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Chapter 137 CBA Finals

The CBA games this season have given people too many surprises.Last season's championship winner, the Bayi team, was eliminated in the first round; the XJ team, another favorite team that performed well this season, unexpectedly lost its qualification for the playoffs because of the "Guan Xiuchang Incident"; The Guangsha team, which was only promoted to the CBA this season and ranked last in the league last season, has been the best this season. Under the leadership of Ying Xiong, they swept their opponents in both rounds and advanced to the finals.The only thing that didn't surprise everyone was that last season's runner-up Guangdong team has been playing steadily since the beginning of the regular season. After losing Yi Jianlian, they successfully reached the finals.

How good is the dark horse of the Guangsha team? After the start of the finals with the Guangdong team, the answer will be revealed soon.

由于2月6日是除夕，2月7日是正月初一，所以CBA主办方将总决赛的首场比赛安排在了2月13日（正月初七）。

The Guangsha team gave the players a 3-day vacation, and asked everyone to go home for the New Year and then return to the team to prepare for the finals.

The format of the finals adopts a 7-game 4-win system (22111), and the team with the dominant record in the regular season has home court advantage.The first match between the two teams will be played at the home court of the side with home field advantage.

The Guangdong team ranks first in the regular season record, and the Guangsha team is second, so the first game of the finals will be played at the Guangdong team's home court.

Judging from the record of the two teams playing against each other in the regular season, both sides have kept their home courts.It is worth noting that in the Guangsha team's away game loss to Guangdong, the team's core Yingxiong truce due to injury.So for the Guangsha team, the team has not lost to the Guangdong team in the match with Yingxiong this season. This is their psychological advantage.

For the Guangdong team, the opponent is not XJ, but a team like Guangsha that entered the finals for the first time. This is what they are very happy to see.For the regular season away loss to the Guangsha team, the Guangdong team did not take it seriously.The tigers always take a nap. For the Guangdong team, one of the overlords of the league and who have won many championships, it is natural for them to relax in individual games during the regular season.

The Guangsha team is a dark horse, but no matter how dark it is, they all have 0 experience in the finals.No matter how strong Ying Xiong is, he lacks experience after all, and has never proved himself in the finals.In the face of Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Du Feng and other national strikers, how much strength can he play?

In the predictions before the finals, well-known domestic basketball experts or sports media people, more than 9 people believed that the Guangsha team could not "black to the end".The Guangdong team is different from the Jiangsu team in that they have too many weapons.Their experience in the finals and the number of championships are second only to the dynasty team in the league-the Bayi team.It is difficult for the Guangdong team, which has many national players, to lose all weapons in the offense. It is really a small probability event.The Guangdong team, which has home court advantage, has no reason to lose to any other team in the league in the 7-game series.The most important thing is that they don't believe that the "virgin" Ying Xiong in the finals can lead the team to win the series under the defense of the Guangdong team's national striker group.

Naturally, there are experts and sports reporters who believe that the Guangsha team can defeat the mighty Guangdong team, but most of these people are local sports professionals.Not only are the number of people scarce, but the reputation is not loud enough.

Of course, before the game has started, all predictions have the possibility of becoming reality.Even if everyone is unanimously optimistic about the Guangdong team, but before the game starts, nothing is certain.Power on paper or fame doesn't mean ultimate victory.Examples of the weak defeating the strong are not uncommon in the sports world, and even rare. ——This is the charm of competitive sports. Anything can happen until the last moment!
For Ying Xiong, the finals is his dream stage, and the Guangdong team is his most hopeful opponent.He is not afraid of the Guangdong team, he is not afraid of failure, what he feels in his heart is more excitement.To be able to compete with last year's final runner-up Guangdong team on the stage of the highest level basketball league finals in China, and compete for the championship, this feeling is too exciting and amazing.

Ying Xiong cherishes this hard-won opportunity very much, and will definitely give his all to pursue the championship.He believes in himself, his coaches, teammates, and the fans who support Guangsha and himself. "We will definitely win the championship, we will!" He said to his heart.

The first game of the finals between Guangdong and Guangsha was played at the Guangdong team's home court on February 2.The finals will be broadcast live on CCTV.

Before the first game against the Guangdong team, Ying Xiong sent Sun Jing a message: "I can't spend Valentine's Day with you, I hope I can use a victory as a Valentine's Day gift this year!"

Sun Jing's reply was simple: "I believe in you! Come on!"

Ying Xiong also received a text message from coach Shao Ziqiang: "The start is very important, don't take the first game too seriously!"

The home atmosphere of the Guangdong team is very strong, and the fans are very enthusiastic.As one of the traditional strong teams in the CBA, the Guangdong team has won multiple championships and has a large number of fans all over the country.The football market in Guangdong is very good, and of course it also benefits from the strong competitiveness of the team.

The game was narrated by two CCTV basketball celebrities, which shows how much CCTV attaches importance to the finals.

The two teams announced their starting lineups for the game.For the Guangdong team, the starting lineup is: Jackson, Du Feng, Zhu Fangyu, Zhou Peng, Liu Xiaoyu; for Guangsha, the starting lineup is: Thompson, Yao Peng, Zhang Nan, Yu Junkai, Ying Xiong.Obviously, Li Chunjiang did not let Wang Shipeng play the No. 2 starting position, but let Zhou Peng start. This is naturally for him to deal with Ying Xiong.Wang Shipeng playing the sixth man can also enhance the team's bench strength.Wang Fei did not let Li Meng play the starting power forward, and let the faster-moving Yao Peng start, also in order to target the opponent's star power forward Du Feng.

In the playoffs, you have to play multiple games with the same team, so matchups are especially important.Yao Peng's comprehensive strength may not be stronger than Li Meng, but he is a more suitable candidate to deal with Du Feng; similarly, Zhou Peng's offensive strength is far inferior to Wang Shipeng, but his defense is better, and he is more suitable for consuming Yingxiong on the defensive end.

The coaches of the two teams, Wang Fei and Li Chunjiang, both have rich coaching experience and both led their teams to win championships.The finals are not only the competition of players on the field, but also the fighting skills between the coaching staff is a very important part of the finals.

For the Guangsha team, entering the finals has created team history. If they can win the championship, they will win the first CBA championship in team history.

Regarding the core players of the two teams, there is another episode: at the end of the regular season, Zhu Fangyu of the Guangdong team beat Ying Xiong of the Guangsha team to become the MVP of the 2007-2008 CBA regular season.For Ying Xiong, who has more outstanding statistics and on-court performance, being deprived of the MVP by Zhu Fangyu is bound to be more devoted to the stage of the finals to avenge the "revenge" of being deprived of the MVP.Therefore, the media is also initiating discussions on the confrontation between Zhu Fangyu and Ying Xiong.But most of them think that although the two are similar in height and shape, they do not play in the same position.However, some people have analyzed that Zhou Peng must be the main defender of the Guangdong team against Ying Xiong, but it is not ruled out that Zhu Fangyu will directly face Ying Xiong at a certain period of time or in a certain round.As for the Guangsha team, it is very likely that Ying Xiong, who has the best defensive ability inside and outside the team, will be arranged to face Zhu Fangyu, the opponent's number one outside scorer.

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