Why did the wealthy CBA team that threatened to win the championship in three years become a laughing stock?

On December 8, Beijing time, the second phase of the CBA regular season continues. In a focus battle in the evening, two former champion teams from Beijing and Shanghai met on a narrow road. In the end, after 4 quarters of competition, Beijing defeated Shanghai 111-97.

This season, both Beijing and Shanghai have become negative examples. The Beijing team spent a lot of money in the offseason to introduce Li Muhao and Fan Ziming, who have always been the weakest insiders of the Beijing team. They have been strengthened on paper. Qin Xiaowen received a lot of praise for a while. But these good days did not last long. The Beijing team lost many games that they should not have lost in the first stage. The winning rate dropped below 50, and the ranking fell to 13th. In the last round, they even lost to Fujian, which was at the bottom. As a team whose goal is to compete for the championship, such a record is obviously unacceptable.

The Shanghai team only finished fifth from the bottom last season. This season, it focuses on strengthening small foreign players. Fredette and Deng Meng, two super foreign players, have joined, plus outstanding local players such as Kolan Bek and Liu Zheng. As for the striker, Shanghai was considered to be on the rise at the beginning of the season. At least the top 12 should be fine. However, in this game, facing the Beijing team that has been out of shape recently, Shanghai still failed to seize the opportunity. It fell behind by as many as 32 points before the half was finished, and finally suffered a 14-point defeat and suffered three consecutive defeats.

At the beginning of this game, Shanghai started with a 7-1 start, and Beijing responded with a 9-0 wave. Both sides felt hot from the outside. After the first quarter, Beijing led 27-24 by 3 points. Shanghai's offense completely misfired in the second quarter. Gibson scored 20 points in a single quarter. Beijing led 61-29 by up to 32 points in the second quarter and led by 24 points at halftime.

In the third quarter, Shanghai changed sides and fought again. Shanghai's offense picked up, and once led by Fredette, it scored 9-0. Fredette scored 24 points on 8 of 10 shots in a single quarter, but Beijing made more efforts to maintain its advantage. Shanghai only won by 6 points in a single quarter. In the final quarter of the game, although Shanghai counterattacked several times to narrow the score difference, the Beijing team firmly maintained its double-digit lead and did not make any more mistakes. In the end, Beijing defeated Shanghai 111-97, sending its opponents to a third consecutive defeat.

Data from both sides: Beijing team Gibson scored a game-high 39 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Fang Shuo had 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, Zhai Xiaochuan had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Zhu Yanxi had 9 points and 5 rebounds. Li Muhao had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Fan Ziming had 4 points and 2 rebounds; Shanghai team Fredette had 32 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Ju Mingxin had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals, Deng Meng had 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Zongzan had 12 He scored 5 points and 5 rebounds, Zhang Zhaoxu had 7 rebounds, and Ou Junxuan had 7 points and 7 rebounds.

After this game, the Shanghai team is further away from the playoff threshold. At the beginning of the season, the Shanghai team's top management once said boldly that the Shanghai team aims to compete for the championship in three years. Now, this slogan has become a joke. Although the lineup has been upgraded, the Shanghai team has not made a substantial improvement. Fredette, who has high hopes from the fans, although his statistics in this game are very good, most of them came in the second half. When Shanghai collapsed in the second quarter, Fredette's offensive choices were unreasonable. This style of play hurt morale and was inefficient. Complaints even conveyed negative emotions. This Shanghai team still has many problems to solve.