China News Agency, Beijing, April 9th. The 2021-2022 CBA League playoffs began on the 9th in the second round of the quarter-finals. The defending champion Guangdong team and the regular season champion Liaoning team scored 97:82 and 115:109 respectively. They will win the Zhejiang Chouzhou Golden Rent Team and the Shanxi Team again, and advance to the semi-finals with two consecutive victories.

　　In the first round of the quarter-finals, the Guangdong team won a thrilling 99:98.

This time with the Zhejiang team again, the Guangdong team is obviously more fully prepared, leading by 11 points at 29:18 in the first quarter.

However, the Zhejiang team recovered in the second quarter, playing 29:19 in a single quarter, narrowing the gap to 1 point (47:48) at the end of the half.

　　The turning point of the campaign came in the third quarter.

After the start of the second half, the consecutive hits of Guangdong foreign aid Weems became the focus of the Zhejiang team's defense. At this time, the "post-00" teenager Xu Jie, who came off the bench and received no attention, stepped forward and not only scored 12 points in a single quarter, but also became a field player. Get on the engine and lead the Guangdong team to 36:18 in the third quarter, extending the lead to 19 points (84:65), laying the foundation for the Guangdong team to finally win 97:82.

　　Therefore, the Guangdong team has become the first team to enter the semi-finals in the playoffs this season. This is also the 20th consecutive season that the Guangdong team has entered the semi-finals.

In their first 19 seasons, they won 11 championships.

　　In this game, the biggest contributors to the Guangdong team are the old and the young: the 35-year-old veteran Yi Jianlian scored 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Compared with the first 3 games of the playoffs, both statistics and status All have improved, showing a trend of getting better.

The 22-year-old Xu Jie scored a game-high 25 points and contributed 5 rebounds and 3 assists, especially his sudden emergence in the third quarter, which can be called the winner of this campaign.

　　Compared with the battle between Guangdong and Zhejiang, the process of the battle between Liao and Jin on the evening of the 9th was more tortuous.

Facing the Shanxi team, which ranked ninth in the regular season and easily defeated 116:104 in the last round, the Liaoning team played extremely difficult.

　　At the beginning of this campaign, the Shanxi team was impressive, leading by 12 points with 31:19 in the first quarter.

The Liaoning team struggled to catch up from the second quarter, but at the end of the third quarter, they were still 5 points behind (77:82. 46:55 of the second quarter).

　　Just when the audience thought that the biggest upset of the playoffs this season was coming, the Liaoning team suddenly broke out, playing 38:27 in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, and finally achieved a reversal with 115:109, and joined the Guangdong team in the semifinals.

This is also the eighth consecutive season the Liaoning team has advanced to the semi-finals.

　　In the last game, Liaoning team guard Guo Ailun, who contributed 40 points and 10 assists, still performed well in this campaign, scoring 23 points, 13 assists and 5 rebounds.

Second-year rookie Zhang Zhenlin scored a Liaoning team-high 28 points, Han Dejun scored a game-high 10 rebounds, and scored 10 points.

Shanxi team foreign aid Feld became the scoring leader with 36 points.

　　In the playoffs of the first two seasons, the Liaoning-Guangdong battle appeared in the finals and became the most important play in the playoffs. The Guangdong team became the final winner and won the championship for two consecutive seasons.

This time, the Liaoning-Guangdong battle has been advanced to the semi-finals. Whether the Liaoning team can successfully avenge the downturn of the Guangdong team this season has become the biggest focus of the playoffs.

　　On April 10, the Shanghai team and the Zhejiang Guangsha team will play the Shenzhen team and the Jilin team again.

At present, the Shanghai team and the Guangsha team lead with a big score of 1:0.

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