Original title: 4-0 sweep of Xinjiang Liaoning men's basketball team in the finals to achieve three consecutive championships (introduction)

The Liaoning basketball team that won the fourth championship in the team history is more wonderful (theme)

Song Xiang, reporter of Beijing Youth Daily

On the evening of May 22, Liaoning men's basketball team defeated Xinjiang team again with a score of 104-95 in the away field, sweeping the opponent 4-0 with a big score in the finals, achieving the third consecutive championship and the fourth championship in the history of the team. Generally speaking, if a team can win the championship for three consecutive years, it is regarded as the beginning of building a team dynasty, as Liaoning team did. However, compared with the August 1st and Guangdong dynasties, the Liaoning team was obviously more severely impacted. Especially in the semi-finals of this season and last season, they were pushed into a desperate situation by their opponents. It can be seen that if Liaoning team wants to continue its glory, it must make greater efforts.

Having experienced setbacks, Liaoning Team is more mature and stable

The first championship of Liaoning men's basketball team began in 2018. At that time, this team, nicknamed as "the second team in a thousand years" by the outside world, finally broke the cocoon and became a butterfly. I don't know how many Liaoning players at that time would have the idea of establishing a dynasty in the future, but at least Wei Meng, the player, said in the post match press conference: "I hope we can get better and better, and strive to create our Liaoning dynasty."

But how could it be so easy to establish a dynasty? In the history of CBA, only the Bayi and Guangdong teams have really established their own dynasties. Shougang also won three championships in four years, but since then it has gradually declined. After Liaoning team won the first championship, the outside world, including themselves, were full of expectations for the following season, and continued to win the championship became the only season goal. However, in the following seasons of 2019-20 and 2020-21, Liaoning Team, once considered as the "most champion", lost to Guangdong Team in the finals for two consecutive times, which was a major setback in the team's history.

However, it may be that Liaoning Team has experienced such setbacks, making it more mature and stable. After learning enough lessons, Liaoning Team always held its teeth at the critical moment in the three consecutive championships, and performed better. As head coach Yang Ming said, "In many cases, experience and heritage are invisible and intangible, but they can play a very important role in critical moments."

Realize three consecutive championships "life is wonderful with counter attack"

In the past three seasons, although Liaoning team swept the opponent with a big score of 4-0 in the final, it experienced difficulties and dangers in this process. For example, when Liaoning team played against Guangdong and Guangsha teams this season and last season, they faced the situation that the season would end if they lost one more game. Veteran Han Dejun once recalled: "When I played in Guangsha, I thought that if we lost this series, maybe my career would be over."

In the end, the results of the two semi-finals were the success of Liaoning Team. Their resilience and resilience in the desperate situation, as well as their ability to seize opportunities at critical moments, were beyond their rivals' expectations. This is the state that the team will show after a long time of training, and it is also the result of the accumulation of Liaoning team for many years.

Liaoning team is also full of challenges and difficulties in the process of achieving three consecutive championships this season. The injury of the main guard Guo Allen made him miss almost the whole season. The fact that Yang Ming failed to renew his contract before this season also touched people's hearts. The situation of the foreign defender Fergie fluctuated during the season, and the sudden injury of Li Xiaoxu in the semi-finals, etc., all of these have become obstacles in the way of Liaoning Team's progress, but also a touchstone for them to constantly hone themselves. All these factors make the third consecutive championship of Liaoning Team more brilliant.

After winning three consecutive championships, Yang Ming wrote on social media: "The life of counter attack is wonderful." This is undoubtedly the best portrayal of Liaoning Team in recent years.

Hidden danger in the interior, hope young players can grow rapidly

Liaoning Team has won three consecutive titles, and they are building their own dynasty. But in comparison, they will be more impacted and faced with more difficulties. Liaoning Team is still the team with the highest degree of integration, the best integrity and the strongest team strength in the league, but at the same time, the aging problem of their insiders is difficult to avoid, which is also the biggest worry of the team.

Li Xiaoxu, 34, and Han Dejun, 37, are the "two veterans" of Liaoning Team. They still play an irreplaceable role in this season. Among them, Han Dejun's performance in the semi-finals and finals is amazing, and he still exerts amazing energy. However, in competitive sports, the transition between the old and the new is a problem that every team has to face. Unless Liaoning Team has a heavy insider to replace Han Dejun on the court, it is difficult to have a particularly outstanding player in two years from the perspective of the current success rate of these young insiders of Liaoning Team.

Although Liu Yanyu, a 25-year-old insider, once performed like a strange soldier in the semi-finals, his growth rate is far from the expectation of the outside world. Of course, Fu Hao has made remarkable progress in the past two years, but it is difficult to really meet the continuous demand of Liaoning Team for the interior line with only one Fu Hao, which may more or less perplex Liaoning Team in the next two seasons.

After all, time never forgives. When the new season comes, Li Xiaoxu and Han Dejun will be one year old again, and their physical strength and state will inevitably decline. Under such circumstances, it will be more difficult for Team Liaoning to stabilize its newly established foundation.

Han Dejun once said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily last year: "Before I retired, I wanted to help Liaoning men's basketball team extend this strong state. But at the same time, my current body and age are great challenges for me. I hope that young players can grow up faster, so that the team can go further."

At the same time, the championship competition Liaoning Team will face will be more and more fierce. In the next few years, Guangdong Team will still be the strongest competitor of Liaoning Team, especially their young insiders are accelerating their growth, which will pose a greater threat to Liaoning Team. The Xinjiang team returned to the finals after five years, and they must be unwilling to lose this time. Once the healthy Zhao Rui and Zhu Xuhang return, the Xinjiang team will have the strength to compete with the Liaoning team in a real sense. The difficulty is not small. It depends on how the Liaoning team can maintain its own dynasty for a longer time.