On the evening of April 20, Beijing time, the first game of the CBA Finals officially started, with the whole team of 5 people scoring in double figures, the Liaoning men's basketball team finally defeated Zhejiang Guangsha 98-75 and won the first victory of the series.
After the end of this game, the Liaoning men's basketball team also gained a positive in the air, from last night's game can be seen, compared to the fierce confrontation in the semi-finals, after coming to the finals, the players of both sides showed a very friendly performance, especially Xu Zhonghao, who had hurt countless people before, last night's game rarely converged on his own actions, in addition to this accident to Zhang Zhenlin's face, the rest of the time Xu Zhonghao's performance was still very clean.
This change in the competitive situation, in addition to the self-restraint of the players on both sides, is probably very much related to the previous naming and criticism of the official media and the regulatory shot behind Yao Ming, the chairman of the Basketball Association.
Before the start of the finals, the Liaoning men's basketball team released a pre-game poster with the theme of "loyalty to love", warmly mentioning all the injured people this season, in this regard, the official media "People's Daily" also took the initiative to praise the poster of the Liaoning team, and pointed out the problem of too many injuries to the playoff players, when talking about the message to the finals, "People's Daily" also required both teams to remain healthy in the finals, play style, dedicate classic duels, and maintain health as the primary condition. It also proves an official requirement for competition discipline.
In addition, this year's men's basketball national team also has a very heavy event task, the World Cup qualifiers in June, the men's basketball Asian Cup in July, the Hangzhou Asian Games in September, the Chinese men's basketball team that is on the road to rejuvenation, these games are very important, and the unexpected injuries of people like Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Yanhao, Zhou Peng and others will also have a certain impact on the national team, if the finals, like Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei, Zhang Zhenlin and Sun Minghui and other national team players have also suffered injuries, That will make the national team encounter great difficulties in the next game.
It is precisely because of these many factors that I believe that the Basketball Association also made disciplinary requirements for players on both sides before the start of the finals, especially in some malicious injuries on the court, made strict constraints, and when Xu Zhonghao, who was originally the most feared by Liaoning fans, also began to play honestly, the last obstacle to the Liaoning basketball championship was also completely eliminated, with the official escort of the stadium environment, I believe that the Liaoning men's basketball team, which has more advantages in overall strength, will definitely win the final championship.