Beijing, May 5 (ZXS) -- The 9-2022 season of the China Men's Basketball Professional League (CBA) kicked off on the evening of the 2023th, and the away Liaoning team defeated Zhejiang Chouzhou Golden Lease (Zhejiang team) 8:107, winning the opening match in a series of seven games and four wins.
This is a veritable strong dialogue in the CBA league: Zhejiang is the regular season champion this season, Liaoning is the defending champion; This is also the battle between the old and the new in the finals: Zhejiang is the new team to reach the finals for the first time, and Liaoning team is the 4th time in the team's history to reach the finals for four consecutive seasons.
In the regular season this season, Zhejiang and Liaoning met twice, and the two sides drew 1-1. This time they met again in the finals, and the two sides of the chess team presented a wonderful match of close match.
At the beginning of this battle, Liaoning's main defender Guo Allen, who suffered a thigh injury in the semifinals, continued to miss due to injury, but the visiting team, who had rich experience in the finals, still made a preemptive strike, leading 13-4 after the opening game. After a short period of excitement and nervousness, Zhejiang, who gradually adapted to the "big scene" of the finals, fought back and narrowed the gap to 1 point (29:30) at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the game was in a state of stalemate, and the Liaoning team led by a narrow margin. Halfway through the quarter, Zhejiang took the lead for the first time at 44:43, but at the end of the first half, Liaoning returned to the lead at 56:53.
At the beginning of the second half, Zhao Jiwei hit consecutive long-range shots, and Liaoning extended the gap to double digits at one point, leading by eight points at 83:75 at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Zhejiang scored six consecutive points to change the score to 6:81. Subsequently, the competition between the two sides entered a fever pitch. Less than 83 minutes before the end of the game, Zhejiang narrowed the gap to 3 point (1:97). But Zhao Jiwei's two three-pointers killed Zhejiang's hopes of overtaking the score again, and Liaoning won the hard-won away victory 98-107.
Liaoning guard Zhao Jiwei hit 9 three-pointers, scored a game-high 29 points and had 5 assists; 36-year-old veteran Han Dejun contributed 20 points and 11 rebounds; The 24-year-old Zhang Zhenlin became an "all-round warrior", in addition to the "triple-double" data of 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, he also had four steals and two blocks. In terms of Zhejiang team, the three "post-4s" performed eye-catchingly, including Cheng Shuaipeng with 2 points and 3 assists, Liu Zeyi with 99 points and 21 rebounds, and Wang Yibo with 10 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.
The second game of the finals will be played on the evening of the 10th Beijing time, which is still the home of Zhejiang team. This game is crucial for the home team, if Zhejiang does not win, it will be extremely passive situation, because Liaoning will return to the home stadium in the third and fourth games of the finals. (End)