Last year, the NBA decided to hold a midseason game in the middle of the season to add to the highlights. However, during that time, their group stage was counted in the regular season record. And now the CBA is also planning to hold a mid-season cup, but the wins and losses here should not be counted in the record.
The schedule announced now is that the first window will be played simultaneously in four regions, with five teams in each region, and the top two teams in each region will advance to the second stage. The first window is after the end of the first period, which may be difficult for some teams. Because their players need to go to the national team for training, such as Liaoning and Guangdong, these two teams will be very damaging to their strength, which means that the game may be difficult to predict.
After the end of the first window, eight teams will play a single elimination game in the second window to determine the champion. And a single elimination is very exciting, the CBA has not adopted such a strategy, which means that there will be uncertainty in every game, and every team needs to ensure the stable performance of each game, otherwise it is likely to be upset, which is the highlight of the mid-season cup.
Even judging from the dynamics exposed at the beginning of the month, the bonuses given at that time will be very attractive and objective, so the teams will also attach great importance to it at that time. On the one hand, it is for the prize money, and on the other hand, it is also for the development of the team. Especially young players, they can improve their experience through games like this. And the fact that there are four games in each of the two windows will not affect the team's adjustment in the window. In particular, there is a long gap before each stage starts, and they can use the mid-season cup to find their form and not have to go out of their way to find a warm-up opponent.