The CBA Finals officially began, due to injury problems, Hu Jinqiu and Zhao Yanhao confirmed their absence, and finally Liaoning easily defeated Guangsha 98-75 to get the series opener and rewrite the score to 1-0.
Judging from the course of the game, the Guangsha team, which lacked major generals, made sufficient preparations, and in the two and a half quarters before the game, they played back and forth with the Liaoning team, and even completed the counterattack in the third quarter.
But the team's shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, the lineup is insufficient, the Liaoning team occupies an absolute advantage, in the face of such a situation, Guo Allen shouted that the whole team should go all out, Zhao Jiwei said the big truth, and Yang Ming criticized the team's performance in the first half.
Among them, Gao Peng, a reporter of the Liaoshen Evening News and also a reporter accompanying the Liaoning team, commented on this game at the first time after the game.
There were three key points in his speech, the first of which was to admit that the excitement and intensity of this game was not as good as the two-set showdown in the previous round.
The second point is to point out that Guangsha has done its best in the existing situation, and does not dare to play the familiar fast-paced game in the opening stage, because they have few rotating players they can rely on, and the Liaoning team will slowly consume with the rhythm of the Guangsha team, which is the reason why the two teams play back and forth in the half.
As the game entered the second half, the physical fitness of the Guangsha team gradually entered a bottleneck period, and the Liaoning team, which had been running, quickly improved its defensive intensity, and the game ended.
Finally, Gao Peng said bluntly that the shortcomings of the Guangsha team were too obvious, and the physical fitness of several core players was obviously not enough to play the whole game.
In this way, the Liaoning team's thinking in the remaining games is also very clear, that is, to play according to the rhythm of this game, follow the opponent's strategy at the beginning, improve the defensive intensity after the opponent's physical fitness declines, and a wave of flow directly takes away the game.
And Beijing celebrity Jiao Jian also gave a comment at the first time after the game, believing that this round of finals may be the most suspenseful finals in the history of the CBA.
His view of the game is generally the same as Gao Peng's, frankly saying that the Liaoning team can't afford to mess with the fourth quarter, this game is advanced, starting from the third quarter.
Not only is the attack like mercury pouring down, but the defensive end is also a variety of chases and attacks, resulting in Sun Minghui scoring 13 points in the whole game, and the Liaoning team is much stronger than the Guangsha team.
Liaoning's generals were much more humble after the game, in which Zhao Jiwei told the truth, saying that after the team made adjustments in the midfield, he could clearly feel the decline in guangsha team's physical fitness, so the team quickly won the game.
As for the one-sided support of the outside world for the Liaoning team, Zhao Jiwei said that the team is to do its own thing, the current situation of the Guangsha team is indeed more difficult, but the team should guard against arrogance and impatience, and the Guangsha team can get to this step, not relying on 1-2 people, but the efforts of the whole team.
In the whole game, Zhao Jiwei had 13 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, and his personal plus-minus was the highest +37 in the game.
When Zhao Jiwei was on the floor, Liaoning won 16.6 points per 100 rounds, and when he wasn't on the floor, Liaoning lost 6.4 points per 100 rounds.
In addition to Zhao Jiwei, Guo Allen also spoke out after the game, warning the whole team that it is not easy to reach the finals, and has come to this step, and must go all out to play the remaining games well.
Coach Yang Ming criticized the team's performance in the first half, bluntly saying that the team did not play well in the first half, and the players did not implement well in thinking and execution, and finally warned the whole team again that fate was in their own hands and strived to play the next game well.
The caution of the Liaoning general is not unreasonable, because the team was pulled four times in a row by Sichuan in 2016 after winning the first game, and unfortunately lost the finals.
That Liaoning is also the only team in the past 10 seasons to win the first game of the series and ultimately lose the series.