The high-profile CBA regular season 18th round once again ushered in a focus battle. Yang Ming coached the Beijing Shougang team to challenge Xie Libin. The Beijing Shougang men’s basketball team led by coach Xie Libin became the focus of the outside world. Under the guidance of Xie Libin, the Beijing team successfully reversed and defeated the defending champion Liaoning team 81-78. After this battle, the Liaoning team seemed to gradually lose its dominance in winning the championship last season. The Beijing Shougang team has further proved its transformation. This season, it will be the third favorite team closest to the Guangdong team and Zhejiang team.
Judging from the game, the Beijing team's reversal of the Liaoning team did show great potential for development. Facing the fact that the Liaoning team lacked the insiders of Han Dejun and Morand , Leaf teamed up with Fan Ziming to storm the opponent's penalty area, thereby realizing the plan to help the team reverse and win. Xie Libin's guidance of this game also showed his coaching ability, and he had the absolute upper hand in the battle with champion coach Yang Ming. The Liaoning team took a huge lead with the help of Guo Ailun , Fogg, Zhao Jiwei and other outside restraints. However, the Beijing Shougang team always focused on the inside attack, and finally achieved a reversal in the second half and preserved the victory of the game.
In the past, the Beijing Shougang team, although it introduced Leaf, Fan Ziming and others, was never able to return to the championship ranks. Now, after finally getting rid of the slow-paced play style guided by Yannis, Xie Libin's guidance has activated the existing lineup of the Beijing Shougang team. Based on the absolutely strong staffing of Fan Ziming, Zhai Xiaochuan , and Leaf, Xie Libin used his inside advantage to successfully defeat the Liaoning team without Morand and Han Dejun. In the last quarter of the competition with the Liaoning team, Xie Libin's guidance used the containment of Fan Ziming and Leaf, combined with the experience of Zhai Xiaochuan and Fang Shuo, to successfully suppress the Liaoning team. Whether Yang Ming played the combination of Sampson + Guo Ailun or the combination of Fogg and and Fu Hao, he was basically suppressed by the Beijing Shougang team.
Judging from the current situation, the Beijing Shougang team is already the closest to the Guangdong team in terms of momentum. Although the Guangdong team has achieved 9 consecutive victories with the addition of Hamilton , the Beijing Shougang team's 6 consecutive victories are also close behind. Many fans only noticed that the Guangdong team defeated the powerful Zhejiang team and Liaoning team, but did not realize that the Beijing Shougang team was also regaining its former dominance. After the Shanghai team was defeated by the Shenzhen team, the Beijing team should be regarded as the closest to the Guangdong team in terms of immediate combat effectiveness. Especially after defeating the Liaoning team in this battle, the Beijing Shougang team's staffing from the coaching bench to every position has proven its strength.
Among the current first-tier teams competing for the championship, after the Zhejiang team remained undefeated and was ended by the Guangdong team, it still plays the role of number one in the standings. The major competitors are also studying to crack the Zhejiang team's play style. The Guangdong team, which has the deepest championship background and has been very impressive recently, is also the target that opponents in the playoffs are trying to avoid in every possible way. However, the Beijing Shougang team now seems to be on the rise. After all, the Beijing team originally did not lose to the Guangdong team and the Liaoning team in terms of staffing. As long as the major players can be further activated and based on the rise of Zeng Fanbo , the Beijing Shougang team may be a team with more championship potential than the Zhejiang team.
