Coach Yang Xuezeng coached Shanxi for the third time, the three Jins rekindled the flames, and the iconic voice belonging to the CBA's craziest devil home seemed to have sounded at the Shanxi Sports Center, making him a fuss!
Shanxi men's basketball team changes coaches such as changing clothes, but it is extremely careful and restrained in the home turnover, Shanxi Sports Center has been home for 7 years, and the head coach who has been coached for the longest time in the history of the team has only insisted on two seasons. Sanjin fans love basketball so deeply, almost madly, that it has never been a place of calm.
Speaking of the history of the Shanxi team, it goes back to 2001, Renhe Group established the Henan Renhe Men's Basketball Team, which was promoted from the Second Division to the First Division B in the Zhengzhou Shengda College Gymnasium that year, because Renhe invested in the establishment of a new factory in Quwo, Shanxi, and relocated to Shanxi Yujin. The team lost to Orshin in 2002, missed an opportunity for promotion, and has been in league with A B ever since.
After Renhe left, Henan's other professional team at the time, Henan Hongli, which was managed by the Henan Provincial Sports Bureau, won the First Division B championship in 2003 and successfully entered the CBA. Before the start of the 04-05 season, Henan was the only team in the league that did not establish a professional club and did not have a corporate title, and by the beginning of June, Renhe Group bought out and Henan Renhe landed on the CBA.
Zhengzhou Lokomotiv Stadium, Henan Renhe's first home in the league.
Built in November 1984, Lokomotiv Isiterotiv is a comprehensive gymnasium with a capacity of 3,300 people, completed in 1985, the same year, the first National Youth Games were held in Zhengzhou. The Henan men's basketball team used this place as the starting point of the professional league, but it only stayed for more than half a season, and on January 14, 2005, Henan played its last home here.
Henan Jigang bought the naming rights of Henan team for 2 million yuan in the 04-05 season, and later in the season, Henan's home stadium moved to Jiyuan Basketball Hall. Jiyuan Basketball City was completed at that time and became the home of the Henan women's basketball team, the strong support of Jiyuan City made the home change of the Henan men's basketball team become a matter of course, it turns out that Jiyuan City does have a vision, even if the men's basketball team leaves Henan in the future, a new Henan Jigang has remained here.
In the 2005-06 season, Henan used two more home games, in addition to the 5,500-seat Jiyuan Basketball Gymnasium, the 6,000-seat Luoyang New District Gymnasium undertook half of the home games. Since Renhe entered the host, fans have worried that the men's basketball team will eventually "marry" Shanxi like women's table tennis, and sure enough, in 2006, the men's basketball team really left.
The merger of the Henan men's basketball team and Shanxi Yujin, who has been playing in Jia B before, and changed its name to Shanxi Zhongyu, is the real beginning of the Shanxi men's basketball team today. Xu Changsuo, one of the five tigers in Shandong, was the first head coach of the Shanxi men's basketball team, and the average age of the entire team was only 22 years old at that time. Although the transfer to Shanxi was smooth, it was not without problems, a year later, Wang Lei, the number one star of Shanxi, From Henan, transferred to Bayi, and his personnel ownership was one of the problems in the team's migration, and Renhe's defeat in the lawsuit could only bear the bitter fruit.
The founder of the Shanxi men's basketball team is the famous football fanatic Wang Xingjiang.
Obsessed with basketball, Wang Xingjiang and his Zhongyu Group were Internet celebrities in the basketball circle of that era, and it was he who ran the company in Quwo and brought the Henan team to Shanxi. In order to complete his basketball dream, Wang Xingjiang spent thousands of dollars in Shanxi, but unfortunately, he liked to meddle in the affairs of the team too much, and Shanxi later became a recognized coach "graveyard" in the industry.
