Chapter 221 Beijing, Beijing
When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Marbury and other Beijing players rushed into the locker room without looking back, and the head coach of the Beijing team, Min Lulei, looked at the scores on the statistics book and felt so dazzling, and the whole locker room was silent.
Next to the Beijing team's locker room, the Shanghai team's celebratory screams pierced the entire corridor.
Head coach Min Lulei and assistant coach tacitly walked to a corner of the locker room, and the two of them kept communicating with technical statistics, hoping to find out the problems of this game.
On the technical statistics list, the Beijing team made 20 turnovers in the whole game, and the three-point shooting rate was only a pitiful 19%.
"The key to the game so far is the mentality, today everyone seems to be not as comfortable as the semi-finals, maybe everyone is a little anxious" for the Beijing team's players on the court, after the game interviewed by reporters Beijing coach Min Lulei said dissatisfied, "In this game, our defense was completely defeated by the Shanghai team, and we played particularly bloodless"
Marbury refused any questions from reporters, while another foreign player, Morris, looked a little lost: "We didn't feel good today, we had big problems defensively, we have to go back and take a good look at the footage to see what the problem is, we played very badly today, we could have done better, we have to make adjustments in the next game." ”
Xinhuanet published a critical article for the first time: "Beijing urgently needs to regain a sense of urgency", the article pointed out: The Beijing team in the first game of the finals gave people a strange feeling, Marbury and his "little friends" lost the sense of urgency and concentration in the finals, and also lost the victory.
At the same time, Beijing's offensive execution has also been greatly reduced, especially in the strong point of Morris, after Morris appeared in the second quarter, he did not get good support, and several times he took the initiative to ask but was ignored by his teammates.
The offensive and defensive ends were not tight, and the Beijing players did not have the concentration of this final in the face of adversity.
The Beijing team lost points again and again under the impact of the tall and strong core defender of the Shanghai team, but the whole Beijing team lost its calm, focusing more on the referee's body or some unnecessary physical contact when falling behind, and even complained to each other after the mistake, the result was more complaints, but fewer points.
Although the outside world was unanimously optimistic about Shanghai's home victory over Beijing before the game, Beijing was the second place in the regular season after all, and the overall strength of the team was balanced, and no one expected the Beijing team to be defeated in the first finals.
Beijing, which is one side behind, will be under more pressure when they return to their home stadium, and at the same time, they will also face the problem of how to get the team back together, and if it is not handled well, it is likely to suffer an "avalanche-like" collapse.
Before returning to Beijing, Coach Min Lulei threw a sentence at the airport to the reporters who were besieging him, and then turned around and left: "The Beijing team should reflect well."
"Sports Weekly" also published a commentary article to express its opinion: "Marbury is difficult to support in Beijing", the article pointed out that a team needs a "big heart" is an important factor in winning, but if all the dirty work is left to the "big heart" to do, it is not basketball.
Yesterday, Marbury's performance in the rout of the Beijing team was still outstanding, but it was not enough for Marbury to stand out, such a Beijing team could not beat the impactful Shanghai team.
In the second game of the finals, the two sides moved to the Shougang Basketball Center.
The Shanghai team entered the Shougang Basketball Center a few hours in advance for the pre-game adaptation venue, and as soon as they entered the field, the players were taken aback.
Because most of the seats in the Shougang Basketball Center have been covered with blue T-shirts of the Beijing team, and all 8,000 seats in the stadium have been filled, which means that every fan who attends the game will receive a commemorative T-shirt of Beijing's home stadium.
It is conceivable that tonight's game in Beijing will turn into a sea of blue.
"Hehe, the Beijing team is so scheming, it seems that there will be a hard battle tonight" Yang Kai looked around and nodded and said.
"This kind of away game is interesting, what do you think of Da Zhuang?" Zhai Yi echoed with a smile.
"If we can defeat them the first time, we can defeat them the second time," Gao Dazhuang replied very negotiately.
"Well said, Da Zhuang, it's up to you tonight, no one of them can stop you" At this time, Liu Wei, the captain of the Shanghai team, walked over and patted the tall and strong shoulder and said.
At night, the Shougang Basketball Center was crowded, and a large number of police officers were also maintaining order at the scene, but the current fans were very peculiarly divided into two parts.
