The CBA season has been full of ups and downs, fans are looking forward to strong dialogue, the playoffs have reached the semifinals, and Liao yue in the top four will meet again, thinking about it is surging with blood.
The 86th showdown spanning 27 years
The 21-22 season is the 27th year of the CBA, and Liaoyue plays 2 regular season games a year, a total of 54 games, and has played 9 playoff games, a total of 31 games, a total of 85 games. The first leg of tonight's semi-final will be the 86th game of Liaoning and Guangdong, liaoning and Guangdong, as the six elders of the league, have also played each other in the number of times they have gone alone.
The first game of the Liao-Guangdong War was on December 10, 1995, which was also the opening match of the two teams in the 95-96 season, and it was the debut of the two teams to enter the Big Family of Chinese Men's Basketball Professional League, (the previous quarterfinals were not counted as CBA).
Li Xiaoyong, who scored the highest score in the game and helped Liaoning win, worked as an assistant coach at Beijing Control this season, and is currently being rumored to leave the team after the season and may return to Liaoning next season. Zheng Yonggang coached the Guangdong youth team to win the U19 championship last summer, and this season assisted Qiu Biao's guidance, but Shenzhen fell in the quarterfinals.
He joined the Shanghai coaching staff last season and is now in the final four. Yu Xuepeng took over the Liaoning third team last year, and there are also Wu Qinglong, who is now coaching Qingdao, and so on. By the way, there is also a man named Wang Junyi, many fans are not familiar with him, his wife is called Jiang Xu, is the daughter of Jiang Xingquan's guidance, and his sister is Zhang Zhenlin's mother Wang Fang.
Question: What is the relationship between Zhang Zhenlin and Jiang Xingquan's guidance?
Things are far away, back to the Guangdong team, the most famous of course is Li Chunjiang's guidance, he scored 29 points at that time, later coached Hongyuan, the champion won the soft hand, and then coached Guangsha, this year's Shanghai is the third team he led to reach the CBA semifinals. The last person to do this was Li Qiuping, who is now at the helm of Li Chunjiang, who led Shanghai, Qingdao and Xinjiang to the semifinals.
Ma Yongzhong and Wang Huaiyu are also currently du Feng's coaching staff, Li Qun did not become a coach after running the Dongguan Basketball School, Daniel Zhang Jun guidance also left the coaching line, Ouyang Guijing's son Ouyang Jincheng has also been in the Hongyuan youth team before. Guan Deyou is an assistant coach and team leader, a veteran who worked for Hongyuan for 26 years in 2018 and officially retired, by the way, his daughter Guan Xin is one of the champions of the 2010 Asian Games.
The continuity of this team in Guangdong is very strong, and many of the original veterans have stayed in the team for a long time and made great contributions to the rise of the dynasty since then, and now Zhu Fangyu, Du Feng and others are the same. In another 20 years, when Liaoyue fights again, can we look forward to the showdown between Zhao Jiwei and Xu Jie, and then Guo Allen and Zhao Rui will broadcast live on the sidelines?
10th Series, 32nd Playoffs
Diverged a little farther, and then pulled back, this year this is Liao Yue's 10th series meeting. In the regular season, although Guangdong was double-killed this year, it still led Liaoning's 21 wins with 33 wins. In the playoffs, Liaoning's 16 wins are just overtaking Guangdong's 15 wins, tonight will Liaoning continue to open up the advantage, or Guangdong will tie?
In the previous nine rounds of the series, Guangdong had not lost in the finals, including the 07-08, 19-20 and 20-21 seasons, but in the semi-finals, Liaoning had won the past two 15-16 and 17-18 seasons. By the way, the series of the Liao-Yue War has a characteristic, all the losing parties in the series have only won 1 game at most, limited by the format, of course, like the past two years, it is a pity to reach the limit.
This year's format is five innings and three wins, and selfish intentions are actually hoping to play five innings and kill him in the dark, but I am afraid that in such a dense schedule, once a team has the upper hand in a short period of time, the adjustment of another team will not be so easy. Therefore, in fact, it is the same as three sets and two wins, the first game is a decisive battle, and who relaxes in the first game may be buried in the series.
The return of "Big Brothers"
The most anticipated thing in this series is the return of the injured, Yi Jianlian, who was injured in the 19-20 finals, experienced a year of recuperation and a regular season adaptation, and played better and better in the playoffs. The score of 4 games is 9 points, 15 points, 16 points, 21 points, although the shooting percentage is lower than in the regular season, but the status is indeed improving.
The 34-year-old Yi Jianlian's physical mobility has dropped a lot after the major injury, which is expected, after all, not only is it an injury, but his age is also increasing. However, so far in the playoffs, he has averaged 3.5 offensive rebounds per game much higher than in the regular season, and 13 offensive rebounds against Zhejiang in two games is a bit of a taste of the year.
