Following the 2017-18 season, Zhejiang Guangsha once again reached the CBA Finals this season, but they also paid a terrible price for it.
Hu Jinqiu, the core of the inside line, has been completely reimbursed this season for a rupture of his spleen due to a collision with Shanghai's foreign player Franklin. Zhao Yanhao was also injured in the G3 game and was carried off the field on a stretcher, and it is likely that he will not be able to return in time in the finals.
The local "3 giants" of the Guangsha team injured two at once, and the last "giant" Sun Minghui helped the team defeat the Shanghai men's basketball team with his own strength and the brave performance of 45 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in the whole game.
Despite playing the playoffs of the gods, Sun Minghui also consumed too much physical energy, and it is difficult to have enough physical strength in the finals to support him to play the same heroic performance as G3.
On the other hand, guangsha team's final opponent Liaoning men's basketball team, they also swept the Guangdong men's basketball team 3-0, compared to the Guangsha team's consecutive injuries of 2 generals, liaoning basketball team to win Guangdong can be said to be a lot easier.
Moreover, since Liaoning Basket and Guangsha both eliminated their respective opponents 3-0, the CBA League also advanced the start of the Finals to April 20. This left the Guangsha team with only 2 days to adjust, and the Liaoning basket, which did not have serious injuries, could have one more day off than Guangsha.
Judging from these circumstances, Liaoning Basket defeated Guangsha in the finals and won the CBA championship again has become a high probability event.
Of course, when it comes to this job, the Guangsha men's basketball team will not give up lightly. Their big foreign player Okafor said recently that Guangsha's goal is to win this season's CBA championship, and we will do our best to achieve this goal.
At the same time, Okafor also arrogantly said: "We are only 4 games away from achieving this goal", which means that Guangsha will sweep the Liaoning men's basketball team 4-0 in the finals.
It is of course good that the Guangsha players have such determination and self-confidence, but the progress of the game may not be as smooth as they think. For the showdown between Guangsha and Liaoning Basket, many fans and basketball media are unanimously optimistic that Liaoning Basketball can win. Even a veteran basketball commentator, after watching the G3 battle between Guangsha and Shanghai, bluntly said that Liaoning Basketball won this season's CBA championship.
For the Guangsha team, after losing Hu Jinqiu and Zhao Yanhao, they must play the advantages of the team's foreign aid to the extreme. As a former NBA flower exploration show, Okafor is younger and stronger than Morland of Liaoning Basket.
And the ability of big forward Jones to shoot from the middle and long distance can also bring a lot of help to the Attack of the Guangsha team. In the game against the Liaoning basket, Jones can pull the outside line to shoot, so that he can attract Moland and Han Dejun on the inside of the Liaoning basket, thus creating more space for his teammates to complete the final blow under the opponent's basket.
If Guangsha coach Wang Bo can fully play the role of the 2 foreign aides in the team, as well as the lethality of local center Xu Zhonghao, and through tactical design, let other players help Sun Minghui get more offensive opportunities, Guangsha team is still capable of playing with Liaoning Basket in the finals.
Although the Guangsha team, which played in the remnants, defeated the Liaoning basket to win the championship is almost an impossible task, at least, they will not be swept 4-0 in the finals as many people predicted, as many people predicted.