On April 18, Beijing time, the CBA semi-finals came to an end on the evening of the 17th, Zhejiang Guangsha finally defeated Shanghai after 4 sections of battle, swept the opponent 3-0 with a big score, and successfully reached the finals, which was Guangsha's return to the finals stage after 4 years, the last time was the 17-18 season, when Guangsha lost 0-4 to Liaoning as the runner-up. This time, Guangsha's final opponent is still the powerful Liaoning men's basketball team.
The match against Shanghai in this game, Guangsha, also suffered "heavy losses", one of the core of the local Zhao Yanhao was injured in the second quarter breakthrough round, lost his balance in the air and fell, and then went down to check the injury, and finally was carried away by a stretcher at the end of the half and rushed to the hospital for examination and treatment. According to the front-line media, Zhao Yanhao's injury was confirmed to be a concussion and needed to be hospitalized for observation, which means that Zhao Yanhao may miss part of the finals.
According to the doctor's advice on the treatment of concussion injuries, it can be learned that the lowest level of minor concussion, patients need to rest for 1-2 weeks to achieve self-healing effect, even if Zhao Yanhao's condition is very mild, it takes at least a few days to recover. The CBA League has officially announced the finals schedule, starting on April 20, ending on May 2 at the latest, that is, starting in 2 days, and whether Zhao Yanhao can catch up with the first game is unknown.
Previously, in the second semi-final of Guangdong and Liaoning, veteran Zhou Peng suffered a concussion injury, and then zhou Peng did not play in the third game, based on the emphasis on the health of the players, players who suffered concussions need to get doctor's permission to play.
Zhao Yanhao's possible absence cast a shadow on the situation of Guangsha impacting the championship, before that, another local core of Guangsha, Hu Jinqiu, has been directly reimbursed for the season due to spleen rupture and needs to rest for 3 months, Hu Jinqiu is the MVP of this season, and his absence directly makes Guangsha's overall strength decline by one level. Now Zhao Yanhao has also suffered injuries, Guangsha has made it worse, as the backcourt scoring arrow of this Guangsha team, Zhao Yanhao has averaged 16.2 points per game this season, and this injury retirement game has achieved 12 points on 4-of-7 in only 12 minutes.
Guangsha will then be the final opponent Liaoning men's basketball team strong, a number of national players sit in town, the original Guangsha personnel overall strength is not as good as the opponent, now Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Yanhao have been injured, Guangsha finals journey will encounter severe tests, once Sun Minghui is strictly guarded and difficult to contribute, Guangsha other players can stand up in time will determine the trend of the entire finals, on the contrary, liaoning men's basketball team will harvest the best time to win the second crown in team history, it depends on whether it can be grasped!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)