The third stage of CBA: Beijing Shougang wins Beijing Enterprises, Beijing Shougang player Lin Shuhao (second from left) dribbles the ball during the game for a breakthrough / Xinhua News Agency After the Beijing Shougang team easily defeated the Ningbo team 118-84 in the final round of the regular season, They all finished the regular season with a record of 24 wins and 14 losses. Among them, the Shougang team had a record of 7 wins and 3 losses in the third stage. In two of the three losing games, the Shougang team intentionally preserved their strength and rested many main players, resulting in a decline in the overall strength of the team and the combat effectiveness of the game. On the whole, the Shougang team basically achieved their goal in the third stage: to get the ideal position of seventh in the regular season.
At the same time, under the condition of ensuring the seventh place in the regular season, the Shougang team also planned to rest some of the main players so that their bodies can recover and adjust, and also lay a solid foundation for the subsequent playoffs. Specifically, in terms of domestic players, in the two games between the Shougang team and the Xinjiang team and the Shandong team, they each rested three main players, including Fang Shuo, Liu Xiaoyu, Zhu Yanxi, and Li Muhao.
In terms of foreign aid, the Shougang team began to let Jeremy Lin rest in the second game with the Beijing Control Team, and then the second game with the Shandong team also chose to let Jeremy Lin truce. Jeremy Lin did not improve his state too much in the third stage. Although he scored high scores against Ningbo team twice, the reference and measurement value of such a game level and defensive intensity are not great. On the whole, Jeremy Lin’s performance in the third stage is still far from expectations. In particular, his outside shooting has not improved much, which is a little worrying.
At the same time, Hamilton and Gibson remained stable enough. Among them, Gibson has become one of the four foreign aids in the best state. After Dahan came back in the third stage, it was almost seamless. Although playing time is down again from last season, his role on the court hasn’t changed much. The good news is that Dahan is even better than last season in rebounding per game. And rebounding has always been the “just need” of the Shougang team.
Gibson’s overall performance in the third period was one of the best among foreign players. Gibson’s role and importance in the second unit is particularly evident. Gibson’s offensive firepower and efficiency are relatively high. Compared with another defender, foreign aid Brown, Gibson obviously has the absolute upper hand in the competition within the team.
Brown’s state of some highs and lows. After appearing in the last two games of the second stage, it really gave people a bright feeling. But in the third stage, when injuries hit and the competition for foreign aid became increasingly fierce, after his playing time was relatively compressed, Brown’s overall performance was mediocre. For example, in the penultimate round of the regular season against Shandong, Brown got a total of 21 minutes of playing time, but he only scored 10 points, 2 of 8 from two-pointers and 1 of 4 from 3-pointers. Brown’s state is somewhat sluggish, and he is also in the worst state among the four foreign aids in the third stage.
In addition, on the 22nd, the league company released official news that the playoffs are scheduled to start on April 1st in the Nanchang Division. The specific schedule and format will wait for the official news in the future.
The CBA regular season ended on the evening of the 22nd, and the playoff teams and matchups will also follow. According to a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, the league company has previously informed each playoff team that they should not leave their division after the regular season, and wait for the relevant notification later.
The current playoff teams are Liaoning, Guangsha, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shenzhen, Shougang, Guangzhou, Shanxi, Jilin, Tianjin and Shandong.
Foresight
What are the odds of winning against the Jilin team in the first round of the playoffs?
On the 22nd, the regular season ended, and the Shougang team ranked 7th. They will face the 10th Jilin team in the first round of the playoffs. Taken together, Shougang’s regular-season position, opponents in the first round of the playoffs, and the playoff division they are in are all very favorable results, which will help them go further in the playoffs.
Shougang and Jilin have met twice this season, with a record of 2 wins and 0 losses. In these two games, the Shougang team won overwhelmingly. The Shougang team scored more than 100 points in both games and conceded less than 80 points. This is the ideal model for the Shougang team to win.
At the same time, the Shougang team has a very successful experience and defensive effect in restricting the foreign aid Jones, the defender most relied on by the Jilin team. The Shougang team has players such as Zhai Xiaochuan, Raymond, Wang Xiaohui, and Zhang Cairen. They can match Jones in terms of height and weight, and use up his physical strength as much as possible, which will make Jones play very uncomfortable on the field. Most importantly, the Shougang team’s strategy of defending Jones is very effective. It can give him a chance to make three points from the outside, but it must not allow him to easily break through to the inside. In the past few seasons, as long as the Shougang team can implement this defensive principle well, the effect of restricting Jones has not been bad. Although the Jilin team has very lethal players like Jiang Weize and Jiang Yuxing, Jones is the most crucial player in the Jilin team. Limiting Jones is half the battle.
Of course, the Jilin team is also an opponent not to be underestimated. Especially in the third stage, the Jilin team’s outside attack efficiency has improved greatly. Although there is a relationship between the opponents who are not too strong, it can be seen that their state is gradually improving. The data shows that the Jilin team’s mid-range shooting percentage in the third stage is the second highest in the league, while the Shougang team is the best defensive mid-range shooting team. This is also an important reason why the showdown between the Shougang team and the Jilin team is regarded as a contradiction.
If there is no accident, the Shougang team will likely eliminate the Jilin team and advance to the stage of 8 into 4. But in any case, the 7th position of the Shougang team in the regular season and the playoff division are very favorable. They avoided the possibility of early encounters with strong teams such as Liaoning, Guangdong, and Zhejiang in the upper half, which helped them go further in the playoffs and achieve their season goals.
Yanis: Ready for new challenges
Shougang head coach Yanis summarized the different situations and team performance in the three stages of the regular season. He said that the team is ready to meet a new challenge – the arrival of the playoffs.
The Shougang team played in an all-China class in the first stage, and they had 1 win and 1 loss against strong teams such as the Guangdong team, the Zhejiang team, and the Shanghai team. Although the ranking of the Shougang team was not too high at that time, their overall performance was still good. Yannis also gave it a good review. “Before the start of the season, when we learned that the regular season will be divided into three phases, we knew that different periods would face different difficulties. We did a good job in the first phase and the team showed a strong Fighting spirit, very enterprising.” In the second stage, the Shougang team had three foreign aids to join, namely Jeremy Lin, Gibson and Brown. Among them, Jeremy Lin and Gibson are both old acquaintances of the team. Yannis said to this: “Everyone knows that Jeremy Lin went through all kinds of things before his return. Gibson also returned in a hurry. Before the game, he only had two training sessions with us. In the second stage, in addition to trying to win every game In addition, another important purpose is to run the team and make the team’s chemical reaction better. At the same time, our Zhai Xiaochuan and Fang Shuo are also gradually finding their way at this stage.” In the third stage, the biggest change of the Shougang team is to welcome Back to the fourth foreign aid Hamilton. “We have the return of Dahan, and the overall feeling is that the team’s running-in is getting better and better, and the games we play are becoming more and more competitive. We see these in our eyes.”
For the upcoming playoffs, Yannis believes that it is a brand new challenge, and the team is also ready to meet this challenge. The Shougang team will face the Jilin team in the first round of the playoffs, who defeated their opponents twice in the regular season.
This group of articles / reporter Song Xiang
