With the Guangdong men's basketball team eliminated Zhejiang Guangsha with a score of 3-1, successfully advanced to the top four of this season's playoffs, the next semi-finals will be the much-anticipated Liaoyue battle, the author summarized in detail the five highlights of the Liaoyue war, and the following brings detailed information.
The first time was in the 2019-2020 season finals, Guangdong 2-1 Liaoning won the 10th championship in team history, and then in the 2020-2021 season finals, Guangdong team defeated Liaoning again with a score of 2-1 and won the 11th championship in team history.
Time came to the 2021-2022 season, Liaoning and Guangdong teams met in the semifinals, this time the Liaoning team swept Guangdong 3-0 to advance to the finals, and defeated Guangsha 4-0 in the finals to win the second championship in team history!
Last season, the Guangdong team was eliminated by Guangsha 1-2 in the 8-4 game, and you must know that the last time the Guangdong team missed the top four of the playoffs was back in the 2001-2002 season. In the playoffs last season, the Liaoning team defeated Beijing, Guangsha and Zhejiang Chouzhou successively, and won the third championship in CBA history!
To sum up, it is not difficult to see that the goal of the Liaoning men's basketball team this season is to hit the three consecutive championships, and the Guangdong team will make a comeback after missing the playoffs last season, so the upcoming Liaoyue battle will be very exciting!
The first highlight: Du Feng and Yang Ming
Du Feng and Yang Ming are undoubtedly the two most talked about head coaches in the current CBA league, to say that from the perspective of CBA coaching resume, Du Feng undoubtedly has more advantages, but after Yang Ming became the coach of Liao Basket in 2020, through two seasons of tempering, he has completed substantial transformation, especially in the last two seasons to lead Liao Basket to win the championship, which is enough to prove that Yang Ming's ability is still worthy of recognition.
In the first two stages of the regular season this season, Liaoning Basketball has been in charge of foreign coach Ugo Lopez, but in the third phase of the regular season, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team invited Yang Ming back, not because Ugo Lopez is not good enough, the main reason is that in the current CBA environment, local coaches are more suitable for the so-called so-called sophistication.
The most obvious point is that in the course of the game, the local coach can argue with the referee on some controversial decisions, and there is no communication barrier at all, and the foreign coach is very disadvantaged in this regard, because you go to the referee to argue, the referee can't understand what you are saying...... Therefore, it is a completely correct decision for the top management of Liao Basket to invite Yang Ming back.
And the battle of wits and courage between Du Feng and Yang Ming will surely become an indispensable highlight of the Liaoyue War, and the current Yang Ming will not be afraid of Du Feng at all.
The second highlight: foreign aid
At present, the combination of Waters and Weems, the foreign aid of the Guangdong team, is still very strong, but how much fuel is left in the 37-year-old Weems tank is full of unknowns at present.
On the Liaoning men's basketball team's side, Cooper, a rich second-generation foreign aid signed before the playoffs, played an average of 15 minutes per game in the series between Liaoning Basketball and Shenzhen, and averaged 13.3 points per game, and the important thing is that the shooting rate is as high as 51.9%, and the playing style is very similar to Guo Allen, who is good at breaking through and has three points at the same time.
And Fogg and Moreland are very familiar with the Guangdong team, which is the advantage of the two, but Fogg's ability to play hard battles is weaker, and Moreland has to control his temper and can't go up against the Guangdong team at all, so he will fall into the trap of the other party.
The third highlight: Han Dejun and Zhou Qi
In the first game of the Liaoyue War, Zhou Qi will be absent, so the Liaoning team's interior line will have a great advantage, and Han Dejun, who will be 37 years old in two weeks, is still the Dinghai Shenzhu of the Liaoning team.
After Zhou Qi returns to the game, the confrontation between Han Dejun and Zhou Qi will be very interesting, and the young Zhou Qi will have a certain advantage, but Han Dejun has the advantage in weight and has the upper hand in the confrontation, let's see what kind of sparks the two will have.
The fourth highlight: Zhang Zhenlin and Hu Mingxuan
Zhang Zhenlin and Hu Mingxuan are not playing in the same position, but the two are likely to be key figures in the victory of both teams. Zhang Zhenlin is currently one of the best forward players in Chinese basketball, his explosiveness is definitely the best among local players, and once Zhang Zhenlin's outside three-point shot is opened, no one can stop him.
Hu Mingxuan is a very good guard, in the series against Guangsha, Hu Mingxuan's outside three-point shot is the key to the victory of the Guangdong team, but Hu Mingxuan takes the initiative to create fouls and is very good at throwing himself out, which is a model for local players at the moment.
The fifth highlight: Zhao Jiwei and Xu Jie
The alignment of the two is also one of the highlights of the Liaoyue War, and Xu Jie's close defense is a big challenge for Zhao Jiwei. Judging from this season, Xu Jiezhi's role in the Guangdong team is more on the defensive end, while Zhao Jiwei's greater role is undoubtedly on the offensive end.
After Zhao Jiwei developed a three-point projection, he made up for the scoring pressure of Liao Basket after Guo Allen's absence, which is also an important reason why Zhao Jiwei was able to win the Finals MVP for two consecutive seasons. The offensive and defensive duel between Zhao Jiwei and Xu Jie is very worth looking forward to!
Extra: Ren Junfei
Finally, let's talk about Ren Junfei of the Guangdong team, in the fourth quarter of the fourth battle between Guangdong and Guangsha, Ren Junfei was injured and carried away on a stretcher, Ren Junfei's expression was very painful at that time, but a day later, according to relevant media news, Ren Junfei was already able to walk independently.
In this way, Ren Junfei should play in the Liaoyue battle, and Ren Junfei will be very likely to become the key figure in this series of Liaoyue! Ren Junfei's playing style is very tough, which will make the Liaoning team very uncomfortable, so avoiding players from injury will become the most important part of the Liaoning team.
Finally, I hope that in the Liaoyue War, the referees will strictly enforce the law, the coaches will be strict with themselves, and the players will strictly regulate their actions, so that all players can complete the game healthily!