Recently, 2022 Guangdong men’s basketball league king tournament was held in Chang’an sports center, Dongguan. 22 teams participating in 2022 men’s basketball league matches in Guangdong province each selected a “king”, plus 6 specially invited players, a total of 28 players gathered in Dongguan, together, they formed the team of this king’s match.
Under the guidance of Chinese basketball famous Li Qun and CBA Guangdong team assistant coach Huai-Yu Wang, 28 “Kings” were divided into two teams: tigers and lions, it brought a wonderful contest to the audience. In the end, the Tiger team led by Chen Guohao and Xiao Hailiang defeated the Lion team 107-104 and won the competition for the King. Chen Guohao scored the highest 40 points in the game and was elected as the MVP of this game. Chen Guohao praised the live fans after the game: “The atmosphere of this game is very good, and the fans are very enthusiastic.” At the same time, he also said that he would launch an impact on CBA this year: “entering CBA must be my biggest goal this year. As for the selection (in the draft), it depends on the choice of each team.”
The king competition, known as the Guangdong League All-Star game, can be described as a crowd of stars. Not only the two coaches have a big start, but the Guangdong team coach Du Feng also appeared at the game as the image promotion ambassador of this king game. The strength of the players in the competition is also online. The players familiar to Guangdong fans such as Chen Guohao, Xiao Hailiang, Zeng Bingqiang and LV Yanpei are all included in the competition list of this king game. The “Kings” also did not live up to the enthusiasm of the fans on the scene. After a simple test, they started the All-Star game-like mode of fighting against the Storm. Chen Guohao, who was the most popular, even contributed four violent buckles in the first quarter, making the audience on the scene shout and enjoy themselves.
During the intermission, there were also wonderful skills competitions, three-point competitions and dunk competitions. In the skill competition, Shaoguan King Li Tao won the skill competition for three consecutive times; Dongguan King Xiao Hailiang won 23 points in the three-point competition, winning the championship with a record; In the dunk competition, the specially invited contestant, the 1.7-meter buckle from Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education, surprised Lu Jialun four seats, and he got two full marks when Chen Guohao made a violent deduction, while winning the championship, it completely ignited the enthusiasm of the audience.
Du Feng said in an interview that the basketball atmosphere in Dongguan is very good. The men’s basketball league of Guangdong province has been held for eight years. Players such as Li Yiyang and District Junxuan have stepped onto the stage of CBA, chen Guohao also has the opportunity to impact CBA. “As a member of Guangdong basketball, I am very happy to see that the Guangdong league is doing so well.” Speaking of the King’s game that night, Du Feng said, “so many fans came to the scene to care about and support their favorite players and cheer for them. This evening is really very lively.” Du Feng, who is the coach of the professional team, has also been paying close attention to the development of folk basketball: “As a basketball player, I have been paying close attention to folk events, and many excellent basketball seedlings can be found here, so as long as I have time, I will pay attention to these competitions.”
This competition was hosted by Guangdong Basketball Association, hosted by the publicity, education, sports and tourism office of Chang’an town, Dongguan city, supported by Dongguan Basketball Association and Chang’an Basketball Association.
(WEN/Yangcheng Evening News reporter Hao Haoyu)