Currently, the CBA league is in full swing with exciting matches that are hard to keep up with. Recently, many teams have made adjustments to their foreign players. Among them, Guangdong Men's Basketball announced the release of foreign player Les, Liaoning Men's Basketball cut their big foreign player Ture; while Shanxi Men's Basketball cut their small foreign player Lemond and re-signed big foreign player Giles. It can be said that Shanxi Men's Basketball has transformed into a wealthy team this new season. So far, they have signed a total of seven foreign players this season, and it is expected that they will update their foreign player lineup according to the schedule. Currently, Shanxi Men's Basketball, which owns four foreign players, aims to win the championship this new season. On January 4th, Beijing time, the 26th round of the CBA regular season continued, and today there was also a focus match between Shandong Men's Basketball and Guangdong Men's Basketball.
In this match, Guangdong Men's Basketball welcomed the challenge of Shandong Men's Basketball at home. In their first encounter this season, Guangdong Men's Basketball lost to Shandong Men's Basketball with a score of 105-115, so this game with home court advantage, Guangdong Men's Basketball was determined for revenge. Before the game, Guangdong Men's Basketball had a record of 14 wins and 11 losses, temporarily ranking ninth in the league, while Shandong Men's Basketball defeated the powerful Xinjiang Men's Basketball in their last game, winning five consecutive victories and their morale was high. Shandong Men's Basketball had a record of 18 wins and 7 losses before the game, ranking fifth in the league. Judging from the record, Shandong Men's Basketball seemed to have the upper hand, but Guangdong Men's Basketball, as a traditional team in the league, was not inferior in strength. In short, this matchup attracted the attention of many fans, and the game process was quite exciting.
In the first quarter, both sides fought fiercely, with Tao Hanlin and Morand scoring first in the paint, and Shandong Men's Basketball's Geli started hot with 6 consecutive points, the scores alternated, and Guangdong Men's Basketball led by one point in the first quarter, and was behind by 5 points in the second quarter. In the second half, Guangdong Men's Basketball strengthened their defense and once led Shandong Men's Basketball, but Shandong Men's Basketball withstood Guangdong Men's Basketball's counterattack and tied the game with Du Runwang's buzzer-beating three-pointer to enter the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, Guangdong Men's Basketball controlled the rhythm of the game, and despite Shandong Men's Basketball hitting several key shots in the final moments, it was too late, and Guangdong Men's Basketball eventually avenged Shandong Men's Basketball with a score of 98-93.
In terms of data, Xu Jie became the biggest contributor to Guangdong Men's Basketball's victory, scoring a comprehensive 22 points, 11 assists, and 4 rebounds in the game, with 6 out of 9 shots and 6 out of 8 three-pointers. Morand contributed a near-triple-double with 8 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jilunwate, facing his old club, had poor shooting, making only 5 out of 15 shots, but made 14 out of 16 free throws, scoring 26 points and 9 rebounds. Other players included Du Runwang with 13 points. On the Shandong Men's Basketball side, foreign player Geli scored 22 points, Chris had poor shooting with only 11 points, Moore scored only 5 points, and Tao Hanlin scored 12 points but did not contribute a single rebound or assist.
It is worth mentioning that national team player Gao Shiyang was completely outplayed by Xu Jie. Gao Shiyang played nearly 35 minutes in the game, shooting 0 out of 6 and scoring 0 points with 4 rebounds and 1 assist, which is a world of difference compared to Xu Jie's performance. Gao Shiyang's shooting stability is worrying, and if Shandong Men's Basketball wants to go further this new season, such a performance from Gao Shiyang will definitely not do. What do you think about this?
