Shanghai Men's Basketball Dominates Guangdong Men's Basketball! Xu Jie Targeted, Bazley Without Three-Pointers, Jilun Wat Injured
The Shanghai men's basketball team faces off against the Guangdong men's basketball team in a home match! In the first game, Shanghai won by a large margin of 33 points. Returning to their home court for this match, they have no reason to lose and must secure a double kill. Guangdong is at a disadvantage and will need to rely on their three-point shooting to achieve revenge, as it will be difficult to win otherwise.
In the first quarter, Guangdong trails Shanghai by 8 points with a score of 23-31. Guangdong took the lead initially with a 9-0 start. Shanghai then responded with a 10-0 run. Following this, Guangdong was dominated by Shanghai on both offense and defense, being completely overwhelmed. Shanghai only needed to restrict Xu Jie to disrupt Guangdong's offensive flow. Their defense led to offense, counterattacks emerged, and accurate three-point shooting naturally widened the gap.
In the second quarter, Guangdong continued to struggle with scoring, compounded by poor free-throw performance. They were unable to capitalize on easy points, leaving one to wonder who to blame. Shanghai's offense was also average, so the point difference did not increase significantly. Zhang Haofei had consecutive misses, while Bradsoe scored three points, bringing the difference to 12 points. Xu Jie finally hit a three-pointer, but Wilson threw the ball out of bounds, and Ren Junfei had consecutive misses as well. Both Wilson and Li Hongquan missed their three-point attempts, indicating that both teams were struggling with their shots.
Li Hongquan broke the scoring drought with an open three-pointer, but Xu Jie was unable to respond. Liu Zheng executed a fast break counterattack, forcing Guangdong to call a timeout with Shanghai leading 42-28. Bazley made a turnover, Liu Zheng missed a three-pointer, Bazley also missed, but recovered the ball for a counterattack score. Bradsoe assisted Wang Zhelin, but Bazley continued to miss his three-point attempts...
Jilun Wat has not been playing, likely due to an injury. Otherwise, he would definitely be on the court, as he is the team's top scorer. Li Hongquan hit multiple three-pointers, increasing the lead to 17 points in a one-sided game. Bazley finally made a three-pointer, Bradsoe made free-throws, Zhang Haofei missed an open three-pointer, and Liu Zheng hit an open three-pointer, resulting in a 19-point difference.