Taiyuan, December 12 (Reporter Hu Jian) Shanxi Fenjiu men's basketball team defeated Sichuan Jinqiang men's basketball team 5-4 at home on the evening of the 115th, winning a wave of 107 consecutive wins and tying the longest winning streak in history. The previous two waves of 7 consecutive wins were also led by Coach Yang Xuezeng.
In the game that night, it was not easy for the Shanxi team to win. After taking a 30-25 lead in the first quarter, with Schweed's departure, the Shanxi team lost by a total of 13 points in the second and third quarters, and entered the final quarter with an eight-point disadvantage.
On December 12, in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Shanxi Fenjiu team player Shi Weide (blue) made a layup in the game. On the same day, in the 4th round of the regular season of the 2023-2024 China Men's Basketball Professional League (CBA) in Taiyuan, Shanxi Fenjiu defeated Sichuan Jinqiang 12-115 at home. Photo by China News Service reporter Wei Liang
Entering the fourth quarter, the Shanxi team, under the leadership of Jackson's Schweed, scored consecutive points, played a wave of offensive climax, and finally defeated the Sichuan team without danger and won 7 consecutive victories.
Prior to this, Shanxi successively defeated Tianjin, Beijing Holdings, Qingdao, Guangsha, Fujian, and Ningbo. After Schweide joined the Shanxi men's basketball team, he led the team to a record of 7 wins and 1 loss, and also revitalized the team's Yuan Shuai, Ge Zhaobao and other scoring points.
According to CBA commentator Hou Xiangfeng, in the 2014-2015 season, the Shanxi team successively defeated Fujian, Foshan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Shanghai, Xinjiang, and Liaoning, and won a wave of 7 consecutive victories. In the 2021-2022 season, Shanxi defeated Tianjin through overtime, tying the record for the longest winning streak in history. It is worth mentioning that the previous two 7 consecutive wins were led by Coach Yang Xuezeng.
In the next game, the Shanxi team will go away to challenge the "old rival" Beijing men's basketball team, whether it can break the team history of the winning streak, after the game Yang Xuezeng guidance said, "First of all, the whole team must emancipate their minds, do not carry any baggage, put themselves in the right position, go all out to fight while doing a good job of themselves, and give full play to our due ability, there is still a lot of hope." (ENDS)