China News Service, Hangzhou, March 22 (Guo Tianqi) On the evening of the 21st, in the 46th round of the 2023-2024 Chinese Men’s Professional Basketball League (CBA) regular season, the Guangsha team defeated the Tianjin team 110:101 at home and achieved three consecutive victories. . In this game, facing the pressing Tianjin team, the Guangsha team showed tenacity and fighting spirit, with 6 members of the team scoring in double figures.
Pictured is the match scene. Photo by Guo Tianqi
After the 45th round of the regular season, Liaoning, Xinjiang, and Zhejiang continue to lead the way. The Guangsha team’s direct opponent for the semi-finals is the Guangdong team, which has won 6 consecutive victories; the Tianjin team is in the same position with the four teams of Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanxi, and Nanjing. The most competitive promotion scrimmage area, any game may change the final playoff ticket ownership.
In the last round of competition, Guangsha team defeated Fujian team at home. Compared with this victory, what makes Guangsha fans even more happy is that two injured players in the team, Zhao Jiaren and Xu Zhonghao, have returned from injury. Especially Zhao Jiaren, who scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, injected the fans with a brilliant performance. "cardiac".
At present, the Guangsha team's injured players have returned strongly, the new players are performing stably, and head coach Wang Bo has more available troops. This is great news for the team to hit the semi-finals and prepare for the playoffs.
At the beginning of the game, the Guangsha team, which was trying its best to hit the top four, showed a strong desire for victory. Weatherspoon made a dunk after stealing the ball. The Guangsha team launched a 7:0 climax and stopped immediately. Opponent; After returning from the timeout, the Tianjin team began to enter the state and relied on a few three-pointers to narrow the point difference; then, the Guangsha team made frequent mistakes on the offensive end, and the point difference between the two teams was reduced to 1 point. Fortunately, at the end of the quarter, the Guangsha team replaced Hu Jinqiu and Sun Minghui stabilized the situation.
In the second quarter, the Guangsha team strengthened their offensive and continued to expand the score, while the Tianjin team felt extremely hot on the three-point line and quickly reduced the point difference to single digits; then, Sun Minghui and Weatherspoon made sudden inside and outside shots, relying on Personal ability helped Guangsha team increase points. At the same time, Guangsha team's high-pressure defense once made the opponent "misfire". At the end of the first half, the Guangsha team entered the second half with an 8-point advantage, but Zhao Yanhao unexpectedly retired due to injury.
After the change of sides, the Tianjin team started a "three-point rain". The Guangsha team made an emergency timeout and adjusted its tactics; after returning from the timeout, the Guangsha team fell into a brief chaos. The Tianjin team strengthened its inside attack. Tian Yu scored 5 points. The two teams The point difference narrowed to 2 points; then, Zhu Junlong of the Guangsha team hit a key three-pointer to stabilize the morale of the army; at the end of the quarter, Zhao Jiaren hit a three-pointer, Hu Jinqiu and Okafor hit the inside, and the Guangsha team, who cooperated with each other tacitly, took control again situation.
In the last quarter, the two sides alternately increased the points. Facing the fierce offensive of the Tianjin team, the Guangsha team, which had the advantage, did not dare to relax at all. Zhu Junlong and Wang Xinrui fought hard, showing the bloody spirit of the young players; at the end of the quarter, the Guangsha team was defeated many times. The opponent stole the ball and almost lost the good situation. Later, the Tianjin team gradually lost touch, while the Guangsha team became more courageous as they fought, and finally defeated the opponent 110:101.
In this game, Weatherspoon scored a team-high 26 points and 4 rebounds for the Guangsha team, and Rochester scored a team-high 22 points and 4 rebounds for the Tianjin team. After the game, Tianjin team player Du Bochao said: "The Guangsha team is a very good opponent. We can learn a lot from them. We mainly did not do well in the interior and did not do enough in rebounding in the interior. The following games will be difficult. Not much, I hope I can play to my own level and complete the next games.”
After this round, the Guangsha team will face a "devil schedule". Except for the Ningbo team, which has missed the playoffs, the remaining Guangzhou, Guangdong, Qingdao, Zhejiang, and Liaoning teams are all strong teams in the league. Competing for the top four is not easy. thing. In addition, the process and time of this season's CBA playoffs have been determined. The earliest 12-to-8 game will start on April 10. (over)