On October 20, Beijing time, in the 4th round of the 2024-25 CBA regular season, Tianjin Pioneers hosted Liaoning Bengang. After some competition, the Liaoning team narrowly defeated the Tianjin team 102-99 to win 4 consecutive victories. In this battle, the three-point shooting efficiency of both sides is difficult to say ideal, of which the Liaoning team shot 8 of 27, and the Tianjin team shot 6 of 30.

Statistics

Tianjin team: Lawitt 25 points, 9 assists and 3 steals, Lin Tingqian 16 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, James 17 points and 10 rebounds, Hamlet 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Du Bochao 14 points;

Liaoning team: Fogg 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Zhao Jiwei 13 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Shayok 15 points, Han Dejun 15 points and 4 rebounds, Achuer 16 points and 11 rebounds;

Background

After the opening of the regular season, the Liaoning team defeated the Zhejiang team, the Fujian team, and the Guangzhou team one after another, maintaining a complete victory; On the other hand, the Tianjin team defeated the Fujian team and the Shanghai team respectively, and also maintained a complete victory. In terms of historical head-to-head records, the two teams have met 37 times before, and the Liaoning team has won 34 wins and 3 losses, occupying an overwhelming advantage. However, during this season's preseason, Tianjin defeated Liaoning 85-79.

Race moments

At the beginning of the battle, the court was full of plots, Yang Ming was very excited about the referee's decision and was blown off, Zhao Jiwei and Hamlet were you singing and I appeared, and they played 2+1 successively; Shayok was blocked by Zhang Yijiong with the ball and hit the inside, and Han Dejun immediately took the lead for his teammates to hold the ball inside and attack it to make it 2+1, but the Tianjin team responded quickly, and the situation on the field was very stalemate. At the end of the quarter, the two sides were still back and forth on the offensive end, Li Xiaoxu hit a three-pointer, and Zheng Haoran immediately hit a three-pointer to shoot back. At the end of the first quarter, Liaoning led by one point 29-28.

Entering the second quarter, the Tianjin team still played back and forth with the Liaoning team, and when Hamlet made 2 fouls and made 1 of 2 free throws, the Tianjin team fell behind by 2 points at 35-37. In the following period, the Tianjin team relied on Lawitt and James's singles to score some points, but the Liaoning team's offense was more diversified, from Fogg's singles to Fu Hao's basket to eat cake and score and then to multiple counterattacks and layups, the Liaoning team burst out a wave of 10-4. Immediately afterwards, James carried the offensive banner of the Tianjin team and led the team to blast out a wave of 8-0, and the score became 47-47. At the end of the quarter, Han Dejun and Achuer took turns to attack the inside line and led the team to blast out a wave of 8-2. At halftime, Liaoning 55-49 Tianjin.

Han Dejun scored 9 points on 4-of-6 shooting in the first half of the game, bringing his CBA career total to 8,238 points, surpassing Mike · Harris (8,236) to move up to 14th on the all-time scoring list.

Yibian fought again, and the Liaoning team scored 4 points in a row at the beginning. Immediately afterwards, Hamlet relied on his own strength to fight against the Liaoning team's defense and continued to score points by holding the ball through layups and free throws, leading the team to blast out a wave of 10-3, and when James hit his first three-point of the game, the Tianjin team tied the score. Lin Tingqian and Shayok competed again, and the two hit three-pointers one after another. Then, the Liaoning team tried to establish a lead through jump shots and counterattacks, but the Tianjin team scored points by Rawitt in a series of shots. In the first three quarters, the three foreign aides of the Tianjin team took turns to come forward, which is one of the main reasons why the Tianjin team was able to form a stalemate with the defending champion. At the end of the third quarter, the Liaoning team fell behind by one point 80-81.

In the final quarter of the contest, the two sides scored points one after another in the opening stage through counterattack layups, free throws and mid-to-long-range jumpers, and when Zhao Jiwei hit an outside three-pointer, the Liaoning team overtook by 1 point 90-89. However, the Tianjin team immediately responded and chased the score to 94-94. Subsequently, Fogg and Zhao Jiwei took turns hitting three-pointers to help the Liaoning team establish a lead. In the closing stages, Tianjin instigated a counterattack, closing the deficit to 3 points with 4.5 seconds left in the game and holding the ball. At the moment of counting the seconds, Zheng Haoran missed the three-point shot. In the end, the Liaoning team defeated the Tianjin team 102-99 to win the first four consecutive victories.

Both sides start

Tianjin team: Lin Tingqian, James, Hamlet, Shi Deshuai, Gu Zeyu;

Liaoning team: Zhao Jiwei, Yan Shouqi, Shayok, Achuer, Fu Hao;