After the Bayi team played against all teams in one round, the CBA regular season gradually transitioned to the middle and late stages. The Basketball Association has taken great pains this season, not only shortening the regular rest time between games, but also starting the season early, and the number of games in the season has not increased on the original basis.
While such improvements caused complaints from many domestic players, it also made it more enjoyable for fans to watch.
For the players, the intensity of such games is greater than before, it is indeed more difficult to mix, and it is easy to increase the risk of injury.
In the eyes of fans, such a game is more demanding. Both local players and foreign players must be in a better mental state, otherwise they will not be able to cope with such high intensity.
Perhaps considering that some players will engage in recreational sports in private, the Basketball Association has also specifically prohibited players from engaging in recreational activities during game days. Once they are found to be engaging in "excessive entertainment," the team and the players will be Being punished.
This is not surprising. After all, even the peerless martial arts in martial arts novels require "child skills" to be practiced, not to mention high-intensity sports such as basketball games. Once too much energy and blood are consumed in other things, you will become sluggish. How can your state support your performance on the court?
In short, under a series of regulations, many players can be said to be miserable.
Fortunately, it is similar to what the Basketball Association expected. As the game time goes by, in the middle and late stages, several teams that can compete for the championship have fully emerged.
Among them, Dwyane Wade’s Shougang Club is undoubtedly ranked first. Their record has been very good from the beginning of the season and has been maintained in the middle. When entering the middle and late stages, they still rank with the strongest record in the world. First place in the league.
Ranked second is naturally the Bayi team.
Even though their lineup was not very good, with Zhao Feiyang's blessing, the Bayi team won most of the games and was already ranked second in the league by the middle and late stages of the season.
Behind them is the Guangdong team.
Compared with the Bayi team's excessive reliance on Zhao Feiyang's style of play, the Guangdong team's lineup is very balanced from inside to outside, and with the team's first brother like Yi Jianlian, it can be said that the overall performance is very good.
It’s just that they seem to have plans to hide their strength. Since losing to the Bayi team, the Guangdong team has been running into their new lineup. In the process, they also increased Yi Jianlian’s rest time. Overall, they look very good at competing for the championship. potential.
As the strongest CBA team, the Guangdong team is quite good in terms of money, basketball atmosphere, and team configuration. It can win so many championships and maintain the championship level for so many years without deteriorating. , this is really a very difficult thing to do.
Ranked fourth is the Pearl Sharks team joined by Jeremy Lin.
This team, Zhao Feiyang's former team, didn't have a good start. After bringing in Jeremy Lin, things changed, but there are still some problems.
The Sharks' solution was quite simple. They once again hired a foreign striker from elsewhere to further strengthen the team's internal line.
This method really works.
Jeremy Lin's internal and external combination with the opponent has made the team's overall strength soar, and its record is getting better and better, so much so that it has reached the fourth place.
The existence of these four teams is the highlight of the entire league and what countless fans are most looking forward to.
The Zhejiang team that JR. Smith joined is not bad, but most of the statistics are piled up by JR. JR is not good at winning as a scorer, at least he cannot be the leader of the top four teams. Player level.
Another Shandong team joined by Norris Cole has good strength. However, Norris is not a leader-level player. It is not a problem to defeat most teams just by scoring points, but it is a bit difficult to compete with the top four teams. gap.
They are also ranked fifth and sixth in the league respectively.
These six teams have basically become playoff teams in the eyes of fans without any suspense.
The seventh and eighth places after that were the Beikong team and the Liaoning team.
Stephen Marbury has great ambitions after leaving Shougang, but unfortunately the Beijing Control team's lineup is not complete enough.
The team relies too much on him and another foreign player. Naturally, such a style of play and tactics cannot last long. In addition, Marbury is too old and his physical fitness has declined too quickly. As a result, the North Control team did not play as well as expected. Strong results.
Of course, the most critical point is that Marbury, who has won three championships, is no longer as energetic as when he first came to the CBA.
At that time, he was abandoned by the NBA and questioned by countless American media, but he was also looked forward to by countless Chinese fans. With the right time and place, he certainly wanted to prove himself, and the feeling of being full of energy in his heart was also one of the leading factors in helping his team win the championship.
Now that he has arrived at Beijing Control, he may feel a little unhappy because he was given up, but he has already won three championships, surpassing most players in the CBA at this point.
Now that you have proven yourself, what is the need to continue fighting?
For the Liaoning team, the team configuration is pretty good and the overall lineup is relatively stable. There are also national team defenders like Guo Ailun and Zhao Jiwei.
Last season, they were in the top three. Unfortunately, this season was too busy, and no matter which team they were in, it was difficult to play. In addition, the Liaoning team encountered a coaching change this season, so the team's record was not good until the game. It's almost half way through.
Under normal circumstances, maybe they can improve their record by the end of the regular season, but it will not be easy to reach the top four.
Basketball Association Office.
A regular meeting once a week.
As the chairman of the Basketball Association, Yao Ming was discussing the recent status of various clubs with senior executives. Less than half an hour into the meeting, Yao Ming's assistant knocked on the door from outside the conference room.
Yao Ming had previously stipulated that as long as he was in a meeting, he was not allowed to interrupt unless something very serious happened.
"What's wrong?"
Yao Ming asked.
The assistant walked up to Yao Ming and whispered to Yao Ming for a while.
At the beginning, Yao Ming's face was normal, even though he was not smiling, he was not serious. But as his assistant whispered, Yao Ming's face became more serious, and by the end it was ashen.
"Yeah...I know!"
The assistant turned and left.
Other senior officials of the Basketball Association in the conference room were also frightened by this scene. Many people stared at Yao Ming, expecting him to explain clearly what happened.
They had already smelled something unusual from Yao Ming's expression.
"There is news from the United States... A new contract between NBA labor and management has been drawn up and may be officially signed soon..."
After a while, Yao Ming slowly spoke.
As soon as he said these words, the entire conference room exploded.
