On the 26th, the fourth game of the 2021-2022 CBA Finals, the Liaoning men's basketball team defeated Zhejiang Guangsha 100-82, when the white-haired Jiang guidance lifted the championship trophy, which made many fans moved. This is also the first CBA title of 82-year-old coach Jiang Xingquan, who has waited for 32 years for this day.
Speaking of Jiang Xingquan, in the basketball world, everyone knows and everyone knows! It is not too much to call it a basketball titan! He coached the Chinese men's basketball national team three times, led the team to the eighth place in the World Championships, and he himself was selected as the 50 masters of new Chinese basketball. As the godfather of Chinese basketball, Jiang Xingquan is full of peach and plum, and many CBA coaches and players have studied under him.
Unfortunately, as the head coach, Jiang Xingquan has never been able to win a CBA championship before.
During his coaching, he led the team to the CBA Finals many times, but regretted that he had missed the championship. Especially in 2009-2010, the Xinjiang team led by him was defeated by Guangdong in the finals for two consecutive years, which also became an eternal pain in Jiang Xingquan's heart.
With the increase of age, Jiang Xingquan originally planned to retire from the mountain, but Yang Ming was the head coach of the Liaoning men's basketball team in 2020, and he was still inexperienced, so he "Three Gu Maolu" strongly invited his mentor Jiang Xingquan to come out of the mountain. At that time, Jiang Xingquan was 80 years old, and it was time to enjoy retirement life, but the old man who did not accept defeat accepted Yang Ming's invitation to serve as an adviser to the Liaoning team for the sake of the championship dream, planning to give up again for the cause he loved.
So in the past two years, every game of the Liaoning men's basketball team, there is a white-haired old man sitting on the bench, calming the mood of the young marshal and young players, and giving advice to the game at any time.
In last season's finals, Liaoning lost to Guangdong in a situation where the situation was all the way good. As the head coach Yang Ming asked for his resignation, it was Jiang Xingquan who persuaded him: "As a coach, you must have the courage to bear the failure, and you can't leave as soon as you lose, so you are not responsible for yourself and the team!"
And starting again, the Liaoning team finally realized its dream this time, and Jiang Xingquan also drew a successful end to his basketball career. When the white-haired man stood on the highest CBA podium for the first time and handed over the Supreme Ding to Yang Ming, it was more like a master inheriting the mantle, and the apprentice Yang Ming's wings were gradually enriched, and this moment was the final handover.