Sports Observation|The 5 big question marks in the 2nd round! Why is the CBA so weird this season?

Data map: 2019-2929 season CBA finals Guangdong team Yi Jianlian and Liaoning team Han Dejun jumped the ball.

Image source: Osport All Sports Photo Agency

　　Chinanews client, Beijing, October 22 (Wang Hao) On the evening of the 21st, the new season of the CBA League ended the second round of competition.

For a long season of 56 rounds in the regular season, it seems too early to make any conclusions after two rounds.

However, only 5 days after the start of the game, there have been many unexpected "weird" phenomena. Fans are always amazed when watching the game: What's the matter?

No way?

Is it so powerful?

Question mark 1:

　　On the 17th, the new season of the CBA League kicked off. Last season's champion Guangdong Hongyuan team won the championship ring happily, and then... was "violently beaten" by Zhejiang.

Guangdong scored 113 points, allowing the opponent to get 138 points.

　　In the second round, Guangdong faced its long-standing defeat in Shenzhen and nearly capsized.

Although the final victory was 134:126, but the loss of points in the first two rounds of the game, if it happened last season, head coach Du Feng could not "eat" the whole team?

Data map: Guangdong men's basketball team was once strong.

Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

　　After "beating" Guangdong, in the second round of the regular season, Zhejiang went to "beating" Guangdong's semi-final opponent Beijing last season.

Both teams played in the national class, 92 to 75. From the audience's point of view, Beijing has been suppressed and there is no way to fight back.

　　Beijing Shougang, who had high hopes for recruiting troops during the offseason, faced Bayi in the first round and automatically won because the opponent did not show up. This is the first appearance.

Such embarrassment is unexpected.

　　The other two teams in the Final Four last season, Liaoning and Xinjiang, both achieved two consecutive victories. It seems that they will still be contenders for the championship in the new season.

　　For traditional strong teams, the original "big family and big business", it is unlikely that there will be major fluctuations in strength in a short time.

But the butterfly effect caused by the epidemic is so miraculous. Foreign aid and injuries have caused some strong teams to encounter unexpected difficulties.

The season is still long and there is still time for adjustment. Is the so-called "rich heritage" useful?

We will wait and see.

Data map: Guangdong team Hu Mingxuan and Liaoning team Guo Ailun in the game.

Image source: ICphoto

Question mark 2:

　　Some people, you may understand that he is important, but one day he is not around, you will find that he is even more important than you think.

Yi Jianlian is such a person.

　　Due to the Achilles tendon rupture in the third game of the CBA Finals last season, Yi Jianlian underwent surgery and is currently recovering. It is still unknown whether he can catch up with the game this season.

　　The Guangdong men's basketball team, which lost Yi Jianlian, seems to have lost more than one grade.

They lost to Zhejiang in the first round and won Shenzhen in the second round.

Among them are the poor state of the players, the foreign aid Ma Shang has not played for too long, and the team still needs to run in. But the most important thing is the poor staffing of the inside, and the offensive and defensive ends are completely suppressed by the opponent.

Data map: 2019-2020 season CBA finals Yi Jianlian injured and fell to the ground without contact.

Image source: Visual China

　　In the past two seasons, the logical basis for the Guangdong team to use double foreign aid and choose running and bombing tactics is Yi Jianlian. His role on the court is equivalent to a large foreign aid with height, speed, physical strength and tactical execution.

Fans have discussed the impact of Yi Jianlian's absence on the Guangdong team countless times during the offseason, but now it is bigger than many people expected.

　　According to official CBA news, Yi Jianlian's recovery time is estimated to be 30 weeks.

According to this calculation, he will not be able to return until the end of May next year at the earliest, when the CBA regular season is likely to be over.

Guangdong Men's Basketball, too difficult...

　　And in June next year, the Olympic men's basketball team will be defeated in the qualifying tournament... The Chinese men's basketball team is too difficult...

Question mark 3: Why is there less foreign aid than last season?

　　Last season, the CBA was affected by the epidemic and was suspended for several months before restarting. As a result, some teams were unable to return to the team and had to challenge the entire Chinese class.

After the end of the season, the teams have at least two months to recruit new foreign aid, but as of the evening of the 20th, only 5 CBA teams have registered foreign aid, and the total number of foreign aid is only 8.

Data map: Xinjiang vs. Guangdong match.

Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

　　This obviously does not match the expectations of some fans, but the current situation is also helpless.

