On May 1, Beijing time, the CBA semifinals officially started, and the Liaoning men's basketball team hosted the Guangdong men's basketball team, which was the second time the two sides met in the semifinals after the 21-22 season, and the last time Yang Ming defeated Du Feng 3-0 to enter the finals.
For head coach Yang Ming, in fact, his starting point is quite high, in the 19-20 season, after Guo Shiqiang left in the middle and late stages of the league, Yang Ming was appointed as the team's head coach from the club's vice president, and Martinez was the executive head coach.
Because Yang Ming had not yet obtained the CBA coaching qualification at that time, he could only guide the country behind the scenes, and Liaoning was not favored to defeat Zhejiang, Xinjiang entered the finals, Yang Ming's coaching ability was further reflected, and Guangdong's finals battle, the two sides fought to 1-1 situation, Du Feng defeated Yang Ming for the first time with Lao Spicy experience and won Guangdong's 2 consecutive championships.
In the 20-21 season, Yang Ming officially obtained the CBA coaching qualification, due to the adjustment of the tactical system, Han Dejun faced frequent injuries, Zhao Jiwei and Zhang Zhenlin took on more offensive responsibilities, Guo Allen and Yang Ming were once in a state of public contradiction on the bench, Yang Ming faced pressure from many aspects, Liaoning men's basketball team won the second place in the regular season standings, and the first Guangdong men's basketball team staggered the division.
Yang Ming led the Liaoning men's basketball team to eliminate Guangsha in the playoffs, and Zhejiang advanced to the finals.
But Hu Mingxuan's outbreak, as well as Weems, Zhou Peng's forwards took the lead, and Du Feng defeated the Liaoning men's basketball team again 2-1 to win the championship under the situation that Du Feng was not favored.
After the game, the media broke the news that Yang Ming submitted his resignation application on the night of the defeat in the finals, but the club did not agree, and after many adjustments, Yang Ming continued to remain as the head coach of Liaoning.
It is worth mentioning that in the National Games in Xi'an, Du Feng and Yang Ming met again in the finals, Yang Ming completely broke the Guangdong luxury lineup with the combination of Guo Allen and Zhou Qi, and Yang Ming won back a city in the non-CBA arena.
After having Zhou Qi's experience card, Yang Ming chose to sign Shanxi big foreign aid Moreland as the core foreign aid, and after the run-in of the regular season, he and Fogg formed a very high run-in foreign aid for the Liaoning men's basketball team, and won the first place in the standings in the regular season.
At this time, the Guangdong men's basketball team broke out collectively due to the aging of the core players and the reimbursement of the UAE season, and only finished fifth in the regular season. After Du Feng led the team to defeat Zhejiang in the playoffs and advanced to the semifinals, Zhou Peng, Ren Junfei, and Weems were all exposed to injuries of varying degrees, and Yang Ming easily swept Guangdong 3-0 to advance to the finals with the system of Moreland, Fogg, Zhao Jiwei, Zhang Zhenlin, Li Xiaoxu, Guo Allen and others, and Yang Ming finally defeated Du Feng for the first time in the playoff-level game.
In the playoffs of the new season, Yang Ming and Du Feng met for the fourth time on the way to the CBA championship, G1 game Zhou Qi was suspended + Ren Junfei was facing injury troubles, Liaoning still has a home advantage, Yang Ming's probability of winning is relatively large, but Du Feng, as one of the most veticinal head coaches in the CBA, as long as he commands the game, it is difficult to have a bad situation, if Liaoning has a lax preparation plan, it is likely to be embarrassed by the home opener.
The whole series is a great test of the team's defense, rebounding, and detailing, and who can give full play to their characteristics while reducing turnovers is undoubtedly the key to winning this series.
Du Feng and Yang Ming are both head coaches who have led the team to prove themselves among the post-80s coaches, and their battle of wits and courage is worthy of the expectations of the outside world.