Yesterday, the reporter learned from Fujian lightning club that the new season schedule of NBL (National Men's Basketball League) has come out. Fujian lightning will have its first game of the new season on June 10, when it will play away against its old rival, Lhasa pure land. The first home court, Fujian lightning will meet the NBL new army Hubei contemporary in Mawei, Fuzhou on June 15.
The reporter understands, at present, Fujian lightning is preparing for the new season nervously under the leadership of manager Li Kaihua. It is reported that Fujian lightning broke up peacefully with Liu Jiulong, the head coach of last season, this summer, and signed with Li Kaihua, an old friend who used to be the assistant coach of the team. Li Kaihua entered Liaoning Sports School in 1994 and Guangdong Hongyuan first team in 1997. However, he was demoted due to injury. In 1998, he was coach of Dandong sports school in Liaoning Province. In 2002, he entered Wuhan University of technology for further study and became a teammate with Liu Jiulong to join Cuba. In 2016, he served as assistant coach of Anhui Jianghuai lightning team. In Li Kaihua's tactical concept, the team's defense is more important, which also conforms to Fujian lightning's' team spirit '-- iron blood defense, lightning attack.
With the new season approaching, Fujian lightning has added two Fujian players in the new recruitment, namely pan Jianxiong, a professional power forward, and Fu KaiPeng, a professional organization guard. It is worth mentioning that in last year's National Games, pan Jianxiong, who was born in 1996, was also selected into Fujian men's basketball team to fight for the National Games.
Throughout this season's schedule, Fujian lightning will usher in the first game of the new season on June 10, and the final game will end on August 17. The opponents in the first two games are the same as last season. They will go to Lhasa for the first game against Lhasa pure land and then fight against Guizhou senhang. Last season, they lost their first game, but narrowly beat second place team Guizhou senhang. It is worth mentioning that after two away games, Fujian lightning will return to Fuzhou Mawei on June 15 to face the new army of this year's NBL, Hubei contemporary, who just signed the former CBA Fujian xunxing men's basketball player Wang Zengjie, whose strength cannot be underestimated.
This season, can they make a good start? Please wait and see Fujian lightning fans.