CBA playoffs in the second half of the 8-in-4 started, Xinjiang home ushered in the challenge of Guangzhou Dragon Lions, from the regular season of the two teams of the meeting, Xinjiang is 1-2 at a disadvantage, so don't look at the Dragon Lions in personnel and overall height inferior to Xinjiang, but they can not be underestimated.
Since this is the first game of the playoffs in Xinjiang, before the game starts, the Xinjiang team first held an award ceremony for Abudu and Qiu Biao for the MVP and best coach awards of this season.
In the first quarter, Yu Dehao of the Xinjiang team rarely hit a three-point shot at the beginning of the game (in fact, it was also the Dragon and Lions who deliberately let Dehao go), but then Yu Dehao also quickly received the second foul, Dehao is the strongest defender on the outside of Xinjiang, if he is troubled by fouls, Xinjiang will be very passive, this time, Dehao played quite depressed.
In the first quarter of Dehao's absence, Brown and Chen Yingjun will have less offensive pressure, and after the 7-6 opening of the two teams, Guangzhou scored five points in a row by the outbreak of Brown and Chen Yingjun, and established an 11-7 lead in the first quarter.
Qiu Biao quickly made adjustments after the timeout, replacing Wiggington and Wu Guanxi, but the main players who scored points for Xinjiang were MVP Abudu and substitute Huang Rongqi.
After Yu Dehao scored the first three points, Xinjiang's three-point offensive was immediately beaten back to its original shape, and three consecutive shots were not scored, and the gap was opened by Guangzhou.
Abudu felt very hot in the first quarter, scoring 8 points in 4 of 4 in a single quarter, Abudu's height is not tall in the big forward, and the speed is average, but Guangzhou still does not have a good way to limit it.
Huang Rongqi came off the bench to score and assist, helping Xinjiang overtake the score with 2 minutes left in the first quarter.
Although Xinjiang is playing at home, the whole team seems to be a little restless, Jones started a little spicy, two empty baskets did not score, Qi Lin also played two consecutive empty three-point iron, if it wasn't for the captain to give them a back, Xinjiang may be behind double digits in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, in the case of Wiggington and Jones's sluggish start, Qiu Biao had no choice but to use the third foreign aid Creek, but this Creek has strong mobility but no range, in response to this, Guangzhou can shrink the defense line even further.
In the second quarter, the score of the two sides was stalemate, the number of fouls continued, and the blow to Xinjiang was more than Yu Dehao's third personal foul, and the game went on for 8 minutes and 17 seconds, Xinjiang suffered another fatal blow, the team's only offensive thigh at this time, Ah Budu was injured in the process of grabbing the floor ball with Chen Yingjun, Qiu Biao's face turned pale instantly.
Judging from the slow-motion replay, Chen Yingjun's pounce this time was really outrageous, swooping down on Abudu's fragile knee joint.
This injury should not be serious, but it should be relieved for a while, so during the period when Abudu is not present, it is a good time for Guangzhou to open up the difference.
However, Guangzhou did not grasp it, but was blasted out by Xinjiang in 4 minutes 13-0 to expand the difference to 15 points, during this period, it just reflects Guangzhou's shortcomings and Xinjiang's long board, Guangzhou's inner line is short, there are few people who can be used, can not prevent Abudu, and can not limit Creek, Wu Guanxi's turn inside attack.
Xinjiang can rotate too much, and before the half quarter was finished, Qiu Biao had already used 12 people to rotate to maintain the defensive vitality on the field at all times, but Xinjiang's shortcomings were also obvious, and there were no three points, especially Qi Lin, who left a big spectrum.
On the contrary, if Guangzhou wants to win, it can only rely on three points, and at the end of the second quarter, Brown, who had been holding back for most of the quarter, finally broke out, and teamed up with Zhu Mingzhen to score three three-pointers in a row, barely recovering the double-digit difference back to 53-48 and only 5 points.
In the third quarter of the game, Abudu and Qiong returned after the break, Wu Guanxi, who scored 10 points at halftime, replaced Li Yanzhe to start, Jones was abandoned by Qiu Biao in the second quarter, and immediately scored a three-point after returning to the game, Xinjiang expanded the difference to 10 points, and maintained this difference to the fourth quarter.
However, the smell of gunpowder in the game also intensified, Yu Dehao and Brown had an argument, and the two each received a technical foul, but for Xinjiang, it was too hurtful, Yu Dehao was absolutely extremely depressed this night, and at the beginning of each quarter, he was targeted by Chen Yingjun and Brown, and he received a foul prematurely and was replaced.
However, Yu Dehao also has his own problems, in the face of Brown's provocation, his acting skills are really spicy, and the purpose of wanting to make Brown's technical fouls is too obvious (right in front of the referee Li Chengxin).
Yu Dehao is very depressed, Huang Rongqi is not much better than him, because Huang Rongqi's foul rises faster than Yu Dehao, there are 5 minutes and 22 seconds left in the third quarter, Xinjiang, which has led by 12 points, is still Chen Yingjun, he broke through the basket on the offensive end, and made Huang Rongqi's personal fifth foul, and finally Huang Rongqi, who was ordered to substitute to get beautiful data, must be extremely dissatisfied in his heart, shouting at the referee Li Chengxin, and almost ate the technical offense again.
At this point in the game, Guangzhou Longshi has successfully knocked out Xinjiang's two major local defenders (Brown and Chen Yingjun have contributed a lot), and only Sirzati is the local defender that Xinjiang can use on the field.
In fact, the intensity of this game is not as fierce as the Shanghai vs Zhejiang game next door, the two teams have a lot of fouls, and the rhythm is sparse, but it is beneficial to the Guangzhou team, because Xinjiang can't play a fast attack, but can allow the Guangzhou team to score free throws by constantly making fouls.
In the final quarter, Yu Dehao once again received a foul in the opening stage and was withdrawn, but substitute Sirzati hit a key bottom corner three-pointer, and Xinjiang was a blessing in disguise, extending the difference to 11 points with nine minutes left in the game.
Wu Guanxi is the MVP of Xinjiang in this game, in the injury stage of Abdul Salamu, he carried the banner of the team's internal attack, excellent internal footwork and cake-eating skills, and even scored a difficult 2+1 on the fast attack, which became Guo Shiqiang's biggest headache.
Relying on Wu Guanxi's funny play, Xinjiang still maintained a 13-point lead over Guangzhou in the last 3 minutes of the final quarter, and the suspense was not much when the game was played.
In general, this G1 battle is still quite disappointing, without Li Yanzhe's Guangzhou team, it exposed its shortcomings in the face of a team like Xinjiang, but Xinjiang got Li Yanzhe and didn't give him much playing time, on the one hand, Wu Guanxi played too well, with 23 points and 14 rebounds in the whole game, and 6 steals in the key, Guo Kai had no power to resist him at all, which also caused Li Yanzhe to have no chance to perform at all, and he was too embarrassed by the Xinjiang team;
On the other hand, Qiu Biao is actually not very good at using Li Yanzhe, but Qiu Biao is also very practical, since there is no instruction manual for Guo Shiqiang, then simply don't use it, anyway, there are many people under my hands, and there are two lying on the hospital bed.
In the case of no overtime, the two teams still played to almost 10 points, just because the whole court came down, the number of fouls was a bit much, Xinjiang, the whole team received 23 fouls, Guangzhou 29 fouls, Cui Yongxi scored 19 points, but the plus/minus was -30, tonight he and Qi Lin's three-point shots are the same, very outrageous.