Beijing, April 4 (ZXS) -- When the score of the battle between Guangdong team and Zhejiang East Sunshine team (Guangsha team) was fixed at 24:96, the second round (101/2022 final) of the 2023-1 Chinese Men's Basketball Professional League (CBA) playoffs was all over, and the CBA "4th champion" Guangdong team lost to Guangsha team with a total score of 11:1, missing the semifinals for the first time in nearly 2 years. Guangsha became the last team to advance to the semifinals of this season's CBA playoffs, after Shenzhen, Zhejiang and Liaoning.
This remarkable battle of life and death began on the evening of the 23rd Beijing time. In the regular season, Guangdong ranked second and Guangxia ranked seventh. Prior to this match, both sides won one game at home, and the big match was tied 1:1. In the third leg, Guangdong returned to their home stadium and were expected to win the final victory before the match.
In the first half, Guangdong led by three points at 48:45 (3:18 in the first quarter). In the second half, the Guangsha team took advantage of the outside advantage to overcome, and after ending the third quarter 19:74, they finally eliminated their opponents 72-101, breaking a major upset in the playoffs this season.
After the game, Guangdong coach Du Feng said that the Guangdong team is experiencing the pain of alternating old and new. This season, after missing strong foreign assistants Weems and Zhou Peng, Su Wei and other fierce players, it is unexpected to be able to play second place in the regular season. However, he believes that the biggest problem with Guangdong's failure to qualify for the semifinals is in mentality, "when the opportunity is in your hands, you are not fully focused".
The first two rounds of the CBA playoffs this season are three games and two wins, and the battle between Guangdong and Guangsha is the only group to play three of the four groups in the quarterfinals. Because the Shanghai team was found to be a "negative match" in the second leg of the first round, they were disqualified, and their opponent Shenzhen team in the 3/2 final "lay" in the semifinals. In the other two matchups, regular season champions Zhejiang Chouzhou Jinlin (Zhejiang) and defending champion Liaoning both beat Guangzhou and Beijing Shougang 1-4 on aggregate.
This season's CBA playoff semifinals will be played on the 25th with a best-of-five format. Liaoning and Guangsha, Zhejiang and Shenzhen will face off for a place in the final. (End)