On October 26, Beijing time, the CBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, Shandong men's basketball team against Jilin men's basketball team, the first half of the two teams tightly bit the score, Shandong half won a 5-point advantage. Shandong broke out in the third quarter to open up the point difference and finally defeated Jilin 93-87 to win two consecutive wins. Gao Shiyan got a double-double with 13 points and 17 assists in this campaign, equaling the career-highest number of assists, and Gao Shiyan has delivered a total of 31 assists in the last two games, making him the league's top passer.
The two teams have had exactly the same trend before, winning in the first round, then suffering two consecutive defeats, and ending the losing streak at the same time in the last round, with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses. Both teams performed average against the stronger teams, with both of the opponents won being weaker. In this game, the duel between Ding Yanyuhang and Jiang Yuxing is a major attraction, and the styles of the two are very similar.
Ding Yanyu hang entered the first two consecutive games, and he showed a very good outside feel in the first quarter, hitting two three-pointers in a short period of time, and Shandong played a 12-5 start. Jilin's Dai Huaibo felt hot, and in the first quarter he shot 12 points in 4 shots, and Jilin clenched the score, trailing by only 1 point in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the two teams still clenched the score, the point difference was always small, Jilin Erjiang's feel was bad, and Shandong gained a 5-point advantage in the half.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Shandong took the lead and played a wave of 10-3, and the point difference soon came to double digits. Jilin's offense came to a standstill, Shandong continued to expand its advantage, Gao Shiyan scored quickly, and Shandong led 16 points 64-48 to stop Jilin. The suspension came back, Jilin continued to chase points, and Shandong also quickly called a timeout. Shandong quickly stabilized the situation, and the point difference reached more than 20 points. With 3 minutes left in the quarter, Jiao Hailong was pushed to the knee and fell to the ground in pain when he landed, and then was replaced. Shandong entered the fourth quarter with an 18-point advantage.
In the last quarter of the game, the Shandong men's basketball team continued to expand its advantage, once leading by 24 points, Jilin frantically chased points in the middle of the last quarter, once narrowing the point difference to about 10 points, but the Shandong men's basketball team still seized the opportunity and finally defeated Jilin and won two consecutive victories. In this game, Shandong had 6 people score in double figures, Tao Hanlin and Gao Shiyan both got two double-doubles, Ding Yanyu hang shot 4 three-pointers to get 14 points, and Chen Peidong and Qiao Wenhan also scored in double figures. However, the Shandong men's basketball team also paid a relatively large price, Jiao Hailong and Liu Guancen were injured and left the field, and the specific injuries of the two were still waiting for the results of the examination.
The biggest contributor to Shandong's victory is undoubtedly Gao Shiyan, who scored 13 points and sent 17 assists, and 7 rebounds, equaling the career-high number of assists, plus 14 assists in the last game, Gao Shiyan has delivered 31 assists in the last two games, and has become the league's first-class pie feeding master. In the first 5 games, Gao Shiyan averaged 9.8 assists per game, ranking fifth in the assist list.