On January 24, Beijing time, the 35th round of the 2024-25 CBA regular season ushered in the Nanyue Derby, and Guangdong East Sunshine sat at home to face Guangzhou Langpeptide Haiben. After some competition, the Guangdong team defeated the Guangzhou team 111-82, sending the opponent to 7 consecutive defeats.

Background

Before this round, the Guangdong team had a regular season record of 22 wins and 11 losses, with a winning rate of 64.7%; On the other hand, the Guangzhou team has a 7-27 record in the regular season, with a winning rate of 20.6%. In terms of historical head-to-head records, the two sides have met 49 times before, and Guangdong has an overwhelming advantage with 46 wins and 3 losses. In the regular season this season, the Guangdong team had previously defeated the Guangzhou team 85-77. The Guangzhou team suffered 6 consecutive defeats after losing 113-116 to the North Control team in the last round, and Guo Allen scored 40 points alone, setting the highest single-game score in the Guangzhou team's career. But in this round, Guo Allen was absent.

Match replays

At the beginning of the first quarter, Douglas took the lead in hitting a three-pointer, and Moreland immediately hit the opponent's interior to score points to lead the Guangdong team to a wave of 10-2. The Guangzhou team quickly gave the opponent a counterattack, and Yu Miti continued to score points through dunks, three-pointers and free throws with the ball to lead the team to a wave of 11-0. Ren Junfei broke through to make a layup to stop the bleeding for the Guangdong team, Xu Jie immediately hit a three-pointer, and the Guangdong team was close to the score. In the following period, the two sides alternated points through jump shots, counterattacks and free throws, and when Li Xiangbo threw and scored, Guangzhou 20-22. At the end of the quarter, the Guangzhou team felt cold, and the Guangdong team seized the opportunity to instigate a small climax of scoring through three-point shots and free throws. At the end of the first quarter, the Guangdong team was 29-22.

Entering the second quarter, Gillenwater scored 2+1 and Zhang Wenyi hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the Guangdong team took the lead to score a small climax and instantly extended the lead to 13 points. The Guangzhou team quickly gave the opponent a counterattack, and scored consecutive points through mid-to-long-range jumpers, free throws and counterattack layups. Then, Xu Jie hit a three-pointer, and Beazley first scored a violent dunk and then hit a three-pointer, and the Guangdong team used this to blast out a new round of scoring climax and expand the lead to 13 points. Just when the Guangdong team wanted to further expand the lead, McCall stepped forward to carry the offensive banner for the Guangzhou team, scoring points one after another through free throws, three-pointers, and counterattacks, and led the team to bite the score. At halftime, Guangdong 53-43 Guangzhou.

Yibian fought again, the two sides launched an attack at the beginning of the game through jump shots, inside attacks and counterattacks to score points successively, when Zhang Haojia counterattacked and dunked, Guangdong led by 13 points 66-53. Subsequently, the Guangzhou team missed many shots in the cold, and the Guangdong team was scored by Moreland, Ren Junfei and Xu Jie, and the Guangdong team scored a small climax of scoring to expand the lead to 19 points. However, the Guangzhou team was not defeated by this, but scored consecutive points through mid-to-long-range jumpers, counterattack layups and rebounds, and when Warren counterattacked and scored a layup, the Guangzhou team was close to 11 points. At the end of the quarter, Gillenwater and Ren Junfei led the Guangdong team to a scoring climax, in which Gillenwater hit a three-pointer at the buzzer. At the end of the third quarter, Guangdong led by 17 points.

In the final quarter of the competition, Ren Junfei and Du Runwang scored consecutive points with internal and external shots, helping the Guangdong team expand the lead to 21 points. The Guangzhou team immediately tried to organize a counterattack, but Xu Jie broke through the layup to score points, Du Runwang hit a three-pointer, Xu Jie immediately hit a three-pointer, and the Guangdong team instantly extended the lead to 30 points. Due to the large difference in points and the lack of time left, the game lost the suspense. In the end, the Guangdong team defeated the Guangzhou team and won the derby again.

Both sides start

Guangdong team: Gillenwater, Xu Jie, Du Runwang, Moreland, Zhang Wenyi;

Guangzhou team: Douglas, McCall, Li Xiangbo, Yu Miti, Yuan Zhaoyao;