Wang Xingjiang's love of basketball also ignited Shanxi fans, and over time, the devil's home stadium was about to come out. The west bank of the Fenhe River, the west of Yifen Bridge, the Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center Gymnasium accommodates the jubilation of the Shanxi men's basketball team, started construction in 1994, and was completed in 1998, this gymnasium has 4287 fixed seats, 1044 activity seats, various facilities are complete, and has held a variety of national competitions.
On October 13, 2006, the Riverside Sports Center ushered in the first CBA, but the number one star Sam Gaode was in no form and lost to Xinjiang. Interestingly, Shanxi did not win its first victory against Xinjiang until 2011, but in the next 5 years, Xinjiang won a victory at home in Shanxi, and it was not until Xinjiang's championship season that it broke the spell with a 3-point victory.
Zhongyu's life in Shanxi was not good, starting the 06-07 season with 10 consecutive defeats, until November 1, 2006, when he won the first victory at the Binhe Sports Center in Honghe, Yunnan. In the first two seasons, Shanxi's record was not good, only 5 wins and 25 losses in the 07-08 season, the bottom of the league, but the bosses Wang Xingjiang and Shanxi were not discouraged, but they made a big move.
That summer, Shanxi general manager Zhang Beihai invited American coach Bob Weiss, the first head coach in the history of the CBA to really coach an NBA team, and the old coach believed that the team should speed up, and also laid the element of "running bomb" for Shanxi. Shanxi also signed Wei Mingliang, a famous player from Taiyuan University of Technology, who helped Taili reach the CUBA finals for the first time that year, which made Zhongyu truly transform into Shanxi's own team.
An even more spectacular move occurred in December 2008, when Bunch-Wells parachuted into Taiyuan.
With the 11th pick in the first round in 1998 and scoring in double figures for six consecutive seasons at the peak, Yao Ming's former Rockets teammate, Wells was the biggest foreign player in the CBA at the time, and his arrival made fans begin to marvel at the energy of Shanxi. Wells, who scored 48 quasi-triple-doubles on his debut, made Shanxi fans want to see the style, but the Riverfront Sports Center did not catch up.
Since the Riverside Sports Center was used as another way, in the 08-09 season, the gymnasium of Shanxi University of Finance and Economics became the new home of the team. The 90 million-dollar stadium, which could accommodate 6,000 people, was one of the largest basketball stadiums in North China at the time, and also coincided with general manager Zhang Beihai's "promotion year" strategy mentioned before the season.
On December 28, 2008, the Stadium was full, and Wells's home debut made the highest ticket price to an unbelievable five or six thousand yuan. Facing Liu Yudong, the god of war, that night, Wells was full of firepower, scoring 8 three-pointers, cutting 52 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals, which was the first 50+ of his CBA career, especially in overtime to score 11 points and close the victory, which was really a domineering side leak.
People use the "stick effect" to define Wells's CBA career, averaging 34.3 points, 8.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.8 steals per game, and Shanxi became famous for a time. Unfortunately, he only played 14 times in total, and then left in a hurry, Shanxi season 26 wins and 24 losses, ranking 10th, Caida Gymnasium did not qualify for the playoffs to break.
The influence of big-name foreign aid makes Shanxi continue to try next.
In the 09-10 season, former Rockets player Morris Taylor joined, and in the second half of the season, the bigger former NBA All-Star "Lone Wolf" Marbury flew to Taiyuan. On January 31, 2010, thousands of fans quietly waited for Marbury to appear at the Riverside Sports Center, which was the beginning of the CBA legendary foreign aid, but in the last moment he passed the ball to Taylor, and the result was a failed defeat, regrettably losing to Dongguan.
Marbury, who has just arrived in the CBA, has shown his passing skills, averaging a career-high of 9.5 assists per game, but in the end, it takes time to adapt to the different waters and soils, and Marbury and Shanxi are not compatible. More than a month later, in the home match against Bayi, Marbury missed two free throws in the last 6 seconds, and his fate with Shanxi ended here.
