On April 23, Guangdong, which had a 2:0 advantage in the series, played away against Guangsha, and finally Guangsha reversed Guangdong 109:102 and made the series 2:1.
In this game, Hu Jinqiu missed the life-and-death battle of Guangsha due to a torn ligament in his foot in the last game. Guangsha put Okafor in the starter, and Guangsha, who lacked Hu Jinqiu, suffered a lot in rebounding, but Guangdong's opening concentration was also average. In this game, the referee's whistle was very dense, and the shooting rate of both sides was not high, more than half of the first quarter, the score of the two sides was only 10:9, and Guangdong only led by 1 point. However, after Zhou Qi and Weems hit one after another, Hu Mingxuan's 3 points were also opened, and Guangdong played a wave of 15:4, widening the difference to 12 points. Wang Bo could only re-send Sun Minghui, who caused Huang Mingyi's foul after he came on the court, and then Waters hit a 3-pointer, and Zhao Yanhao also returned a 3-pointer. At the end of the first quarter, Guangdong led Guangsha by 11 points at 31:20.
In this section of the game, Guangsha only hit 6 of 23 shots, with a shooting rate of only 26.1%, while Guangdong's overall shooting rate was 50%. What's even more outrageous is that Wang Bo and Du Feng also have a tacit understanding, and the two did not call a timeout in the entire game.
In the second quarter of the game, Xu Jie first assisted Zhang Haojia to hit a 3-point shot, and then he also threw it himself, and Guangdong expanded the difference to 16 points. And Guangsha, which lacked Hu Jinqiu, was quite sluggish in attack, and even Xu Zhonghao was forced to pull out and shoot three points. In Guangdong, Zhou Qi's advantage on the inside began to appear, and in less than 4 minutes of the opening of this quarter, Zhou Qi caused four fouls in Guangsha and got 8 free throw opportunities.
What's even more terrifying is that at this time, Guangsha has committed 5 times, and every time he fouls in the future, he will have to make free throws, and Sun Minghui has also committed 4 fouls. After Weems made a mid-range shot, Guangdong had a 20-point lead. At this time, Wang Bocai called the first timeout of the game, and he seemed to be competing with himself, and also with the referee. After the pause, relying on Zhou Qi's pull on the inside, Guangdong's 3-point shot was completely opened, and just over halfway through the game in this quarter, they shot 4 of 5 three-pointers, and Zhang Haojia alone shot 3.
However, Li Jinxiao scored 8 points in a row, narrowing the difference to 15 points, and Du Feng immediately called a timeout, and Huang Mingyi was an output. After the timeout, Li Jinxiao continued to score layups, but Hu Mingxuan responded with 3 points in time, interrupting the momentum of Guangsha's chasing points. After that, Xu Jie was blown two steps in a row, Sun Minghui made a layup and caused Ren Junfei to foul, 2 turns, and at the end of the half, Guangsha trailed Guangdong by 3 points at 45:58.
In the first half of the second quarter, Guangdong Zhang Haojia was a strange soldier, he hit three 3-pointers, and Guangdong led by as many as 23 points. In the second half of the second quarter, Li Jinxiao was Guangsha's miracle soldier, he scored 15 points in a single quarter, and also helped Guangsha narrow the gap to 13 points, so that the game continued to maintain suspense. If it weren't for Li Jinxiao, the game might have been spent a long time ago.
In the third quarter of the game, Okafor successfully attacked the frame twice, and Guangsha chased the score to 11 points, but Sun Minghui received his fifth foul when defending Xu Jie, and Wang Bo could only replace Sun Minghui and Okafor at the same time to let Floyd organize. After Floyd hit a 2-pointer, the Hiroshi narrowed the deficit to nine points. Five minutes into the quarter, the turning point came when Zhou Qi elbowed Li Jinxiao and was ejected. Guangsha took advantage of a wave of chaotic battles to overtake the score, but at the critical moment, Hu Mingxuan hit 3 points, and Guangsha also narrowed the gap to 2 points at the end of the game.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Zhang Mingchi scored 7 points in a row to help Guangdong re-establish a 6-point lead, and Zhao Yanhao responded with 3 points, but Hu Mingxuan not only hit 3 points but also threw them, but fortunately, Zhao Jiaren continued to hit 3 points and chased the difference to 4 points. After a period of time, both sides frequently hit iron, Sun Minghui assisted Okafor to score 2+1, Guangsha narrowed the difference to 1 point, and then Sun Minghui assisted Zhu Junlong again to score a layup, and Guangsha overtook Guangdong by 1 point. After Zhao Yanhao steals Xu Jie, he caused the opponent to foul the body, hit both free throws, and then fought back, Guangsha led Guangdong by 5 points, but Weems immediately hit a 3-point shot to stop the bleeding. After that, the two sides made mistakes one after another, and Zhao Yanhao hit 3 3-pointers in a row to help Guangsha lead by 7 points. In the end, Guangsha defeated Guangdong 107:102.
In the whole game, Guangsha, Li Jinxiao and Zhao Yanhao can be called the biggest contributors, Li Jinxiao 19 points, Zhao Yanhao 25 points and 3 steals, Sun Minghui 12 points and 11 assists, Okafor 17 points and 9 rebounds, Floyd 17 points.
For Guangdong, Hu Mingxuan hit 7 3-pointers and got 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Weems had 19 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds, and Zhou Qi had 11 points and 7 rebounds.