On the evening of April 22, Beijing time, the 2023-24 CBA playoffs will continue to compete for eight into four. After the first two rounds of games, the Liaoning men's basketball team has led the Shenzhen men's basketball team 2-0, and it can be said that they also went to the away stadium this time with the confidence to end the series. Judging from the current situation, the overall strength of the Shenzhen men's basketball team is indeed difficult to create any threat to the Liaoning team, Sallinger in Moreland and Li Xiaoxu's rotation defense, the overall performance is much inferior to the first round against the Beijing control men's basketball team, plus the main center Shen Zijie's shoulder injury is still unclear, as long as the Liaoning men's basketball team can maintain normal performance, several main players do not have a major injury impact, then advancing to the semifinals is almost a sure thing for the Liaoning men's basketball team.
At present, what troubles the Liaoning men's basketball coaching staff is actually the opponent in the next round of games. Because Hu Jinqiu, the main center of the Zhejiang Guangsha men's basketball team, was reimbursed for spraining his ankle in the last game, and the other main player Sun Minghui did not completely recover from the injury, he lost two generals in a row, which greatly reduced the strength of the Guangsha men's basketball team. Originally, when the Liaoning men's basketball team won the regular season championship, considering that before the semifinals, let Guangdong's and Zhejiang Guangsha two tigers compete, at that time, the outside world agreed that no matter which team finally advanced, in this group of series, the two teams will definitely pay a huge cost and cost, and the Liaoning men's basketball team can reap the benefits, but from the current situation, due to the injury of many main players in Zhejiang Guangsha, Guangdong Hongyuan is likely to win and advance easily.
As a result, the original wishful thinking of the Liaoning men's basketball team was completely disappointed, and it faced Guangdong Hongyuan again in the playoffs, which was also the most stressful time for the Liaoning men's basketball team in recent years. On the one hand, Guangdong Hongyuan won 12 consecutive victories in the third stage of the regular season, and the overall state was even hotter; at the same time, after Zhou Qi joined, Guangdong Hongyuan had more advantages than the Liaoning men's basketball team on the inside, including the growth of Xu Xin, Zhang Mingchi and others, which also greatly made up for the comprehensive strength of Guangdong Hongyuan's frontcourt. In terms of foreign aid, replacing Marshon Brooks with Waters has stronger individual offensive ability, and the passing is also better with the help of breakthroughs, and the comprehensive team attributes have also made the integrity of the Guangdong team better. On the other hand, Guangdong Hongyuan's performance on the field this year, the overall defensive intensity is particularly high, including Ren Junfei and others, also showing the "villain attributes", Liaoning men's basketball team also needs to beware of the Guangdong team's yin damage tricks, the risk of injury is higher, from Hu Jinqiu's season reimbursement, will also cause a certain psychological shadow to the Liaoning players, which may also affect the final trend of the game.
This should be the first time that the Liaoning men's basketball team has been afraid of the Guangdong Hongyuan men's basketball team in the past three years, after all, today is different from the past, after the overall lineup of Guangdong Hongyuan is upgraded, this year's goal is also to direct the championship, especially in the second half of the regular season, they chose to re-sign Weems, the purpose is also to use him in the playoffs to limit Zhang Zhenlin. On the other hand, in another group of matchups, the Zhejiang men's basketball team and Shanghai Jiushi played a one-to-one matchup, which made the second-ranked Xinjiang men's basketball team likely to harvest unexpected surprises. The CBA playoffs are a small-scale competition and a dense schedule, and various unexpected factors may change the final trend, and I hope that the Liaoning men's basketball team will continue to do their best and do their best to impact the final championship.