The 27th round of the second stage of the 2024-25 CBA regular season continued, with a focus on the fierce competition between the strong Shanxi men's basketball team and the traditional powerhouse Xinjiang men's basketball team. Ultimately, the stronger Shanxi team defeated the powerful Xinjiang team 115-110 at home, thanks to the outstanding performances of Liu Chuanxing, Goodwin, Diarra, and other main players. It is worth noting that Shanxi was once 25 points behind Xinjiang in this game, but they made a 41-11 offensive climax in the final quarter, successfully completing the comeback. It can be said that the reason why Shanxi could blow out Xinjiang with a single foreign aid lineup in the final quarter was due to the combination of Liu Chuanxing and the small foreign aid. As a former Guangdong team youth training inside player, many fans also called on Zhu Fangyu to consider signing Liu Chuanxing back.
According to statistics, Liu Chuanxing, the main center of Shanxi team, played 21 minutes in this game, scoring 12 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 5 blocks with a shooting rate of 6/10 on the offensive end, and a plus-minus value of +20, which was the best in the field. After this battle, Shanxi has firmly occupied the second place in the standings, only behind the top Guangsha men's basketball team as the hottest championship contender. It should be noted that this season's four major championship contenders Liaoning team, Beijing Shougang team, Guangsha team, and Xinjiang team have all been defeated by Shanxi. Shanxi relies on the super-strong small foreign aid combination of Goodwin and Diarra, coupled with Liu Chuanxing's top domestic inside line, to play the strongest version of the final quarter textbook lineup tactical system this season. It can be said that this season's CBA league teams that want to compete for the championship must be equipped with top domestic centers and hard-solving small foreign aids.
For Shanxi, this season's introduction is almost epic. Goodwin is still the strongest small foreign aid in the entire league, with the first active personal offense and hard-solving ability. Diarra is the strongest versatile forward foreign aid this season, with comprehensive strength on both ends of the attack and defense that is not inferior to Diarra. Without a doubt, Diarra and Goodwin can even crush other teams' top foreign aids such as Wells, Brown, and Witherspoon. What is more terrifying is that both Goodwin and Diarra are in Shanxi, giving Pan Jiang a double guarantee of tolerance in the final quarter's decisive moment. The reason why Goodwin and Diarra can fully release their personal offense in the single foreign aid tactical system of the final quarter is that Liu Chuanxing guarded Shanxi's defensive line alone in the inside.
This season, Liu Chuanxing has shown his advantages against strong inside teams such as Beijing Shougang, Xinjiang, Liaoning, and Guangsha. As a native center who once trained with the Chinese men's basketball team, Liu Chuanxing seems to have made new improvements this season. On the contrary, the Guangdong team, plagued by lineup defects, not only lacks top attacking foreign aids but also does not have qualified domestic centers. If the Guangdong team wants to return to the ranks of championship contenders as quickly as possible, then Zhu Fangyu and Du Feng can consider re-signing Liu Chuanxing in the future. After all, Liu Chuanxing was also a domestic inside player produced by the Guangdong Hongyuan youth training.
In summary, Liu Chuanxing has long proven himself in terms of inside strength, and he must have convinced Du Feng, the head coach of the Guangdong team. In the future, Zhu Fangyu can consider signing Liu Chuanxing back to the Guangdong team again with a large sum of money.