Urumqi Evening News All Media News (reporter Ma Lei) The new CBA championship Xinjiang men's basketball team, the National Games set a history to win the runner-up, before the test of the new season of the CBA League, the journey of the defending men's basketball AFC Champions League is waiting for the Flying Tigers.
On September 22, the Xinjiang men's basketball team opened the 26th Asian Basketball Club Championship Tournament held in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, as the top event of Asian regional basketball clubs, whether the Xinjiang men's basketball team can defend its title, continuous competition is a big impact on the team.
The strongest enemy holds the hands of the four powers
At present, 10 teams are locked up in the competition, namely the defending champion Xinjiang, the Chinese Taipei SBL champion Dahin in East Asia, the Astana in Central Asia, dubai Al Ahli in the Gulf region, the Indian oil team in South Asia, the Bangkok MONO vampire team in Southeast Asia, and the Beirut Al Riyadh, Iranian petrochemical team, Ramallah and Philippine United in West Asia.
Astana, Bangkok MONO Vampires, Iran Petrochemical, Ramallah and Philippines were assigned to Group A, while Xinjiang, Dubai Al Ahli, Beirut Al Riyadh, Chinese Taipei Dashin and Petro India were in Group B. Depending on the format, each group will compete in a single round robin, with points to determine the top four to advance to the quarterfinals. The 8 teams then play cross-elimination matches until the final winner is decided.
As the runner-up of the previous edition, Al riyadh lost to Xinjiang in the final, and this time they brought in strong reinforcements in the hope of winning the championship.
Four players from the team's 11-man squad have played in last year's AFC Champions League, including Abdul Al Noor, Amir Sayd, Ali Hadar and Vaer Araki. It is worth mentioning that these four players are also active Lebanese national players, representing the team in the just-concluded 2017 Men's Basketball Asian Cup.
Alria also signed Quincy Dolby, who used to play for Xinjiang, and Dante Green, a former Rockets player who also played for the CBA Dongguan team, which means that the team completely abandoned the two major foreign players Aminu and Spencer who participated in the AFC Champions League last year. Of the three foreign players, Daniels led the team to the championship last season and averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds per game; Dolby played in the Turkish League last season, averaging 17 points per game, with a three-point shooting rate of 42 percent; and Dante Green played for the Dominican LNB League, averaging 18.5 points and 5 rebounds per game.
As the highest level of basketball club competition in Asia, this year's basketball AFC Champions League will gather the top teams and stars in Asia, Asia's first small forward Hadib will lead beirut Al Riyadh team to play, Iran Petrochemical Team has many international players such as The new generation core of the Iranian national team, Such as Sakhakian, and stars such as Singh, known as "India Yao Ming", and james White, a former NBA dunk maniac, are also expected to participate again.
These players have become opponents when they meet again
The AFC Champions League of Basketball is a stage for the top clubs in Asia to compete, and each participating team is also going all out to compete for the honor of their respective clubs and their own leagues. Former CBA killers Quincy Dolby, Willie Warren, Su Yijie and other players, national team players from all over the world will appear on the field of this basketball AFC Champions League.
For the Xinjiang team, there are two players in the opponent this time that have to say.
Quincy Dolby, who once played for Xinjiang and is known as the god of the CBA, scored 75 points in a single game in the CBA league, and now he is 33 years old, and he will represent Lebanon Al Riyadh in this year's AFC Champions League.
For Dolby, the most brilliant years were spent in Xinjiang, in the 2010-11 season, Dolby represented Xinjiang averaging 35.7 minutes per game to score 32 points, the performance was amazing, the first game of the finals with Guangdong, Dolby shot 16 of 31, slashed 53 points and 11 rebounds, leading Xinjiang to achieve a good start.
After leaving Xinjiang, Dolby played for Zhejiang, Shanghai and Tianjin. In the 2012-13 season, he averaged 31.6 points per game, 28.8 points per game in the 2012-13 season, and by 2014-15, he could still average 30.9 points per game. It can be seen that with the passage of time, Dolby is still majestic.
There is another player, Su Yijie, who has played for Xinjiang, who has averaged 1.4 points, 0.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in the year he played for Xinjiang. Although the young Su Yijie's data at that time was not remarkable, su Yijie, who played for the Chinese Taipei Daxin team last season, not only helped Daxin win the league championship, but also was elected MVP of the SBL finals. Its strength cannot be underestimated.
Fight the AFC Champions League again Xinjiang must play a tenacious style
With the "Adams + Brache" CBA's first foreign aid combination, Li Gen, Abdul Salam, Wang Zirui, Yu Changdong and many other national players, for the Xinjiang men's basketball team, they have only one goal, that is, to win the championship again.
After ending the final stage of the National Games, on the 9th, the Xinjiang men's basketball team returned to Urumqi from Tianjin, and after a short rest and adjustment, the team regrouped to prepare for the upcoming basketball AFC Champions League game.
Taking advantage of the gap between the team's participation in the National Games, Li Gen, the main striker of the Xinjiang team, went to the United States for personal training, and has now begun to return with the team training, and the two foreign aides in the team, Adams, have arrived in Urumqi in the early morning of the 18th, and Brache is also about to return.
Not long ago, the Xinjiang team announced a list of 12 people participating in the Basketball AFC Champions League, and in this list, He Jingjia, who once played for the Xinjiang Youth Team, has now registered with the Jiangsu Tongxi Men's Basketball Team for the new season of CBA, which also means that he will not represent the Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team in the Basketball AFC Champions League.
Speaking about this year's AFC Champions League, Abdul Shalamu said that Zhou Qi's departure will indeed make the team face some difficulties, but he and his teammates will definitely go all out to defend the honor of Xinjiang basketball and Chinese basketball.
"Zhou Qi's departure will definitely affect us a bit, but I think we are still strong contenders for the championship. After we won the championship last season, everyone's confidence has been greatly improved, and the current team is unprecedentedly united, knowing how to play against the wind and the downwind. "The AFC Champions League and the new season are tests for our team, but I personally feel that our bench depth is still relatively strong, and a few of our big inside men will go all out to minimize the impact of Zhou Qi's departure and play a tenacious style." ”
In last year's basketball AFC Champions League, Xinjiang won the championship with a record of total victory, and then won the championship in the CBA League, becoming another brand new championship in CBA history. The outside world generally regards the victory of the AFC Champions League as an important starting point for the Xinjiang team to win the championship.
In the men's basketball competition of the 13th National Games, the Xinjiang men's basketball team with the CBA Xinjiang team as the main team finally defeated Guangdong to enter the final and win the runner-up. Such results have injected strong confidence into the Xinjiang team, and they are also looking forward to completing the defense of the championship in this year's basketball AFC Champions League and making a good start for the upcoming CBA league.