On the evening of October 31, in the final matchup of the 7th round of the 2021-2022 CBA League regular season, Shenzhen Marco Polo won 126-107 against Sichuan Jinrong Industry with his outstanding performance in the third quarter.
It was the first time the two teams had met this season. Before the game, Shenzhen ranked 9th with 4 wins and 2 draws, while Sichuan ranked 12th with 2 wins and 4 losses. In this dialogue, both sides are eager for victory.
In the game, Shenzhen coach Qiu Biao arranged for foreign aid Booker to lead the starter, and Shen Zijie, He Xining, Bai Haotian and Yu Changchun jointly appeared. Sichuan head coach Zhou Jinli sent Zhu Songwei, Chen Chen, Jing Hanyi, Zhao Shuhong and Li Keqi to form a starting lineup of the all-China class.
After the game began, Shen Zijie and Jing Hanyi hit the first goal for Shenzhen and Sichuan teams respectively, and made a smooth start. After that, the two teams engaged in fierce fighting. The Shenzhen team relied on Shen Zijie's air superiority on the inside line and played hard from time to time. Foreign aid Booker made a kill by breaking through, and the two scored in double figures. However, the Outside Line of the Shenzhen team has a general feel.
On the Sichuan side, the veteran Han Shuo, who came on as a substitute, played well, using his experience to shoot and shoot free throws inside and outside, and scored quickly in double figures. Zhu Songwei and Li Honghan also felt good, and at halftime, the three men each hit 2 three-pointers.
Originally, the Shenzhen team led 32-27 to end the first quarter, but after being stubbornly blocked by the Sichuan team in the second quarter, Players such as Booker and Gu Quan were impatient. Among them, Gu Quan theorized with the referee from time to time, and Booker even smashed the ball on Han Xu of the Sichuan team, the reason was suspected that Han Xu had fouled him, and the referee immediately gave Booker a technical foul.
This impatience obviously affected the whole team, and the Shenzhen team was once tied. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Shen Zijie's stable play and Yang Linyi's three-point shot helped the team stabilize the situation. At the end of the half, Shenzhen led Sichuan by six points 63-57.
In the second half, sichuan strengthened their attack. But at the beginning of the third quarter, they suddenly lost power, attacked and defended at both ends of the state, and there were 8 mistakes in a single quarter, and the result was that the Shenzhen team played a counterattack continuously, and the point difference gradually widened to 10 points and 20 points. During this period, Shen Zijie was hit on the upper lip by the head of a Sichuan player during a defense, and the result was blood staining the field. Later, Shen Zijie could only go down to treat the wound. In this campaign, he scored 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting and from both two-point range and free throws.
In the last quarter, as the point difference widened, the two sides tacitly began to train troops. In the end, Shenzhen defeated Sichuan Jinrong Industry 126-107. In addition to Shen Zijie scoring 18 points, The Shenzhen team also scored 18 points each. In addition, Bai Haotian scored 13 points, and Gu Quan and Yang Linyi scored 11 points each.
Sichuan's Han Shuo scored 16 points, Li Honghan scored 15 points on 4-of-6 three-point shooting, Zhao Shuhong had 14 points and 7 rebounds, Jing Hanyi scored 12 points, Zhang Dianliang scored 11 points and Zhu Songwei scored 10 points.
After this battle, Shenzhen still ranked 9th with 5 wins and 2 losses, and Sichuan ranked 14th with 2 wins and 5 losses.