At 20:30 on August 23rd, in the CBA Summer League Yumin Station, Nanjing Toupai Sujiu will face off against Tianjin Pioneers. Nanjing Men’s Basketball Team narrowly missed the playoffs last season and is eager to make a comeback this season. To prepare for the new season, under the leadership of head coach Xi Riliang, Nanjing Team has participated in multiple summer league stations, with a total record of 3 wins and 6 losses. Several key players such as Wang Lanqin and Lin Wei did not participate in the previous summer league stations, and the lineup was mainly composed of young players. In the Yumin Station games, Nanjing Team will likely continue with their previous summer league lineup. One change is Guo Haowen. According to multiple media reports, Guo Haowen has already signed with Nanjing Men’s Basketball Team and will join the team for the upcoming summer league. Guo Haowen has been training with Nanjing for about a week, and it is very likely that he will make his debut with his new club in this station’s games. His performance is also worth paying attention to, as he has not participated in formal competition for quite some time. Additionally, Wang Zirui will leave Nanjing to join Ningbo and will not participate in this station’s games. Tianjin Men’s Basketball Team also failed to enter the playoffs last season, but under the leadership of Zhang Qingpeng, they made significant progress and were only a step away from the playoffs. Tianjin Men’s Basketball Team has played at least 10 summer league games previously, maintaining a win rate of around 50%. In the Futian Station games, Tianjin Men’s Basketball Team lost to Shenzhen and Xinjiang, but defeated Zhejiang Chouzhou. The summer lineup of Tianjin Men’s Basketball Team is also mainly composed of young players. In the Futian Station games, foreign player Cooper played three games with the team, but performed poorly and has since been released by the team. This station’s games will be played without any foreign players. In previous games, young players such as Zheng Haoran, Zhang Yunmeng, and Du Bochao showed good form, especially Zheng Haoran who scored 30 points against Fujian, often being the highest scorer in the team. The two teams had two encounters earlier this month, each winning one game. In the first match, Nanjing defeated Tianjin 98-92, with young player Abudusaimaiti scoring 23 points, and Liu Dong contributing 18 points. Tianjin’s Zheng Haoran and Zhang Yunmeng both scored over 20 points in vain. In the second game, Tianjin avenged themselves with an 89-72 victory over Nanjing, with five players scoring in double digits. Nanjing’s Wu Tingjia scored the highest 15 points for the team. As they meet again, the matchup between coaches Zhang Qingpeng and Xi Riliang remains one of the highlights of the game.
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