Zhuji, Zhejiang, October 17 (Xinhua) -- The new CBA (China Men's Basketball Professional League) that has just been formed this season, Ningbo Fubon, completed its season debut on the 17th, facing the strong Shanxi team, Ningbo team and the opponent stalemated for 3 quarters, and finally lost 92:105.
In July this year, through the joint efforts of Ningbo Municipal Sports Bureau and Ningbo Fubon Holding Group, "Ningbo Fubon Men's Basketball Club Co., Ltd." was registered and established in a short period of time. In a very short period of time, the Ningbo team completed the whole process from player recruitment, coaching team formation, training to competition. Head coach Li Ke was quite emotional about this process: "Our team from no to the establishment, to the competition, I have the impression (CBA League) has not been so fast, in fact, we trained for less than a month to come to the division. The biggest difficulty is that they have never played together, from all over the world, and there must be a process of getting to know each other. ”
Ningbo player Wang Xuan (right) breaks through during the match on October 17. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Guansen
The average age of the CBA new team is only 22 years old, facing experienced opponents, the young Ningbo players did not shy away from the stage, and began to attack the opponent at the beginning, and the first quarter was 28:28 to the opponent. In the third quarter, Ningbo only trailed their opponents by 5 points. In the fourth quarter, the two sides continued to fight, and the Shanxi team relied on the advantage of the inside line to play a small climax in the final stage of the game and won the game with difficulty.
Ningbo guard Li Bairun scored 26 points on 6-of-10 shooting from three-point range. Regarding the performance, he said: "This is our first CBA game, the rebounding is not good, the hard work is not bad, I hope we can play a game of improvement." ”
On October 17, Ningbo player Xiao Tian (top right) shot a basketball in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Guansen
Ningbo team trailed their opponents sharply in rebounding 36:49. Four members of the Ningbo team scored "upper doubles", captain Zhang Biao scored 18 points, and Ma Zhenxiang and Han Delong scored 17 points and 14 points respectively.
Li Ke said that the team's goal has always been to play spirit and style. He expressed satisfaction with the team's debut. "We played this game with a learning attitude, and our players played hard, and that kind of hard work was reflected in the defense. We lost too many rebounds in this game, and the control of the situation on the court needs to be improved during the stalemate. Overall, we are more satisfied, spelled out what should be done, the next step we will improve the team, improve the team's offensive deficiencies. Li Ke said.
On the 19th, Ningbo will usher in the next opponent Xinjiang team.
Editors: Zhang Yueshan, Huang Xuguo, Zhao Jiantong, Lin Shengkuo (Intern)