In the summer of 2020 in Qingdao, after losing to Guangdong in the third game of the finals, the Liaoning players were quickly relieved because they knew that they really couldn't play.
Before the start of the playoffs last year, the famous media personality Yang Yi shouted that the Liaoning team had reached a time when it was necessary to win; but in Zhuji, facing the Guangdong team labeled as the "weakest team in history" by the outside world, the Liaoning team lost, and many players could not accept this result.
This time in Nanchang, they encountered a situation where they had to win, but the Liaoning team did not let the accident happen; the playoffs swept in three consecutive rounds, and they won the championship again after 4 years.
Why did Liaoning, which lost the finals last year, win so easily this year? There are objective reasons, such as that they really did not encounter too many tests this year. In the semi-finals, when encountering old rivals Guangdong, the core team of the other side, Yi Jianlian, Zhou Peng, and Weimus, has already appeared a bit old-fashioned, and Ren Junfei is also limited in playing time due to injury reasons; and those defenders in Guangdong are at least half a grade behind Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei. As for the foreign aid advantages that Guangdong showed in fighting Liaoning in the past two years, it is now on the liaoning side.
And in the finals, if it is the guangsha of the full main force, it definitely has the strength to compete with the Liaoning team; but Zhao Yanhao and Hu Jinqiu, who can hit the short board of the Liaoning team, are injured, and the Guangsha in the finals is a team of remnants and losers, and what the Liaoning team needs to do is to pinch Sun Minghui to death.
Of course, there are many subjective reasons for winning the championship, such as Yang Ming's rapid growth. Losing the championship last year, Yang Ming should bear a lot of responsibility; but this season, Yang Ming's coaching is much more mature. Of course, the real basis for Liaoning to win the championship lies in the fact that this is the strongest and most mature Liaoning team in history.
In the 2020 season, the reason why the Liaoning team lost to Guangdong is mainly because their front line is really too bad; Cong Mingchen, Liu Zhixuan, He Tianju are vulnerable in front of Weems, Zhou Peng, Ren Junfei, and the inner line Han alone has to face the wheel attack of Yi Jianlian, Su Wei and Ah Ri! And last year, facing the Guangdong team without Yi Jianlian, Han Dejun did not play an advantage at this point; although Zhang Zhenlin and Fu Hao were supplemented on the front line, compared with Guangdong's Weems, Zhou Peng, and Ren Junfei, it was not a level; instead, it frequently used three defenders, and was often targeted by Weems and Zhou Peng on the defensive end. And last season's finals Yang Ming directly used a short rotation to PK Guangdong's 10-man rotation, Liaoning team fought to the end can not move, but also highlighted the Liaoning team last season's bench depth is still problematic.
But this season, Li Xiaoxu returned; he and Fu Hao took turns to top the No. 4 position, Zhang Zhenlin fixed in the No. 3 position, liaoning team in the playoffs almost no longer posed, the defensive end is easy to target the three-back. And Daehan is a year older, throughout the season, Zhu Rongzhen has not come up, but Before the introduction of the interior line, Morlander, who was labeled as a "thorn head" in other teams, is a stroke of genius.
Some people have complained before that Moland's independent offensive ability is average! But in the Liaoning team, the attack has always been dominated by domestic players; it is rare to have a foreign aid like Stephenson, and Guo Allen can't play together at all. In Guangzhou and Beijing Control, Fergus, who is recognized as a scoring killer, has become a 3D outside line after coming to Liaoning, and in fact, the Liaoning team does not have high requirements for the independent offensive ability of foreign aid. In the impromptu, Yang Ming's arrangement is basically that Fogg + Dahan is a group; Zhao Jiwei and Moland are a group. Made by Zhao Jiwei, Moland's excellent athleticism is still trustworthy; and Moland's most important job in the entire Liaoning team lies in his defense and his protection of the basket. To some extent, in the case of multiple strong points on the outside line, Morland, who does not occupy the ball, can protect the basket, can cover, has strong movement ability, and can swing in the 4th and 5th positions, is the last piece of the puzzle for Liaoning team to rush from the championship team to the championship.
A team that wants to win the championship is indispensable for strong strength, sufficient confidence, good mentality, and rich experience. Liaoning team lost to Beijing in experience for 15 years, Lost in Sichuan in 16 years in confidence (after fighting with Sichuan fans, they themselves think there is no chance), 20 lost to Guangdong lost in strength, last year lost to Guangdong was lost in mentality, and now this Liaoning team can really say that a team is at least at the CBA level is close to perfection.
Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei is not old, behind Fu Hao, Zhang Zhenlin has provoked the beam, next season Gao Shiyan will also come back, with the Liaoning team's personnel reserves and age structure, next season, next season, they will still be the biggest favorite to win the entire CBA. Of course, this Liaoning team is by no means without shortcomings, that is, Dahan is older, Zhu Rongzhen's loan has expired, and the person who replaced Daehan has not yet appeared... Regarding the stand-in for Dahan, many Liaoning fans, including people in the Liaoning sports circle, will mention Zhou Qi!
In last year's losing tournament, although the Chinese men's basketball team was beaten, Zhou Qi and Hu Mingxuan were the only two players who could play against each other; in the post-Yi Jianlian era, Zhou Qi was undoubtedly the first person to actively serve. Since Zhou Qi returned from the rocket, the Liaoning team wanted to dig Zhou Qi back; but due to the influence of CBA registration regulations, Zhou Qi at that time could only return to Xinjiang. Last summer, Zhou Qi's contract with Xinjiang expired, and the outside world once again talked about the possibility of Zhou Qi returning to Liaoning. However, according to the CBA regulations, as long as Xinjiang gives Zhou Qi the top three salaries in the team, he has no right to change the court at the CBA level, and Li Hongqing, the boss of the Liaoning team, directly denied the rumors of introducing Zhou Qi at that time. The wealthy Shanghai team did not negotiate with Xinjiang, and Zhou Qi's agent Sui Ran broke up with the Xinjiang team at the negotiating table, so that Zhou Qi could only go to Australia to play in the end.
A season has passed, where does Zhou Qi's future go? His return to the CBA has always been a popular option, but he does not want to return to Xinjiang; if he wants xinjiang to release people, it depends on whether other teams can issue transfer fees that make Xinjiang satisfied.
Zhou Qi is willing to play for the Liaoning team, and the Liaoning team really needs Zhou Qi to pick up Dahan's class! Will this Liaoning basket, which has been tilted and loved by the resources of the province, go to stud ha in the summer to give Zhou Qi?