On January 1st, Beijing time, on the first day of 2025, the CBA officially crafted the "New Year's Day Battle". Liaoning Ben Gang, who had just achieved four consecutive victories, traveled to the away court to face Beijing Shougang Men's Basketball Team, which emerged this season. It is worth mentioning that on the journey of Liaoning Men's Basketball Team to win three consecutive championships, they have successfully advanced many times by stepping on the shoulders of Beijing Shougang. However, when the two teams met for the first time this season, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team lost at home by one point to Beijing, and their main player Zhang Zhenlin was accidentally injured after being hit by Fan Ziming in the waist, adding more highlights to this game.
Returning to this game, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team's newly signed foreign aid, Justin Patton, although he arrived in Beijing with the team yesterday by plane, he could only watch from the sidelines as he had not yet completed the registration process and was unable to play alongside his teammates. With no choice, Yang Ming had to continue to use Fergie and Wells as the double foreign aid, and tried to separate Han Dejun and Li Xiaoxu as much as possible to give the two veterans more rest time.
Unfortunately, due to the previous high-intensity battles, many players in Liaoning Men's Basketball Team were exhausted, and Li Xiaoxu was repeatedly penalized for fouls on the court, causing him not to get a minute of playing time in the fourth quarter. Han Dejun, who was struggling to support the inside line, also revealed problems with physical fitness. In the end, in the fourth quarter, Beijing Shougang relied on Zhang Cairen's series of three-point shots to successfully kill the game, defeating Liaoning with a 15-point advantage of 105 to 90, temporarily completing a double kill against Liaoning Men's Basketball Team.
Although Liaoning Men's Basketball Team lost the game, fans actually don't need to be disappointed because through this game, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team has quite a few unexpected surprises, and Yang Ming has also gained a winning strategy to restrain Beijing Shougang. It is believed that when the two teams meet again, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team will have a high probability of victory.
Looking at the whole game, the failure of Liaoning Men's Basketball Team mainly comes from two factors. One is the incomplete team lineup, lacking the three core players Zhao Jiwei, Zhang Zhenlin, and Patton, which greatly reduced the overall strength of Liaoning Men's Basketball Team. However, even so, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team only allowed Zhou Qi to score 10 points and 10 rebounds today, and Zeng Fanbo made only 1 out of 7 shots, scoring 7 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists, proving that Zhou Qi, after being injured, is no longer the once invincible "Great Demon King." At least in the next encounter, when Liaoning Men's Basketball Team has Patton, they completely do not need to worry about Zhou Qi anymore.
Another reason for Liaoning Men's Basketball Team's loss is that Beijing Shougang's trump card Zhang Cairen played exceptionally well today. Throughout the game, Zhang Cairen shot 10 out of 15, including 7 out of 12 three-pointers, scoring the highest 27 points in the game. This season, Zhang Cairen's average score is only 6.9 points, obviously his super normal performance is impossible to frequent occurrence. If there is no accurate Zhang Cairen in the next game, then Beijing Shougang may not have the opportunity to defeat Liaoning Men's Basketball Team.
Of course, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team also made many mistakes in today's game, including frequently forgetting the corner defense when using the joint defense strategy, and being repeatedly countered quickly by Beijing Shougang due to slow retreat defense. More fatal is that now Liaoning Men's Basketball Team due to injury factors, many of the original substitute players, had to join the starting lineup, leading to the second lineup of the team's offensive power greatly reduced, this game Liaoning Men's Basketball Team in the bench scoring, 32 to 51 lost to Beijing team 19 points, among them like Zhang Chen Zhi Feng, Li Hu Yi and Zhang Jun Hao's scoring, basically are the last garbage time to get, if only look at the performance of the starting lineup, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team is not worse than Beijing Shougang.
The outcome of a game cannot explain anything. The road to defending the title of Liaoning Men's Basketball Team this season is destined not to be smooth sailing, but it is believed that the players will surely withstand the pressure and overcome difficulties. When the other main players return, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team will once again present more wonderful performances to the fans.
