China News Agency Beijing July 31 Japan season CBA playoffs kicked off on the 31st, the opening game was a big hit. Fujian team ranked 12th in the regular season "being bullied" and ranked fifth with 132:119 elimination. The Zhejiang Guangsha team joined the Qingdao team to advance to the quarterfinals.
The battle between the Fujian team and the Guangsha team took place in the afternoon of the same day. Although the first two rounds of this season's CBA playoffs were single-defeated and the "one life and death" format added more suspense to the game, the Guangsha team is still regarded by everyone as the winner of this game. The Guangsha team was the runner-up in the 2017-2018 season. They won the title of "The Strongest All-China Class" in the rematch of this season. They were once considered a strong contender for the championship. Fujian team was the last to advance to the playoffs. team.
At the beginning of the game, the Fujian team’s uncompromising performance and the alternately rising scores of the two teams were a sign of unpopularity. After a 34:34 draw with the opponent in the first quarter, the Fujian team led by 68:61 at the end of the first half by 7 Minute. In the second half, the more and more courageous Fujian team always had the advantage on the field. After finishing the third quarter with a 99:92 lead, they won the final 132:119 victory.
Sun Minghui, the Guangsha team player who just won the regular season "Most Progressive Player" award and won the regular season assists and steals champions, still performed well, scoring a game-high 45 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists. Unfortunately, his amazing data and performance failed to help the team win. Last regular season MVP, Fujian team national player Wang Zhelin contributed 27 points and 13 rebounds.
Another match of the day was played between Qingdao and Shandong, which ranked eighth and ninth in the regular season. This similarly ranked Qilu Derby went very fiercely. Big brother Shandong team led the first quarter with 30:28, but Qingdao team scored 33:20 in the second quarter, leading by 11 points at the end of the first half with 61:50.
After the start of the second half, Zhang Qingpeng's outbreak once gave the Shandong team the hope of victory. The nearly 40-year-old veteran scored 37 points in the second half, leading the Shandong team to 86:91 in the third quarter to narrow the gap to 5 points, and once overtaken the score in the fourth quarter, but in the end Qingdao team 129:120 Win, replace Big Brother and advance to the quarterfinals.
On August 1, Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank team and Shanxi team, Beijing Beikong team and Jilin team will compete for the other two quarter-finals.
After the regular season rankings were determined, the top four teams from Guangdong, Xinjiang, Liaoning and Beijing had a bye in the first round and automatically advanced to the quarterfinals. The newly promoted Fujian team and Qingdao team will face Beijing Shougang team and Guangdong team respectively in the second round of the competition, and compete for two semi-finals in the same single defeated life and death battle. (Finish)