The pressure on the UAE League is very large, the rotation of liaoning's inner line is really thick, and the most neglected liaoning inner line is Li Xiaoxu, the No. 4 position. The longest time in the Liaoning team is not Han Dejun for 15 years, but Li Xiaoxu for 17 years, who has missed the playoffs for two consecutive years and finally returned this year, with 5.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.3 steals in the regular season.
His experience is very important for Liaoning, and to play against Guangdong, the auxiliary defense control of the No. 4 position is a key step to ensure the advantage of the interior line. Li Xiaoxu's offensive state is not bad after returning from injury, but there are also many irreversible things brought by injury and age at the defensive end, and it is difficult to make less than 4 offenses against Shanxi in the half quarter.
Liaoyue recruit egg Richard Ledo
There is no secret to the Liao-Yue war, even if Guangdong has always been the main force this year, but the two teams are too familiar, so the variable is often the newcomer, this player is Laido, who has never played the Liaoyue war. In the playoffs, Ledo is in very good shape, he is not the kind of player who is known for his stability, but when the mood comes, the offense is also very killing.
Guangdong vs. Zhejiang's first match, Ledo flashed all over the field, first the first 5 three-point shots were all advanced, and then in the last moment to Lu Wenbo to complete the death steal, where is the shadow of "Caiduo" at both ends of the attack and defense? However, he was injured and missed the second game, and so far the injury has not been announced.
This is the X factor in the Liao-Yue war, he and Zhao Rui, who was previously absent, and Hu Mingxuan, who has been in a general offensive state throughout the season this year, can be said to be Guangdong's potential killing move against Liaoning. But the most worrying thing about Guangdong this year is that in the past, this kind of backhand will definitely have a miraculous effect, and this year it seems that it is often difficult to be satisfactory.
198CM Ledo will meet Zhang Zhenlin or Cong Mingchen in the series, these two are not the top outside defenders, but Laido's offensive level does not seem to depend on the opponent's defense, but also depends on himself. After all, a foreign aid who can soar into the ultra-far half whistle often concedes the ball that is imperative under the basket.
Are those Raiders ready?
As the saying goes, the odds of winning, the right combination, the odds of the Liao-Guangdong War are bound to appear in this series. Liaoning's odd players are Zhu Rongzhen and Wu Changze in the main rotation last season, who have been on the edge of rotation lately, and have not played on the bench by Yang Ming in the playoffs.
Zhu Rongzhen had high hopes last season, and earlier this season he also played well before Molander's arrival, but has since gradually fallen out of rotation. In terms of the game, Zhu Rongzhen is completely dependent on the guidance of the defender, and the defensive end, Morland's arrival is to do this, but there is also a possibility, that is, when the Liaoning center fouls accumulate rapidly, it may take two or three minutes, and this scene will usually be the time when the strange soldiers appear.
On the one hand, Wu Changze has been recuperating from his injuries for a long time this year, on the other hand, as mentioned above, Li Xiaoxu and Fu Hao have taken the same position. However, Li Xiaoxu's foul problems this year and Fu Hao's possible defensive problems may remind Yang Ming of the young youngster when he encounters problems.
Receiving a miracle effect on the field is called a surprise soldier, and a little carelessness may also be a faint move. This requires courage, Zhu Rongzhen and Wu Changze have not proved themselves in the playoffs, Zhu Rongzhen's protective frame and Wu Changze's vitality are like things on the painting, looking lifelike, but I don't know if it is Ma Liang who wrote it.
Compared with Yang And Liaoning, Du and Guangdong are teams that are better at surprise moves.
In fact, in the second match against Zhejiang, the two teams were anxious until the third quarter was interrupted, and the Guangdong 7-man rotation pressure was very high at that time, and it seemed that the game had reached a critical moment. At this time, Wang Xingkai is riding a bicycle on the sidelines, maintaining physical heat, and he may be treated as a surprise soldier who opens up space at any time.
Wang's famous work is the 19-20 playoffs, the third game against Beijing, he scored 6 of 4 three points, and the first game of the finals was three points in front of Liaoning. In the final game of last season's Finals, he also played 27 minutes, contributing 5 points, 1 assist, 2 steals, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls.
Again, if you use it well, you are a strange soldier, and if you use it badly, you are lifting a stone and dropping it on your own feet. Whether Liaoyue will fight in the first battle to the point of needing a surprise soldier is difficult to say, but it has to be said that the tactical board guided by Du has always been remembered, saying that it is not good to fight Liaoning and there will be a 10-person rotation.
Tonight at 7:35, after waiting for a year's playoffs, let the storm come quickly.