Marbury and Taylor only won 10 games, and Shanxi won the flow and lost the record. Before the start of the 10-11 season, boss Wang Xingjiang and general manager Zhang Beihai decided to change their minds and storm the playoffs, going to Jilin to move Zhang Aijun and Gao Shumin to enter the customs, and the two also brought Yu Changdong and others. But did not think, the failure came very quickly, after 7 rounds, the two resigned.
The troubled Shanxi invited former Dongguan New Century coach Yang Xuezeng in the middle of the season, which brought a turnaround to the team. Shanxi, which won 2 wins and 11 losses in the first half, won 13 and lost 6 in the second half, ranking 9th in the league and almost breaking into the playoffs. Wang Xingjiang seems to see the hope of success, and in the summer of 2011, Shanxi signed Fujian assist Wang Xiaoming and Guangdong rising star Ren Junwei to loan Xinjiang striker Kolan Baike.
Such a heavy reinforcement is not the headline of Shanxi, and their target is Kobe Bryant.
Now the popular NBA superstar Kobe Bryant joined Shanxi, in fact, it is indeed speculation, Wang Xingjiang first met with him in Kobe China, and then, despite the basketball association's "NBA players with contracts can not join", announced that Kobe Bryant signed only a nod to the basketball association. At that time, this did seem to have a board and an eye, coupled with the big strokes of Shanxi in the past few years, people dared to believe that maybe they really could.
Without Kobe, it doesn't prevent the Riverfront Sports Center from ushering in a dream season. Charles Gannings and Marcus Williams "pants combination" debuted brilliantly, on January 13, 2012, Shanxi home to Beijing, 3 points narrowly won, on February 12, the double foreign aid home occasion scored 72 points, Lu Xiaoming 11 points, 11 assists and 5 steals, Shanxi team history for the first time to beat Guangdong.
In that season's regular season, Beijing and Guangdong lost at the Binhe Sports Center, Shanxi ranked third in the league with 20 wins and 12 losses, and the team's history reached the playoffs for the first time. On February 24, 2012, Shanxi ushered in the home debut of the playoffs, and in the last moment, Pan Jiang, who was the manager of Shanxi last season, made two free throws and one shot, Charles made a basket to end the game, and Shanxi fans waited for 6 years to finally smell the fragrance of playoff victory at home.
All the preparation is only for the semi-final battle, Shanxi regular season home 14 wins and 2 losses, the league's second best home record, "make him" has been shouted in the league, fanatical fans seem to be dueling with opponents every game, some fans even hesitate to go crazy on the edge of violation, the bad three Jin land, let the Riverside Sports Center become the devil's home of all teams shaking their heads.
Meet the narrow road of Beijing, and have a new vendetta with Marbury.
In the first semi-final of the Riverfront Sports Center, Williams scored 40 points against Marbury's 42 points, a thrilling scoring battle, the Devils' home show of power again, and Marbury was still as bad as two years ago. But the playoff Shougang home is also not easy to mess with, Shanxi two away games all lost, the fourth game back to the home, the conflict resumed, Marbury landed when an elbow opened Kolan's brow bone, almost detonated the scene.
With 20 seconds left in the game, Randolph Morris knocked down Williams after blocking, his feet smashing right in his face, and the uncool Shanxi fans finally exploded. Flying mineral water bottles, let the game was interrupted for up to 5 minutes, Zhang Xuewen stood up to stop the fans' irrational behavior, the game was able to continue, Williams finally hit two free throws, Beijing missed the kill in the panic, and won another round at home, leaving the series until a life-and-death battle.
Binhe Sports Center and Shanxi fans did everything they could, Shanxi held the home stadium, the league in order to calm the two sides, even postponed the final battle for a few days, Shanxi finally failed to break through the same imposing Shougang home, one step away from the finals. That is the best memory of Shanxi so far, the most lively victory of the Riverside Sports Center.
