fouls, Du Feng continuously questioned the referee's judgment, Zhejiang Chouzhou a wave of 7:0 forced Du Feng to call out a timeout again, Ledo's outside line continued to be hot, the third quarter of the game ended, Guangdong men's basketball team led Zhejiang Chouzhou 83:75.
At the beginning of the decisive quarter, Yi Jianlian attacked the basket and won, and the big hat was given in the defense, and Wang Zailu rebounded twice. Wiems also hit the outside line, and the Guangdong men's basketball team once again widened the point difference to 13 points, and Liu Weiwei could only request a timeout. Wu Qian made two consecutive difficult three-pointers, coupled with Liu Zeyi's long-range shot, Zhejiang Chouzhou a wave of 9:0. Weems finally hit from mid-range, Wang Zailu counter-attacked, and within two minutes the point difference narrowed to 4 points. After the suspension, Du Feng's coach was very dissatisfied with the performance on the field, rarely accusing the two meritorious veterans Du Feng and Weems, Liu Ze added two more points in the melee, and the point difference was only 1 point. At the critical moment, Zhou Peng's three points plus steals, another block, directly let Guangdong stabilize the situation, and finally Wu Qian's three-point shot caused Yi Jianlian's foul, but unfortunately three penalties and two shots, the final 1-point gap, regrettably lost this showdown.
From the playoffs to today, this duel can be said to be a battle to the top, whether it is the technical and tactical content or the hardness of the confrontation, or the coach's on-the-spot command, almost all of them have been played to the extreme. Zhejiang Chouzhou took advantage of his youth and a fighting spirit of not accepting defeat to launch an impact on the Guangdong men's basketball team. The Guangdong men's basketball team uses its rich experience, whether it is leading or lagging behind, it can always reverse the unfavorable situation. Perhaps Liu Weiwei's guidance has counted the major players, but for Ledo's extraordinary play, it may be a bad move.
However, we still have to appreciate one detail of Du Feng's coaching game! In the last few minutes of the decisive season, Zhejiang Chouzhou's continuous chasing points made the Guangdong men's basketball team a little flustered, and at this time, there were two generals Zhou Peng and Weems, who not only did not lead several young players to stabilize, but also made a series of mistakes, zhou Peng even passed the ball directly to Du Feng when passing the ball in the backfield! After the suspension, Du Feng did not give face to the two meritorious veterans, and directly reprimanded them in front of everyone. This is very rare, after the suspension came back, Zhou Peng calmed his head, scoring, stealing, blocking all showed up, for the team to stabilize the situation. At this time, Du Feng on the sidelines also showed a satisfied expression.
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