October 12, 2024 - 2025 Season
CBA Regular Season
The opener kicked off with the defending champions
Liaoning, the first team to join the PLA Navy (commissioned by Liaoning province)
netted 21 points in the third quarter on their home court, en route to a 123 - 112 comeback victory over the
Zhejiang team
The first victory of the new season was achieved in the first game of the new season. This game Zhang Zhenlin absent, Wang Lan mountain ushered in his debut, Ferguson outstanding performance, got 39 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, Zhao Jiwei also has 22 points, 8 assists, Zhejiang team Wu Qian air chopped 21 points, 5 assists.
The scores of the four quarters (Liaoning in front) were 31 - 33, 21 - 28, 42 - 21, 29 - 30. On Liaoning's side, Zhao Jiwei scored 22 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals, Yanyan Jiqi scored 8 points, Achour scored 14 points, 9 rebounds, Shayok scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Fogg scored 39 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Li Xiaoxu scored 5 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Han Dejun scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Wang Lanzhan scored 5 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Wang Lanzhan 5 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Zhejiang team, Wu Qian 21 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, Lu Wenbo 14 points, 3 rebounds, Bass 23 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, Jones 2 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, Yu Jiahao 15 points, 8 rebounds, Cheng Shuaipeng 2 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, York 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, Liu Zeyi 11 points.
Before the game, Liaoning held a grand championship coronation ceremony at their home court, the championship flag was raised, and the players all wore their championship rings, the atmosphere was warm. After the ceremony, Zhejiang team took the field, they are the first opponent on the way of Liaoning's title defense.
The two teams are both double foreign aid starters. In the opening minutes, Shayok hit the first shot for Liaoning and scored 4 points in a row, while Zhejiang's Bass hit a solo shot and Wu made a 2 + 1 fast break. Lu Wenbo hit his first 3-pointer of the game, Zhao Jiwei scored on two assists to Achour, and Wu hit a 3-pointer on a rebound to put Zhejiang back in front. 4 minutes later, both teams started to rotate, and Wang Lanlong made his debut for Liaoning. Fogg hit Liaoning's first three-pointer and scored five points in a row, while Zhejiang's Jok answered with two three-pointers. Shayok scored 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the first quarter, while Fogg scored 16 points in the first quarter, leaving Liaoning down by two points, 31-33, in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Liaoning didn't score in the first three minutes, and Zhejiang team made a 6 - 0 small wave, and Liaoning team was stopped. After a timeout, Han Dejun scored 4 points in a row. After a timeout, Han Dejun scored 4 points in a row. York hit a 3-pointer, and Fogg answered with a 4-point play, leading Liaoning to cut the deficit to 1 point. After Ferg and Zhao Jiwei came off the court, Liaoning's offense stagnated, nearly 3 minutes without scoring, Han Dejun also 3 fouls, Zhejiang team took the opportunity to extend the advantage to 9 points. At the end of the half, Zhejiang team 61 - 52 lead Liaoning team 9 points. In the first half, Liaoning's local players scored a total of 6 points, Zhao Jiwei 2 points, Han Dejun 4 points.
In the third quarter, Zhao Jiwei began to power, two consecutive three-point shots, leading the Liaoning team hit a 9 - 3 high tide, Zhejiang team was stopped. After a timeout, Wu Qian three-point to stop the bleeding, Bass breakthrough layup hit, Zhejiang team back to 7 - 0 high tide, Liaoning team was stopped again. Yan hand Ti bottom corner three-point hit, Fuge fast attack hit the board, Zhao Jiwei made three fouls 3 free throws, Liaoning team set off a wave of offense to tie the score. After Zhao Jiwei hit another three points, Wang Lanzhan assisted Achour dunk, Liaoning team back to the score. Zhao Jiwei scored 12 points in this quarter, and Fogg scored more than 30 points to give Liaoning a maximum lead of 12 points. At the end of the third quarter, Liaoning went back up by 12 points, 94 - 82, and netted 21 points in one quarter, 42 - 21.
In the last quarter, Wang Lanshan and Zhao Jiwei hit consecutive 3-pointers to give Liaoning a lead of more than 15 points. After two turnovers by Liaoning, Zhejiang scored 5 points in a row and Yang Ming called a timeout. Fogg scored on an emergency stop and Zhejiang's Wu Qian hit a three-pointer to cut the deficit to seven points. Zhao Jiwei's three-pointer sealed the win. In the end, Liaoning reversed the Zhejiang team by virtue of the excellent performance in the third quarter, ushering in the opening red.
Zhejiang started with Wu Qian, Lu Wenbo, Wang Yibo, Bass, and Jones, while Liaoning started with Fu Hao, Zhao Jiwei, Achour, Shayok, and Yan Hand Ti.
