The CBA regular season officially ended, and Shanxi defeated Dongguan in the final round of the game and rushed to the third place in the league as desired; Zhejiang Guangsha defeated Beijing 114:94 at home; Xinjiang won 104:79 over Fujian, obliterating the possibility of "releasing water to avoid Guangdong"; Shanghai beat Tianjin 108:89, but failed to go further in the rankings after all, and finally ranked 8th.

At this point, the first round of the playoffs has finally been released - the defending champion Guangdong team will face the Shanghai team in the first round, Dongguan Marco Polo will go to Xinjiang again, and the other half of the region, Beijing will face Guangsha, and Shanxi will face Fujian.

The first round of the regular season will be played in a 1-2-1-1 format and will be played on February 22, with the team with the best record playing away first.

According to the playoff schedule, the teams ranked 1st, 4th, 5th, and 8th will be placed in one and a half and the remaining four teams in the other half. In this way, the first playoff opponent of the Xinjiang team is the Dongguan team, and once Xinjiang advances, it will basically meet Guangdong in the semifinals in advance. It will be a series of "finals that have been advanced".

Of course, Dongguan is not a fish on the knife board of Xinjiang, although the first round of the playoffs will face Xinjiang, is the worst result they can imagine, a few days ago away from Xinjiang, proving that Dongguan still has hope to wrestle with the runner-up of the three finals, and the semi-finals may also appear "Dongguan Derby".

The Shanghai team in the top half of the district was selectively forgotten.

The second half of the zone is dark, ranked 7th Zhejiang Guangsha team foreign aid Wilson Chandler is sure to return to the United States immediately, will not participate in the playoffs, in the first round of the playoffs, Beijing will not encounter too many challenges from opponents, but many fans believe that Beijing has sought to "go to the top", which means that this team probably has the possibility of "going straight to the finals".

Shanghai's local media are more focused on their own team, and they are about to host defending champions Guangdong at home, which is a contest between two teams that have won the "championship", but the overall strength of the Guangdong team has a clear advantage.

Defending champions Guangdong have had a poor start to the regular season with a record of just 3 wins and 2 losses in their first five games, losing 92-104 and 94-104 to Beijing and Qingdao respectively.

Due to the poor start record, the Guangdong team's road to defending the title this season was also once overshadowed, but since then, the Guangdong team has gradually been on the right track, and the team's record is also red all the way, especially the Guangdong team has no defeat after the New Year, which has achieved 13 consecutive wins, and finally Guangdong locked the first position in the league.

As for the Shanghai team, they are back in the playoffs this season after a season. The double foreign aid and the tall and strong lineup give them strong offensive firepower, and the smooth "succession" of the team's young players has also surprised many fans, and the return of veterans such as Liu Wei from injury has also made fans have more expectations for this "youth team".

The comparison of the lineups between the two sides given by "Sports Weekly" is: Guangdong is resting both inside and outside, and Shanghai is full of impact.

The Guangdong team was able to achieve 7 championships in 8 years and won all the championships in the last 4 seasons, relying on its strong overall strength. Judging from the team lineup, the Guangdong team has no obvious shortcomings.

On the outside, they have national players like Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, and Zhou Peng, who have both offense and defense, plus Brooks, and the outside offensive firepower is the strongest in the league.

Inside, they have Singleton, Dong Hanlin, Su Wei and other players with skills, body, height, etc.

In addition, the strong coaching staff of the Guangdong team is also an important part of the team, head coach Li Chunjiang has contributed to the construction of the Hongyuan dynasty, and in terms of assistant coaching, defensive coach Bob Hill, interior coach Ji Chen and the recently retired Du Feng, such a coaching lineup may also be coveted by other teams.

In terms of team tactics, the Guangdong team's best thing is undoubtedly defensive counterattacks.

The Shanghai team has a large personnel change, the team has a foreign aid combination of Harris + Landry, so that the team does not lag behind Guangdong in the foreign aid duel, and also has Liu Wei, Zhang Zhaoxu two national players, the most important thing is that the Shanghai team has the strongest domestic attack The defender is tall and strong, plus Zhai Yi, Yang Kai and a group of young players who dare to fight, the Shanghai team is not unable to wrestle with the Guangdong team.

Lineup comparison:

Point guard PK

Brooks (Guangdong) VS Liu Wei (Shanghai)

After 30 regular season run-ins, Brooks has developed perfect chemistry with the Guangdong team, in the starting lineup of the Guangdong team, Xiaobu is often the leader of the quick counterattack and the sharp knife to break the deadlock, his scoring and assists are equally good, it can be said that the Guangdong team's backcourt "double guard".

Liu Wei of the Shanghai team is a veteran national player and has always been the best point guard in China, although he is at a disadvantage in scoring and other aspects, but his rich game experience and good reading ability are his advantages.

In this round of PK, Brooks won.

Scoring guard PK

Wang Shipeng (Guangdong team) VS Gao Dazhuang (Shanghai team)

Wang Shipeng spent almost a season to adjust his feel and game condition, and finally got better at the end of the playoffs, he will return to the Guangdong team to start in the playoffs, and his outside shooting is still the sharpest scoring means for the Guangdong team.

The emergence of tall and strong is the biggest surprise of Chinese basketball this year, the World Youth Championship MVP player has a very good breakthrough and scoring ability, the rise of tall and strong has made the Shanghai team's scoring guard position an absolute strong point, but compared to Wang Shipeng, this is Gao Dazhuang's first playoffs, and his ability to play tough battles remains to be examined.

In this link PK, tall and strong obviously have an advantage.

Small forward PK

Zhu Fangyu (Guangdong team) VS Harris (Shanghai team)

Zhu Fangyu has surpassed various historical records this season, and Harris, one of the "double knives" of the Shanghai team, is a very prominent striker swingman, and a variety of offensive means will bring a lot of trouble to Zhu Fangyu, but Zhu Fangyu can rely on the whole team to fight in a group to share the defensive burden and create offensive opportunities for it.

In this round of PK, Harris won.

Power Forward PK

Singleton (Guangdong) VS Landry (Shanghai)

This is a contest between two excellent foreign players, Singleton has excellent offensive and defensive skills, excellent explosiveness, and Landry has amazing talent on the defensive end, it is his excellent play on the defensive end to ensure many key victories for Shanghai, but Landry is slightly lacking in means on the offensive end.

In this link PK, Singleton has the advantage.

Center PK

Su Wei (Guangdong Team) VS Zhang Zhaoxu (Shanghai Team)

Su Wei and Zhang Zhaoxu's data are not pretty, but they are the most indispensable interior barrier in their respective teams' defense, Su Wei is qualified to play the role of a blue-collar player, and Zhang Zhaoxu has seen a significant decline in data this season, compared to the PK in this position, Su Wei, who is in better shape, is slightly better.

Although the "Sports Weekly" gave high praise to the Shanghai team, their analysis of the situation in this series is still that Guangdong will advance 3-1.