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Hey, basketball fans, the CBA regular season you've been looking forward to is back.
On January 11, there were two highly anticipated games, one of which was Shandong men's basketball team visiting Shenzhen. It was expected that Shandong would win easily, but the result was a big upset.
As we all know, Shandong had previously defeated Shenzhen twice at home, and this time away, it was thought that Shandong could continue its winning streak. However, Shenzhen's trio - Thompson, Johnson, and He Xining - were really fierce! The three of them combined for 92 points, directly stunning Shandong.
The final score was set at 99-115, with Shandong losing by 16 points, ending their 2-game winning streak and allowing Shenzhen to end their losing streak, venting their anger.
Let's review this game.
At the beginning, Shenzhen gave their opponents a warning, leading by 7 points.
Shandong is not to be underestimated, they chased fiercely, but at the end of the first quarter, Shenzhen still led 29-26.
In the second quarter, Shandong unleashed their firepower, operating like a tiger, directly overtaking the score.
Although Shenzhen was unwilling to show weakness, after a fierce battle between the two sides, Shandong reversed the score at halftime, leading 62-57;
In the second half, Shenzhen's trio began to take turns to exert their power.
Under the leadership of Thompson, Johnson, and He Xining, they were invincible, directly knocking down Shandong.
At the end of the third quarter, Shenzhen overtook the score again, establishing a double-digit lead of 90-79;
In the decisive fourth quarter, Shenzhen did not give Shandong any chance, leading all the way to the end, finally winning a big upset with a score of 115-99.
Let's talk about another game, the strong dialogue between Beijing men's basketball team and Zhejiang.
This game was also very exciting, and it was also a revenge match.
This game was the rematch between the two teams. In the first round of the season, when Beijing Shougang was at home, they defeated Zhejiang men's basketball team with a huge advantage of 22 points, inflicting a painful defeat on their opponents.
This time back at home, Zhejiang not only wanted to fight for the ranking, but also to avenge the crushing defeat in the first round.
Before the game, Zhejiang received good news that Beijing's core player Zhou Qi suddenly had a fever, and the team, in order to protect their ace, once again benched him.
However, the consequence was that Beijing's interior was really tight, and they fell behind from the start of the game.
Zhejiang relied on the superb performance of their foreign aid to maintain the lead;
In the second quarter, the two teams fought fiercely, with the score difference once only 2 points, but at the end of the first half, Zhejiang still had a 5-point advantage;
After changing sides to play again, Beijing men's basketball team fell into a scoring drought, and Zhejiang took the opportunity to widen the score gap;
In the last quarter, Beijing men's basketball team was powerless to turn the tide, and finally had to accept the loss of the game with a score of 92-106, a 14-point disadvantage.
With the end of the two games, the CBA rankings have been reshuffled again.
Guangsha team accumulated 54 points and stood alone at the top of the standings, while Shanxi and Liaoning, although ranked second and third, have been tied in points by the losing Shandong team;
And Zhejiang, who defeated Beijing, also caught up, making the points from 2nd to 5th place exactly the same, even Guangdong, ranked 9th, is only 2 points away from 2nd place.
So, this year's CBA regular season seems to have entered the Warring States era, with no super-strong teams, everyone has a chance.
Let's wait and see what other surprises are in store.