On the evening of April 12, Beijing time, the 2022 CBA semifinals were passionately staged under the attention of everyone, and the regular season champion Liaoning Men's Basketball Team faced the defending champion Guangdong Men's Basketball Team, and both teams were the favorites to win the championship in this competition. Last season, Guangdong and Liaoning staged a peak showdown in the championship and runner-up battle, and finally The Guangdong team laughed to the end. A year later, the two sides met early in the semi-finals, and the strong showdown between the two top giants is also considered to be the final that arrived early. After four quarters of fighting, Liaoning won the first leg 92:79.
Interestingly, in this game, Liaoning coach Yang Ming reproduced the "life without love" emoji. When Liaoning attacked the front court with the ball and launched a breakthrough, it was blown off for an offensive foul, and frankly this time it was indeed a misjudgment. So Yang Ming is also incredible, holding his head with both hands and showing great surprise, this scene is 90% similar to the world famous painting, and it has become an interesting talk after the game.
In the previous regular season, the Liaoning men's basketball team doubled the Guangdong team led by Guo Allen, so the former had a psychological advantage. Judging from the finals of the past two seasons, the experienced Guangdong men's basketball team has twice defeated the Liaoning men's basketball team to win the championship. In the eyes of fans, the two sides are in a five-to-five situation, and the key is to see who can grasp the opponent's weakness and win with one blow. Judging from the current lineup configuration of the two teams, both sides have declined in overall strength, and the victory depends largely on the players' on-the-spot play and the performance of the defenders.
In terms of the defensive line, the Liaoning team sits on Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei, while the Guangdong team is Zhao Rui, Xu Jie and Hu Mingxuan. After the start of the game, the state of the two sides was high and low, and the Liaoning team played normally as a whole, scoring both inside and outside. The Guangdong team did not feel good, and the players entered the state slowly, and frequent mistakes were counterattacked by the Liaoning team. At the end of the first quarter, the Liaoning men's basketball team led the Guangdong men's basketball team 20:14. Many fans said that the consecutive mistakes in the single quarter of the game are extremely rare in the Guangdong men's basketball team. However, from the perspective of the game process and tactical intentions, the Liaoning men's basketball team obviously did their homework before the game, and the first thing they destroyed was the core of the Guangdong team, Yi Jianlian, the defense line.
In this game, many fans have lamented that the purpose of the Liaoning men's basketball team is very clear, that is, to take the lead in taking Yi Jianlian to "open the knife" and trying to do everything possible to create fouls on him. At the same time, the referee's sentencing scale varies greatly, and it seems that there is some bias towards the Liaoning team, and the emergence of this "invisible sixth person" makes the Guangdong team difficult. In just 2 minutes of the first quarter of the game, Yi Jianlian was whistled twice in a row for defense, and it was these two "second blows" that made the Guangdong men's basketball team panic. Restricting Yi Jianlian's attack and defense, and then using a rapid attack to break the opponent's back line, the Liaoning team's tactical execution effect is outstanding.
After ensuring that the inner line Morland has a stable fire output, the Liaoning team began to threaten the outside line, and Zhang Zhenlin repeatedly made three-point shots to help the Liaoning team further consolidate the score advantage. In the first half of the game, the Liaoning men's basketball team's flowing offensive cooperation completely penetrated the Guangdong team's defense line and entered the second half with an advantage of 23 points. In the second half, the style of painting on the field suddenly changed, the Guangdong team began to attack, and what was even more ridiculous was that the referee became the focus again. Some fans joked, "The referee is moody and has begun to help the Guangdong team chase points madly"! Seeing that there was no hope of victory, Guangdong coach Du Feng also replaced the main force, and finally Liaoning won the first leg of the game.
(Luo Treasurer)