After seven months of fierce competition, the CBA league of the 2022-2023 season will face the final duel tonight. Zhejiang Chouzhou and Liaoning Bengang will face each other on the stage of the finals. Whether the new king of Chouzhou ascended the throne or the successful defending of Liaoning will all be written in the history of CBA league.

Zhejiang team won the playoffs in Liao

He was crowned the CBA regular season champion for the first time in young pioneer team history and entered the CBA finals for the first time in young pioneer team history…… The 2022-2023 season, which belongs to Chouzhou, Zhejiang province, is enough to be described as a dream. In the case of the lack of foreign aid Gaili in the semi-finals, the youth army, which had been in the top four and even the top eight for many times in the past few years, showed enough toughness and courage, they finally broke the window paper floor through their own efforts and stepped onto the floor of the finals.

After entering the finals, Zhejiang Chouzhou officially announced that it would move its home court to Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. As the team ranked first in the regular season, they will have home court advantage in the finals and take the lead in playing two games at home. For Chouzhou, Zhejiang province, which entered the finals for the first time, how to grasp its own home court and how to deal with the pressure of the finals will be the challenges facing this youth army. For Wang Shilong, the “Cainiao coach, it would also be a great achievement if we could ask for the Crown in the first season of coaching CBA team.

It is worth mentioning that Zhejiang Chouzhou foreign aid Gaili, who was injured in the semi-finals, will have a high probability of returning during the finals, his return will undoubtedly bring great improvement to the team in morale and tactics. During the regular season, Gailey can get 17.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.5 steals, which are the scoring and grabbing kings of the team, and the assists are second only to Wu Qian.

In the case of Galy’s absence, Zhejiang Chouzhou could only rely on Wright and lacosevic’s two foreign aid in the semi-finals, which also forced the team to make corresponding adjustments in rotation. At the same time, the backcourt players such as Wu Qian, Wang Yibo and Lu Wenbo are bound to take on more plays, but in the face of high-pressure defense, the performances of these players are not satisfactory, therefore, if Galy can return to help the team in time, it will undoubtedly add an important weight to the championship competition in Chouzhou, Zhejiang province.

In the past four seasons, the champion of CBA regular season has been crowned as the final champion without exception, and it is worth looking forward to whether Zhejiang Chouzhou, who has the best time to win this championship, can continue to write this certain law.

According to statistics, Zhejiang Chouzhou and Liaoning Bengang have played twice in the regular season this season, and each side has won a victory. In the past three seasons, the two teams met twice in the playoffs, and the Liaoning team both laughed to the end. In the 2019-2020 season, Zhejiang Chouzhou lost to Liaoning with a total score of 0 to 1 in the quarter-finals of the playoffs, and failed the semi-finals. In the 2020-2021 season, Zhejiang Chouzhou, who entered the semi-final for the first time in young pioneer team history, lost to Liaoning 0-2 and missed the CBA finals.

Yang Ming cried: Liaoning team is under too much pressure

Unlike Chouzhou, Zhejiang, which entered the finals for the first time, just like a blank sheet of paper, after defeating Guangsha, Zhejiang, the Liaoning team has set foot on the floor of the finals for the 11th time in young pioneer team history, second only to the 16th Guangdong team, tied for the second in CBA history with the Bayi team. In the previous 10 finals tour, the Liaoning team achieved a record of 14 wins and 24 losses in 38 games, with a victory rate of 36.8 percent and only two wins.

Facing Guangsha in Zhejiang province, which lacked Hu Jinqiu and Zhao Yanhao, Liaoning team did not let victory slip away in the fifth game of the semi-final. While winning 95-84, they eliminated their opponents with a total score of 3-2, he entered the finals for four consecutive years, “thanks to Guangsha, an opponent, who inspired a better Liaoning. Both sides gave all the energy without reservation and played five games. However, each team has difficulties, injuries, age and other factors, so I think this round of duel is very exciting. “Liaoning coach Yang Ming said,” the competition in the series is the willpower and tenacity. I am very grateful to my players for bringing the competition back to Shenyang under very difficult circumstances, and then in the “five” war to fight to the end.”

Like the other three teams in the semi-final, the Liaoning team also faced the situation that the main will be injured and stopped. As one of the core defenders in the team, Guo Allen accidentally pulled the leg muscles in the second game against Guangsha, Zhejiang, and could only hang the war-free card in the subsequent games.

The Liaoning team, which lacked Guo Allen, once faced the situation of being eliminated in the semi-final, which not only tested the coaching team’s strategic level, but also tempered the competition temperament of the last champion. In the case of the last battle, the Liaoning team burst out their own energy. Whether it was Zhang Zhenlin, Zhao Jiwei, or Li Xiaoxu and Han Dejun, they all gave everything on the court and left the victory in Shenyang, “In fact, the team has been moving forward in a stable state throughout the season. What we have to do now is to prepare for the finals and try to play the game well. We also hope that the whole team will be in a healthy state. “After eliminating Guangsha in Zhejiang province, Yang Ming couldn’t help shed two lines of tears while waiting for the interview after the match. As the manager of the last champion, the pressure on him was obvious,” Zhejiang Chouzhou is the first team in the regular season, and the competitiveness shown in the semi-finals is also very strong. We ranked third in the regular season and hit our opponents with a low profile. After all, our opponents have a home court advantage, and these players have also experienced many years of baptism. We are trying to challenge the team that comes first in the regular season with the mentality of the following grams.”

According to the competition system, the CBA finals this season will adopt the seven-game four-win system, which will be conducted in the form of 2-2-1-1. The first match of the series between the two sides will be officially launched at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center tonight.

(Text/Oriental Sports Daily reporter Xue Sijia)