On December 14, Beijing time, in the 17th round of the 2024-25 CBA regular season, Guangdong East Sunshine sat at home against Shanghai Jiushi. After some competition, the Shanghai team defeated the Guangdong team 124-91, achieving a net victory of at least 30 points over the opponent in four consecutive games.

Background

Before this round, the Guangdong team ranked 8th in the standings with a regular season record of 9 wins and 7 losses, and the Shanghai team ranked 18th in the standings with a regular season record of 4 wins and 10 losses. The recent results of the Guangdong and Shanghai teams are very good, and the Guangdong team has defeated the Beijing team and the Beijing control team one after another, winning 2 consecutive victories; On the other hand, the Shanghai team has recently defeated the Zhejiang team, the Sichuan team and the Tianjin team, and during this period, the average net win in a single game is at least 30 points, which can be described as a competitive state.

The course of the game

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Guangdong team was full of firepower, Zhang Wenyi, Xu Jie, and Gillenwater took turns to shoot and hit, and the Guangdong team hit 7-0. The Shanghai team quickly gave the opponent a counterattack, and Bledsoe led the team with Liu Zheng's outside shot and internal attack to lead the team to a wave of 9-3. Xu Jie hit a three-pointer, Wang Zhelin immediately played 2+1, and when Moreland scored a mid-range jumper, Guangdong 17-14. In the following period, the Guangdong team felt cold, and the Shanghai team seized the opportunity to instigate a fierce attack, Lofton and Wang Zhelin successively attacked the opponent's interior line to score points and Liu Zheng hit a three-pointer, and the Shanghai team launched a wave of 11-0. Gillenwater made a jumper to stop the bleeding for Guangdong, but Shanghai quickly responded to stabilize the situation. At the end of the first quarter, the Shanghai team led the Guangdong team by 12 points 33-21.

Entering the second quarter, Wilson and Li Tianrong hit three-pointers one after another, and the Shanghai team took the lead in launching an 11-4 wave, instantly extending the lead to 19 points. In the following period, the Guangdong team instigated a counterattack and continued to score points through mid-to-long-range jumpers, free throws and counterattack layups, but the Shanghai team continued to score points in a row with internal and external shots, and when Li Hongquan hit an empty three-pointer, the Shanghai team led by 21 points at 59-38. Gillenwater and Ren Junfei scored points for Guangdong, but Shanghai also scored for a foul basket by Wang Zhelin. At the end of the quarter, Gillenwater hit a three-pointer in response to Xu Jie's pass, but the Shanghai team immediately scored a layup by Li Tianrong. At halftime, Shanghai 63-44 Guangdong.

Yibian fought again, Bledsoe took the lead in shooting a three-pointer, and the Guangdong team then scored 8 points in a row by Gillenwater through three-pointers and free throws, and the Shanghai team quickly gave the opponent a counterattack, Wilson hit 2 three-pointers in a row and Li Hongquan also shot a three-pointer, and the Shanghai team extended the lead to 22 points. Then, the Guangdong team tried to instigate a counterattack many times to close the score, but the Shanghai team continued to shoot steadily and firmly controlled the initiative of the game. After that, Xu Jie hit a three-pointer, but Shanghai quickly responded with Wilson scoring and Lofton hitting a layup. At the end of the third quarter, the Shanghai team still led the opponent by 22 points 95-73. In the first three quarters, the Shanghai team took a 31-11 lead with assists.

In the final quarter, the two sides alternated points in the opening stage, and when Lofton hit a three-pointer, Shanghai led 104-85. In the following period, the Guangdong team tried to organize a new round of counterattack through jump shots, free throws and counterattack layups, but the Shanghai team continued to score points driven by Li Tianrong and Wang Zhelin, and when Wang Zhelin scored free throws, the Shanghai team was 112-90. Due to the large difference in points and the lack of time left, the game lost the suspense. In the end, the Shanghai team defeated the Guangdong team to win 4 consecutive victories.

Both sides start

Guangdong: Gillenwater, Xu Jie, Moreland, Huang Rongqi, Zhang Wenyi;

Shanghai team: Bledsoe, Liu Zheng, Wang Zhelin, Lofton, Li Hongquan;