On May 17, Beijing time, the G2 battle of the CBA finals began, and the Liaoning team continued to sit at home to face the Xinjiang team. After getting off to a good start in the G1 battle, the Liaoning team made persistent efforts. After 4 quarters of fierce battles, the Liaoning team almost suffered a big reversal with a 15-point lead, and finally defeated Xinjiang 97-86 and led 2-0.
Before the Liaojiang War, the Liaoning team had just experienced five hard battles in the semifinals and the Guangdong team, and finally escaped with a 3-2 reversal, while the Xinjiang team eliminated the Zhejiang team 3-1, rested for two more days, and had a physical advantage. However, in the G1 battle between the two sides, the Liaoning team gave full play to the experience advantage, and the Xinjiang team did not adapt to the intensity of the finals for a while, and the Liaoning team opened the score difference in the first quarter and finally won easily. However, the G1 of the two sides can only be regarded as testing each other to the end, and the whole team of the Liaoning team is ready for G2 to meet the counterattack of the Xinjiang team.
In terms of starters, the starting five tigers of the Liaoning team are Zhao Jiwei, Yan Shouqi, Zhang Zhenlin, Fu Hao, and Moreland; The Xinjiang team sent Jones, Wu Guanxi, Yu Dehao, Abdul Salamu, and Qi Lin.
In the 12 minutes of the first quarter, the Xinjiang team was in the lead for 11 minutes and 40 seconds. In the opening stage, the Xinjiang team resolutely accelerated the counterattack to grab the start, and the Liaoning team fell into headwinds 3-11 at the beginning. Zhao Jiwei stopped the bleeding with three points, and after Fogg and Han Dejun came off the bench, the Liaoning team equalized with a wave of climax. After that, Wiggington helped the Xinjiang team to a slight lead. At the end of the first quarter, Li Xiaoxu pressed the whistle and scored two points, and the Liaoning team overtook 7-0, 32-31. In the second quarter, the Xinjiang team continued to increase its intensity, and began to consume hand-to-hand combat from the backcourt, and the Liaoning team still lagged behind in the first half of the quarter. But in the second half of the second quarter, the Xinjiang team's offense was a disaster, many empty positions and even empty baskets did not score, the Liaoning team played a climax under the leadership of Fergus, Fu Hao pressed the whistle for three points, and the Liaoning team led 57-46 to end the half.
In the third quarter, the Xinjiang team took Crick, but the effect was not obvious, and the Liaoning team opened a 15-point difference to stop the Xinjiang team. After Qiu Biao suspended the adjustment, the two sides entered a tug-of-war, and Yu Dehao hit a three-pointer to bring the difference back to single digits. Two three-pointers from Li Huyi and Zhao Jiwei helped Liaoning lead 77-67 into the final quarter. In the final quarter, the Liaoning team was overtaken by Xinjiang in the first half of the game with a wave of 15-3, and the suspense of the game increased sharply. Fogg stopped the bleeding and equalized, and the two sides entered the final showdown. Zhang Zhenlin, who was silent for a whole game, hit a key three points, Fu Hao 2+1, and the Liaoning team instantly stabilized the situation. At the critical moment, the Xinjiang team missed consecutive shots, Huang Rongqi and Wiggington even missed two consecutive free throws, and Fu Hao scored three points in the bottom corner to lock up the win. In the end, the Liaoning team narrowly won 97-86.
The process of this game really shocked the Liaoning team and Liaoning fans in a cold sweat, the Liaoning team once led by 15 points, and everyone thought it was stable before the end of the quarter. However, in the first half of the final quarter, the Liaoning team was almost punished by the Xinjiang team for lax thinking, but fortunately, many players of the Liaoning team had 4 consecutive years of finals experience, and they quickly adjusted to win. Fogg scored a game-high 34 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and was the biggest contributor to the Liaoning team. Fergus, who has been questioned for a season, finally showed the strength of the championship foreign aid in the high-end game. Jones's score surpassed Zhu Fangyu and came to third in history, but unfortunately he failed to lead the team to victory, and the milestone became sad.
After this game, the Liaoning team took a big 2-0 lead. In the history of the CBA playoffs for more than 20 years, only the Shenzhen team in the 18-19 season has completed a big reversal when it is 0-2 behind, and the probability of leading 2-0 in the finals and finally winning the championship is 100%, so the Liaoning team has occupied the absolute opportunity to win the championship. However, until the last moment, the champagne can never be opened in advance, and in the next G3 and G4, the Liaoning team will go to Urumqi to challenge the devil's home stadium of the Xinjiang team, and the difficulty will be even greater. Therefore, everyone should be fully prepared for difficulties.