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In the third game of the 13-2022 China Men's Basketball Professional League (CBA) Finals on the 23th, the Liaoning men's basketball team defeated the Zhejiang men's basketball team at home with a score of 94:68, only one last victory away from winning the championship.

Image source: CBA League official Weibo

The 3-0 score and the almost one-sided three consecutive games made fans make such jokes after the game.

Previously, in the championship battle of the best-of-seven game, Liaoning men's basketball team has won two away games against Zhejiang, who ranked first in the regular season.

With a 2-0 lead, Liaoning returned to their home turf. On the night of the match, the Liaoning Stadium was full.

The Liaoning men's basketball team did not live up to the enthusiasm of the fans. Four of the team scored double-doubles, with foreign aid Ferg scoring a game-high 4 points. In addition, Zhao Jiwei had 28 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists, while Han Dejun scored 11 points and 12 rebounds. In the Zhejiang team, only Wang Yibo and Cheng Shuaipeng scored doubles.

Image source: Liaoning Shenyang Sansheng Flying Leopard Basketball Club official Weibo

The comparison of player statistics and the final score clearly shows the gap between the two teams, just like in the past two games. The 3:0 score made the outcome of this series almost no longer suspenseful. Liaoning have a chance to sweep their opponents in the CBA Finals for the second year in a row.

Even in the third game related to the championship point, the atmosphere was more relaxed: the third game of the CBA Finals and Li Ronghao's concert happened to be held at the same time in two adjacent venues, and the concert audience resounded with the shouts of "one, two, three, four, I love Liao basket", and Li Ronghao led fans to shout "cheer" for the athletes in the interactive session; And the CBA finals "next door" also played "Sparrow" between pauses.

The disparity in strength is so great that former Chinese men's basketball player Jiao Jian said on his personal social media: "This CBA finals is really not as good as four into two." ”

In the previous semifinals, Zhejiang and Liaoning defeated Shenzhen and Zhejiang Dongguang to advance to the finals. In the series, both winning teams were trailing 1:2 and played five doubles.

Data map: Liaoning team fell 1:2 behind in the semifinals Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Haiyang

Against the backdrop of the fierce semifinals, after the third game of the finals, the topic of "why the Liaoning men's basketball team has such a big advantage" also caused heated discussions on social media.

Such discussions are not without reason. In the regular season, Zhejiang performed well, winning the first place in the regular season, and the team also won the best manager and best sixth man awards. Not only that, in the regular season, they won against Liaoning by more than 40 points.

However, as netizens said, the playoffs with bayonets and fists to flesh are two completely different modes of competition from the regular season, especially in the finals. Perhaps the biggest gap between the finals newcomers and the defending champions is here.

Han Dejun in the game. Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Haiyang

The most significant point is that in the case of the core players of the two teams, Guo Allen and Wu Qian, who are unable to play for the team due to injury, Liaoning has more strength to add, whether it is Zhao Jiwei, who performed well in the finals, Zhang Zhenlin, who has been promoted in all directions, or the "second elder of Liaoning" - Li Xiaoxu and Han Dejun, who are already 70 years old, all of them further burst out of energy on the final stage.

In this regard, in the finals, the Zhejiang team, which still only has "conventional weapons" such as Cheng Shuaipeng and Wang Yibo, is obviously not on the same level as the Liaoning team.

And the players are getting stronger and stronger on the higher and higher stage, and even "getting older and more demon", as analyzed by fans, this is thanks to the accumulation of the Liaoning team for many years. The seemingly general words are embodied in the Liaoning team itself, who have also had the consternation of being overwhelmed by the finals and experienced the loss of passing by the victory. The Liaoning team, once known as the "second oldest of the millennium", understood what it took to win the championship.

The picture shows Liaoning Bengang team (white) player Zhao Jiwei in the game. Photo by Yu Haiyang

All this past is recorded like an axe, which makes it seem easy to come to life today.

For the youth army Zhejiang team, in the face of the current opponent, if these losses can be more than the victory itself, even if the final series result may not be satisfactory, then they who ranked first in the regular season, the season can also be called a success. (End)