Tragic! Harrell was expelled with two people and committed 6 fouls, Zhao Jiwei scored 8 three-pointers, and Liaoning narrowly beat Xinjiang in overtime

On April 13, Beijing time, in the first game of the 8-in-4 series of the CBA playoffs, the Liaoning men's basketball team faced the Xinjiang men's basketball team at home. Xinjiang men's basketball team Li Yanzhe, Zhao Rui, and Sunwell are absent, and Zhang Zhenlin of the Liaoning team is back. The game was extremely miserable, Harrell scored 25 points and 7 rebounds and was ejected in the third quarter, and Sirzati and Li Xiaoxu also left the court with 6 fouls each. Zhao Jiwei hit 8 three-pointers with 31 points, and the two sides battled to overtime, and Liaoning narrowly defeated Xinjiang 123-116.

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Xinjiang team used the pressure to get a counterattack, and Lawson and Sirzati combined to take the lead. After the Liaoning team stabilized its position, it played a wave of 11-1 to complete the overtake. In the second half of the quarter, the Liaoning team took advantage of the disadvantage of Xinjiang's inner line and rushed to the basket one after another, and Liaoning led Xinjiang 30-19 in the first quarter. Oliver was injured in the second quarter, and Han Dejun was counterattacked by Xinjiang one after another after coming on the court. Lawson made consecutive kills from the outside, and Abdul Salamu and Harrell also scored back-to-back points, and Xinjiang chased the score to 49-55.

Yibian fought again, Lawson came up with a three-point shot, and Zhao Jiwei immediately led the team to return a wave of 9-0. Lawson and Harrell teamed up for another offensive run to narrow the deficit to four points. Harrell hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and Eli Forati flew a layup to stop Liaoning. Xinjiang tied the score, but Harrell and Oliver clashed and were taken off the field. At the end of the third quarter, Liaoning led Xinjiang 77-76.

In the last quarter of the game, Yili Furati and Abdul Salamu scored one after another, and Xinjiang overtook Liaoning. Zhao Jiwei stopped the bleeding for three consecutive points, and Han Dejun made a basket to overtake Xinjiang. Lawson and Abdul Salamu became more and more courageous, and Xinjiang led by 5 points to stop Liaoning. At the last moment, Abdul Salamu added 2 more points, Zhang Zhenlin stopped the bleeding with three points, and Zhu Xuhang missed 2 free throws, giving Liaoning a chance to equalize. Zhao Jiwei broke through and chased another 2 points and sent Xinjiang to the free throw line again. Lawson hit both free throws and Wells hit a game-tying three-pointer to send the game into overtime.

In overtime, the advantages of the Liaoning team showed that the Xinjiang team was obviously physically exhausted. Finally Liaoning 123-116 Xinjiang.