CBA playoff semifinals: Liaoning narrowly wins in overtime! 3:0 swept Guangdong and took the lead in reaching the finals
2022-04-16 22:42:35Source: Xi’an News Network
CBA playoff semifinals: Liaoning narrowly wins in overtime! 3:0 swept Guangdong and took the lead in reaching the finals
The third stage (semi-finals) of the 2021/2022 CBA playoffs staged a focus battle at the Nanchang International Sports Center on the evening of April 16. This season’s regular season champion Liaoning team was dragged into overtime in a game. In the fierce competition, they defeated the Guangdong team with 117:116, thus swept the defending champion with a big score of 3:0, and took the lead in reaching the CBA finals this season.
In the previous two semifinals, the Liaoning team won two games in a row with 92:79 and 96:83, and won the “match point” in the best-of-five semifinals. In fact, if you add the two games in the regular season this season, the Liaoning team has already completed the four-game winning streak once morest the Guangdong team this season, which directly reflects that there is indeed a gap in the strength of the two teams. Before the start of the third battle of the war, there is no doubt that he has set his sights on the stage of the finals and the championship trophy. After all, in the 27-year history of the CBA, only one team can achieve a shocking reversal when they are 0:2 behind in the playoffs, and that is the Shenzhen team in the 2018/19 season. They reversed and defeated Beijing Shougang at that time. Into the league semi-finals.
In the third game of the semi-finals on the evening of the 16th, Guangdong team coach Du Feng took the initiative to seek changes. Through personnel changes and bold use of young players, there were loopholes in the Liaoning team’s defense. At the same time, the Guangdong army also played a very high offensive end. With a high success rate of 13:2 in the second quarter, the Guangdong team took a 58:48 lead following halftime. It is worth mentioning that the Guangdong team made 44.4% of the three-pointers in the first half, while the Liaoning team’s key data was only 21.4%.
In the third quarter, the Guangdong team still maintained the lead in the score. However, the Liaoning team also worked hard to chase the points under the leadership of Guo Ailun and Han Dejun. At the end of the quarter, the Liaoning team chased the difference to only 9 points. As soon as the fourth quarter came up, Guo Ailun made two mistakes. The Liaoning team coach replaced him with Zhao Jiwei. This substitution had an immediate effect, and the Liaoning team continued to narrow the field point difference. Seven minutes before the end, a foul by Su Wei caused Liaoning team center Han Dejun to be injured and leave the field. After Guo Ailun made two free throws, the Liaoning team was only 4 points behind at 91:95. With 2 minutes and 54 seconds before the end, with Zhang Zhenlin’s three-pointer, the Liaoning team finally overtook the score with 100:99. Before the end of the game, the double counter-attack was tied at 104. The Liaoning team had a chance to kill the opponent in the last attack, but Guo Ailun made a mistake at the critical moment, and the game might only be won in overtime.
In the overtime, the two sides on the court still clinched the score until the last moment, with the stable performance of Guo Ailun and Zhao Jiwei with double guns in the backcourt, the Liaoning team finally defeated the opponent 117:116 and reached the finals as desired. The opponents of the Liaoning team in the finals will be between Zhejiang Guangsha and Shanghai teams.At present, the Guangsha team leads 2:0 by a big score. They have won the match point to advance to the finals. If they can win another game, they will join the Liaoning team in the finals.
Jin Peng, an all-media reporter from Xi’an Press
