Beijing time on April 16 news, CBA semifinals Liaoning and Guangdong's third battle has been triggered. Liaoning, who leads 2-0, has the match point in hand, obviously does not want to dream too much in the night, and hopes to defeat the opponent and advance to the finals. As the well-deserved hegemons of the league for more than 10 years, although they are extremely difficult to turn over, fighting for a victory will be the best way for them to defend their dignity. But it is clear that the balance of victory has tilted infinitely to the side of Liaoning.
In the last game, Guangdong has done its best. Faced with a shortage of staff, they tried their best to make up for it with a frantic effort, and at one point in the fourth quarter they overtook. But at the critical moment, Guo Allen's three-pointer, Zhao Jiwei and Moland's blocking, or became an unbearable weight for Guangdong. Coupled with the fact that Zhou Peng was injured and most likely missed the third battle, Guangdong can be said to have exhausted their bullets.
Today's Guangdong, Zhou Peng is injured, and although Lai duo and Ren Junfei have returned, they obviously do not have the ability to fight for a long time. Against Zhejiang, the 7-man rotation to advance to the first game, G3 may become the de facto 6-man rotation. As the hegemon of the league for the past 3 years, Guangdong is likely to end its 3 consecutive championships after a season of trials and turns. From finishing 5th in the regular season, setting the worst number of wins in recent years, to now being completely suppressed by old rivals in the playoffs, Guangdong needs to admit the gap between it and Liaoning in terms of strength.
In the history of the CBA, there is only one team that can finally complete a 3-2 big reversal in the 5-game, 3-win series, 0-2 behind, that is, the 18-19 season of Shenzhen, when Shenzhen reversed Beijing. But it is clear that today's Guangdong, the strength and personnel level can not be the same as Liaoning, want to turn over, it is too difficult.
As the Liaoning side, all they have to do is to do themselves well. Due to the huge advantage in strength, as long as Liaoning does not make mistakes, Guangdong has no chance to take advantage. After all, you're facing a CBA 11-crown team. And once they overturn Guangdong, the champions are also at their fingertips, because they defeat the biggest enemy psychologically.