On February 2, Beijing time, the 38th round of the CBA regular season was fully opened, 4 games were played on this day, but the results were shocking, all 4 games were weak to win strong, Xinjiang, Liaoning, Guangsha three favorite teams to win the championship lost at the same time, in addition, the Tianjin team that defeated the Guangdong men's basketball team in the last round, this battle lost to the weak Fujian team, I have to say that Chinese New Year's Eve became an unpopular night!
The Xinjiang men's basketball team lost 108-111 to the Shanxi team away, which really surprised many fans. In this game, Qiu Biao's plan was to take turns to rest the main forward Abudu Salamu, and the Xinjiang men's basketball team led the Shanxi team by 14 points at halftime.
How could the Shanxi team start a strong counterattack in the third quarter, scoring 36 points in a single quarter, beating the Xinjiang team by 14 points, and directly smoothing out the point difference...... In the CBA arena, if you dare to underestimate the enemy, it will make you pay a heavy price.
The defending champion Liaoning men's basketball team played away against Beijing Control, neither side was the strongest lineup, Liao Basket Guo Allen still couldn't play, Zhang Zhenlin was injured against the Shanghai team and had missed two games in a row, but even in this case, few people must have thought that Liao Basket could lose the game.
Because the North Control team lacked three main players in this campaign, "Felder did not recover from his injury, and Zhang Fan pulled 7 times last night...... Zou Yuchen asked me to ask for help, I said I have to protect him, (his) leg is already very painful......" This is what Min Lulei, the head coach of the Beijing Control team, said in an interview after the game.
That's right, the Beijing Control team defeated the Liaoning team for the first time in team history without the three main players of Felder, Zhang Fan, and Zou Yuchen, and even the head coach Min Lulei couldn't believe how it was done!
Judging from this game, Zhang Zhenlin's role in Liao Basket is too important, and Zhang Zhenlin has only missed 3 of the 37 games (one less round) in Liao Basket, which also includes the last two games, Zhang Zhenlin played an average of more than 39 minutes per game, averaging 18.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game.
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Zhenlin has played in the last 19 rounds, scoring all double-doubles, averaging 21.3 points per game, which means that Zhang Zhenlin's condition is getting better and better. And after Liao Basket lacks such a strong point, the impact on the team is indeed too great.
Although Liao Basket lost this game, but if you want to give Zhao Jiwei a praise, he can leave with his head held high, played 41 minutes, scored a team-high 24 points, and also had 11 assists, with a shooting rate of 60%, and 3 of 6 three-point shots, the performance is indeed too comprehensive.
Zhao Jiwei's words in an interview after the game reflected his unwillingness to lose, "Today I didn't play as tough as the other party, some players I think they are still not ready for the game, I didn't think about the difficulties of the game, or I didn't do a good job......"
Zhao Jiwei can be called a model worker, in the 34th round of the Liao Basket away game against Shenzhen, Zhao Jiwei's nose was unfortunately hit by Zhou Peng, and Zhao Jiwei continued to play with a mask after being injured. In the last round of the game, Zhao Jiwei's mouth was beaten by the opponent again, and he returned to the game soon after a simple treatment, Zhao Jiwei's professionalism is indeed worthy of a big praise from all fans.
Zhao Jiwei has only missed two games so far, and except for the game against Guangdong at the beginning of the season, all the remaining 34 games have started, playing an average of 34.1 minutes per game, averaging 15 points and 8.4 assists per game, both of which are career highs. Liao Basket is currently able to temporarily rank second in the standings, and Zhao Jiwei has made great contributions.
Zhejiang Guangsha lost to the Nanjing team 79-89, suffered the first three consecutive defeats of the season, in fact, Guangsha lost is also reasonable, after all, the team's main core Sun Minghui was absent due to injury, in the 35th round of Guangsha home victory over the Guangdong team, Sun Minghui missed the 3 games Guangsha team also lost, the team lacks a player who averages 20+ points per game and 10+ assists, it is not surprising to lose.
And in the last game on the evening of the 2nd, the Fujian team defeated the Tianjin team 115-109 at home, you must know that in the last round of the game, the Tianjin men's basketball team defeated the Guangdong team by 16 points away, and the team's morale is flourishing.
To sum up, it is not difficult to see that the day of Chinese New Year's Eve is completely an unpopular night in the CBA arena, and the three favorite teams of Xinjiang, Liaoning and Guangsha lost on the same day, which is indeed unexpected!