Although the departure of the "Great Demon King" Zhou Qi before the start of this season greatly weakened the strength of Guangdong Men's Basketball Team, the team largely made up for the shortcomings in the interior through the introduction of big foreign aid, coupled with Xu Jie's outbreak, Guangdong Men's Basketball Team still performed well and achieved a record of 15 wins and 11 losses after the first 27 regular season games. On this match day, the 27th round of the CBA regular season continued to kick off. Guangdong Men's Basketball Team, which was in a two-game winning streak, went to the away game to challenge Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team. The two sides played an extremely fierce game. Although Zhou Peng gave his old club a cold sweat, Jilunwater took over the offensive flag of Guangdong Men's Basketball Team when Xu Jie was silenced, helping Guangdong Men's Basketball Team double-kill Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team with a score of 91-84!
Last season's Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team was still an existence that could not be ignored in the CBA league. After the end of the regular season, they achieved a record of 31 wins and 21 losses, ranking eighth in the standings. However, this season, with the departure of the "Big Bird" Shen Zijie, their strength has plummeted. Before the home game against the eleven-time champion, Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team had only 8 wins and 18 losses. Moreover, in the first-round away game against Guangdong Men's Basketball Team in the season, they suffered a crushing defeat by 35 points. However, Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team has been in good form recently and is currently on a three-game winning streak. Whether they can take revenge at home against Guangdong has become one of the highlights of this game.
In order to enhance the team's interior strength, Guangdong Men's Basketball Team signed three major interior foreign aids: Jilunwater, Morland, and Beizli. This means that local players need to take on greater organizational responsibilities. Xu Jie once again proved his potential. In the 26 games he played for Guangdong Men's Basketball Team this season, he averaged 16.2 points and 7.8 assists per game. It can be said that he is the tactical core of this team. Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team, who is very clear about this point, also adopted high-intensity defense against Xu Jie in this game, greatly reducing the latter's scoring efficiency. Throughout the game, Xu Jie only made 4 out of 10 shots, but he still activated the team's overall offense and contributed 9 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 assists after four quarters.
When Xu Jie was suppressed, Jilunwater stood up and took over the scoring flag of Guangdong Men's Basketball Team. In this away game, Jilunwater had a hot hand and scored the highest 40 points in the team with an efficiency of 15 out of 21 shots. In addition, he also had 14 rebounds, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's victory.
Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team was able to keep up with the score after the opening and did not appear to be in a free fall like the previous game. The credit goes to the big foreign aid Thompson. Although he did not limit Jilunwater's performance on the defensive end, he was in a state of mutual explosion with the latter on the offensive end. Facing the Guangdong twin towers of Jilunwater and Morland, Thompson made 12 out of 20 shots and delivered a double-double data of 27+13+1+1+2.
Zhou Peng, who came off the bench, almost staged a good show of killing his former team in this game. With a performance of 7 out of 17 shots, he scored 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 assist. His consecutive scoring in the second half once helped Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team reverse the score, but unfortunately, he went silent in the decisive moments of the final quarter, allowing Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team to fail to take revenge at home.
With Guangdong Men's Basketball Team's victory on the road, Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team also stopped their three-game winning streak, but they still have hope of making the playoffs. If they can maintain their recent form, there is a good chance that they will get a ticket to the playoffs at the end of the season!