This is the tenth time in the history of the Liaoning men's basketball team to reach the CBA Finals, in the previous nine, they have lost to their opponents eight times, and only once successfully lifted the championship trophy. This time, they are faced with another chance, and they will definitely go all out to impact the team's second crown!
At 7:35 tonight, the 2021-2022 CBA Finals will officially begin, and the Liaoning men's basketball team has finally stepped onto the stage of competing for the highest honor after 38 rounds of the regular season and 5 battles in the two rounds of the playoff series. And this time, their opponent is the same tenacious Guangsha team, the two teams will be through the seven-game four-win competition, to determine the championship of the season!
This season, both teams, Liao basket and Guangsha, have also performed very steadily in the regular season stage, and the two sides have only achieved the first and second places in the regular season by a slight gap. After entering the playoffs, it was also in the first two rounds of the series that swept the opponents 2:0 and 3:0 consecutively, which can be said that the overall performance was equal, and the finals of the division were also reasonable.
However, when the finals are about to start, there is still a certain difference between the overall situation of the two teams. For Liaoning Basket, they played three games against the defending champion Guangdong in the semifinals, especially in the third game, the two sides fought until the last moment of overtime, so the team's consumption was relatively large.
Fortunately, the main lineup of the team is relatively complete, even if the internal and external cores such as Guo Allen and Han Dejun have suffered certain injuries, they can still maintain their debut in the game. The other scoring points of the team, the state is also quite good, such as Zhang Zhenlin, Fu Hao and two foreign aides, all maintain a relatively healthy physical state and a fiery competitive state.
The Guangsha team encountered relatively more trouble, especially in the three semi-finals with shanghai team, the confrontation between the two sides was extremely fierce, resulting in the team's core player in the internal line, THE NEW BRANCH regular season MVP Hu Jinqiu after the second game of the semifinals, because of emergency surgery and early farewell to the season, which is undoubtedly a major blow to the overall strength of the Guangsha team.
In addition, in the last game, Zhao Yanhao, another main player of the team's front, also fell to the ground after the confrontation, suffered concussion symptoms, and was sent to the hospital after only half a game, which was also worse for the team's lineup rotation.
However, it is worth noting that The core defender of the Guangsha team, Sun Minghui, showed a very good competitive state when the team encountered difficulties, and almost single-handedly helped the team to complete the sweep of the Shanghai team and advance to the finals. Therefore, in the finals, Sun Minghui will also be the player that Liaoning Basketball needs to pay attention to in defense.
Although the balance of the finals seems to be tilted towards the Liaoning basket in the case of the Guangsha team suffering from serious injuries, the Liaoning basketball must not be taken lightly. Because in the just-concluded semi-finals, the Guangdong team also in the third game lacked foreign aid Ledo, frontal force Zhou Peng and Ren Junfei three members of the general, still rely on excellent play to almost beat the Liao basket.
This shows that on the playoff stage, regardless of the opponent's lineup, there can be no slack in the desire to win. Only by being prepared to face all difficulties and firmly grasping all opportunities can we normally play our due level and truly transform our advantages on paper into the fruits of victory.
(Liaoshen Evening News reporter Gao Peng)