At present, the playoffs of the Western Cup continue to be in full swing, and the fifth game of the Liaoyue War will be played this evening. With the gradual arrival of the game, the squads of the Guangdong men's basketball team and the Liaoning men's basketball team have also been officially released, among which the most concerned Zhou Qi is confirmed to be absent due to injury.
Before the list came out this time, there were rumors from the outside world, and some media rumors said that Zhou Qi's injury was just a smoke bomb from the Guangdong men's basketball team, but in fact, he had secretly come to Shenyang, and he would play in the fifth battle of life and death. However, with Du Feng's refutation of the rumors and the release of the latest roster, we can finally be sure that Zhou Qi will indeed not play in the fifth battle of life and death, which will also pose a very severe test for the Guangdong men's basketball team.
It can be seen from the squads of both sides that after Zhou Qi's absence, the Guangdong men's basketball team also ushered in some lineup changes. For example, Ren Junfei, who had missed four consecutive Liaoyue battles, officially announced his comeback, which should bring a lot of variables to tonight's game. In addition, Du Feng also specially activated the 24-year-old wonder soldier Zhang Wenyi.
In many games in the previous playoffs, Zhang Wenyi was basically completely abandoned by Du Feng, and many fans thought that this young player probably did not have much chance to compete in the next playoffs, but they did not expect that in the absence of Zhou Qi, the whole team fell into crisis, Du Feng boldly used this young player.
It can also be seen from this that Du Feng has high hopes for Zhang Wenyi and expects him to bring a wonderful performance tonight. In addition, key players including Xu Jie, Hu Mingxuan, Belweems, and Waters will all play in tonight's game.
In contrast, the Liaoning men's basketball team has basically not changed much compared to the fourth game. Li Xiaoxu, who was injured before, was confirmed to be absent again this time, and Guo Allen, who was highly anticipated by the outside world, still did not appear. The reason why Yang Ming arranged this way is estimated to have two reasons, the first is because Li Xiaoxu and Guo Allen's injuries are indeed serious, so they will not rashly let these two players come back to avoid injuries again.
On the other hand, the Liaoning men's basketball team can defeat the Guangdong men's basketball team by a large score in the fourth game, so Yang Ming naturally has the confidence to lead this lineup to achieve better results at home and defeat the Guangdong men's basketball team to the end.
However, in general, the current lineup sent by the two sides should be the strongest lineup that the Liaoning and Guangdong men's basketball teams can send, and it can be seen that both sides are looking forward to getting this ticket to the finals. For the Guangdong men's basketball team, this away game, coupled with Zhou Qi's injury and the team's loss in the fourth game, the whole situation is indeed very unfavorable for them.
But if the Guangdong men's basketball team can win the game and enter the finals, this year's CBA championship is likely to be the Guangdong men's basketball team, because they have withstood the test. Looking forward to tonight's game, the Guangdong team can fight back.