Some of them have continued to "harass" the away team since the pre-game practice, and there were even a lot of discordant voices, all kinds of "Beijing scolding" are endless, while the other part of the fans are very friendly, and even in the Shougang Basketball Center, there are tall and strong fans organized by the organization, and the big "BUG" banner is so eye-catching in the "blue ocean" of the court.
"Oh" Before the scene, the fans suddenly let out an exclamation, and when Gao Dazhuang looked back, he saw a group of guests in the VIP seat of the stadium.
"It's Deng Huade, the head coach of the national team," at this time, captain Liu Wei whispered beside Gao Dazhuang.
"Oh" Gao Dazhuang took a closer look at the former coach of the Shanghai Sharks, the London Olympics are about to start, although the call for Gao Dazhuang to enter the national team is quite high, but at least Gao Dazhuang is not a member of the national team now.
"The latest roster of the national team is coming out soon, and it is normal for the head coach of the national team to inspect the CBA finals, but you don't need to worry, the strength you are showing now is very attractive even for the national team," Liu Wei continued to say softly.
"Captain, what I want now is to win the CBA championship," Gao Dazhuang said with a smile as he turned his head.
"Okay" Liu Wei was stunned for a moment and replied with a smile: "Let's work together"
The game continued to be broadcast live nationwide by CCTV Sports Channel, and the famous basketball commentators Zhang Weiping and Su Qun were responsible for the commentary.
With the referee's whistle, the second game of the finals officially began at Beijing Shougang Sports Center.
At the beginning of the match, the two sides skipped the probing phase of each other, and the match quickly entered a hand-to-hand grappling.
The Beijing team opened with Zhu Yanxi and Marbury hitting two three-pointers in a row, while the Shanghai team made a defensive foul by Ji Zhe by a tall and strong basket.
The two sides go back and forth, and the score alternates to lead.
"The Beijing team still hasn't found a good way to restrain the tall and strong breakthrough?" Su Qun said with some concern.
"But the defense of the Beijing team is much better than the first game, just several attacks by the Beijing team were destroyed by the deliberate fouls of the Beijing team, and now the score of the tall and strong is basically based on free throws, it can be seen that the Beijing team is fierce in the defense of the tall and strong today," Zhang Weiping commented.
In the first quarter, the two sides played inextricably, and at 21:21, the two sides were tied.
In the second quarter of the game, Marbury entered a state of rotation, but the Beijing team adopted a two-sided trap tactic against Gao Dazhuang, but after Gao Dazhuang attracted the defensive attention of the two, the attack of other players of the Shanghai team did not come out, because too many mistakes affected the attack and defense of the Shanghai team.
"Toot" Zhang Zhaoxu was blown again for 24 seconds.
Director Zhang Weiping couldn't help but comment: "In a familiar position, I didn't look at my watch, and the result was blown for 24 seconds, which is too undeserved for national player Zhang Zhaoxu."
"In this case, I didn't look at the watch, but fortunately this is the second quarter, if it is the last quarter of hand-to-hand combat, such a mistake will have a greater impact" Sun Qun also expressed regret for Zhang Zhaoxu's performance this time.
With 1 minute left in the second quarter of the game, when Gao Dazhuang broke through, he knocked down Wang Xiaohui, who was blocking in front of him, and the referee sentenced Gao Dazhuang to a foul.
After covering his face with his jersey, he leaned on the basketball hoop for 3 seconds.
Zhang Weiping commented on the guidance, "For the referee's penalty this time, it is estimated that Gao Dazhuang can't stand it, just now this penalty really needs to be discussed, Wang Xiaohui actually has a lateral movement action."
"When it comes to the finals, every penalty is very critical for both sides, which requires the referee to treat every judgment he blows very professionally," Sun Qun also nodded in agreement.
The referee's whistle blew, 44:44, following the first quarter of the game, the two sides tied again at halftime.
Throughout the first half, under the strict defense of the Beijing team, Gao Dazhuang made 9 of 10 free throws, shot 4 of 10, and scored 17 points in the half, but only had 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
"The Beijing team's defense against Gao Dazhuang in the first half was quite successful," Zhang Weiping commented at halftime.