On April 12, the semi-finals of this season's CBA playoffs officially began, and the Liao-Yue showdown kicked off, which was also the 10th time in history that the two teams met in the playoffs.
Liaoyue showdown has always been the main theme of these seasons, and their strength is currently the strongest in the CBA. This encounter is also the third consecutive season that the two teams have met in the playoffs, only this time from the finals to the semifinals.
Historically, this is the tenth showdown between the two teams in the playoffs, and in the past 9 times, Guangdong has won five times. The specific number of games, a total of 31 games, Liaoning 16-15 slightly ahead.
However, according to the stage, it is different.
In the finals, Liaoyue and Guangdong played out three times, and Guangdong won all of them. In the semifinals, liaoning was dominant, a total of four times, Liaoning led 3-1, the most recent was the 17-18 season, when Liaoning eliminated Guangdong 4-1 to advance to the finals, and won the first CBA title that year. The other two were in the quarter-finals, which were older, and the 97-98 and 99-00 seasons, each team won once.
This time the two teams met in the semi-finals, somewhat similar to the 17-18 season, and Liaoning's current strength is more dominant in comparison. That season, Liaoning doubled Guangdong in the regular season, with two scores of 112-85 and 92-89. Finally, in the playoffs, Liaoning's strength was completely dominant, and the big score was 4-1 to advance.
In the regular season this season, Liaoning also doubled against Guangdong, and the score was also a bit disparity. In the second stage, the two teams met twice in 13 days, and Liaoning won 115-95 and 102-90 respectively. Of course, at that stage, Guangdong's state was not good, and Zhao Rui was also absent, which had a certain impact.
Although the regular season is only a reference, it is true that Liaoning's momentum is far stronger than the past two seasons, and the two teams are currently in good shape after the first few games of the playoffs, which is what fans want to see.
Both teams are in the best shape to play in the semi-finals, everyone has been waiting for a long time, who are you more optimistic about? Series five-game three-win system, these two teams have a lot of past stories, this time to meet, will be a big battle, look forward to it.