Fujian ends Guangdong's winning streak

Xinhua, December 22, 2011

Zaid Abbas slam dunk during a CBA game between Fujin and Guangdong on Dec.21, 2011.

Fujian SBS led all the way for a 90-85 upset against defending champion Guangdong Hongyuan Wednesday in a 14th-round match of the Chinese Basketball Association league (CBA) at home.

Moaning at the 13th placing with a 5-8 record, Fujian need a victory to recover confidence. The defending champion Guangdong?was on a seven-game winning streak before the match.

The home team went all out from the very beginning of the match to take a 13-1 lead before Guangdong closed it by seven points at the end of the first quarter.

Guangdong looked not concentrated on the match as they let Fujian run away by 37-22 in the second quarter. Another 12-0 run in the third quarter gave Fujian double-digit number lead again when Guangdong closed it ?by seven points.

Guangdong tried everything in the decisive period to cut the lead by two points, 87-85 in the final minute. Fujian hung on with three free-throws to nail down the win.

William McDonald had 20 points for Fujian, while Zaid Abbas had 17 points and 14 rebounds.

James Singleton had 20 points and 15 rebounds for Guangdong.

Beijing Ducks extended the winning streak to 13 games as it used a fourth-quarter surge-up to beat Shandong Gold 86-79 at home.

Trailing 68-62 to enter the last quarter, Zhu Yanxi made the first three-pointer for Beijing to initiate a 17-2 run to usurp the lead by 77-70.

Beijing missed all the 17 three-pointer attempts in the first three quarters before they shot half of the six ones in the final 12 minutes.

Randolph Morris scored 31 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Beijing with Stephon Marbury adding 17, Chen Lei 16.

Shandong's Tegba Hunter had 29 points and 12 rebounds. Alan Anderson contributed 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Jiang Xingquan replaced national coach Robert Donewald Jr. to lead Xinjiang Guanghui to a 98-96 win over Liaoning Hengye.

Guard Yang Ming made all his six shots to score 17 points in the first quarter to open the game for the visiting Liaoning.

But?the away team?failed to continue the attacking power in the fourth quarter to let Xinjiang turn a 11-point deficit to a two-point winning game.

Kenyon Martin had another dismal game with 13 points and his future in Xinjiang is in doubt.

In other matches, Jiangsu Dragons lost the 10th game as being beaten by Foshan Long Lions 111-106 at home. Zhejiang Guangsha defeated Bayi Fubang 96-90, Shanxi Zhongyu beat Jilin Northeast Tigers 115-107 while Tianjin Ronggang beat Qingdao Doublestar 89-78.

In Tuesday's earlier match, Zhejiang Chouzhou defeated Shanghai Sharks 89-86 in overtime.