- Liaoning men’s basketball team wins match point in CBA Finals
- 2023-05-15 14:40:14.0 Source: Xinhuanet
Author: Li Zheng
The third game of the 2022-2023 China Men’s Basketball Professional League (CBA) finals kicked off on the 13th. The Liaoning team defeated the Zhejiang team 94:68 at home and took a 3-0 lead in the seven-game four-win finals. The defending CBA championship is only one step away.
When the game once encountered the difficulty of missing 12 three-pointers, the Liaoning men’s basketball team showed the ability of a mature team to “seek victory through change”. In the face of difficulties, the Liaoning team’s inside combination Morand and Han Dejun helped the team stabilize their position. Moreland played in the second half of the first quarter and performed well and scored 10 points in a row. He scored 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks in the game. Veteran Han Dejun also contributed a “double-double” of 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Liaoning team coach Yang Ming praised the team’s unremitting efforts after the game. He said: “Different stages will encounter different difficulties, but the whole team has not relaxed and has been trying to overcome difficulties.”
The foreign aid Fogg was the biggest contributor to the victory of the Liaoning team. He scored 28 points and scored 4 three-pointers. At critical moments, he extinguished the Zhejiang team’s counterattack momentum time and time again.
The Zhejiang team did not have a hero to save the team when the head star Wu Qian was absent due to injury, especially the three foreign players only scored 8 points in total. Too many mistakes in the first quarter made them give up the initiative of the game prematurely, and the disadvantage of falling behind 32:51 in the first half made the game lose suspense early.
Zhejiang team coach Wang Shilong accepted the failure frankly, “it’s all experience.”
With 3 minutes and 35 seconds left in the game that lost suspense, Liaoning fans ushered in a happy moment. Guo Ailun, who missed the first two games of the Finals due to injury, came off the bench amidst the cheers of the home fans, but he played very cautiously and had very few touches.
Head coach Yang Ming explained: “(Guo) Ailun has not fully recovered, and his appearance is mainly to adapt to the atmosphere of the game.”
The fourth game of the finals between the two teams will continue on the 15th at the home court of the Liaoning team. Yang Ming said: “There is still one victory before the championship, and we have to fight well for the next game.”