If you only look at the first three quarters of the game against Tianjin, you will feel that the Beijing team is definitely easy to handle in this game, although Zeng Fanbo played 2 minutes and retired due to injury, but it did not affect the state of the Beijing team at all. Look at the score of the whole game in a single quarter, the Beijing team led by 6 points at 38:32 in the first quarter, and led by 10 points at 30:20 in the second quarter, even if it lost by 11 points at 22:33 in the third quarter, but on the whole, the Beijing team was still in a winning state in the first three quarters. Unexpectedly, in the last quarter, the Beijing team once again trailed the Tianjin team by 5 points at 29:34, but was tied by the Tianjin team and entered overtime, and the final overtime 5:11 total score of 124:130 allowed the Tianjin team to win by 6 points and completed a 21-point reversal.
Although it was an away game, and the team suffered from injuries and bans for key players. However, Beijing BAIC was not affected by the 2-minute deficit in the opening game, and quickly reversed the situation of the game and firmly took the initiative in its own hands. Except for Zeng Fanbo, who sprained his ankle for 2 minutes and had a temporary impact on the team, the Beijing team soon adjusted its mood and played to suppress the opponent's passion. Five players in the team scored in double figures, including a team-high 32 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, and Raymond, who returned from injury, had 18 points, three rebounds and three assists. Veteran Zhai Xiaochuan got 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, and Tian Yuxiang also got 13 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Mesozoic player Zhang Cairen scored 19 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. As the absolute core of the team's interior line, Fan Ziming scored 9 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, although he did not reach a double-double, but he also got 9 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. But I didn't expect that the core players gave almost everything they had, and it was still difficult to save the defeat in the end.
In fact, although the Tianjin team is playing at home in this game, most of the players in the team are very young after all, and they cannot be compared with the Beijing team in terms of game experience and personal combat ability. This is also the reason why the Tianjin team has been behind by a large score in the first three quarters of the game. But just like Zhang Qingpeng said after the game, although the front game is not good, if you want to win, you must work hard for the whole team to narrow the difference to single digits at the end of the third quarter, which may have the hope of reversing the opponent and winning the game. Perhaps at halftime, the targeted arrangement of the Tianjin team and the fighting spirit of never giving up completely gave the players the desire to win. Therefore, in the third quarter, not only recovered 11 points, but also narrowed the score gap to a single digit of 85:90, with a difference of only 5 points. That may be the key to turning the game around. There are as many as 6 players in the Tianjin team who scored double-doubles, big foreign aid James 34 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, Gu Zeyu 17 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Lai Junhao 14 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist, Li Rongpei 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, small foreign aid Rochester 18 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists and Zhang Yunmeng 15 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.
Although Tianjin narrowed the gap to 5 points in the third quarter, the situation on the court was still controlled by the Beijing team, and the advantage was maintained until the last 13 seconds of the fourth quarter. The Beijing team is still suppressing the Tianjin team to play, and once again widened the score gap to 9 points in the middle. When there were 2 minutes and 28 seconds left in the game, Zhang Qingpeng boldly replaced almost all the core players, and replaced the younger players on the field, Gu Zeyu replaced Lai Junhao, Wang Yifang replaced Shi Deshuai, Zhang Yunmeng replaced Tian Yu, and James replaced Rochester. When everyone thought that the Tianjin team had "surrendered" in advance, it turned out that this group of passionate youngsters played a shocking defensive attitude and strong attack. After the Beijing team scored 114 points from 2 minutes and 28 seconds, to the last 38 seconds of the game, the Beijing team only relied on free throws to score 1 point, while the Tianjin team scored 8 points in less than 2 minutes. This also completely gave the Tianjin team the confidence to complete the big reversal and the hope of winning the opponent.
In fact, in the last 38 seconds, the Beijing team also led the Tianjin team by 4 points at 117:113, at this time Zhang Qingpeng of the Tianjin team made substitution adjustments again, replacing the big foreign aid James with Rochester, Tian Yu replaced Gu Zeyu, and Shi Deshuai replaced Wang Yifang. The purpose seems to be very clear, that is, to use the speed and height advantage to find opportunities to shoot three points on the outside, after all, it takes at least two rounds to play 2 points, and Beijing BAIC only needs to hold one round, basically win the game. At this time, the most important thing is to rather put 2 points and never give the Tianjin team a chance to shoot three points, although the Tianjin team only shot 28.3% of 46 from the outside three-point shooting in this game. But after all, the Tianjin team is a team that lives with three points, but I didn't expect that it took only 5 seconds from the 28-second Tianjin team's serve to Zhang Yunmeng's three-point throw, which not only allowed the opponent to complete the attack smoothly, but also only consumed 5 seconds. For the Beijing team, the time-out arrangement was a complete failure. Even so, the Beijing team still has a one-point lead, and has the ball, as long as the final attack is completed, the final victory is still their own.
The last 23 seconds can be described as a life-and-death moment for the Beijing team, and the Tianjin team chose a quick foul tactic, and the last 20 seconds sent Jiang Wen of the Beijing team to the free throw line. Although Jiang Wen lived up to expectations, he scored both free throws, turning the score into 119:116 and leading the Tianjin team by 3 points. But the only option to keep the victory is to give Tianjin 2 points, and definitely not to let it shoot three points easily. Zhang Qingpeng's guidance of the pause of a certain arrangement of outside three-point tactics, the Beijing team has a chance to continue to maintain the lead and win the game. However, the Tianjin team did not choose to press the time to the last to make a stunner, but scored again in a fast way to score another three-point equivalent to a stunner in 3 seconds, turning the score into a 119-119 draw. In fact, although it is very passive for the Beijing team at this time, there is still a chance to complete the lore, after all, there are still 6 seconds left in the time. If you want to kill the game, the safest way is to hit the inside line and cause fouls, and kill the game by making free throws. Unfortunately, the Beijing team did not choose the inside line, and as a result, the three-point miss went into overtime.
In overtime, the physical fitness of the Beijing team was completely inferior, and the team basically did not have any threat on the inside, and Leaf had no choice but to start shooting three-pointers on the outside. This style of play basically fell into the rhythm of the Tianjin team, so the 11 points in overtime except for a three-pointer from James were all scored by breaking through the inside line to make kills. In addition to the rebounds of the Beijing team trailing by 12 at 44:56, the main reason was the lack of fitness and confidence.