Guangdong and Liaoning met in the semi-final of the basketball tournament at China’s 15th National Games held in Dongguan on November 11. The Team Guangdong claimed victory and advanced to the final.
With the contributions of He Xining and Zhao Rui, Guangdong defeated Liaoning with 92:73 and promoted to the final, which will be held on November 12.
As the defending champion, Team Liaoning is regarded as the biggest challenger for Guangdong at the National Games.
The game was very close at the beginning when Gao Shiyan, the No.0 Liaoning player, got 9 points with 50% hit rate at the first quarter. However, Guangdong quickly widened the score gap to 10 points through Zhao Rui’s 11 points at the end of 1st quarter.
Although Team Liaoning narrowed the gap to 1 point at the beginning of the 3rd quarter, Shen Zijie’s dunks and Xu Jie’s lay out helped Guangdong to be ahead by double digits and sealed the game with 92:73.
4 players from Guangdong have scored in double figures. He Xining got 16 points, the highest of Team Guangdong, while Shen and Zhao both got 15 points.
Players of Team Guangdong mainly come from 3 basketball clubs in Guangdong Province, including Guangdong South Tiger, Shenzhen Leopards and Guangzhou Loong Lions.
In the past few years, Guangdong South Tiger has won 3 championships of the CBA, which is the team with the most championships (11) in CBA history.
Team Guangdong will face Team Zhejiang in the final on November 12. Both teams had faced in the group match four days ago. Gunagdong won the game with 93:65 at that time.
Reporter: Yuan Zixiang, Zeng Xiangxing
Photo: Zeng Xiangxing, Yuan Zixiang
Editor: Ou Yangyan, Shen He
