China News Service, Hangzhou, March 8 (Guo Tianqi) On the 7th, in the 40th round of the 2023-2024 Chinese Men’s Professional Basketball League (CBA) regular season, the Guangsha team ushered in the first game of the third stage of the regular season at home. In this game, the Guangsha team's offensive efficiency was not high and they lost to the Shanghai team 99:102. Sun Minghui, who returned from injury, scored a double-double with 29 points and 11 rebounds. New aid Weatherspoon scored 11 points and 3 rebounds in his debut. Bledsoe scored a Shanghai team-high 24 points and 4 rebounds.
Pictured is the match scene.
Photo by Guo Tianqi
In the last 10 games between the two teams, the Guangsha team has an absolute advantage with 7 wins and 3 losses.
Judging from the performance at the end of the second stage, the Guangsha team, which lost Sun Minghui, suffered four consecutive losses and performed poorly, while the Shanghai team had a remarkable record and once defeated the "leader" Liaoning team in an away game.
Now that the war has resumed in the third stage of the regular season, the Guangsha team has strengthened its lineup and signed Weatherspoon, a former NBA Warriors champion and former Tianjin men’s basketball player. As a wing player, Weatherspoon has both breakthrough and Defensive ability.
In addition, Guangsha core Sun Minghui returned from injury and started the game.
At the beginning of the game, the Shanghai team took the lead in taking the advantage on the court, while the Guangsha team had the "Twin Stars" Hu Jinqiu and Sun Minghui working together to chase the points; then, the Shanghai team, which was both offensive and defensive, expanded the point difference to 11 points and directly stopped the opponent; timeout After returning, the Guangsha team still felt cold and found it difficult to narrow the point difference.
In this section, Guangsha's new aid Weatherspoon came on the scene and scored 2 points.
In the second quarter, the Shanghai team tried to continue to suppress the opponent in the interior, while the Guangsha team relied on the big foreign aid Okafor to strengthen the interior offensive and quickly equalized the score; then, the two sides alternately increased points, and the Shanghai team had a small climax at the end of the quarter.
At the end of the first half, Guangsha team fell behind 48:51.
In the third quarter, the Guangsha team made frequent mistakes, while the Shanghai team succeeded in consecutive three-pointers from outside. The inside attack was still strong and once again widened the point difference to double digits. In the last quarter, Sun Minghui made a sudden inside and outside shot to narrow the points for the Guangsha team. Poor, and under the constant impact of the Shanghai team, the Guangsha team's defense was defeated again; then, Weatherspoon appeared again, and after regaining his touch, he scored 9 points for the team, and the Guangsha team also began to exert its strength. However, in the end, the Guangsha team lost to the Shanghai team, which was better on both offense and defense, losing the game 99:102.
After the game, Shanghai team player Li Hongquan said: "We played very unitedly in this game. We focused on the game from the beginning to the end. Everyone practiced hard during the offseason and performed better today. Everyone also I will continue to play well in the following games." (End)