After that, Shanxi was no longer brilliant, and in the next season, Coach Yang Xuezeng left, Williams was banned in the middle of the game, and in 2013, the boss Wang Xingjiang was forced to sell the team, and the Shanxi men's basketball team was almost moved by North Control. Loyal Shanxi fans expressed their love for the team in various ways, and in the end, Fenjiu Group took over and left the team in Shanxi, but some changes inevitably came.
In the summer of 2014, the Shanxi Sports Center Gymnasium became the team's new home stadium.
As early as 2011, the stadium that can accommodate 8,000 people was built shortly after the construction, Shanxi had come to warm up, but considering the geographical location and rent, it did not put the main stadium here. Before the arrival of the men's basketball team, the Shanxi women's basketball team and Maya-Moore reached the WCBA two consecutive championships here and are chasing the triple crown dynasty. When Fenjiu took over, Shanxi first moved the training ground out of the dilapidated factory base in Xiwenzhuang Village, which was once considered to be the worst training base in the league adjacent to the pig farm.
Shanxi media once used "into the city" to describe the relocation, Fenjiu was eager to try, signed back the meritorious coach Yang Xuezeng, and won the rocket's old Feng Weaver, the Lakers' old Jeremy Taylor and Saeed-playoff guarantee - Abbas. Shanxi Sports Center this season 17 wins and 2 losses in the league second, only lost to Liaoyue, after losing to Guangdong at the end of November, did not taste a defeat until the playoffs.
On February 6, 2015, the Shanxi Sports Center ushered in the first game of the playoffs, And Yang's "running boom" was once again threatening, and Shanxi once led by as many as 26 points shortly after the start of the second half, and the fans seemed to open the dome of the stadium. But the wind and clouds suddenly changed, Qingdao counterattacked vigorously, chasing 1 point in the last 34 seconds, Weaver missed three points, Luo Xudong played 2+1 in 13 seconds, Duan Jiangpeng desperately lost three points, and Shanxi suffered a major reversal.
Shanxi, which lost its home stadium, seemed to have lost its soul, losing two consecutive games away from home and being eliminated miserably. Shanxi Fenjiu, who missed the key battle, performed mediocrely in the following seasons, always hovering in the playoff competition area, until 2018, when SDIC succeeded Fenjiu as the new owner of Shanxi, Wang Fei joined the club, and returned to the playoffs after 5 years in the 19-20 season.
Shanxi's home stadium is not only noisy, but also has a warm side.
On October 21, 2018, the re-departure of Shanxi Guotou greeted the first round of the competition at the Shanxi Sports Center, and between the halftimes, Zhang Xuewen, a meritorious veteran, stood in the center of the venue in a suit and leather shoes, and thousands of fans gave endless applause. 16 years ago came to the team, from the Henan Renhe era to play the team for 13 seasons veterans, witnessed the black curtain open, the No. 33 jersey slowly unveiled, the former soldiers in the battle armor, the current Dynasty wine long shirt, personnel rush, the most wonderful thing is to be looked up.
The things in the rivers and lakes have been disturbed, and the home field in Shanxi has never been calm, whether it is the Binhe Sports Center or the Shanxi Sports Center, the name of the devil's home stadium seems to have never left. Shanxi has eaten more than one million fines due to various incidents such as stadium conflicts in the past ten years, which is naturally insufficient, civilized arena, and showing love within the law is the greatest contribution to the home team.
But looking back, the reason why Shanxi can have the devil's home field has a great relationship with the operation of the club, and wang Xingjiang, the owner of basketball in the early days, and Zhang Beihai, the general manager who is good at operating hype, is keen to sign big-name stars and always maintains the heat. The team signed a Taili star and other ways, but also helped the team to integrate into the three Jin, and finally created an extraordinary stadium atmosphere, a team that is not so good at the team the ball market is always hot, not simple, "make him", this symbol of strong regional culture is the best summary of Shanxi basketball.
As soon as "make him" came out, the away team was shocked, the home team was hot-blooded, and the power of the devil's home field did not know when to see him again.