On May 12, Beijing time, the CBA playoffs semifinals were all over last night, the defending champion Liaoning defeated Guangdong 3-2 and entered the finals for 5 consecutive years, and Xinjiang defeated Zhejiang Chouzhou 3-1 and advanced to the finals for the 7th time in team history. Liaoning will face off with Xinjiang to compete for the final championship, and Guangdong and Zhejiang Chouzhou regrettably stopped in the semi-finals!
Liaoning reversed and eliminated Guangdong
Let's take a look at the series between Guangdong and Liaoning first, the Liaoning-Guangdong battle is worthy of the CBA's "Spring Festival Gala", playing 5 rounds, which team is eliminated is a pity. Guangdong originally held a 2-1 lead on match point, but failed to end the series at the home of G4, and also paid the price of Zhou Qi's recurrence of back injury.
Guangdong missed the finals for three consecutive years
Last night's G5, Liaoning did not give Guangdong a chance on the inside, rebounding 57-46 to gain the upper hand, Guangdong can only shoot a large number of outside shots, a total of 46 three-pointers, hit 14 shots, the shooting rate is 30.4%, if it weren't for the outbreak of Waters in the third quarter of the 18 points, Guangdong may enter garbage time earlier, and finally Liaoning 116-95 defeated Guangdong, the big score completed the reversal, 3-2 to advance to the finals, Zhao Jiwei 21 shots 10 contributed the game's highest score of 31 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.
Xinjiang returned to the finals
Liaoning now has the opportunity to hit the three consecutive championships to establish a dynasty, the history of the CBA is only Bayi and Guangdong have achieved three consecutive championships, Beijing has also created three crowns in 4 years, but did not achieve three consecutive championships, and then it depends on whether Liaoning can create history. Guangdong missed the finals for three consecutive seasons, and their lineup still has shortcomings, especially the strength of young forwards and center forwards, Zhou Qi is plagued by injuries, and his playing time is always limited, and he and Guangdong only signed a one-year contract, that is to say, Guangdong still needs to work hard and grow if it wants to hit the championship in the future.
Zhejiang stopped in the top four
In the other semi-final, Xinjiang eliminated Zhejiang Chouzhou 3-1, this year's Xinjiang large-scale reinforcements, coupled with the stable performance of local players such as Abdul Salamu and Qi Lin, their hard power has increased, and returning to the finals is the best result of hard work. Wiggington and Dominic Jones broke out in G3 and G4 respectively and were the heroes of the team's promotion. Next, in the finals facing Liaoning, which won two consecutive championships, regardless of victory or defeat, Xinjiang is mainly fighting, enjoying the atmosphere of the finals, and playing its own characteristics. Zhejiang Chouzhou has become a strong team in the league, but if you want to stand at the top and become a champion team, you still need to learn from Liaoyuejiang and start all over again next season.