A month ago, the Jiyang Sports Center was unprecedented, the CBA Finals Liaoyue War, so far the drums seem to be still in the ears, Zhuji night is as cool as water, the crown has been divided, slowly bid farewell to the season, and cherish the Guangsha that is not willing to let go, from then on Xi Shi's hometown, I don't know when to see you again.
Located in Jiyang College of Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Jiyang Sports Center was completed and opened in June 2014 with 6,077 spectator seats and only more than 70 kilometers from Xiaoshan International Airport. In the 20-21 season, this is both the home of Guangsha and the main venue of the league centralized tournament system, after the home team Guangsha was out, Jiyang Sports Center witnessed Guangdong win the eleventh crown, and then gloriously completed a great journey for a season.
Guangsha's original home stadium was the Hangzhou Gymnasium, later known as the Guangsha Gymnasium, which was a landmark building in Hangzhou built in 1966 and could accommodate more than 5,000 people, and has been used as the team's home stadium since its establishment in 2005. In 2018, Guangsha reached the grand finals in a historic way, and its home stadium was also here, and it served the team for a total of 13 years.
At the end of the 17-18 season, guangsha gymnasium needed to be upgraded to host the boxing matches of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, and most of the venues in Hangzhou that could meet the requirements of the CBA were also serving the Asian Games, so Guangsha decided to move its home stadium to Jiyang Sports Center in the 18-19 season, as early as the 15-16 season, Guangsha had set up an excessive venue here.
After more than a decade, Zhuji finally embraced the CBA team again.
In 2000, the State General Administration of Sport named the first batch of 8 "National Basketball Cities", including Zhuji City in Zhejiang Province, Fuxin in Liaoning Province, Luwan District in Shanghai, and Putian in Fujian Province. Zhuji can be called a major gold medal city in the CBA, the league's veteran team Zhejiang Wanma has been home here for several consecutive years since the 00-01 season, the ball market is very hot, but in the 03-04 season, Zhuji has lost the reputation of this gold medal ball city.
On December 10, 2003, during the match between Wanma and Jiangsu, there were throwing debris, blocking the away team and rioting in the stadium, and after being warned by league criticism, in the december 27 game against Bayi, another fan threw mineral water bottles and debris to the venue, which caused the game to be interrupted. On December 31, 2003, the Basketball Management Center issued a document canceling the home qualification of Zhuji Division, and since then, Zhuji has lost their team, and it is Hangzhou that has replaced Zhuji to welcome Wanma.
Since then, Zhuji has waited for a full 12 years, and on December 30, 2015, the Jiyang Sports Center was built and used a year ago with more than 80% attendance, and Guangsha used it as a home field to meet the visiting Shanghai. Shouting, cheering, one after another, Shanghai's Liu Xiaoyu won the lead on the road, the vietnam war became more and more courageous, the substitute played 8 of 11 three points, bombed 44 points, which is still his career single-game scoring record, the home team Guangsha is in danger under the ferocious firepower.
At the critical moment, Wang Zheng of Guangsha played 2+1, Lin Zhijie made two free throws, and Zhuji won the first home defense victory.
Guangsha played 6 home games in Zhuji in the 15-16 regular season, and has since returned to Hangzhou. In the second game of the 17-18 finals, Liu Zheng, who scored 32 points, made two free throws and one hit a tie at a crucial moment, Courtney Fortson was blocked, and Guangsha was dragged into overtime by Liaoning at the home Hangzhou Gymnasium, which was Guangsha's last game in Hangzhou. After the finals, the team decided to officially move its home stadium to the Jiyang Sports Center.
However, after coming to Zhuji, the ambitious Guangsha failed to make great progress, and in the 18-19 season, the record could only rank 6th in the league, and the home record changed from 16 wins and 3 losses in the previous year to 16 wins and 7 losses. On March 31, 2019, the third game of the semi-finals, Guangsha has fallen behind Xinjiang 0-2, returned to the home, life hanging on the line, the half was 7 points behind, lin Zhijie broke out in the second half, and then hit the key three points in the last moment, Guangsha won back a city at home.
Playing for Guangsha for 10 years, that is Lin Zhijie's last season, "Treasure Island Beast" joined Guangsha at the age of 27, conquering fans step by step, and finally becoming the soul of the team. After he gradually entered the twilight years, in fact, Guangsha could not find his successor, Liu Zheng, Sun Minghui, Zhao Yanhao, these outside players seem to be less of his ferocity, can not really interpret the meaning of the fierce lion totem.
At the moment when the team needed it, the 37-year-old veteran scored five three-pointers, a team-high 27 points, while also having 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, providing Guangsha with the last precious victory. On April 2, 2019, Guangsha was eliminated by Xinjiang at the Jiyang Sports Center, and the veteran scored a total of 11 three-pointers in the first two playoff games, but he averaged 44 minutes per game, and he could not continue to be magical, and who can resist the invasion of the years?
In the final battle, Lin Zhijie scored only 9 points on 5 of 5 three-pointers, and his ten-year CBA career was helplessly ended because of league rules. Not having a championship is the biggest regret of his career, but saying goodbye to the cheers and retention of the home fans may be his best ending. Fortunately, two years later, Lin Zhijie has not left the stadium, and this year he continues his basketball story in the newly created P+ League.
On April 19, 2021, Guangsha lost to Liaoning, which was their last battle at this home.
Guangsha won first and then lost, and was tragically overturned by Liaoning in the third quarter, the story is like in 2018, whether it is in the Guangsha Gymnasium or the Jiyang Sports Center, they failed to beat Liaoning in the playoffs. After the match, Guangsha announced that after coming to Zhuji at home for three years, the next season will return to the renovated Hangzhou.
In the past three years, Guangsha has all reached the playoffs, played in the semifinals, reached the quarterfinals, and has a home record of 48 wins and 24 losses. Guangsha is not so lucky in three years, repeatedly because of foreign aid and into crisis, the original overall lineup showed an upward momentum of Guangsha was greatly impacted, after Lin Zhijie left, the team has always been looking for and exercising the real backbone, looking forward to ushering in a new climax.
When guangsha came, there were champion coach Li Chunjiang, there was the team soul Lin Zhijie, there was the glory of the finals, there was also the rising star Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Yanhao, who was confused, and Sun Minghui, who was waiting for the opportunity. When they left, Li Chunjiang and Lin Zhijie had become a thing of the past, but the three young men of Guangsha had their own fame, and if the biggest regret was that Zhu Ji's trip failed to touch the finals again.
Although Guangsha has regrets, Zhuji has made up for the city's fans in another way.
Affected by the epidemic, the 20-21 season of the CBA League settled in Zhuji, guangsha's home and yang sports center, although it failed to witness the home team to create glory again, they became the home of the league team in a few months. Years later, the best star Zhang Zhenlin will remember where his career began, the most improved player Gao Shiyan will remember the turning point of his career, the regular season MVP Wu Qian will count his glory, as for the three-time champion Guangdong and the best coach Du Feng of Sanlianzhuang, the South China Tiger Eleven Crown Tour is full of gas.
Zhuji, one of the first basketball cities in China, set two Guinness World Records in 2011 for "holding the largest basketball event at the same time, Zhuji City's '100,000-person Basketball Game'" and "County-level city with the most standard basketball courts - 2232 basketball courts". In the past season, it has warmed all the people gathered here with enthusiasm, achieved success and retired, and the history of the league will always record the story of the 20-21 season here, fighting the epidemic together and living up to its love.
In the story of a farewell, the Jiyang Sports Center is waiting again, and then returning to the CBA does not know whether it is spring or autumn.