Beijing time on April 16th, the third semi-final match between the Liaoning men’s basketball team and the Guangdong men’s basketball team was held today. The two sides fought to overtime. In the end, the Liaoning men’s basketball team reversed the Guangdong men’s basketball team 117-116, with a total score of 3-0. Sweep Guangdong and advance to the finals!
Veteran Yi Jianlian made 2 of 5 shots in this game, scored 5 points and 5 rebounds, and was replaced many times at critical moments. He only played 1 minute and 30 seconds in the fourth quarter, and even failed to appear in the crucial overtime.
The veteran Yi Jianlian, who has come back from injury this season, is obviously not as good as previous seasons in physical condition and athletic ability. In the three games against Liaoning, Yi Jianlian scored a total of 23 points and 21 rebounds, and only hit 5 goals in 17 shots, of which 10 were three-pointers and only hit 3 goals.
At the beginning of the game, Yi Jianlian still chose to attack on the outside. After the three-point shot failed, the defensive end fouled Han Dejun while fighting for rebounds, giving the opponent two free throws. After the offensive and defensive outfits were changed, Yi Jianlian finished with Zhao Rui After the pick-and-roll, he dunked with both hands to catch the ball. Then he tried again and failed to hit a three-pointer. Liaoning gradually gained the lead. Yi Jianlian was replaced and rested. At the end of the first quarter with 2 minutes and 57 seconds remaining, Yi Jianlian went into battle again. After harvesting an offensive rebound, a foul occurred on the defensive end. At the end of the first quarter, Guangdong led Liaoning 33-25. Yi Jianlian made 1 of 3 shots and scored 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 block.
In the second quarter of the game, Yi Jianlian continued to stay on the court and got a chance to play Zhao Jiwei with a dislocation on the inside. Unfortunately, it was unsuccessful, and Du Feng immediately replaced the UAE with Zeng Fanri. Although Liaoning tried to narrow the point difference, Zhao Rui made consecutive three-pointers and Weems counterattacked to help Guangdong lead by 12 points. There were 3 minutes and 58 seconds left in the second quarter. Yi Jianlian, who appeared again, protected the backcourt rebounds for two consecutive rounds. The offensive end did not hesitate to use physical strength to block his teammates. The second quarter ended. Guangdong led Liaoning 58-48, Yi Jianlian 2 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.
In the second half of the game, Morand made Yi Jianlian’s third foul. Guangdong relied on Tang Jie and Wang Xinkai’s three-pointers to expand their lead. Yi Jianlian’s open three-pointer helped Guangdong get a 16-point lead. After Yi Jianlian took a break , Su Wei took Zhao Rui’s pass and easily scored 2 points, and the two sides started a tug of war. With less than 3 minutes left in the third quarter, Yi Jianlian was put on the court and was immediately caught by Han Dejun who delayed the return and missed a shot in time. Fogg’s counter-attack mid-range jumper helped the Liaoning team narrow the difference to 11 points. Du Feng immediately replaced Yi Jianlian with Zeng Fanri. At the end of the third quarter, Guangdong 85-76 Liaoning, Yi Jianlian made 2 of 4 shots and scored 5 points and 4 rebounds.
Su Wei receives Zhao Rui’s assist and makes a layup
In the fourth quarter, Yi Jianlian continued to rest off the court. The two sides started a confrontational battle. The Guangdong team made more mistakes. Zhang Zhenlin’s three-pointer helped Liaoning narrow the difference to 6 points. Su Wei was called for a physical foul when defending Han Dejun. The Liaoning team took the opportunity to reduce the point difference to 2 points. The attack of Zhao Rui and Zeng Fanri helped Guangdong temporarily stabilize the situation. At the end of the game with 4 minutes and 58 seconds remaining, Yi Jianlian replaced Zeng Fanri. After missing a three-pointer on the offensive end, he was scored by Han Dejun inside, and the difference was reduced to 2 points. Yi Jianlian was just played in less than 1 minute and 30 seconds. Wei replaced. The Guangdong team made another mistake on the offensive end, Liaoning counterattacked, Zhang Zhenlin’s three-pointer successfully overtook the score, Guo Ailun’s long-range two-pointer from the bottom corner almost sealed the victory, but Du Runwang’s three-pointer and Xu Jie’s pull-up jumper helped Guangdong 104-104. The game went into overtime.
Zeng Fanri’s second attack succeeded and showed off his muscles
In overtime, Guangdong took the lead with a 4-point lead. Zhang Zhenlin scored two consecutive three-pointers to help Liaoning overtake. Guo Ailun’s breakthrough layup sealed the victory. Yi Jianlian did not get playing time in overtime. In the end, Liaoning reversed and defeated Guangdong 116-117, swept Guangdong with a total score of 3-0, and advanced to the finals!
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