(New Express/Text) After a season of hard work, Guangzhou Long-Lions have fixed their 2021-2022 CBA regular season record at 23 wins and 15 losses, and the team ranks 8th in the standings. Team history. After a short period of joy, the team that made the playoffs for the second year in a row is fully preparing for the game, and they are looking forward to going further and fighting for a new breakthrough in the playoffs.
In the past two days, friends in the Pearl River Delta are busy fighting back to Nantian, and the feeling of being wet everywhere makes people somewhat irritable. However, in the training hall of the Foshan International Sports Culture and Performing Arts Center, it is a different scene. The Guangzhou Dragons and Lions, which are preparing for the CBA playoffs, are in full swing. When the reporter arrived at the venue, the team had just finished a high-intensity confrontation training.
Coach Guo Shiqiang seems to be always busy. The white hair above his head and his hoarse voice tell of his exhaustion, but in the interview, the smile of “Uncle” was so confident and sincere.
In the one and a half years in charge of the Dragons and Lions, this former fish belly has reached the playoffs for two consecutive seasons. In the face of strong teams, the young people of the Dragon and Lion also dared to wrestle with them. More importantly, the young players in the team are full of vigor, and their confidence is written on their faces.
Guo Shiqiang likes to call his players “children”. In a press conference during the season, he once revealed his love for the players.
“The Dragon and Lion are slowly changing. I like this team very much, and I also like the players in the team very much. They are still very young and there is still a lot of room for improvement. I hope you will pay more attention to our team and give us a few years. It will grow slowly.”
When the reporter mentioned this speech to him, Guo Shiqiang once again expressed his inner feelings in front of the camera: “(Long and Lion) this group of children give me the feeling that they love basketball very much, they train very hard, and they want to improve through training. , This is very important to me. Although it is very tiring, we are very happy to work, I like this group of children very much, because they have goals.”
Indeed, people with goals and dreams are full of energy from the inside out, and their faces are always so young. Now that the playoffs are approaching, the Dragon and Lions boys will go all out under the leadership of Director Guo.
Inexperienced in the playoffs?We make up for it in other ways
In the one and a half years in charge of the team, coach Guo Shiqiang, like a magic trick, turned an originally weak team into an iron-blooded division that dared to fight and fight hard. In the face of reporters’ interviews, “Uncle” is still always modest and confident. In his opinion, young people like the Dragon and Lions are walking on the right path, and their dream of building a brand new Guangzhou team is moving towards reality step by step.
New Express: This year, the team created the best ranking and best record in the regular season in team history. In your second season under your leadership, how do you feel about such a result?
Guo Shiqiang: This achievement is the result of the hard work and hard work of everyone in the team. Everyone is very united, and everyone is very hardworking and serious.
New Express: Compared with last season, the improvement of the Dragon and Lion is more obvious. The playoffs will start on April 1, and the real contest will begin soon. How are the teams preparing for the playoffs?
Guo Shiqiang: Shanxi team is our opponent in the playoffs. This week’s training is more targeted, and we are preparing carefully every day.
New Express: As a coach, you have rich experience in the playoffs. For this young Dragon and Lions player, what problems would you tell them to pay attention to in the playoffs? Or what to do?
Guo Shiqiang: Some of our players have no experience in the playoffs, and some played in the playoffs only once last year. Compared to the other 11 teams, we are very young and inexperienced in the playoffs. But I also stressed with the players that although we lack experience, we can make up for it in other ways.
New Express: The Dragons and Lions have never entered the quarter-finals in history. If the Shanxi team is eliminated, the team will make history. What is your outlook for such an opportunity?
Guo Shiqiang: This week, everyone has worked very hard in training, and the quality of training is very high. I tell the players that they don’t need to think too much, and strive to play every game well. This is the most important thing.
New Express: Many young players in the team have made rapid progress. For these players, have you put forward some specific requirements in training?
Guo Shiqiang: I have been here for a year and a half, and I have seen these young players improve and improve in different ways. This is what I hope to see. They keep improving. I am usually very strict with them, they are very hardworking and hardworking.
New Express: When you first came, your goal was to build a brand-new Guangzhou team. How close is the team to this goal, or how much has it achieved?
Guo Shiqiang: I have been here for a year and a half, the team is constantly changing, and everyone has seen their progress, which is very good. We have been going step by step according to the plan, and I hope you can give more time.Return to Sohu, see more
Editor:
Disclaimer: The opinions of this article only represent the author himself, Sohu is an information publishing platform, and Sohu only provides information storage space services.