Shandong men’s basketball coach Qiu Biao (first from right) hopes to lead his team to qualify for the group. Xinhua News Agency (file photo)
On November 15th, the Shandong Hi-Speed Men’s Basketball Team, which has had two days of rest, will usher in the second group match of Group B of the first CBA Club Cup. The opponent is Sichuan Jincheng, which is playing in the all-China class. In this game, the Shandong Men’s Basketball Team is expected to send a substitute lineup and will go all out to win the game.
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Since the Group B competition of the first CBA Club Cup started on November 12, a total of 4 games have been played. In order to successfully host this competition, the Penglai Division has done a lot of work. In the game where the Shandong Men’s Basketball Team defeated Guangsha 68:61, the fans at the scene enthusiastically cheered for the home team, and the “Eight Immortals” cheerleading team was even more unique. Li Qi, the head of the CBA Competition Department who came to supervise the competition, expressed his approval of the Penglai Division, “Judging from the competition in the past two days, Penglai’s event organization is very good and the fan atmosphere is also very good. Choosing Penglai is the right choice.”
Song Yanping, president of the Yantai Basketball Association, said that Yantai has successively produced outstanding players such as Fan Bin, Li Yuan, and Wang Siyu. It has the reputation of “the hometown of basketball” and has a profound basketball cultural heritage. Penglai’s urban environment is very suitable for hosting sports events, and the venue facilities are also very good. It has hosted many events over the years and has received a good response in the sports circle. Zhang Yizhong, director of the competition development department of the Yantai Basketball Association, said that in the future, more games will be held in Penglai and more surprises will be presented to Yantai citizens.
Shandong men’s basketball team and Zhejiang duo compete for the right to qualify
Since the Jilin team and the Sichuan team are both all-Chinese teams, although Group B has only played two rounds, the situation is already very clear: if nothing unexpected happens, the two qualifying teams will compete in the Shandong team, Zhejiang Chouzhou and Zhejiang Guangsha emerged from these three teams. Currently in Group B, Shandong Men’s Basketball Team and Zhejiang Chouzhou both have 1 win, Zhejiang Guangsha and Sichuan Team both have 1 win and 1 loss, and Jilin Team has lost both games. Although the Zhejiang duo are missing many local players, both teams are equipped with three foreign players, and their overall strength is higher than that of the Sichuan team and Jilin team. Against the Jilin team, Zhejiang Chouzhou easily won 98:69. Three foreign aids, Jones, Bass and York, jointly contributed 52 points. However, in the match against Jilin team, Wang Zailu, an important rotation player in Zhejiang Chouzhou, was accidentally injured. After the game, he went to Penglai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for an examination accompanied by the team doctor immediately. It was found that he had an ankle joint injury and a calcaneal fracture. After evaluation by the team doctor, Wang Zailu is expected to be out for two months, which is a big blow to Chouzhou, Zhejiang. Zhejiang Guangsha lost to the Shandong Men’s Basketball Team 61:68 in the first round, but beat the Sichuan team 88:55 in the second round. The three foreign players scored 47 points together.
Since the first CBA Club Cup started in the four divisions across the country, the attitudes of each team towards this new event have been obviously different. The Beijing team, Beijing Enterprises, Shanxi team and other teams have relatively strong lineups and are more devoted to the game. The Liaoning team, Sichuan team, The Jilin team and others are all Chinese teams, and the purpose is to train young players. Some teams use cup games to hone their lineups and test the strength of new foreign players. For example, the Qingdao team achieved a record of 1 win and 1 loss in the first two rounds, but new foreign aid Mickey (power forward) performed well, averaging 27 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists per game. The Guangdong team’s new foreign aid Arms only played less than 5 minutes and scored 2 points in the first game against Jiangsu, but then he found the feeling in the game against the Guangzhou Long-Lions, scoring 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. The Shenzhen team, which performed poorly in the first stage of the CBA regular season, officially announced the signing of four new foreign players on November 13: Trevor Thompson, Markell Johnson, Askia Booker and Deng Arkus. Among them, Trevor Thompson and Markelle Johnson have already played in the first round of the cup. There are 6 foreign players in the Shenzhen team. They will determine the final 4 foreign players to participate in the CBA regular season based on the overall performance of the foreign players.
Different from the above teams, the Shandong Men’s Basketball Team participates in this cup not only to discover new players but also to achieve results. Judging from the situation in the first game against Guangsha, this goal of the Shandong Men’s Basketball Team has basically been achieved. On November 13, Shandong men’s basketball team Tao Hanlin, Chen Peidong and Xie Zhijie came to Yantai University of Science and Technology to interact with college students during the offseason of the Club Cup, and received a warm welcome. On November 15th, against the Sichuan team that plays in the all-China class, head coach Qiu Biao may give some playing time to players such as Zheng Xiaoyao and Lu Yiming who have not played this season. At the same time, Liu Yi and Yu Dehao will play against Guangsha. Players who perform well in the game may continue to be reused. While continuing to train the team, the Shandong Men’s Basketball Team will definitely try its best to win the Sichuan team and strive for the right to qualify for the group.
