On April 23, Beijing time, the CBA playoffs continued, Zhejiang Guangsha sat at home to face the Guangdong men's basketball team, and after falling behind by 23 points at one point, they completed a jaw-dropping 23-point reversal, defeating the opponent 109-102 and rewriting the total score of the series to 1-2.
In this life-and-death battle to win or go home, Hu Jinqiu, the star of the Guangsha men's basketball team, was absent due to injury, and Sun Minghui, the core of the backcourt, was also fighting with an injury, in this context, Zhao Yanhao stood up, he not only bombarded 7 three-pointers in the whole court, but also hit 3 desperate three-pointers in a row at the last moment, helping the team change their lives against the sky and refuse the sweep of the Guangdong team.
In the first half of the game, the Guangdong team showed a strong offensive, leading by 23 points at one point, and seemed to have won the victory. However, the turning point of the game came in the third quarter, when Zhou Qi, the core center of the Guangdong team, elbowed Li Jinxiao of the Guangsha team in an offensive attack and was ejected by the referee. This penalty not only changed the situation of the game, but also gave the Guangsha team a chance to counterattack.
Under the leadership of Zhao Yanhao, the Guangsha team started a crazy scoring mode. In the final moments of the game, the two sides fought to a 100-100 draw. At this time, Zhao Yanhao stepped up, he hit his fifth three-pointer with 1:27 left in the game, and then Waters hit a shot to help the Guangsha team chase down to only one point. In the last 48 seconds of the game, Zhao Yanhao hit his sixth three-point again, and after Du Runwang missed the three-point shot, Zhao Yanhao hit his seventh three-point shot with 18 seconds left in the game, completely ending the suspense of the game and laying the victory for the Guangsha team.
In the whole game, Zhao Yanhao played 34 minutes and 46 seconds, shooting 7 of 14, including 7 of 11 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 25 points efficiently, becoming the player with the highest score in the game. His outstanding performance not only matched Hu Mingxuan of the Guangdong team in terms of data, but also showed the true colors of "Zhao Curry" at a critical moment, and became the biggest contributor to the Guangsha team's reversal and victory.
The victory of the Guangsha team not only retained the hope of advancing for itself, but also broke the winning streak of the Guangdong team. In the history of the CBA, only the Shenzhen men's basketball team has achieved a big reversal when it fell behind 0-2, and whether the Guangsha men's basketball team can change its fate against the sky and become the second team to complete this feat is worth looking forward to.
And for the Guangdong team, this unexpected defeat will undoubtedly boost their fighting spirit in the next game, and the suspense of the series has just begun.