On the evening of April 26, Beijing time, the CBA playoffs ushered in a key battle, the Shanghai men's basketball team continued to sit at home to face the Zhejiang men's basketball team, after four quarters of fierce battles, they finally narrowly defeated the opponent 112-107, tied the series score, and the two sides will enter the decisive tie-break battle.
In this game, the Zhejiang team started slowly, the offensive end shot was bad, and the defensive end was frequently out of position, which caused them to fall behind in the first three quarters, and they didn't wake up until the fourth quarter, scoring a high score of 42 points in a single quarter, but after all, because the hole dug in front was too big, the team's efforts finally came to naught.
During the regular season this season, the Zhejiang team achieved a record of 41 wins and 11 losses, the same as the Xinjiang men's basketball team, and only fell to third place because of the disadvantage of the head-to-head record. It is worth mentioning that this is the fourth consecutive season that they have remained in the top four in the regular season, and in addition to them, only the Liaoning men's basketball team in the league has won two consecutive championships to do so. It can be said that the Zhejiang men's basketball team is a proper traditional strong team.
However, the Zhejiang men's basketball team, which was strong in the regular season, once it entered the playoffs, behaved like a soft-footed crab, and now, they may even become the only team to be defeated in 8 into 4, and the reasons behind this are worth pondering.
First of all, the level of coaching restricts the team's ceiling. Whether it is the former coach Liu Weiwei or the current coach Wang Shilong, their tactical changes and on-the-spot command ability in the playoffs are relatively average. Everyone has seen Wang Shilong's performance, and Liu Weiwei is not much better, the Qingdao men's basketball team led by him has not even broken through the first round this year.
Second, there is a real problem with the vision of selecting foreign aid. The Zhejiang team has frequently changed foreign players in recent years, but has never been able to find key players who can raise the team's ceiling. In the CBA league, the play of foreign aid can often determine the direction of the game, and the Zhejiang team obviously has room for improvement in this regard, and I even suspected that the department they inspected foreign aid had a kickback.
Finally, and most importantly, the Zhejiang team lacks superstar players who can step up at critical moments. In contrast, the Xinjiang team has Shalamu, the Guangdong team has Hu Mingxuan and Zhou Qi, the Liaoning team has Zhang Zhenlin and Zhao Jiwei, and the Zhejiang team is bleak in this regard. Although Wu Qian has a certain strength, his performance in the playoffs is not stable and cannot be compared with the above stars. In the playoffs, when the team's offensive routine is limited, it needs the individual ability of the superstar to break the game, and the Zhejiang team's shortcomings in this area have become their Achilles' heel.
To sum up, Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank team was able to play steadily in the regular season, but suffered repeated setbacks in the playoffs, the main reasons can be attributed to the tactical guidance ability of the coaching team, the level of foreign aid and the lack of superstar players. If the Zhejiang team wants to make a breakthrough in the playoffs, it needs to improve and strengthen in these three aspects.
As the series enters the tie-break, the Zhejiang team will face a greater challenge. Fans expect the Zhejiang team to learn from their lessons, adjust their form, and show their better selves in the next games to strive for better results in the playoffs.