The second battle between Liaoning and Xinjiang ended with a bang, as the weakened Liaoning team ultimately defeated Xinjiang by a 26-point margin, achieving a satisfying revenge victory. In this match, Liu Wei was convinced of their defeat and stated after the game that Liaoning had given them a lesson, and he would send a message to Yang Ming to inquire about how they managed to overcome them with a weakened lineup. However, Liu Wei might have been being polite, as he was well aware of how Xinjiang lost the game. Ultimately, it was because Liaoning used a shorter rotation and displayed a more aggressive offensive and defensive performance. Despite only being able to register 11 players, Liu Wei rotated more players than Yang Ming in the first three quarters, but no matter how he deployed his troops, he could not reverse the unfavorable situation on the court. This was mainly due to the three foreign players lagging in scoring output, especially Peterson, who, along with Xierzati, who performed well in the previous two games against Beikong and Shanxi, also scored low in this game, failing to provide continuous firepower for Xinjiang's perimeter. Overall, Xinjiang also lost to themselves, as they did not adjust their mentality well and did not anticipate that Liaoning was coming to fight to the death. In the first three quarters, Liaoning's six main players were on the court, and five of them played to their expected level, with two performing above expectations. These two were Wells, who scored 50 points, and Wang Lanqin, who scored…