At 19:35 on December 11, Beijing time, a key battle in the 16th round of the 2024/2025 CBA regular season was contested, and the Xinjiang team defeated the Liaoning team 125-105 at home to usher in a 9-game winning streak at home, and also avenged the loss to the opponent in the finals last year.
Zhao Rui
Technical statistics
Xinjiang team: Peterson 26 points and 2 assists, Lawson 23 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Hagens 9 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 5 steals, Zhao Rui 14 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Li Yanzhe 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, Qi Lin 15 points and 2 assists, Yili Fulati 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Azmat 10 points and 3 rebounds
Liaoning Team:Wells had 39 points and 2 rebounds, Fogg had 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Zhang Zhenlin had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, Han Dejun had 2 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Fu Hao had 8 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, and Yan Shouqi had 8 points
Wonderful replay
In the first quarter, Li Yanzhe cut to the basket to open the scoring for the Xinjiang team, and Zhang Zhenlin accelerated the layup to help the Liaoning team tie the score. After that, the two teams went back and forth in positional battles, and the scores rose alternately. Li Yanzhe continued to go to the free throw line, and foreign aides Lawson and Hagens made frequent efforts on the offensive end, and the Xinjiang team took the lead in pulling the score away 14-7. The Liaoning team adjusted its tactics, Fogg, Wells, and Fu Hao blossomed more, and the Liaoning team tied the score with a wave of 7-0 attacks. However, the Liaoning team made three mistakes in a row, and the Xinjiang team used a counterattack to return a 9-0 small climax to pull the score away again. Zhang Zhenlin hit two three-pointers from the outside to stop the Xinjiang team, and after the pause, Wells scored 5 points on an inside and outside shot, and in the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 25.
In the second quarter, Hagens exploded the whole court with a two-handed dunk, Peterson made three fouls outside the three-point line, and then hit a three-point shot from a distance, and the Xinjiang team played a wave of 12-2 scoring climax to extend the lead to 10 points. Yan scored eight points in a row, and the Liaoning team responded with an 8-2 attack wave to chase it to 35-39. However, Eli Folati and Hagens scored two three-pointers in a row to stop the Liaoning team. Coming back from a timeout, Fogg threw up a throw-back to pull back two points. However, the Liaoning team made too many mistakes of its own, and the Xinjiang team continued to expand its lead. With Lawson hitting a frontal three-pointer, Xinjiang led Liaoning by 16 points at 56-40. The Liaoning team still didn't have a good way on the offensive end, Peterson hit a three-point shot and made a foul to make it 3+1, and Wang Lanyan immediately stopped and shot to recover 2 points. However, Peterson was a god at the three-point line, and Xinjiang led 65-47 to end the first half.
In the third quarter, Wells came up and scored a three-pointer, Fogg and Liu Yanyu combined inside and outside, Fogg hit a three-point hollow shot, Zhang Zhenlin Hu topped a three-point icing on the cake, and the Liaoning team played an 18-6 scoring climax to chase 65-71, and the Xinjiang team asked for a timeout. After the timeout, Lawson hit a layup for two points, Wells, Fu Hao, and Zhang Zhenlin scored consecutive points, and the Liaoning team narrowed the gap to 2 points. With Wells hitting both free throws, the Liaoning team chased 73 draws. At the critical moment, Qi Lin hit two three-pointers in a row, and the Xinjiang team once again opened the score. Fogg and Fu Hao's mid-range shots continued to chase the score, and Eli Fulati hit another three-pointer to give Xinjiang an 86-79 lead to end the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Zhao Rui ushered in a big explosion, he used the iconic breakthrough to score consecutive layups, Fogg and Zhang Zhenlin used long shots to chase points, but Zhao Rui felt hot outside the three-point line, and the Xinjiang team led by 101-91 to 10 points. With Qi Lin hitting another three-pointer, the Liaoning team asked for a timeout. After the pause, Lawson and Li Yanzhe blossomed more, Zhao Ruiyuan hit a shot, and the Xinjiang team stretched the lead to 15 points, and the game also lost suspense in advance, and both sides replaced the main force. In the end, the Xinjiang team defeated the Liaoning team 125-105.
Starting lineup
Xinjiang team: Qi Lin, Li Yanzhe, Silzati, Lawson, Hagens
Liaoning team: Fu Hao, Han Dejun, Fogg, Zhang Zhenlin, Wells