In the last two games of the 45th round of the CBA, the Shandong team lost to the Guangdong team with a score of 101:127 by 26 points, which already has the strength to win the championship, if it is expected, then the Shanghai team lost to Beijing BAIC with a 16-point gap of 102:118 is indeed a bit shocking. After all, the Shanghai team before the game has won a wave of six consecutive victories, and the opponents are not only Qingdao and Guangzhou, which are in the middle and upper reaches of the league, but also Zhejiang East Sunshine, which is currently in the top four and even has the hope of winning the championship this season. Beijing BAIC is currently only on the verge of the playoffs, even if the Shanghai team suffers from injuries, it will not be opened by the opponent in the game by a huge difference of 30 points! Although it has now locked the sixth position in the league, once the next seven rounds of games are a little troubled, the Shanghai team may really follow in the footsteps of last season again, and it will be self-defeating to put the team in a passive situation again.
Although the results of the Shanghai team in the first stage of this season are a bit miserable, both the core player Wang Zhelin and the team's head coach Liu Peng have encountered varying degrees of cynicism, and even Liu Peng was once shouted out by the fans to quit class. However, after the replacement of foreign aid and later adjustments, the Shanghai team slowly got out of the quagmire and let the team once again see the hope of reaching the top four again. Especially in the third period, the team was almost invincible, and the team's results jumped one after another, and now it has once again stabilized in the sixth position in the league. But seeing Liaoning, Xinjiang, Zhejiang Chouzhou and Guangdong teams in the top four of the league, the Shanghai team wants to fight their way out of the quarterfinals, and it is very difficult for the Shanghai team to get out of the four teams, especially the two teams of Liaoning and Guangdong, the Shanghai team is the least desirable. After the offseason and the later reinforcements of the Xinjiang team, the overall strength of the team is even more incomparable, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for the Shanghai team to beat the opponent. Therefore, the only option is the young Chouzhou, Zhejiang.
But to play Zhejiang Chouzhou in the quarterfinals of the playoffs, first Zhejiang Chouzhou needs to lock up the third place in the regular season league, which is the most desired playoff spot in Zhejiang Chouzhou. Therefore, the next step is to push the Shanghai team very clearly to push themselves to the sixth position in the league in the regular season. In this way, the opponent in the first round of the playoffs will be the eleventh team in the league, and at present, the team that can become the eleventh team in the league may be Beijing BAIC, Guangzhou, Shanxi team, Nanjing Tongxi or Tianjin team. Judging from the current strength of these five teams, there is indeed a certain gap with the Shanghai team. However, the 12-in-8 game in the playoffs is a best-of-three system, and accidents can happen at any time, once the team suffers from injuries or the team loses due to home-and-away factors in the game, this is undoubtedly the biggest blow to the team with the strength to impact the top four. In addition, the most important thing is that the team's overall mental state and fighting spirit are the most important at the critical moment of the game, and once the slack causes the team to slump, it may really be self-defeating.
In addition, after the Shanghai team lost to Beijing BAIC by a large score in this game, it will definitely be affected psychologically, after all, the maximum score difference has reached 30 points. This is still when the Shanghai team leads by 6 rebounds at 49:43, especially in the front court, the Shanghai team gets 21, and Beijing BAIC only gets 10. Under this gap, the Shanghai team actually had a 30-point gap. In this game, Beijing BAIC's outside three-point shooting was really good, and the shooting rate of 15 of 33 shots in the whole game reached 45.5%, although the Shanghai team only shot 14 of 37, but the shooting rate also reached 37.8%, which is not too low. What's more important is that the Shanghai team's absolute dominance of the inside line almost made Beijing BAIC burst the inside line into a sieve, and there were defensive loopholes everywhere. What's even more uncomfortable is that the Shanghai team only committed 15 fouls in this game, and you must know that the average number of fouls per game of the Shanghai team this season has reached 23.1, although it is not the strongest defensive team, but it is not the worst defense.
Another point is that in addition to the foreign aid Bacon, the other players of the Shanghai team seem to have no fighting spirit, especially the incredible Wang Zhelin, the inner core of the Shanghai team, gave up completely after only 2 minutes of playing in the final quarter. This does not seem to be the style of play of the Shanghai team this season, although Wang Zhelin was replaced when the Shanghai team was already behind by 28 points, but after all, there are still nearly 10 minutes left, this kind of point difference is nothing for a top four team? It is understandable that the main intention of the head coach of the Shanghai team Liu Peng in this game is to train young players, but Liu Zhengqing, as the future of the team, was in the 12-man squad in this game, but in the end he did not get 1 minute of playing time, although Zhang Zhiyao, who rarely appeared on the field, got the opportunity to play, but only had less than 5 minutes. It's more of a starter-based.
If it weren't for Bacon leading the young players to do their best, the Shanghai team would have been embarrassed in this game, and the final score difference might be more than 16 points. But even so, the next seven rounds of games may not be stable in the sixth position of the league for the Shanghai team. Because although it is impossible to advance to the semi-finals at this time, after all, it has the same record as the Shenzhen team behind, in addition, the Beijing Control team is already 27-18, only one win away from the Shanghai team, and the Qingdao team is 26-19, only 2 wins away from the Shanghai team. Once the next Shanghai team has a losing streak, and the next three teams only need to win one or two more games, it is possible to surpass the Shanghai team to become the sixth team in the league. In addition, this Shanghai team will not only become a shameful battle, but also leave people with a feeling of chicken and egg. What's more, if the Shanghai team stabilizes in the top six of the league, and once Beijing BAIC gets the 11th position at the end of the regular season, then the Shanghai team will directly play against Beijing BAIC in the first round of the playoffs.
In this game, Beijing BAIC gained a huge psychological advantage. Facing the Shanghai team again, in the case of two wins in three games, once the Shanghai team once again feels sluggish in this game, or even a psychological gap, and is eliminated by Beijing BAIC in the first round, isn't the Shanghai team self-defeating to lift a stone to hit their own feet?