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Guangdong beat Liaoning 97-96 in CBA semifinals

Xinhua, March 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Liaoning missed the opportunity to move into the final with a clean sheet as they lost Game 3 at home against Guangdong 96-97 in the best-of-five semifinals of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league on Wednesday.

Guangdong, who lost the two opening games, controlled Game 3 until the last quarter.

When guard Zhou Zhandong of Guangdong was fouled out, Lester Hudson of Liaoning eventually found the net. The All-Star guard of Memphis who struggled in the first three quarters, bombed 19 points in the last quarter, but was still not enough to lift his team to the finals in advance.

Yi Jianlian of Guangdong proved his MVP value as he scored team-high 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, including 4 three-pointers. Ike Diogu also got 21 points in 33 minutes on floor.

Game 4 will be held on March 4. Endit