The final whistle rang, and the cheers of “I love Liao basketball” rang from Liaoning Gymnasium. Liaoning won the third championship trophy of China men’s basketball professional league (CBA) in men’s basketball on the 15th young pioneer team history.
The years of experience, experience gained and tuition paid in the finals made Liaoning men’s basketball finally grow into a team with champion temperament this season. Facing the Zhejiang team of “Youth Army”, Liaoning team was more calm in the finals, winning the opponent with a total score of 4:0, becoming the fourth team in CBA history to defend.
For Liaoning men’s basketball, the result of the finals seemed to be natural, but the road to the finals was covered with thorns.
Fan Fan: Open the road of defending the throne with twists and turns
Maintaining the main framework of the core lineup is one of the necessary conditions for winning the championship. The Liaoning team, which is in the new and old alternate period, is in trouble before the season and at the beginning of the season, especially at the offensive end, with an average score of only 92.1 points in the first game.
Fortunately, foreign aid Ferg took on more offensive responsibilities and helped the team through difficult times. The Liaoning team achieved 7 wins and 2 losses in the first stage of the regular season. The strength of Liaoning team has been greatly improved with the introduction of foreign aid Sampson and a wave of winning streak in the second stage. However, the 42-point defeat of the Zhejiang team, the two-time defeat of the old rival Guangdong team and the away record of making people “pinch the sweat” made the Liaoning team’s way of defending the throne much questioned by the outside world.
At the end of the regular season, the Liaoning team ranked third in the league with 32 wins and 10 losses, with a good record.
Breaking waves and cutting waves: the “five” War is thrilling
In the final eight of the playoffs against the Beijing team, the Liaoning team showed the strength to compete for the championship. In the three-game two-win series, Liaoning team won the first place at home. In the away game, facing the Beijing team that has improved the defensive strength, Zhao Jiwei scored the highest 33 points in the 9-point three-point shot, the counterposition advantages of Zhang Zhenlin and Li Xiaoxu made it difficult for the opponents to fight. The Liaoning team advanced to the top four with a score of 2:0.
In the five semi-finals of best of five sets, the Guangsha team that eliminated the “11 champion King” Guangdong team was aggressive and wanted to pick the defending champion down. The inner and outer line “dual-core” combination of Hu Jinqiu and Sun Minghui brought no small trouble to the Liaoning team. After the first home victory, Guo Allen’s accidental injury disrupted the regular rotation of the Liaoning team, and Zhao Jiwei’s average playing time had to increase to more than 40 minutes. Veteran Han De Jun’s physical weakness forced Morland to fight for a long time, while Ferg had to overcome difficulties in the short and broken playing time. Guangsha team, who first got the semi-final match point, pushed Liaoning team to the edge of the cliff, but the balance of fate was still leaning towards Liaoning team. Hu Jinqiu’s injury made Sun Minghui difficult to support, the Liaoning team won two consecutive games and successfully “grabbed five”, and set foot on the finals for four consecutive years.
Smooth sailing: core players show champion details
Compared with the twists and turns in the regular season and the signs of danger appearing everywhere in the semi-finals, the Liaoning team’s finals experience is smooth. Although Yang Ming, the coach of Liaoning team, said many times that the Zhejiang team, which was the first in the regular season, should not be underestimated. Liaoning team needed to put down the burden and fight for each other, but in terms of player ability, team depth and shots handling, the Zhejiang team, who entered the finals for the first time, exposed more shortcomings. After Zhejiang team’s foreign aid Gailey was in poor state and Wu Qian was injured leading player, Liaoning fans were not discussing whether they could win the championship, but whether Zhao Jiwei could win the most valuable player in the finals (FMVP) and the state of Guo Allen after returning.
Zhao Jiwei finally won the FMVP as expected. On the night of winning the championship, he scored 17 points, 11 assists, 7 steals and two comprehensive data of cap. On the way to defend the Liaoning team, in addition to assisting his teammates and organizing the team as before, he became more “fatal” in scoring ability “.
Veteran Han Dejun and Li Xiaoxu are still playing the residual heat at both ends of attack and defense. They don’t talk about retirement and become their successors; Every fengshui ball of Guo Allen is accompanied by the cheers of the whole audience, after winning the championship, he became red again; Looking forward to the road, Zhang Zhenlin, 24, became the first local player in the history of CBA finals to win the “three double” data; Zhou Juncheng, Qi, yu Zechen and others also have bright eyes.
The road ahead of Mo Dao is more dangerous, and it weighs tens of millions of people to break into Guan Shan. Walking down the podium, “Liao basket Dynasty” was on the way.
(Text/Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Yichun, Zhang Yifei)