On April 6, the CBA regular season ushered in the final round, with the Guangdong team playing against the Tianjin team. After the start of the game, the two teams faced off fiercely. The Guangdong team was slightly weaker, trailing the Tianjin team 28-32 in the first quarter. The Guangdong team's offense and defense still did not improve in the second quarter, trailing 54-61 behind the Tianjin team at halftime.
The starting lineup of the two teams
Guangdong team: Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie, Zhang Mingchi, Wilms, Du Runwang.
Tianjin team: Gu Zeyu, Wang Yifang, Zheng Haoran, Shi Deshuai, James.
The Guangdong team’s lineup for this game has been adjusted. Zhou Qi, the core inside line, has taken a rotation, and Zhang Mingchi has been promoted to the starting lineup. After the start, the Guangdong team was obviously affected, and its offense and defense were suppressed by the Tianjin team. There was also an episode in the game. At the end of the first quarter, the Guangdong team made a fast break and Waters made a long pass. Huang Mingyi was about to catch the ball, but was hit on the arm by a Tianjin team defensive player. Huang Mingyi then covered his face in pain. It turned out that he had been shot in the head and the brow bone area was bleeding. Head coach Du Feng was very dissatisfied with this, but the referee still awarded a common foul after watching the video. Du Feng was later punished with a technical foul, which shows that he was very dissatisfied. Huang Mingyi then sat off the court and will not appear for the time being.
The Guangdong team mainly relied on Waters to launch the offensive. He sent out many second passes and had three assists in the first quarter. Waters joined the Guangdong team this season. At first, his teammates were not used to receiving his passes. This is also a process. Now the Guangdong team players have adapted to receiving Waters' passes, including Ren Junfei, Zhang Mingchi, and Huang Mingyi.
Du Feng has been vigorously cultivating young players. In this game, Zhang Mingchi started, and young player Zhang Hao also got a chance. Zhang Hao scored 6 points and made four free throws in the first quarter, which showed that he was very strong and broke out. Zhang Hao has not played much this season, mainly because the competition for the same position in the team is too fierce.
In the second quarter, the Guangdong team's offense and defense were still suppressed by the Tianjin team. They fell behind by 7 points at halftime and the situation was not good.
Half-time statistics of players from both teams
Guangdong team: Hu Mingxuan 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Bell 10 points and 2 assists, Ren Junfei 8 points and 2 assists, Xu Jie 7 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, Zhang Hao 6 points, 3 rebounds, Du Runwang 5 points , Zhang Haojia had 5 points and 5 rebounds, and Waters had 3 points and 3 assists.
Tianjin team: James 17 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Zhang Yunmeng 12 points and 2 rebounds, Zheng Haoran 9 points, Lin Tingqian 9 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds, Shi Deshuai 5 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds, Tian Yu 3 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists , Wang Yifang had 3 points, Rochester had 3 points and 2 rebounds.