On January 19, Beijing time, the CBA regular season continued, the Shanghai men's basketball team faced the Shanxi men's basketball team, Shanxi broke out in the second quarter, won 20 points in a single quarter to open the score. Shanxi continued to extend their advantage in the second half, eventually beating Shanghai 115-99 to win three in a row. Shanghai swallowed a fiasco, the three foreign aides added up to 7 of 23, if it were not for the blood cloth brushing points in the garbage time at the end, the data would be even more ugly, making Li Chunjiang also very helpless.
Shanghai had a poor start to the season, but bounced back strongly in the second phase, finishing fourth with a 17-10 record. Shanxi, on the other hand, have been a bit high-running and have lost more than they have won recently, and are currently 10th in the standings, having won two in a row. In the first meeting of the season, Shanghai won the game.
In this game, the lineups of both teams are relatively neat, Shanghai team 3 foreign aides entered the squad, Shanxi also has two foreign aides. As soon as the first quarter came up, both teams entered the state quickly, Yan Pengfei did not show mercy in the face of the old owner, Wang Zhelin was also very tough, Shanxi bit the score under the leadership of Feld, Ge Zhaobao scored on a high jumper, and the score reached 15 draws. The pace of the game was fast, with the two teams combined, only five fouls, no free throws, and a quick rise in points, with Shanghai leading 25-24 in the first quarter.
The two teams continued to bite the score as soon as the second quarter came up, and Blood Cloth hit a three-point shot after coming out, and Shanxi's outside line was also good, Zhang Ning and Zhou Zhandong hit three points in succession, and Shanxi reversed the score. Shanghai did not feel good on the outside today, hitting only one of the first 16 outside shots, and Shanxi played a wave of 10-0 small climax to lead by 9 points. Shanghai's offense didn't pick up, with Weems scoring on a jumper to give Shanxi a 13-point lead. After the timeout, Shanxi continued to extend their advantage, leading by 19 points at halftime. Shanghai lost 20 points in this quarter 18-38, and coach Li Chunjiang returned directly to the dressing room without looking back, very angry.
Shanghai replaced O'Brint, but their offense was still not good, Shanxi continued to suppress opponents, the point gap continued to widen, and after Feld's layup, Shanxi led by 28 points 79-51. Shanghai's two timeouts didn't work well, and it was difficult to really close the gap, with Shanghai trailing by 23 points by the end of the third quarter.
In the final game, Shanghai was unable to return to the sky, Shanxi led all the way, and finally beat Shanghai to win three consecutive games and consolidate the top 12 ranking. Shanxi blossomed more in this game, with 5 people scoring double-doubles, Feld 28 points, 13 assists and 9 rebounds, Zhang Ning 26 points and 3 rebounds, Weems 15 points and 5 assists, Zhang Chunjun 12 points, Yuan Shuai 15 points.
Shanghai's three foreign aides felt frozen in this game, Merlot scored 2 points on 1-of-8 shooting, Bledsoe scored 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting, 17 of which were earned in late garbage time, O'Briente did not score on 0-of-4 shooting, and the three foreign aides combined for 7-of-23, the performance was very dismal, Ren Junwei scored a team-high 24 points and 7 rebounds, and Wang Zhelin scored 19 points and 11 rebounds.