On the one hand, the sudden epidemic has made the entire league financially strained, and some clubs have directly given up their efforts to spend money to sign foreign aid.

　　On the other hand, the global epidemic situation is still severe, and it is much more difficult for foreign aid to enter China than usual.

The CBA policy also stipulates that if a foreign aid is tested positive for the new crown virus nucleic acid when it enters, the foreign aid will directly lose the qualification for the new season.

If the result is negative, but turns positive after training with the team, the team will lose the qualification for the new season.

　　Such a strict epidemic prevention policy is necessary, but objectively it does limit the number of foreign aid in the opening stage.

The chain reaction is that the intensity of the game decreases, and domestic players have more room to play.

Data map: Chinese male basketball players Guo Ailun (right) and Sun Minghui (left) left the court after training.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Jimin

　　Is this result a blessing or curse for the development of Chinese basketball?

It's hard to tell for a while.

From the league alone, some people think that there are more rookies, and some people like to watch domestic players match up.

Of course, only two rounds, and a lot of time to slowly observe.

Question mark 4: Didn't get a high score, I'm ashamed to say it's a national team guard?

　　The so-called "guard's glory" of the CBA last season has continued into this season.

In the first two rounds of the league, several defenders who have been selected to the national team scored high points one after another.

　　In the first round, Sun Minghui scored 41 points, 7 assists and 7 steals to help Guangsha beat Shanghai.

Guo Ailun scored 39 points and 10 assists to lead Liaoning to victory over Tianjin.

Also in the first round, Wu Qian scored 39 points and 14 assists. Zhejiang where he was located also beat defending champion Guangdong with 23 points.

　　In the second round, Zhao Rui scored 25 points and 5 rebounds, playing well at the critical moment of the team's reversal.

In the Liaoning victory over Shandong, Guo Ailun scored 29 points and 16 assists, and Gao Shiyan, who was loaned to Shandong, scored 25 points and 5 assists.

Data map: Guangdong team Zhao Rui in the game.

Image source: Visual China

　　Part of the reason for the outbreak of domestic defenders is their own improvement, and the other part is the large absence of small foreign players who originally ruled the scoring list, giving them more space.

Which of the two is the main cause remains to be seen, but for fans, it is too exciting to watch!

　　Based on the performance of the last two seasons, Guo Ailun, Sun Minghui, and Wu Qian are already the leaders of the team. Zhao Rui needs to take more responsibility in the season when Yi Jianlian is absent. Gao Shiyan is on loan from Liaoning to Shandong, making himself and Liaoning defender. The lines have more room for expression.

　　This season, they will inevitably be compared with each other, which is also one of the highlights of the new season.

Dear domestic small sports cars, you must run faster and more steadily in order to prepare for the international competition in the future.

Question mark 5: Why are college players so fierce?

　　In recent seasons, as the CBA draft has received more and more attention, college players have also received more attention.

After the unveiling of this season, some college players gave fans a big surprise.

Data map: The 2018 CBA League Draft was held in Beijing.

The picture shows the players waiting for the club selection results in the audience.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan

　　Zheng Qilong, Zhu Mingzhen, Lin Tingqian and others all contributed wonderful performances in the first two rounds.

Among them, Lin Tingqian, who was selected with the 3rd overall pick in the first round of Tianjin's draft this year, scored 21 points and 5 assists in Tianjin's match against Tongxi, but unfortunately he failed to help the team win.

Although still a rookie, Lin Tingqian has already shown signs of direct parachuting.

　　Many rookies who entered the league this year proved that they can enter the team's main rotation in the first two rounds, and some even become one of the team's core players.

This may make fans readjust their expectations for college players and have a deeper thinking about the value of the CBA draft.

　　A few years ago, the CBA draft was more like a cutscene. The overall level of players participating in the selection was not high, and various clubs did not pay attention to it, and there were often large-scale abstentions.

Data map: The 2018 CBA League Draft was held in Beijing.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan

　　In the process of Yao Ming's promotion of CBA league reform, this situation has been improved.

This year’s draft contest was broadcast live on the web, and the clubs basically sent one or two leaders to the scene to delist. The packaging of the entire event was also done well.

It seems that the story of these college players is like a sequel to the slam dunk, and the bloody comics enter the CBA.

　　Just the first two rounds of the new season, CBA has been so interesting.

I hope that this rhythm will continue throughout the season, the more exciting the game, the better!

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