"I didn't play well today, I didn't play my level, so go back and sum it up. Min Lulei, head coach of the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team, said.
On February 4, the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team lost 110 122 to the Nanjing Tongxi men's basketball team away from home, setting the team's all-time winning streak at 8 games. In the game, the Tongxi men's basketball team once led by as many as 24 points, and with this victory, the record improved to 17-22, continuing to maintain a strong impact on the playoff qualification.
The two teams met once five days ago. At that time, the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team, which drew the record of consecutive wins in team history for the second time this season, was full of momentum, and won seven consecutive victories in history on the Tongxi men's basketball team, and in that game, the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team once led by 15 points.
The second phase of the 2023-2024 CBA League ended on February 5, and in the first few rounds of the finale, there are many examples of "defeating the strong with the weak" like Tongxi's defeat of Beijing Holdings, which vividly interprets the current situation of the CBA league "there are strong teams but no weak teams".
Taking the 4 games in the 38th round on February 2 as an example, the Fujian team defeated the Tianjin team, the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team defeated the Liaoning team, the Xinjiang team lost to the Shanxi team, and the Guangsha men's basketball team was defeated by the Tongxi men's basketball team.
The vast majority of teams in the league are not much better now. Former Chinese men's basketball player Jiao Jian told a reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Network, "The league schedule is long, and it is impossible for teams and players to always maintain a high level, coupled with the impact of injuries, so it is relatively normal for anyone to win and who loses to whom." ”
The second phase of the CBA league has ended, and the regular season has been played 39 rounds. Starting on December 1 last year, 20 teams played 29 rounds over a nine-week period in the second phase, and the density and intensity can be imagined.
Taking the Guangsha men's basketball team as an example, before defeating the Shanxi men's basketball team on February 4, they lost to three teams in a row: Beijing Holdings, Beijing, and Tongxi. The most important reason for the three consecutive defeats is that Sun Minghui is absent due to injury. After continuous high-intensity matches, Sun Minghui's knee "alarmed" and he could only choose to rest.
The stats don't lie about how important Sun Minghui is to Guangsha – this season, when Sun Minghui is not on the field, the Guangsha team has a net win over 100 rounds from +16** to -8. Judging from the perception of the game, the Guangsha men's basketball team has no one on the offensive end who can initiate a threatening blocking and dismantling cooperation, and the threat to the opponent's defense has dropped off a cliff, and during the three-game losing streak, they have averaged only 90 points per game7 points. In desperation, coach Wang Bo had to use striker Zhu Junlong as another ball carrier in addition to foreign aid in the game with the Shanxi men's basketball team, so he fought the game, but only scored 100 points.
The situation of the Liaoning men's basketball team is similar, with Guo Allen absent for a long time. Another main player, Zhang Zhenlin, also missed the game with Shandong and Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team because of fatigue, and the team's main lineup was older, at the end of the second stage, the team showed obvious fatigue, and the performance also fluctuated.
Another factor that brings the strength of the CBA teams closer and closer is that the strength of many teams is constantly improving. The more prominent performances in the first two stages of the season are the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team and the Qingdao men's basketball team.
Because of the return of the old coach Min Lulei to coach, the Beijing Enterprises men's basketball team has strictly managed the team to refresh its mental outlook and physical reserves, coupled with the introduction of suitable foreign aid, and has made good gains in the introduction of domestic aid and draft, and the overall strength of the team has been greatly improved. During the season, the team continued to accumulate experience after being reversed by Liaoning, Beijing and Guangdong one after another, ushering in a six-game winning streak and an eight-game winning streak. With a current 23-16 record, achieving the goal of making the playoffs shouldn't be a problem.
The rise of the Qingdao men's basketball team, on the one hand, benefited from the team's blossoming in youth training, especially the emergence of Yang Hansen, which played a significant role in the team's improvement. On the other hand, the Qingdao men's basketball team, under the tutelage of head coach Liu Weiwei, has been pursuing a fast and accurate style of play in the past few seasons, and the players have continued to grow and the tactical system has become more and more mature.
Of course, it is undeniable that from the standings, the six teams of Xinjiang, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Guangsha, Guangdong, and Shenzhen are still in the first group, and they are also the strongest contenders for the championship. The qualification for the playoffs will enter a white-hot competition - Guangzhou, Beijing, Tongxi, Shanxi, Tianjin, Shandong and other teams will definitely use the offseason after the second stage to actively adjust and launch an impact on the playoffs, while Beijing Control, Qingdao, Shanghai and other teams will not stagnate, and the third stage of the competition will be more exciting and exciting.
China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Yang Tui.
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