On January 21, Beijing time, the CBA "Spring Festival Gala" was staged as scheduled, and the third Liaoyue War of this season officially began. This time the Spring Festival Gala moved to the home court of Guangdong, in order to meet the Liao basketball, Hongyuan can be said to go all out, Waters with swollen knees continued to insist, and Zhou Qi, who had been absent for two weeks because of a sprain, was also put on the battlefield. On the Liao Basket side, Guo Allen was injured and hung up the exemption card, and the veteran Han Dejun was also arranged to take turns to rest, and the Liao Basket did fall into a disadvantage in the confrontation of the paper lineup. However, with Zhao Jiwei leading the starting five tigers to all break out, and the miraculous five three-pointers of the miracle soldier Li Huyi, Liao Basket finally narrowly defeated Hongyuan 104-97 and completed the season three consecutive kills against Guangdong!
In terms of statistics, Hongyuan's Hu Mingxuan scored 21 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Waters scored 25 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds on 7-of-24 shooting, Zhou Qi had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, and Marchand had 12 points and 9 rebounds. In Liao basket, Zhao Jiwei 25 points, 11 assists and 5 rebounds, Fu Hao 18 points, Zhang Zhenlin 19 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, Moreland 12 points and 12 rebounds, Li Huyi 15 points and 3 rebounds.
After an ankle sprain, he didn't play for two consecutive weeks, and as soon as he came up, he faced the league's second-ranked Liaoning men's basketball team, and Zhou Qi's challenge in this game was not small. Judging from his movements on the court and the pace of movement, his body has indeed not fully recovered, and he is even suspected of being "hard". But Du Feng can't help it, because without Zhou Qi, Hongyuan really can't play Liao Basket at all! Zhou Qi also did the last within his ability, supporting his weak body to get 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in 32 minutes, although this is not his normal level, but Zhou Qi has indeed tried his best! Hongyuan's defensive ability has improved in the case of Zhou Qi's play, but the No. 4 position does not have enough mobility, which still makes Zhou Qi play very hard.
Xu Jie's continued slump has made Hongyuan's originally strongest guard line lose a support point. In the face of strong opponents, Hu Mingxuan showed 100% concentration and used his strength to prove why he was the all-star vote king. In this game, Hu Mingxuan scored 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals. Zhao Jiwei on the opposite side is better in tandem with the team, but only with penetration and lethality, it is still Hu Mingxuan who has the upper hand. And what makes Hu Mingxuan the happiest thing for fans is that he has a good grasp of the key ball now, and when Hongyuan fell into trouble in the third quarter, it was Hu Mingxuan's "life-saving three points" that helped the team stabilize the situation. Xu Jie's state is sluggish, although Waters is powerful, he is very targeted by the other party, and Hu Mingxuan's play is indeed very crucial. In the last quarter, it was Hu Mingxuan who stood up again, and it didn't matter if the three-point hand fell, Pepperboy continued to use baskets and steals to help Hongyuan chase points. Although Hongyuan lost in the end, Hu Mingxuan did play his due performance.
Hongyuan's foreign aid team played very averagely, which was the key to their loss. Although Waters scored 26 points, he only hit 7 of the 24 shots in the game, and all 7 of these shots were three-pointers, which means that Waters did not have any layups or mid-range shots in the athletic battle, which shows how well Liao Basket did his targeted defense. To be honest, Waters has indeed tried his best, his attack is very strong, but the height defect is really fatal, and the Liao Basket side completely covered him with Zhang Zhenlin's defense, and the problem of Waters being prone to self-explosion has not been properly solved.