Original title: The CBA playoff top four came out in the semi-finals to stage the battle between Liaoning and Guangdong

China news agency, Beijing, April 29 - As Zhejiang team defeated Shanghai team 111-82, the 2023-2024 Chinese Men's Basketball Association (CBA) season ended the quarter finals of the playoffs. Liaoning, Xinjiang, Zhejiang and Guangdong teams, the top four teams in the regular season, continued to "contract" the top four teams in the playoffs. Liaoning, Guangdong, Xinjiang and Zhejiang teams will fight each other in the semi-finals.

This season's CBA playoff quarter finals adopt the best of five game system. Defending champion Liaoning Team showed a strong performance, sweeping Shenzhen Team with a total score of 3-0, becoming the only team with zero opponents in the last eight playoffs this season. Guangdong Team and Xinjiang Team defeated Guangsha Team (Zhejiang East Sunshine Medicine Team) and Guangzhou Team 3-1 respectively.

As the runner up of last season, Zhejiang Team met with the tenacious resistance of Shanghai Team in the quarter final of the playoffs, and the two sides reached a 2-2 draw in the first four rounds.

In the fifth round of the game of life and death on the evening of 29th, the returning Zhejiang team found the confidence to win again. They led 27-23 in the first quarter and changed the score to 55-47 at the end of the first half. In the second half, Zhejiang team became more and more brave. In the third quarter, it expanded its lead to double digits (80-66), and finally won a big victory by 111-82, becoming the last team to reach the top four with a total score of 3-2.

In the semi-final, Zhejiang team will play against Xinjiang team. Last season, Zhejiang team reached the finals for the first time, but Xinjiang team failed to qualify for the playoffs after the "withdrawal storm". This season's Xinjiang team is "brave after shame". It has occupied the top position for several times in the regular season, and finally ranked second after Liaoning team. In the regular season, although the winning rate and points of Zhejiang team are the same as that of Xinjiang team, they are in the third place because they are at a disadvantage of 1-2 in the three exchanges between the two sides. Therefore, if Zhejiang team wants to reach the finals for two consecutive seasons, it will face a severe test.

The other semi-final is the highly concerned and expected battle between Liaoning and Guangdong, which also means that among the Liaoning team that has won two consecutive titles and the Guangdong team that has won the "eleventh championship", one team is destined to miss the finals of this season.

Last season, the Guangdong team failed to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time in nearly 21 years. This season, after the arrival of Zhou Qi, the number one center in Chinese basketball, the Guangdong team in the "post Yi Jianlian era" regained its hope of winning the championship. However, it is reported that Guo Allen, the No. 1 player of Liaoning Team, who rarely played due to injuries this season, has basically recovered and is expected to return to the team in the near future. If so, Liaoning team will add a crucial weight in the semi-finals.

The semi-finals of this season's CBA playoffs will start on May 1, and the game will still adopt the best of five system.