CBA regular season, a focus match-up, the 100th encounter between Guangdong Men's Basketball and Liaoning Men's Basketball. In the previous 99 encounters, Guangdong team had 53 wins and 46 losses, slightly ahead, but in recent years, Liaoning has won more. This season, both teams have experienced great ups and downs, and their records are not very satisfying to fans. However, the winner of this game will definitely make fans happy for a while, so both sides will definitely try their best.
In the first half, Guangdong Men's Basketball trailed Liaoning Men's Basketball 43-47! Guangdong team couldn't defend against Wells, lost rebounds, missed free throws, and Jilunwote and Bazley performed poorly, hence the lag. The local players played well, Xu Jie was as reliable as ever. Liaoning's foreign aid was effective, they had an advantage in the paint, and their free throws were stable, hence the lead. The performance of the local players was not as good as Guangdong's.
Data: Xu Jie 13 points 2 assists, Huang Rongqi 5 points 2 assists, Jilunwote 4 points 5 rebounds, Morland 7 points 9 rebounds 2 assists, Bazley 2 points 4 assists, Du Runwang 9 points! Wells 21 points 2 rebounds 2 assists, Wang Lanchen 7 points, Han Dejun 6 points 8 rebounds, Li Xiaoxu 3 points 3 rebounds, Frug 5 points 6 rebounds 2 assists!
In the second half, Morland's three-pointer didn't come, Wang Lanchen's mid-range shot didn't come, Morland's strong attack on Han Dejun didn't come, Wells scored, Jilunwote's three-pointer still didn't come, Han Dejun's mid-range shot, Xu Jie's layup didn't come, Wells' layup was short, Xu Jie was targeted and made a mistake, Frug fed Li Xiaoxu, Liaoning led 53-43 and called a timeout for Guangdong.
Jilunwote finally scored with a strong attack, Frug made a mistake, Jilunwote broke through and made a layup, Frug continuously missed shots, Huang Rongqi's three-pointer came, Guangdong led 50-53 and called a timeout for Liaoning. Wells and Frug kept fouling Huang Rongqi, Li Xiaoxu fouled Jilunwote on a three-pointer, making one of three free throws, Zhang Wenyi's three-pointer didn't come, Han Dejun scored, Jilunwote scored, Guangdong team bit the score.
Li Xiaoxu's mid-range shot, Frug's three-pointer continued, Jilunwote answered the ball, Zhang Wenyi and Wells' three-pointers didn't come, Jilunwote forced a shot, Han Dejun scored, Huang Rongqi's three-pointer didn't come, Fu Hao hooked, Zhang Wenyi's three-pointer finally came, Han Dejun scored from a big open position, Bazley made two free throws, Wells missed a strong shot, the third quarter ended with Guangdong trailing Liaoning 62-67.
In the single foreign aid competition, Wang Lanchen started with a layup, Bazley made a follow-up basket, Fu Hao made a layup, Zhang Wenyi's three-pointer didn't come, Wang Lanchen counterattacked, Xu Jie made a super long three-pointer, Li Xiaoxu's reverse layup didn't come, Jilunwote singled out Li Xiaoxu, Wang Lanchen made a board shot, Jilunwote fast break, Wang Lanchen made another three-pointer, Huang Rongqi didn't return it.
Wang Lanchen finally missed, Huang Rongqi made a corner three-pointer, Wells made a layup, Jilunwote made a three-pointer, Han Dejun made a mistake, Jilunwote's mid-range shot didn't come, Wells' three-pointer didn't come, Huang Rongqi made one of two free throws, Li Huyi made an open three-pointer, Jilunwote couldn't deal with Li Xiaoxu, Wells made a breakthrough layup, Liaoning led 85-78 and called a timeout for Guangdong.
Huang Rongqi missed three shots, Wells made a three-pointer, and the gap reached double digits. Zhang Wenyi made a three-pointer to keep Guangdong alive, Li Xiaoxu committed a screening foul to give an opportunity, Xu Jie missed a three-pointer.
At the critical moment, Liaoning had more and more stable scoring points, driven by three cores, Wells, Wang Lanchen, and Frug. On the other hand, Guangdong only had one ball-handling offensive core, Xu Jie, who was struggling alone.
In the end, Liaoning defeated Guangdong, winning the first victory of the season, which was well-deserved, as they indeed played better. The loopholes of Guangdong team are obvious, lacking a powerful small foreign aid to share the pressure on Xu Jie and be able to play key shots. Zhu Fangyu should act quickly and stop live streaming.