After being swept by the Liaoning men's basketball team in the 2017-18 finals, this season's Zhejiang Guangsha team is only one step away from hitting the CBA championship again.
In the semifinals of the playoffs, Guangsha led the Shanghai men's basketball team 2-0, and in the eyes of many fans, it was a foregone conclusion that the Guangsha men's basketball team would enter the finals.
However, after defeating Shanghai for the second time, the Guangsha men's basketball team ushered in a bad news, that is, the team's inner core Hu Jinqiu will have to undergo surgery immediately because of a collision with Shanghai's foreign aid Franklin, causing his spleen to rupture. And that means the Guangsha team's most consistent scorer will miss all the next playoffs.
Hu Jinqiu's season reimbursement caught Guangsha coach Wang Bo a little off guard, and now he has no time to make adjustments, because the G3 battle between Guangsha and Shanghai is about to start.
Under such circumstances, Wang Bo had to adjust the team's starting lineup to make up for the losses caused to the team's internal line due to Hu Jinqiu's absence.
Judging from the player lineup of Guangsha this season, they do not have too many Players in the No. 4 position for Wang Bo to choose from. Youngsters Wu Xiao and Ji Zhuo can play this position, but their ability is far from reaching the level of entering the starting lineup.
Therefore, Wang Bo is likely to send xu Zhonghao and the big foreign assistant Okafor's inner twin tower combination to fight against Shanghai's super center Wang Zhelin and big foreign aid Feng Lai.
Of course, Wang Bo can also let foreign aid Jones play the starting position of the No. 4 position. However, considering that the team's bench needs to have a certain thickness, rotate with the starting players, and provide sufficient fire support for the team, Jones is more suitable as a rotation player in the team's interior.
In addition, in the last game, Zhao Yanhao also had a thigh injury, and it is not known how serious his injury is, but the Guangsha team must also be prepared for Zhao Yanhao's inability to play G3.
This also allows veteran Feng Xin on the guard line to get more playing time, although This season Feng Xin has been reduced to a substitute for the team, but his state is still quite good, the three-point shooting rate has improved a lot compared with the previous season, and the offensive efficiency has also improved.
Although the Guangsha team now has the match point, as long as they win the G3 game, they can enter the finals. But the Shanghai men's basketball team will not easily give up this game, with the character of coach Li Chunjiang, the Shanghai men's basketball team will definitely do its best to win this game.
The absence of Hu Jinqiu and Zhao Yanhao due to injury also gave the Shanghai men's basketball team the opportunity to reverse the Guangsha team. In this regard, the players and coaches of the Guangsha team should be fully prepared psychologically, not only to dare to fight on the field, but also to pay attention to the opponent's actions, protect themselves, and do not have players get hurt again.
Otherwise, even if they can eliminate the Shanghai men's basketball team and reach the finals, it will be difficult to take advantage of any point in the competition with the Liaoning basket.