Original title: Both the Beijing team and the Beikong team have a “good start” – (Quote)
Can Beijing basketball disrupt the professional basketball landscape in the new season (theme)
Workers Daily-China Industry Network reporter Liu Bing
Recently, in the first round of the regular season of the 2024-2025 Chinese Men’s Basketball Professional League (CBA), the Beijing BAIC Team (hereinafter referred to as the Beijing Team) sat at home and passed overtime, and finally narrowly defeated the Shanghai Jiushi Team 110 to 107 and won the championship. A “good start” to the new season.
In fact, the Beijing team in this game was a “remnant formation” to deal with the enemy, and it was not easy to win the game. Since Zhai Xiaochuan, Fang Shuo, Zeng Fanbo and other main players are still in the suspension period, and new aid Zhou Qi, who suffered a sprained foot in the preseason, was unable to play, the Beijing team was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of lineup against the strong Shanghai team. . In the first three quarters of this game, the Shanghai team has been leading the score. It was not until the end of the fourth quarter that the Beijing team relied on a wave of consecutive hits to equalize the score, dragging the game into overtime and finally narrowly winning.
After the game, Beijing team head coach Xu Limin said frankly: “Facing the absence of personnel and being able to win despite things not going well from the beginning, we are relatively lucky.” However, he also affirmed the team’s performance in the second half of the fourth quarter and The performance in overtime, “The pressure on the opponent on the defensive end was very good, which reflected the tenacious fighting power of the team.”
This season, the Beijing team has changed a lot – not only has the coach been replaced by Xu Limin, the former head coach of the Chinese women’s basketball team, who is known for his rich coaching experience and rigorous military management philosophy, but also has made great efforts to recruit players in the transfer market, harvesting Chen Yingjun and Zhou Qi, the two major domestic players, also introduced three foreign players, Solomon, Germain and Omot, in an effort to make a difference in the new season.
In this game, new aid Chen Yingjun, who transferred from the Guangzhou team to the Beijing team, performed well. He scored 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, becoming an important contributor to helping the team reverse the game. In addition, the key performance of foreign aid Germain also became the key to the Beijing team’s victory in overtime.
On the same day that the Beijing team won its first victory of the new season, another CBA team in Beijing, Beijing Enterprises (Beijing Enterprises for short), defeated the Jilin team 100-99 in an away game and also got a “good start”. The team coach Min Lulei’s inside lineup of Salinger and Zou Yuchen, supplemented by the outside lineup of defender Liu Xiaoyu, scorer Leler and “three-pointer” Zhang Fan, impressed the fans.
Last season, under the leadership of Min Lulei, the North Control team returned to the playoffs after three seasons, but failed to advance to the top 8 in the playoffs. This season, on the basis of stabilizing the original lineup, the North Control team has introduced strong new players one after another, setting the goal of reaching the top 8 of the playoffs for the new season.
It is reported that in the new season, Beijing Enterprises has successively introduced powerful domestic players Shen Zijie and Zhu Songwei, as well as foreign aids inside and outside Salinger and Telles. The young point guard Liao Sanning has experienced significant progress in the national team. The overall strength of the basketball team has been significantly improved.
However, the first game also exposed some defensive problems of the North Control team. After the game, Min Lulei bluntly said that the addition of many new players has brought uncertainty to the team, and it will be necessary to adjust the lineup and tactics on the spot based on the opponent’s situation.
This season, the CBA League has made adjustments in the competition system and foreign aid policy, and the playoffs and championship pattern may usher in major changes. This is both an opportunity and a challenge for the two CBA teams in Beijing.
In the 6 preseason games before the start of the new season, the Beijing team, playing with the main lineup, won 6 consecutive games, beating its opponents by an average of more than 24 points per game, showing a good state. In contrast, the traditional powerhouses Liaoning and Guangdong both lost in the preseason. Although the Liaoning team has achieved three consecutive championships and aims to achieve four consecutive championships, the aging of the current lineup and injuries on the outside are all unfavorable factors on their road to defending the title.
As a veteran team in the CBA, the Beijing team has achieved a brilliant record of three championships in four years. However, in recent years, with the changes of team coaches and lineups, the Beijing team has gradually drifted away from the league championship. Rebuilding the team through internal tapping and external signings to strive for good results has been an important task for the Beijing team in recent seasons.
However, the road to restoration of glory is by no means an easy one. Facing the new season, as Beijing team coach Xu Limin said, victory in one game cannot predict how the entire season will be. It is necessary to maintain the state and study the opponent more, so that this team can go further, “I hope the team will go further.” The whole team can work together to overcome difficulties and achieve season goals.”
