Guangdong player Xu Jie (left) holds the ball to face the Tianjin team’s defense.Photo/Xinhua News Agency
Beijing News (Reporter Liu Chen) On the afternoon of April 1, the 2021-2022 CBA playoffs began. The Guangdong Men’s Basketball Team, which participated in the 12-to-8 stage competition for the first time, defeated the Tianjin Men’s Basketball Team 124-101. After the game, head coach Du Feng thanked the Nanchang Division for its efforts in hosting this year’s playoffs.
Under the current epidemic prevention and control situation, the CBA playoffs can be held without the support of the Nanchang Division and relevant local departments. For this, Du Feng first expressed his gratitude after the game.
In the defending champion’s first 12-to-8 game, he established an advantage from the end of the first quarter, and then gradually widened the point difference, showing his superior strength. Du Feng believes that the key to winning lies in defense. He believes that the Tianjin team has distinct characteristics, especially the outside shooting ability is at the top of the league, and the Guangdong team has made a lot of difficult preparations. “Defensively done well, especially in the second, third and first half of the fourth quarter, and controlled the opponent well.” Zhao Rui also said that there are no weak teams in the playoffs, so we must maintain a high degree of focus in every game. .
Ren Junfei left the field with a knee injury in the penultimate round of the regular season. Not only did he miss the next two games, he also did not enter the squad for today’s playoffs. Du Feng revealed that “Er Fei” is actively recovering, but has not yet participated in the confrontation, and it remains to be seen when it can return.
Du Feng was quite satisfied with the overall state of the team. In particular, Weems made all 11 shots and scored 27 points, becoming the 8th player in playoff history to score 20+ and hit 100 shots.
At 7:35 p.m. on the 3rd, the two teams will have their second match. In this round of 3 games and 2 wins, the Guangdong team has already held the match point. Tianjin team also did not give up, although admitting that there is a gap in strength with the defending champion, they still hope to play well in the next game.
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