The 2021-22 new CBA regular season continues, and a focus battle is fiercely contested between the championship-winning Liaoning men's basketball team and the big dark horse Guangzhou men's basketball team. In the end, the more powerful Liaoning team won the opening red with the outstanding performance of Han Dejun, Li Xiaoxu, Zhao Jiwei and other main players to defeat the Guangzhou team 107-89 without suspense. It is worth mentioning that Li Xiaoxu, the core of the Liaoning team in this game, finally played in the regular season again after a gap of 450 days.
In this game, the main players of the Liaoning team can enter the rhythm of the game early without looking for a state at all. According to statistics, Li Xiaoxu easily scored 9 points and 8 rebounds in the first game. In addition, potential rising star Zhang Zhenlin slashed 19 points and 7 rebounds, Fu Hao angrily scored 17 points and 8 rebounds, Han Dejun contributed 15 points and 14 rebounds, Zhao Jiwei had 12 points and 16 assists, and Cong Mingchen also scored 12 points. In contrast, Guangzhou's main player Zhu Mingzhen bombed 15 points and 5 rebounds, and Chen Yingjun had 14 points and 8 assists. However, the gap in strength between the Guangzhou team and the Liaoning team is still visible to the naked eye.
In fact, the Liaoning team is already in a state of championship in this game. Judging from the game, the two biggest problems of the Liaoning team in the new season have basically been perfectly solved. On the one hand, Liaoning's main striker Li Xiaoxu has finally ushered in a resurrection. Judging from Li Xiaoxu's state of this game, his personal offensive and defensive dominance is still the strongest No. 4 player in the league. On the other hand, although the inside Han Dejun is gradually getting older, he still maintains a very good state and physical fitness. The stability and resurrection of the two main forces in the interior line are the biggest lower guarantee for the new season of Liaoning team.
As we all know, Liaoning team only finished second in the previous two seasons in the finals 1-2 defeat to Guangdong. In the new season, liaoning team will continue to challenge the supremacy of Guangdong team with the growth of Zhang Zhenlin. For Liaoning, the disadvantages on the front line have always been a huge hidden danger that cannot be solved in these two seasons. Zhang Zhenlin's emergence may be able to bridge the gap with Guangdong's Zhou Peng in the No. 3 position, but there has been no main player in the No. 4 position who can be compared with Ren Junfei, and Fu Hao's dominance on the defensive end is difficult to suppress the Guangdong team.
If Li Xiaoxu can be revived with full blood, then the Liaoning team will have the capital to call the Guangdong team in the position of the big forward. In this match against Guangzhou, Liaoning's inner line of Han Dejun and Li Xiaoxu are still the biggest focus. Han Dejun's steady play on the inside line has allowed the Liaoning team to always occupy a leading position. Li Xiaoxu's defense not only supplemented the overall defense line of the Liaoning team's No. 4 position, but also provided a good co-defense for the No. 3 position of the front line. Therefore, Li Xiaoxu and Han Dejun can play a dominant force, which is the biggest key for the Liaoning team to suppress the Guangdong team.
In summary, the lower limit of this Liaoning team is indeed very high, and the overall strength has even officially surpassed the defending champion Guangdong team.