On April 13, Beijing time, the CBA semi-final ushered in a focus battle, the Shanghai men's basketball team and the Guangsha men's basketball team met in a narrow way, the game was very fierce, the first three quarters of the point difference has not been large, Guangsha in the middle of the last quarter gradually established an advantage, and finally defeated Shanghai 108-93, won the semi-final opening red, took the lead.
Shanghai is the dark horse this season, missing the playoffs last season, finishing 3rd in the regular season this season, and they eliminated Shenzhen 2-0 in the last round. Guangsha has also performed well this season, ranking second in the regular season, sweeping Jilin 2-0 in the last round and reaching the top 4. In the two meetings of the regular season, Guangsha defeated Shanghai.
The lineups of the two teams are very neat, Wang Zhelin and Hu Jinqiu led the two big powers to start their respective starts, and Li Chunjiang led the team to face the old owner. As soon as the first quarter came up, the two teams clenched the score, in the middle of the quarter, Guangsha took the lead, Hu Jinqiu scored under the basket, and Guangsha led 20-11. Shanghai bit the score, the shooting rate of both teams in the first quarter was very low, and Guangsha led 22-17 to end the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the two teams are still clinging to the score, Hu Jinqiu and Okafu's combination of interior lines is full of power, Wang Zhelin's performance is also good, coupled with the help of Feng Lai, the competition between the two teams on the inside line is very fierce, Liu Zheng's feel is good, helping Shanghai bite the score, this section Guangsha has always maintained a lead, but the difference is not large, and Guangsha leads by 6 points at the end of the half.
Yi Bian fought again, Guangsha scored 4 points in a row, the point difference came to double digits for the first time, Shanghai quickly bit the score, Guangsha once widened the point difference to 13 points at the end of this section, but in the last two minutes, Shanghai played a wave of 11-0, and at the end of the third quarter, it was only 2 points, leaving the suspense until the last section.
Li Tianrong shot three points in the last quarter, Shanghai completed the counterattack, Guangsha quickly stabilized the situation, Shanghai foul reached 5 times early, gave Guangsha a lot of free throw opportunities, Guangsha seized the opportunity to open the score again, the game left 4 minutes when Guangsha 94-84 lead. Guangsha controlled the rhythm and finally defeated Shanghai to open the semi-finals.
Guangsha's two major interior lines played well, Okafor had 20 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists, Hu Jinqiu also had 22 points and 8 rebounds, and the two teamed up to get 42 points and 22 rebounds, suppressing the combination of Wang Zhelin and Feng Lai, Wang Zhelin had 15 points and 4 rebounds, and Feng Lai had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Sun Minghui's performance in key moments was eye-catching, two key three-pointers directly killed the game, with 27 points, 11 assists and 5 rebounds, and his Shanghai foreign aid Franklin scored 12 points on only 4 of 13 shots, playing abnormally.