Liaoning edge Guangdong 102-100 in CBA League
Xinhua, January 10, 2016 Adjust font size:
Lester Hudson scored 35 points and helped Liaoning edge Guangdong 102-100 in the 29th round of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league on Sunday.
Liaoning started the game with two points from Han Dejun and a three-point shot from He Tianju, but that was where the hosts stopped for nearly seven minutes.
Guangdong fought back with a 21-0 run before Liaoning continued to score, on Shavlik Randolph's two free throws. The host side got only nine points in the first quarter.
Liaoning didn't regain their touch until the second half when they were 22 points behind. Then the hosts had a 8-0 run in two minutes, forcing Guangdong into a time-out.
Liaoning managed to take the lead at 84-83 with six minutes to go in the fourth quarter. When Guangdong edged ahead again on Zhu Fangyu's three-point shot, Hudson nailed a farther three-pointer and settled the game at 102-100.
Four Liaoning players scored double-digits, with Hudson having a game-high 35 points, eight rebounds and six assists.
Guangdong got five players scoring double-digits, and Will Bynum finished with 33 points and seven rebounds and six assists.
Sunday's other games: Shenzhen thrashed Aolong 112-96; Jilin lost to Shanxi 133-123; Jiangsu beat Shanghai 108-97; Shandong beat Fujian 100-79; Beijing routed Zhejiang 96-76; Foshan lost to Sichuan 117-104; Qingdao defeated Tianjin 105-95; Guangsha overcame Tongxi 120-100; Xinjiang beat Bayi 118-97. Endi