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In an upset of the T1 playoffs, the defending team’s special attack team lost to the God of War in the first game | Sports | Central News Agency CNA

2024/5/4 17:40 (updated at 5/4 18:07)

The playoffs of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League T1 ignited the war at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium on the afternoon of the 4th. Jaylen Johnson (3rd from the right in red) of the Taipei War Gods made a key free throw in the overtime to help the team defeat 95-94. New Taipei CITIC special attack team won the first victory in the series.Photographed by Central News Agency reporter Zhao Shixun on May 4, 113

(Central News Agency reporter Chen Rongchen, New Taipei, 4th) The first round of the Taiwan Professional Basketball T1 League playoffs debuted today. Unexpectedly, it was a huge upset. The defending New Taipei CITIC Special Attack lost to the newly formed Taipei Taishin Ares 94-95 in the overtime. Swallowed the first defeat in the series.

The special attack team worked hard to defend the title. They posted a record of 19 wins and 9 losses in the regular season this season and were awarded the top seed in the playoffs. They were expected to be the favorites to win the championship. Unexpectedly, they faced the newly formed God of War at home today and suffered a blow from their opponents at the beginning. Shocking Education was not only beaten 4-18 at the beginning, but also fell into a 25-point deficit at one point. Fortunately, in the second quarter, led by Abbasi with 7 points in a single quarter, they entered the intermission with a 15-point deficit.

After the change of basket, the special attack feeling continued to heat up. With foreign players Edgaras Zelionis and Abbasi teaming up to score points, they continued to narrow the gap and successfully led the score 1 minute and 12 seconds before the end of the 4th quarter. Unfortunately, Abbasi failed. When the game was tied, they failed to score the winning shot, which caused the two teams to return to the starting point and had to decide in an overtime.

Entering the critical overtime, the special attack relied on the continuous three-point offensive of Ed and Zeng Wending to take a 6-point lead. However, they were immediately chased by the God of War with only 1 point difference. Abbasi retired early due to injury, and the God of War Yangjiang Jaylen Johnson made both free throws before the end, allowing the special attack to be upset by 1 point.

Special attack head coach Li Yihua said in a joint interview with the media after the game that Abbasi had a fever, so he was not on the starting list, which also caused the entire game to loosen up. “The intensity of the playoffs is very high and we must not relax, but we are in In the first quarter, we were caught with too many offensive rebounds and had to catch up from behind. Fortunately, everyone did not give up, and then the momentum came back.” (Editor: Li Hengshan) 1130504

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