On January 16, Beijing time, the CBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the leader Zhejiang against the big dark horse Tongxi, Zhejiang broke out in the first quarter to achieve a 14-point advantage, and then Zhejiang always suppressed Tongxi in the next three quarters, and finally defeated Tongxi 125-112, winning the 23rd game of the season and continuing to lead the standings.
Zhejiang have been doing well this season, having previously led the standings, losing just four games. Tongxi is the biggest dark horse of the season, with an eye-catching performance under the leadership of young coach Xi Relijiang, temporarily ranked 9th, and very promising to make the playoffs. In the first two meetings of the season, both teams won one each.
Achul is out due to injury, Tongxi has only one foreign aid Peterson, Wang Lanzheng has not entered the squad, Zhejiang also has only one foreign aid Wright, and Cheng Shuaipeng is also absent. As soon as the first quarter came up, both teams entered the state quickly, the shooting percentage was very high, the score rose quickly, Zhejiang resolutely attacked the inside, Tongxi's Zhao Baiqing felt hot today, and the individual score was quickly doubled. However, Tongxi only scored 3 people in the first quarter, Zhejiang team scored more points, Liu Zeyi, Lu Wenbo blossomed inside and outside, Zhejiang team took the lead to open the score, Zhejiang led 41-27 in the first quarter by 14 points.
Zhejiang team today outside hand is hot, Lu Wenbo's first 4 outside shots all hit, Zhejiang continues to suppress the opponent, Tongxi today can only rely on Zhao Baiqing and Peterson two people to score, the rest of the players can not score, Zhejiang has always maintained a lead of more than 15 points, Wang Zi on the way to score a layup, Zhejiang led by 20 points. Zhejiang scored 74 points at halftime, leading by 18 points. Tongxi's Peterson and Zhao Baiqing scored 48 points in the half, while the rest of their teammates combined scored only 8 points.
Tongxi began to chase the score in the third quarter, and played a wave of 9-2 as soon as he came up, Wu Qian, who did not score 6 in the first half, finally used a free throw to break the scoring drought, Wang Yibo ate 3 fouls in 3 minutes, and could only go to the break, Tongxi continued to chase the point, the point difference came to single digits, Zhejiang quickly stopped the decline and widened the point difference again, Yu Jiahao hit a three-point whistle, and Zhejiang entered the final quarter with a 16-point advantage.
In the final quarter of the game, Tongxi did not give up, Peterson's state was hot, helping Tongxi continue to chase points, and with 3 minutes left in the game, Tongxi chased only 9 points. Zhejiang stabilized the situation after a timeout and once again widened the point gap, and Zhejiang led all the way and eventually beat Tongxi to win two consecutive games and win their 23rd game of the season and continue to lead the standings.
Wu Qian, the core of the Zhejiang men's basketball team, felt bad in this game, scoring 7 points and 11 assists on only 1 of 15 shots, and 5 fouls, and foreign aid Wright only played 15 minutes and scored 7 points, but Zhejiang can still win a big victory, Lu Wenbo bombed 26 points and 8 rebounds, Yu Jiahao 35 points and 11 rebounds, scoring a career high, Liu Zeyi also scored 29 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and the three scored more than 20 points to help Zhejiang win the victory.
On Tongxi's side, foreign aid Peterson hit a triple-double with 41 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, and Zhao Baiqing scored 32 points, but the performance of other teammates was average, Lin Wei 16 points, Wu Tingjia 15 points, the rest of the teammates felt cold, Tongxi swallowed a loss, but their playoff situation is still good.