Time: 19:35, December 3
Venue: Shandong High-speed Basketball Stadium.
Matchup: Shandong High-speed vs Liaoning Bengang
Live broadcast: Migu**.
On the evening of December 3, the Shandong high-speed men's basketball team will play against Liaoning at home, which can be said to be the most difficult game for the Shandong men's basketball team so far this season. In the face of the menacing defending champions, the Shandong men's basketball team is obviously at a disadvantage in terms of overall strength, no matter how they win or lose, fans only expect the home team to play with spirit and blood.
In the first stage of the regular season, the Shandong men's basketball team had two games at home that were very hot, one was against the CBA eleven champion Guangdong team, and the other was against Ding Yanyuhang's "Internet celebrity" team Nanjing Tongxi. At present, the attendance rate of the Shandong men's basketball team against Liaoning at home on December 3 may exceed those two games. On the afternoon of December 2, the New Yellow River reporter purchased tickets online and found that all 5 tickets for the game against Liaoning showed "lack of ticket registration".
The reason why fans are enthusiastic about the Luliao battle is because of the star effect of the Liaoning team, but more fans still expect the Shandong men's basketball team to bring surprises. On the evening of March 1 this year, in the first game of the third phase of the 2022-2023 CBA regular season, the Shandong men's basketball team sat at home and defeated the Liaoning team 119-114 in double overtime. On December 3, can the Shandong men's basketball team win against the Liaoning team again?The answer is: there is little hope of winning, but it is not without hope at all.
As a player who came out of the Liaoning team, Gao Shiyan has played very actively against his old club every time in recent years, and has also staged a three-point victory against the Liaoning team. However, Gao Shiyan is not in great shape this season, averaging 34 appearances per game7 minutes, the data is 83 points 45 rebounds and 65 assists 19 steals, three-point shooting percentage of just 214%, these data are new lows for joining the Shandong men's basketball team. In this regard, Gao Shiyan also held back his strength to prove himself again. On December 1, he wrote on his personal Weibo: "Harden is my idol who I have loved for many years, although I have not reached his level, but recently the situation of the two of us is quite similar, I have been expecting him to find himself again, just like I am looking forward to myself (to find myself)!."He's trying!Me too. The game on December 3 is a good opportunity for Gao Shiyan to "find himself", and I look forward to him breaking out again in front of his old club.
After losing to Zhejiang away, the Shandong men's basketball team has slipped to 14th in the CBA standings. The reason why the Shandong men's basketball team has not performed well this season has a lot to do with the injury of the big foreign aid Gillenwater. In the away game against Zhejiang, although Gillenwater traveled with the team, he still did not appear in the squad in the end. Will Gillenwater, who has missed five games this season at home against Liaoning this Sunday, play?The team's answer was: not sure. If Gillenwater can return from injury in this round, the Shandong men's basketball team will have one more chance to win against Liao Basketball.
On the evening of December 1, in the absence of center foreign aid Moreland, the Liaoning team reversed North Control 121:116 away and won ten consecutive victories. In the case of the departure of champion coach Yang Ming and the absence of Guo Allen due to injury, the Liaoning team is still soaring under the leadership of Spanish coach Hugo López, and has not tasted defeat so far this season, and is still at the top of the standings with one less game in the first stage, which shows the overall strength of the team.
It is worth mentioning that in the summer and autumn of this year, the Shandong men's basketball team and the Liaoning team had many warm-up games, and they won and lost each other, but neither foreign aid arrived at that time. The latest news shows that Moreland, who missed the game against Beijing Control in the last round, is likely to return this round, which is not good news for the Shandong men's basketball team. Moreland has played in eight games for Liaoning this season, averaging 116 points 115 rebounds and 35 assists, a big role on the defensive end.
Reporter: Li Fujie Editor: Li Fujie Photographer: Guo Yao Proofreader: Faye Wong