basketball hero

Chapter 126 The first game of the playoffs

On January 1, the XJ team, ranked third in the league, was punished by the Basketball Association for the "Guan Xiuchang Incident", thus losing the qualification to participate in the playoffs.The Fujian team, ranked 10th in the league, replaced them in the playoffs.Therefore, the final ranking and matchup situation of the playoffs have changed accordingly.

The updated playoff rankings are as follows: Guangdong, Guangsha, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, Bayi, Dongguan, Fujian.The situation of the playoffs has become: the first (Guangdong) to the eighth (Fujian); the second (Guangsha) to the seventh (Dongguan); the third (Jiangsu) to the sixth (August [-]); the fourth ( Liaoning) to fifth (Shandong).

For the Guangsha team, this is of course a good thing.Not only is there one less main competitor to win the championship, but also successfully avoided the defending champion Bayi team in the first round.

For Ying Xiong, it doesn't matter which team he plays against. If he wants to win the championship, he must beat the strongest team.

The annual CBA All-Star Game is officially held. Ying Xiong, Li Meng and Yu Junkai are all in the red team. The head coach is Li Chunjiang, the head coach of the Guangdong team.

In the All-Star Game, Ying Xiong restrained the tough game style in the regular season, and his low-key game style won the praise of other seniors.In their view, Ying Xiong has such excellent skills and strong strength, but he is not domineering or aggressive. He is a very good young man.

In the end, Wang Zhizhi from the Bayi team was named the MVP of this All-Star Game.

After the MVP of the All-Star Game was announced, the MVP of the regular season was also announced soon.In the end, Zhu Fangyu from the Guangdong team won this honor.

Since foreign aid does not participate in the selection of MVP, candidates can only come from domestic players.However, Zhu Fangyu's winning of the MVP still caused quite a bit of controversy.More people think that Ying Xiong is more deserving of this honor.Their reason is that Ying Xiong's statistics are better than Zhu Fangyu's, and his contribution to the team is also more than Zhu Fangyu's.In everyone's opinion, the only advantage Zhu Fangyu has over Ying Xiong is the team's record.

Of course, disputes and doubts cannot change the final result.In the end, Ying Xiong failed to become the youngest regular season MVP in CBA history.

Ying Xiong himself took this result very lightly. Although he was unwilling, he was not so angry that he lost his position.His goal is not to win the CBA regular season MVP, but the CBA championship, and then go to the NBA.

However, this result can stimulate him to some extent, making him more hungry and focused on the upcoming playoffs.

The change of opponents in the first round did not affect the Guangsha team's preparations for the playoffs.Today, their self-confidence is completely different from that at the beginning of the season. Even if the opponent is Bayi, they are very confident that they can beat their opponent.

The Guangsha team's first-round opponent changed from Bayi to Dongguan.For the Dongguan team, both teams kept their home courts during the regular season, so nothing can be seen from the record of the two teams.In the away game that Guangsha lost, Ying Xiong did not play.Coupled with the home court advantage, the Guangsha team has a certain psychological advantage.

This is the Guangsha team's first playoff game since it was promoted to the CBA last season, and it is a home game.This made the fans of Guangsha very excited, and the tickets for the playoffs were sold out quickly as soon as they opened.The popularity of the ball market can be seen.

As far as the CBA is concerned, the first round and the semifinals adopt a 5-match 3-win system.The side with the record has home field advantage.The first game is played at the home court of the team with home field advantage, then the second and third games are played at the home court of the other team.If you want to play the 4th and 5th games, they will all be played at the home court of the team with home court advantage.

According to the schedule, for the Guangsha team with a good record, the first home game must be won.Otherwise, the next two away games will be very difficult.

Before the first game of the playoffs, Ying Xiong received text messages from Sun Jing, Li Jianwu and Shao Ziqiang.The text messages from Sun Jing and Li Jianwu were mainly encouraging, while Shao Ziqiang's text message contained such a sentence: "Play every game as if you are about to be eliminated!"

Ying Xiong understands what Shao Ziqiang means. This is the playoffs, and it is also a knockout game. If you are relaxed or negligent, you may be forced to a desperate situation by your opponent.

The fans at home in Guangsha are in high spirits. It is such a blessing to be able to cheer for the home team and watch the home team's games in the playoffs.

Before the starters were ready to play, Guangsha team coach Wang Fei instructed: "Follow the game plan, don't think too much, just play our own game!"

The starting lineups of both sides are on the field. The starting lineup of the Guangsha team is: Thompson, Li Meng, Yu Junkai, Zhang Nan, Ying Xiong; the starting lineup of the Dongguan team is: Wang Jing, Li Gangfeng, Yu Ning, Zhang Kai, Mike Harry s.

The game is on the verge of breaking out.As Ying Xiong, who played in the playoffs for the first time, it would be a lie to say that he was not nervous.But no matter how nervous you are, you can only bite the bullet and go on.

Jump ball near the middle circle - Thompson VS Zhang Kai!

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began.Thompson jumped to the ball and pointed it to Zhang Nan, who passed it to Ying Xiong.At this point, the Guangsha team's first CBA playoff game officially began.The fans at the scene were enthusiastic and gave warm cheers to the home team.

Ying Xiong dribbled the ball across the half court, and when the ball was in his hands, the tension in his heart was slightly relieved.Wang Jing of the Dongguan team came to defend Ying Xiong.The Dongguan team was afraid of Yingxiong's height, so they didn't let Li Gangfeng defend Yingxiong, and asked him to defend the shorter Yu Junkai.

Ying Xiong gave the ball to Yu Junkai who came out of the bag. The latter was fiercely flanked by his opponent in a high position and made a mistake when he sent the ball.The Guangsha team made a mistake in the first attack.It can be seen that the players are very nervous, even for a veteran like Yu Junkai and Zhang Nan, his body movements are relatively stiff and not as comfortable as usual.

Unexpectedly, it was also a mistake for the Dongguan team to come here, "reciprocity"!

Ying Xiong dribbles over and cooperates with Li Meng in a high pick-and-roll.It was Zhang Kai who defended Li Meng for the Dongguan team.Zhang Kai is tall and has long arms, but he is relatively thin, but his movement speed is relatively good among big men.

The Dongguan team's defense against the pick-and-roll is to delay the return.Considering that the team's starting lineup only has Zhang Kai as a big man, if he switches defenses so that he has a big defense and a small defense, once Ying Xiong breaks through, there will be no one inside to protect the basket.

Ying Xiong took advantage of the opponent's delay in returning to the position, and changed to Zhang Kai, who was delayed and missed, and entered with lightning speed.After attracting the attention of Harris' help defense, he suddenly started and threw the ball in the air-Thompson jumped high and dunked the ball!
"Wow - amazing!" The audience was immediately infected by this excellent alley-oop slam dunk, and the atmosphere on the scene was instantly detonated!
Li Gangfeng from the Dongguan team came over with a dribble, and after pouring down the ball with his teammates many times from the outside, Harris made a hit!
2: 2!

(End of this chapter)