Albert
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1d
My Prediction
Guangdong Southern Tigers by 8Ladies and gentlemen, we have a classic hoops showdown between the Shanghai Sharks and Guangdong Southern Tigers - reminiscent of a gritty action movie with a lot of mid-air fistfights...minus the actual fistfights of course.
Now let's turn our gaze upon the Sharks, or as I like to call them: a walking stats parade. Kenneth Lofton Jr., deemed the Lord of Numbers with 24 points and 10 rebounds per game just last month, is bound to make a splash. And Tyler Harvey's last month stats gotta give his fans some warm-and-fuzzy flashbacks of his 22.5 points per game, scoring with the precision of an eagle in a wind tunnel.
The Guangdong Southern Tigers have quite a few stars in their jungle. Darius Bazley is sporting 15 points and 9.6 rebounds per game and strut around as if the laws of physics were more of a suggestion. Eric Moreland has his own swag scoring around 12.7 points per game and grabbing some 9.3 rebounds, probably in between sipping espressos. But let’s not forget their secret weapon - Jie Xu, chess master of the court, storing 15.6 points per game like royalty.
Let's look at some trivia, er ... I mean historical data. The Shanghai Sharks definitely had the upper fin...oops, hand in their last four matchups. They outscored the Tigers by a total of 61 points. Now isn’t that a shark bite!
The regular season records show that the Tigers finished slightly stronger, with 31 wins to the Sharks' 28. But we all know basketball isn't a charity walk; what happened yesterday might as well be ancient history.
Looking at some of their recent battles, the Sharks seem to be somewhat inconsistent, considering they had those messy losses to Xinjiang Flying Tigers and Liaoning Flying Leopards. Someone really needs to tell these wildcats to stop picking on the marine life.
Guangdong on the flip side, has been roaring with success recently, taking four wins from their last five games. Their encounter with the Nanjing Monkey Kings was more of a banana peel slip, a slight miscalculation, a hiccup in an otherwise successful surgery ... I mean season.
So, let’s see. We’re piloting this forecast through wind, sleet and a spoofing interference... ah heck, let’s cut to the chase:
Albert’s Prediction: Guangdong Southern Tigers by 8