The second stage of the CBA regular season is in full swing, with a fierce battle between Shanxi Men's Basketball, ranked second in the standings, and Xinjiang Men's Basketball, one of the top four teams. After four quarters of intense competition, Gu Dewen, Liu Chuanxing, Diyaluo, and others led the Shanxi team to an astonishing comeback victory over the Xinjiang team by 25 points at home, with a score of 115-110. It is noteworthy that after the first three quarters, Shanxi was once 25 points behind, but they made a scoring surge of 41-11 in the final quarter, winning by 30 points and completing the reversal. It can be said that the current Shanxi team has interpreted the strongest lineup version of the final quarter of this season's CBA league, which is the era of top small foreign aid + strong local center.
As a local center from Guangdong's youth training system, Liu Chuanxing's outstanding performance is indeed worthy of recognition. It should be noted that Shanxi not only has the strongest double-small foreign aid in the entire league, Gu Dewen and Diyaluo, but also has the top local big center Liu Chuanxing, which fully complies with the rules of this season's CBA league, allowing four quarters of 7 foreign aid and single foreign aid in the final quarter. Although Xinjiang took a huge lead, Shanxi has already relied on the advantages of Liu Chuanxing, Gu Dewen, Diyaluo, and others to reverse the defending champion Liaoning team, the powerful Beijing Shougang team, and the top-ranked Guangsha men's basketball team in many previous games. Now, Shanxi has once again relied on Liu Chuanxing's advantage in the paint to complete an amazing comeback in the fourth quarter of the game.
In this battle, Liu Chuanxing not only scored 12 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 5 blocks efficiently, but his key blocks and offensive rebounds also exploded against Xinjiang. When Liu Chuanxing was on the court, Shanxi outscored Xinjiang by 20 points. With all the championship contenders falling to Shanxi this season, this dark horse team has firmly secured second place in the standings. In the future, Shanxi's lineup combination of Gu Dewen/Diyaluo + Liu Chuanxing will continue to dominate the entire league. For Shanxi's outstanding performance of the foreign aid combination, the role of the local big center Liu Chuanxing on both ends of the offense and defense is also indispensable. As a result, many fans believe that Liu Chuanxing is also the most suitable local frontcourt player for the Guangdong team.
Previously, Guangdong sent Liu Chuanxing and others in exchange for Su Wei, which indeed won them a three-peat, but now without cultivating Xu Xin before, Du Feng no longer has a qualified local center available. Therefore, some fans are calling on Guangdong to consider re-signing Liu Chuanxing, giving them a chance to challenge for the championship again during the peak end of Xu Jie and Hu Mingxuan. The current Guangdong team is led by local core Xu Jie paired with big foreign aid Morand, which is undoubtedly a combination that does not match the strongest lineup combination and personnel configuration of the current CBA league. Therefore, even if Guangdong finds a high-quality small foreign aid capable of hard-solving opponents in the future, the lack of a qualified local frontcourt will still be a huge flaw.
It must be said that Liu Chuanxing has successively defeated many championship contenders such as Liaoning, Xinjiang, Beijing, and Guangsha, making him the undisputed number one heavy-duty interior player in the current CBA league. In the future, Guangdong can consider trading Liu Chuanxing back in the same way as Su Wei, which may be Du Feng's ultimate answer for the championship-winning frontcourt.